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Jackie Cruz

Highest Rated: All the World Is Sleeping (2021)

Lowest Rated: 8% Midnight in the Switchgrass (2021)

Birthday: Aug 8, 1984

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Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

Singer-actress Jackie Cruz's attempts at stardom, which dominated much of her teenaged years, came to fruition in 2015 when she was cast as Flaca, a women's prison inmate, on "Orange is the New Black" (Netflix, 2013- ). Born August 8, 1986 in Queens, New York, Cruz was raised by her single, Dominican Republic-born mother, who nurtured her daughter's interest in performance through singing, dancing and acting lessons. In her mid-teens, she moved with her mother to Los Angeles, where she studied at the Hamilton Music Academy; during this period, she experienced initial brushes with fame as a member of Krush Velvet, a girl group produced by will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas and later, through appearances as herself as a sort of romantic foil for Kourtney Kardashian on "Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami" (E!, 2009-2013). A streak of personal turmoil, during which she was homeless and later suffered a traumatic injury in a car accident, led to a return to New York, where Cruz worked as a model and waitress while continuing to pursue careers in music and acting. Her big break came in 2013 when she was cast as Marisol "Flaca" Gonzales, a slightly dim, Goth-influenced inmate on "Orange is the New Black." Initially a recurring character, Flaca was made part of the main cast in the series' fourth season.

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Highest rated movies

94% All the World Is Sleeping Watchlist 64% 83% Lansky Watchlist 50% 37% Tremors: Shrieker Island Watchlist 33% 29% Here After Watchlist 22% 36% History of Evil Watchlist 11% 77% A Nice Girl Like You Watchlist 8% 20% Midnight in the Switchgrass Watchlist
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Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
22% 36% History of Evil Alegre Dyer (Character) - 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story Alyssa (Character) - 2024
No Score Yet 94% All the World Is Sleeping Toaster (Character) - 2021
8% 20% Midnight in the Switchgrass Suzanna (Character) - 2021
64% 83% Lansky Dafne (Character) $27.5K 2021
33% 29% Here After Susan (Character) $5.6K 2020
50% 37% Tremors: Shrieker Island Freddie (Character) - 2020
11% 77% A Nice Girl Like You Nessa Jennings (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rosa Rosa (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2020

TV

Credit
90% 82% Orange Is the New Black Marisol "Flaca" Gonzales (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
2013-2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet TRL Guest 2018
No Score Yet 81% Blue Bloods Unknown (Guest Star) 2016
No Score Yet 56% Unforgettable Maria Torres (Guest Star) 2014