Yup, I’ve a new girl crush. I’ve been girl-crushing on Gina Rodriguez (Twitter, Instagram) ever since I started watching her TV series Jane the Virgin late last year. I’m actually a couple of episodes behind since I haven’t kept up with the series after the mid-season break, but I’m gonna catch up soon, you can be sure about that. It’s just a really fun and entertaining show.
If you’re not familiar with Jane the Virgin, the story is basically like this: Jane, who is in her early 20’s, is a virgin and she’s pregnant. Not by a miracle, of course (Gasp! Inmaculada!) but by accident – she was mistakenly artificially inseminated by the gynecologist who was filling in for Jane’s actual doctor and was feeling out of sorts after she caught her wife cheating, and who happens to be the sister of the baby daddy and the secret ex-lover of their father’s hot wife. Are you still with me? Hah.
The show is loosely based on a Venezuelan telenovela and is written like a telenovela so it’s oozing with fabulous telenovela goodness. You know what I mean. It comes with a cheeky narrator with a Spanish accent and features funny “daydream” scenes. The series is about Jane dealing with this unexpected turn in her life and dealing with the baby daddy and with everyone else involved like her ex-fiance, her gorgeous aspiring singer mom, her religious abuela, her father who she just met and also happens to be a huge telenovela superstar (he’s a riot!), the baby daddy’s scheming wife, and everyone and everything else. It’s got drama, comedy, and mystery. It’s charming and it’s fun to watch.
But the best thing about the show is the cast, especially the leading lady. When the first episode of Jane the Virgin came out, it was so well-received and I read so many good reviews about it so I looked up Gina Rodriguez. She was relatively new when they cast her in the show, but she had already starred in an indie flick called Filly Brown, which premiered at Sundance in 2012. It’s a cool movie, by the way, and I liked it. Now, Gina Rodriguez has become a breakout star and even won a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series. The series itself was nominated for Best Television Series – Comedy or Musical and previously won a People’s Choice Award. Good for them, yeah?
Anyway, that is all. If you’ve got time and you like cheesy telenovela-type shows, check out Jane the Virgin! And check out Gina’s Instagram ’cause she’s purty. Yes, I’m a fan.