Kate del Castillo and Santiago Cabrera Join “The Cleaning Lady” Starring Elodie Yung

Kate del Castillo plays the elegant, beautiful, and regal matriarch, Ramona Sanchez who has the grace and quiet wisdom that belies a ruthless cunning below the surface. To the world, she’s a benevolent philanthropist, art collector, and loving aunt to a young child, but behind closed doors, she’s shrewd, powerful, and fiercely protective of her family, her business, and her many dark secrets. Driven by the desire to seek out the right heir to continue her legacy, Ramona deftly manipulates everyone in her orbit to determine who are her allies and eliminate those who are her obstacles. Throughout the season, Ramona will sharpen her claws to ensure she gets what she wants and calmly eviscerates anyone who stands in her way without breaking a sweat. Her brother, Jorge Sanchez, played by Santiago Cabrera is intelligent and intuitive with a deep inner strength. He was born in Mexico but raised in the U.S. with all the privileges that newfound wealth has brought to his family. A Harvard Law grad, Jorge has been working as a successful businessman using legitimate business fronts to launder money and serve as a fixer in his family’s organization. Struggling with his wife’s untimely death, he cycles through stages of grief and an insatiable rage at the world, often making him volatile and unpredictable. The only joy left in his life is his daughter, Violeta, whom he strives to protect above all else. But everything changes when Thony walks into his life, opening old wounds, reminding him of the family he once lost – and challenging him to be the person he could be.

ABOUT KATE DEL CASTILLO:

This A-List Mexican actress has worked in television and films since her early youth. She first captured American audiences in 2007 with her award-winning performance in the hit movie Under the Same Moon, which is still ranked among the top 10 highest-grossing Spanish-language theatrical releases in U.S. history. She followed that with a recurring role in the hit TV series, Weeds. In 2011 she starred in the massively popular series La Reina del Sur (Queen of the South); also had success on streaming and has since been adapted in English on cable television. The highly anticipated third season premiered in October 2022. Last Year, del Castillo starred in the Peacock series Armas de Mujer; and the feature film A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow. She most recently starred in and executive produced the limited series Volver a Caer, which premiered on Vix+ in January 2023.

Del Castillo’s talent is versatile, with gritty performances in Trade opposite Kevin Cline, and Julia co-starring Tilda Swinton. In 2012 she gave a critically acclaimed performance in the Spanish language film Colosio. She also guest-starred in the TV series, Grimm. In 2014 she lent her voice to La Muerte in Guillermo Del Toro’s Golden Globe nominated The Book of Life, had a key role opposite Idris Elba in the hit film No Good Deed, and released a hit Spanish language thriller called, Visitantes. In 2015, she starred opposite Antonio Banderas in The 33, a film based on the true story of the trapped Chilean miners, and also had a recurring role in the popular TV series Jane the Virgin. She has enjoyed some massive successes with two seasons of the original series, Ingobernable, which she stars in and co-produced, then The Day I Met El Chapo, the acclaimed three-part documentary, which she also co-produced, about her now infamous meeting with Sean Penn and the notorious fugitive drug lord, and finally, La Reina Del Sur 2, which broke ratings records on Telemundo and is now, along with La Reina Del Sur 1, one of the most streamed Spanish language series on Netflix.

In 2020, Del Castillo starred in the blockbuster hit Bad Boys for Life, alongside Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, solidifying Kate del Castillo as a force to be reckoned with in Hollywood. Besides being a successful actress, producer, and entrepreneur, she is an outspoken activist and humanitarian. She was appointed as Ambassador for the Mexican Commission on Human Rights to help combat human trafficking. She is also a spokesperson for PETA and has received numerous Humanitarian awards and recognitions, including the key to the City of Los Angeles, where she currently resides. She owns her own brand of Tequila, “Honor Del Castillo”, and in 2019 she became a partner in MMA’s “Combate Americas” and started her all female production company, Cholawood Productions, which currently has a development deal with global content creator Endemol Shine Boomdog.

ABOUT SANTIAGO CABRERA:

Santiago Cabrera is an international leading actor who is well known for his work in film and television in the U.S. and Europe, who will next be seen starring in the streaming series Land of Women opposite Eva Longoria as well as Season Three of Fox’s hit series The Cleaning Lady.

Cabrera can recently be found playing impactful roles on the small screen, recurring in Season Two of The Flight Attendant opposite Kaley Cuoco, as well as in the series Star Trek: Picard in the lead role opposite Patrick Stewart. Previously, he had a key role in the critically acclaimed limited series Big Little Lies opposite Reese Witherspoon and starred in the lead role of Darius Tanz in the network drama series Salvation.

Cabrera is widely known for his breakthrough role playing Isaac Mendez on Heroes, after which he matured into an international leading man with the role of Aramis on the hit BBC show The Musketeers. Additional credits for Cabrera include Hemingway and Gellhorn, in which he co-starred with Nicole Kidman, starring as Lancelot on the BBC’s Merlin, appearing alongside Benicio Del Toro in Steven Soderbergh’s Che, and starring alongside Clive Owen in For Greater Glory. Cabrera also had a supporting role in Transformers: The Last Knight for Michael Bay alongside Mark Wahlberg and Anthony Hopkins and can also be seen starring alongside Gael Garcia Bernal in the Pablo Larrain film Ema which premiered at the Venice Film Festival and was featured at TIFF.

ABOUT THE CLEANING LADY:

Based on the hit original Argentine series, The Cleaning Lady follows Thony De La Rosa (Élodie Yung), a whip-smart Cambodian doctor who comes to the U.S. for a medical treatment to save her ailing son, but when the system fails and attempts to push her down, Thony refuses to be marginalized, and instead takes matters into her own hands. Forced to use unconventional measures to protect her family and save the ones she loves; Thony further crosses the moral line as she gets deeper entwined in the criminal underbelly of Las Vegas.

The Cleaning Lady continues to examine the plight of undocumented immigrants and their difficulties accessing necessary healthcare and resources. It is a story of empowerment, resilience and explores the struggles and triumphs of the human spirit. It asks us all if the ends justify the means. The Cleaning Lady stars Élodie Yung, Adan Canto, Martha Millan, Sebastien & Valentino LaSalle, Sean Lew, Faith Bryant, Eva De Dominici, Kate del Castillo and Santiago Cabrera. The Cleaning Lady is produced by Warner Bros. Television and FOX Entertainment. Miranda Kwok developed the series. Kwok and Jeannine Renshaw serve as showrunners and executive producers of season three. Rose Marie Vega and Paola Suarez also are executive producers. Shay Mitchell and David Dean Portelli are executive consultants.

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