<Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 2004--present </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Partner (s) </Th> <Td> Joe Locicero (2016 - present) (engaged; as of 2018) </Td> </Tr> <P> Gina Alexis Rodriguez (born July 30, 1984) is an American actress, model, writer, producer, and director . She is best known for her starring role as Jane Villanueva in The CW comedy - drama series Jane the Virgin (2014--present), for which she has been nominated for three Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Television Series Musical or Comedy, winning once in 2015 . </P> <P> Rodriguez began her career in theater productions and made her screen debut in an episode of Law & Order . Her breakthrough came in 2012, in the independent musical - drama film Filly Brown . She has gone on to star in the disaster drama film Deepwater Horizon (2016), the animated comedy adventure film Ferdinand (2017), and the science fiction horror film Annihilation (2018). </P>

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