Starz has ordered the Latino drama Vida to series, the premium cable network announced recently.
Vida is a half-hour drama series focusing on two Mexican-American sisters from the Eastside of Los Angeles who couldn’t be more different or distanced from each other. Circumstances force them to return to their old neighborhood, where they are confronted by the past and shocking truth about their mother’s identity. Veronica Osorio has been cast in the role of Emma, with Melissa Barrera playing her sister, Lyn.
Osorio is a Venezuelan improviser and actress who moved to New York City to perform at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in 2008. She has since relocated to Los Angeles and starred in the Coen Bros feature “ail, Caesar!, and the upcoming Soderbergh project Mosaic. She has also appeared as a guest star role on NBC’s The Carmichael Show and Netflix’s Girlboss.
Barrera can be seen in the upcoming third season of Club de Cuervos on Netflix. She started her career in Mexico in the popular singing reality show La Academia. After the success of La Academia, Barrera went on to star in the TV Azteca soap operas La Mujer de Judas and La Otra Cara del Alma after which she landed her first leading role in the renowned Siempre Tuya Acapulco and consequently Tanto Amor.
