There’s no shame in Elizabeth Rodriguez’s acting game…
The 38-year-old Puerto Rican actress is set to guest star in multiple episodes of Showtime’s Shameless, which returns for Season 10 on November 10.
Rodriguez will portray Faye, a femme fatale who takes to Frank (William H. Macy) for reasons at first not understood.
She joins Constance Zimmer, Chelsea Rendon, Rachel Dratch and Anthony Alabi, who have also joined the cast for the upcoming 10th season.
The series premiere picks up sixth months after last season’s finale, with Frank using his leg injury to collect as many prescription drugs as possible, leading him to an old friend. Debbie (Emma Kenney, meanwhile, has stepped in as the new Gallagher matriarch after the exit of Emmy Rossum’s Fiona, Carl (Ethan Cutkosky) returns home after finishing military school, Liam (Christian Isaiah) is committed to learning more about black history and culture, and Ian (Cameron Monaghan) and Mickey (Noel Fisher) rekindle their romance in prison as cellmates.
Rodriguez, who plays Aleida Diaz on Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black, was also a series regular in Fear the Walking Dead and recurred for six seasons on Power. She was nominated for a Tony Awardin 2011 for The Motherf*cker With the Hat.
Shamelessis produced by Bonanza Productions in association with John Wells Productions and Warner Bros. Television.