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Victoria Cartagena to Portray Renee Montoya on the CW’s “Batwoman”

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It’s a case of déjà vu for Victoria Cartagena.

The 36-year-old Latina actress has joined the upcoming third season of Batwoman as a new series regular, portraying DC hero Renee Montoya on the CW drama.

Victoria Cartagena

Cartagena’s character, Montoya, is a former GCPD officer who left the force when she could no longer stomach the corruption inside the department. She now runs the “freaks division,” which hasn’t seen a lot of action… until now. Righteous and pragmatic, and LGBTQ+, she’s a woman with a very personal (and mysterious) mission to help clean the streets of Gotham in the right way, by whatever means necessary.

Cartagena previously played Renee Montoya on Fox’s Gotham, though the universes are not connected.

In the June 27 Season 2 finale, Ryan Wilder (Javicia Leslie) has fully taken up the mantle of Batwoman with Kate Kane leaving Gotham in a search for her long-missing cousin Bruce Wayne (aka Batman). It also was revealed that Ryan’s biological mother, who was believed to have died in childbirth, is actually alive.

In addition to Leslie, Rachel Skarsten, Meagan Tandy, Nicole Kang and Camrus Johnson also star; original cast member Dougray Scott recently left the series. 

Batwoman is produced by Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros Television.

Cartagena’s other recent credits include a series regular role on Fox’s Almost Family, and recurring on M. Night Shyamalan’s Apple TV+ series Servant. She also recurred on the first season of NBC’s Manifest.

Laysla De Oliveira to Star in the Romantic Drama “Acquainted”

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It’s a new acquaintance for Laysla De Oliveira…

The Brazilian actress will star in the romantic drama Acquainted, directed by Natty Zavitz from his own script.

Laysla De Oliveira

Acquainted centers on the not-so-young love that involves mortgages, temptation, and the threat of monotony. It’s set in Toronto with a backdrop of the shifting cultural attitudes towards marriage, monogamy, and the evolving generational identity.

Giacomo Gianniotti and De Oliveira portray former high school classmates who run into each other at a bar and form an immediate rapport before they both reluctantly confess that they’re in committed relationships. The shock of their burgeoning love forces them to choose between comfort or unpredictability.

The film follows up Zavitz’s first film, Edging, which recently won the Audience Choice Award for Best Film at the Canadian Film Fest.

Acquainted follows up his first film, “Edging,” which recently won the Audience Choice Award for Best Film at the Canadian Film Fest.

“Being heartbroken in Toronto was a wonderful experience,” Zavitz said. “Acquainted is that story and I’m thrilled to be making this film with such a remarkable group of filmmakers.”

Adelaide Kane, Rachel Skarsten, Raymond Ablack, and Jonathan Keltz also star.

De Oliveira starred in Code 8.