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Selenis Leyva is a Cuban-American Television star, a Film and Theatre Actress. The name Detective Mariluz Rivera will not be unfamiliar to the ardent fans of the CBS reality television series, “Law & Order”; what may be unknown is the real name of the character. Selenis Leyva, the multi-talented Cuban-American superstar, is the bride of many fans, and you may be wondering how she became such a superstar in an environment with many talents. Known also as Gloria Mendoza, she enjoys a massive following on Instagram with millions of supporters. As a single parent, Selenis doubles as a mother, playing both roles as occasion demands and some time doing both at the same time. What is the background that makes her so able to combine these two rare life roles? What is her ethnic background, who was her husband and who is she dating right now? When not acting or parenting, what other activities does she engage in? These questions about the real life of this ace Netflix series actress, and how she started her acting career, plus her early and personal life, and net worth are covered here.

Who is Selenis Leyva

Born in Baracoa, Guantanamo, Cuba on 26 May 1972, she is of Cuban and Dominican descent, but raised in The Bronx, New York City.

There is no official record about her parents and family to support her early age upbringing, or school, and she hasn’t revealed any of such information.

From 1999 to 2018, Selenis appeared in more than 31 television episodes in about 23 television programs, including “Law & Order” as Detective Mariluz Rivera, “Taina” starring as Titi Rose in six episodes, and the series “Dirty Sexy Money” as Detective Angelina Adams. She’s also featured in other TV series such as “Orange Is the New Black” as Gloria Mendoza, “Madam Secretary” as Bolivian Ambassador Mariana Dominguez. and in the 2018 “Murphy Brown” series as Maria Gonzales in the episode “Thanksgiving and Taking.”

Appearing in her first movie “Debutante” as Daisy Dominguez in the year 2000, Selenis has featured in over 17 films to date. The success of her debut in movie work attracted another in 2002 with the title “Apartment #5C” featuring as Luis. She was a Customs Inspector in the 2004 “Maria Full of Grace”, and played additional voices in “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” before taking the role of a Teacher in the movie “Sex and the City 2” in 2010, subsequently starring in the hit movie “Spider-Man: Homecoming” as Monica Warren.

Awards

• 2017 – Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: Nominee
• 2016 – Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: Winner
• 2015 – Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: Winner
• 2014 – Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy
• Series: Winner

Personal life

For Selenis, acting and is part of her private life too; she’s talked about her family supporting her acting career! Beyond life before the camera, she is a mother and a passionate one at that.

She has a daughter named Alina, although there is little information available about her, except that she spends quality time raising her child.

Available data suggests that Selenis is a single mother who single-handedly is responsible for her daughter’s upbringing. Although her marital status shows she is married, she has never discussed who the man in her life is, and there is no authoritative source for that.

Apart from her daughter, her next known relatives are her sister and brother named Marizol and Aenol Leyva respectively. Marizol is reported to be a transgender, and through this connection, Selenis is a strong supporter of the LGBT society. Available information about her sister says she grew up with her and had a tough time to blend with other kids, but managed to identify with boys who often forced her to play football with them. However, at the age of sixteen, she declared her gay orientation and later became a transgender. Her sister is currently an activist supporting LGBT, a transgender Latina model working in the public cause, and is also a cook.

Selenis loves to donate her money to public causes including for cancer patients and other organizations, including the transgender community of which her sister is a member.

She is active on social media including Facebook with 100,000 ‘likes’, Twitter with 190,000 followers, and Instagram with almost 650,000 fans, as of April 2019.

She has an hourglass shape of 35-25-35 ins (89-64-89 cm) with a height measuring 5ft 4ins (1.63 m), and weight reputed to be 60kgs. She as black hair and brown eyes.

Net worth

She has made her mark in the movies and television acting industry with consistent performances from the beginning of her career. This now American actress is estimated by sources to have a net worth of over $1 million.