Michaela Jaé (Mj) Rodriguez has joined Apple s upcoming untitled comedy series.
The actress is set to star alongside Maya Rudolph.
Maya Rudolph has some company for her upcoming Apple TV+ series.
As reported by Deadline, Michaela Jaé (Mj) Rodriguez has signed on to star alongside Maya Rudolph in the upcoming untitled half-hour comedy series on Apple TV+. The series is being created by Emmy Award-winners Alan Yang and Matt Hubbard.
Created and written by Yang and Hubbard, the series follows Molly (Rudolph), a woman whose seemingly perfect life is upended after her husband leaves her with nothing but $87 billion.
Rodriguez will play Sofia, the hard-working executive director of the non-profit funded by her absentee billionaire boss, Molly.
Transgender Actress Michaela Jaè will star in new Apple TV+ Comedy Series
It was reported late yesterday that Michaela Jaé MJ Rodriguez, a transgender actress, will star opposite Maya Rudolph in a new Apple TV+ comedy series about woman whose seemingly perfect life is upended after her husband leaves her with nothing but 87 billion dollars. Rodriguez will play Sofia, the hard-working executive director of the non-profit funded by her absentee billionaire boss, Molly.
Rodriguez is best known for her role as Blanca in the Emmy-winning FX drama series Pose, which recently debuted its third and final season. Her other TV credits include Nurse Jackie and Luke Cage, while she has also starred in films such as “Adam” and “Saturday Church.” She recently starred as Audrey in the Pasadena Playhouse’s production of Little Shop of Horrors.
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In the third and final season of Pose, Mj Rodriguez says goodbye to Blanca, the character who made her a name in TV. The Newark actor s star has risen significantly since the show debuted in 2018. Pari Dukovic | FX
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The crowd is hushed as a song cues up on the speakers.
“O say can you see …
“By the dawn’s early light …”
The spotlight is on Rodriguez. She lip-syncs each word of the national anthem sitting in a wheelchair, wearing a peach zip-up jacket reminiscent of Houston’s gameday look. As momentum builds, she smiles, clasping her chest. The room erupts in cheers.
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