Liza Colón-Zayas, who plays Tina in “The Bear,” grew up in the Bronx and discusses Puerto Rican pride, women of color and her success.
Emmy-nominated Liza Colón-Zayas from ‘The Bear’ dishes on her life, career and success
Everyone is talking about Liza Colón-Zayas’s performance as Tina the line cook in FX on Hulu’s “The Bear.”
She recently received an Emmy nod for her performance, nominated alongside greats like Meryl Streep and Carol Burnett for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
Eyewitness News entertainment reporter Joelle Garguilo caught up with Colón-Zayas at Counter and Bodega — one of the actress’ favorite Puerto Rican restaurants in the city to talk about representing women of color, Puerto Rican pride and her pinch-me moment.
While many of us have fallen in love with her character, Colón-Zayas never imagined getting this kind of attention.
The newest season of “The Bear” showed us more of her character’s backstory.
