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.
