Since making its Netflix premiere on December 4, 2020, Selena: The Series has remained one of the most viewed new TV shows on the platform. After spending more than a decade in ing roles in various high-profile movies and TV series, Christian Serratos stars in her first legitimate leading role as the late iconic Mexican superstar, Selena Quintanilla.
Serratos began her acting career at the age of 14 by appearing in the Nickelodeon kid's show Zoey 101. Since then, she has tallied a total of 20 big and small screen credits, most notably playing Rosita Espinosa in more than 100 episodes of AMC's The Walking Dead.
Alexa - Hannah Montana (2007) 5.1
Serratos played a character named Alexa in one episode of Hannah Montana in 2007. Directed by Fred Savage, Alexa is appeared in "The Idol Side of Me," the 24th episode of the show's first season.
The episode concerns a "Singing With the Stars" competition, whose winner will get the chance to croon alongside Hannah Montana. Amber Addison (Shanica Knowles) shows the most promise, but Miley vows to sabotage her performance to humiliate her on live television. As Alexa, Serratos plays Amber's best friend who's party invitation is rejected due to Amber's ambition to sing.
Heather Perez - Cow Belles (2006) 5.2
Serratos logged the third acting credit of her career as Heather Perez in Cow Belles, a made-for-TV Disney movie starring sisters AJ and Aly Michalka.
The two siblings play Courtney and Taylor Callum, a pair of spoiled rich girls who have everything they can dream of. Upon a household accident, the girls are sent to work at their father's dairy empire, where they are humbled by doing manual labor. As Heather Perez, Serratos plays the sisters' grounded friend who tries to rid the girls of their selfish ways.
Angela Weber - Twilight (2008) 5.2
The most high-profile movie credits to Serratos' name thus far belongs to the four-part Twilight saga, in which she plays the ing character of Angela Weber, one of Bella's newest friends in the town of Forks.
Although Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2 has a higher IMDb rating than the 2008 original film, Serratos is only credited by name and does not appear in the movie. Instead, the best movie of the series that she does appear in is the first entry, directed by Catherine Hardwicke.
Lena - 96 Minutes (2011) 5.7
Serratos landed the first female leading role of her cinematic career via the 2011 real-time crime-thriller 96 Minutes, written and directed by Aimee Lagos. The film intertwines the night of four characters who converge during a fatal car theft.
Serratos plays Lena in the film, a woman who discovers her boyfriend's infidelity before sustaining a serious head wound in a car accident. Lena and her friend Karley (Brittany Snow) become kidnapped by Dre (Evan Ross) and Kevin (J. Michael Trautmann) and held hostage in Lena's stolen car, leading to death and destruction.
Girl - Zoey 101 (2005) 6.1
After appearing in a 2004 short film, Serratos made her small-screen debut as the nondescript Girl in the "School Dance" episode of Nickelodeon's Zoey 101.
The show tracks the high-school exploits of Zoey Brooks (Jamie Lynn Spears), a popular teenager navigating the pitfalls of adolescence. In "School Dance," Zoey and her classmates are mortified to learn that their dance partners will be decided based on the results of a personality test. As Girl #1, Serratos plays a character mixed up with Ollie Biallo (Teo Olivares).
Selena Quintanilla - Selena: The Series (2020) 6.6
In her first starring role on television, Serratos is gaining positive reviews for her portrayal of Selena Quintanilla in Netflix's new series created by Moises Zamora. While the show boasts an overall rating of 6.6, the nine episodes of season 1 range from 7.5 to 8.3 out of 10.
The series entails the exciting rise and tragic fall of Selena Quintanilla, Mexico's beloved superstar singer who was assassinated by a fanatic and disgruntled employee on March 31, 1995.
Suzie Crabgrass - Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (2004) 7.3
Serratos' second-longest-running TV role belongs to Suzie Crabgrass on Ned's Classified School Survival Guide, in which she played the character for three seasons and 44 episodes of the Nickelodeon series.
The coming-of-age comedy centers on Ned Bigby (Devon Werkheiser), a Ferris Beuller-like character who helps his best friends negotiate the horrors of middle school. As Suzie, Serratos plays a popular gossip-girl who becomes the romantic desire of Ned throughout the series.
Fila Ogden - Robot Chicken (2019) 7.7
Although she appeared in just one episode of Robot Chicken in 2019, it's rated high enough on IMDb to crack Serrato's top three roles to date. Among other sketches, the third episode of season 10 pits Donald Trump (Ralph Garman) against The Ninja Turtles' April O'Neil (Rachel Bloom).
The additional subject matter of the episode includes a Fast and Furious spoof and an update on Pee-wee Herman's missing bicycle. Serratos lends her voice to the role of Fila Ogden in the episode.
Becca - American Horror Story (2011) 8.0
Most people tend to forget that Christian Serratos played Becca in the pilot episode of American Horror Story. Directed by Ryan Murphy, Becca plays one of Leah's (Shelby Young) bullying besties who torments new girl, Violet Harmen (Taissa Farmiga), at school.
The overarching Murder House plot entails the historic horror discovered by new residents Ben and Vivien Harmon upon moving into the accursed abode. Since her appearance, the show has continued for another nine years and 107 episodes to date.
Rosita Espinosa - The Walking Dead (2014) 8.2
Far and away the best role Serratos has played to date belongs to that of Rosita Espinosa on the mega-popular TV series The Walking Dead. To date, Serratos has appeared in 105 episodes of the AMC hit series.
ing the series in 2014, goes ballistic in her attempt to murder Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan).