Jane
the Virgin
Manila,
Philippines (26 November 2014)
- When
Jane Villanueva was a young girl, her grandmother, Alba, convinced
her of two things: telenovelas are the highest form of entertainment,
and women must protect their virginity at all costs. Now age 23, Jane
is a driven young woman studying to become a teacher, nursing a dream
to be a writer, and supporting herself with a job at a hot new Miami
hotel.
All the years of watching telenovelas with the two
women who raised her – her sexy, young-at-heart mother, Xiomara
(known as “Xo”), and her still-devout grandmother, Alba – have
given Jane a slightly unrealistic view of romance. Although she is
determined not to make the same mistake Xo made – becoming an unwed
mother at 16 – Jane could not be closer to the two wonderful women
who have shaped her life. They are very different people – Xo lives
her life as a perpetual teenager, performing at local clubs and
always looking for a new man, while Alba makes religion and prayer
the focus of her life – but both women consider Jane the center of
their universe and love the grounded, compassionate and ambitious
young woman she has become.
Despite the conflicting
influences of her mother and grandmother, Jane has managed to find a
wonderful fiancé: a handsome, hard-working detective named Michael,
who loves her enough to accept her detailed timeline for their future
together and even her insistence on “saving herself” until
they’re married. All of Jane’s meticulous life plans are turned
upside down, however, when she sees her doctor for a routine check-up
and is accidentally artificially inseminated with a specimen meant
for the patient in the next room. Unbeknownst to her, the specimen
belongs to Rafael, a reformed playboy and cancer survivor, who is not
only the new owner of the hotel where Jane works but also a former
summer crush of hers.
A few weeks later, the unsuspecting
Jane is faced with the most important decisions of her life. Will she
continue with the pregnancy? How can she explain the situation to her
fiancé and family? And what should she do about the wishes of the
biological father, Rafael, and his scheming wife Petra? At the same
time, Jane’s mother Xo is facing a life-changing decision of her
own: after years of letting Jane and Alba believe she didn’t know
the identity of Jane’s father, the time has come to admit the truth
– Jane’s father is Xo’s former boyfriend Rogelio. Making the
situation even more surreal, Rogelio is now a huge telenovela star,
and he definitely wants to meet his unsuspecting daughter.
Though
she has always tried to be the responsible good girl who does the
right thing, Jane’s normally quiet life has suddenly become as
dramatic, complicated and unpredictable as the telenovelas she has
always loved.
The
series stars Gina Rodriguez (“Filly Brown,” “The Bold and the
Beautiful”) as Jane, Justin Baldoni (“Single Ladies,” “The
Bold and the Beautiful”) as Rafael, Brett Dier (“Ravenswood”)
as Michael, Andrea Navedo (“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,”
“Golden Boy”) as Xiomara, Yael Grobglas (“Reign”) as Petra,
Ivonne Coll (“Switched at Birth,” “The Bold and the Beautiful”)
as Alba and Jaime Camil (“Devious Maids,” “Que Pobres Tan
Ricos”) as Rogelio.
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