SELENA: THE SERIES
Created by Moisés Zamora, “Selena: The Series” is an American biographical drama streaming television series that tells the story of Tejano singer Selena’s rise to fame and the sacrifices she and her family must make along the way, the first part of the series made its debut on December 4, 2020, on Netflix.
Selena: The Series celebrates Selena Quintanilla’s life from her early childhood to her historical career. In the first part of season 1, actress Madison Taylor Baez portrays a young Selena with powerful vocals and a can-do attitude. Transitioning to her teenage years and adulthood, actress Christian Serratos takes over, transforming into the Queen of Tejano Music with Selena’s signature bangs, hoop earrings, and red lip. For The Walking Dead alum, it’s a role of a lifetime — one she’s been dreaming about for as long as she can remember.
“As a Mexican girl, I’ve always wanted to be Selena, so the fact that I was getting this opportunity to play her and bring a little bit of her spirit back was so meaningful to me,” she tells Good Housekeeping.
The second and final part of the series premiered on Tuesday, May 4, 2021, on Netflix.
Before she became the Queen of Tejano Music, Selena Quintanilla was a young girl from Texas with big dreams and an even bigger voice. The two-part coming-of-age drama series explores the once-in-a-generation performer’s journey as a young artist, from singing small gigs in Corpus Christi with her family to becoming one of the most successful Latin artists of all time—and the years of grit and sacrifice the Quintanilla family navigated together before Selena’s meteoric rise to fame.
“When you’re gone, how do you want to be remembered?” a reporter asks in the video below. “Somebody who wanted to be a role model, the best daughter, the best sister, the best friend, the best wife,” the late singer says. “I just want to be remembered as somebody who gave it her all.”
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Speaking about Selena’s relationship with Chris, actor Jesse Posey, who plays Selena’s love interest and husband, tells Good Housekeeping about how deep their love ran.
“There’s a whole other story between Selena and Chris. She cared so much about her family, her culture, her community, and her husband. She had a lot of loyalty toward him, and the same vice versa,” he says. “There was really a lot of genuine love between the two of them. She never let any of the outside world get in the way of that. She loved him endlessly, unconditionally, through, and through. And he, the same for her. No matter what was going on in the outside world, no matter how big and popular she got, she was always there for him and he was always there for her.”
Where can I watch “Selena: The Series”?
Exclusively available for streaming only on Netflix.