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name: "Emily Rios"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/emily-rios"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 April 1989"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T09:05:55.837492+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Emily Rios

Actor. Born 27 April 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 April 1989, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Also known as:** Andrea Cantillo, Adriana Mendez, Lucía Villanueva
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Rios, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q440023, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1986960/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/211474

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*If Beale Street Could Talk*](https://film.one/film/if-beale-street-could-talk.md) (81)

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## Biography

Emily Rios is an American actress. Born on 27 April 1989 in Los Angeles, California, she was discovered at a shopping mall at the age of 16 and made her screen debut in the 2005 short film For Them.

Her breakthrough came with the leading role of Magdalena in the 2006 independent film Quinceañera. She is best known for her recurring role as Andrea Cantillo in the AMC series Breaking Bad (2010–2013), as Adriana Mendez in the FX series The Bridge (2013–2014), and as Lucía Villanueva in the FX series Snowfall (2017–2018). She appeared as Victoria Rogers in the 2018 film If Beale Street Could Talk and has had guest roles in series including House, ER, True Detective and Criminal Minds.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *If Beale Street Could Talk* (2018), Fi1m 81, as Victoria Rogers — [page](https://film.one/film/if-beale-street-could-talk.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Don't Let Them Out* (2026), as Shay
- *Quinceañera* (2024), Executive Producer
- *Made for Love* (2021), series, Acting
- *If Beale Street Could Talk* (2018), as Victoria Rogers — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/if-beale-street-could-talk.md)
- *Snowfall* (2017), series, as Lucia Villanueva
- *Paint It Black* (2016), as Pen
- *From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series* (2014), series, as Ximena Vasconcelos
- *True Detective* (2014), series, as Betty Chessani — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/true-detective.md)
- *Almost Human* (2013), series, as Paige
- *The Bridge* (2013), series, as Adriana Mendez
- *Scandal* (2012), series, as Ensign Martin
- *County* (2012), as Lucy
- *Grimm* (2011), series, as Frankie Gonzales
- *Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son* (2011), as Isabelle
- *Down for Life* (2010), as Vanessa
- *Pete Smalls Is Dead* (2010), as Xan
- *Love Ranch* (2010), as Muneca
- *Men of a Certain Age* (2009), series, as Maria
- *Vicious Circle* (2009), as Angel
- *The Winning Season* (2009), as Kathy
- *Breaking Bad* (2008), series, as Andrea Cantillo — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/breaking-bad.md)
- *Private Practice* (2007), series, as Angela Reilly
- *The Blue Hour* (2007), as Happy
- *Quinceañera* (2006), as Magdalena
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), series, as Tammy Vasquez
- *The Closer* (2005), series, as Elena Contreras
- *House* (2004), series, as Sophia — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/house-2004.md)
- *ER* (1994), series, as Tracy Martinez — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *The Queerdos*, Acting

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