Cierra Ramirez

{{Infobox person

| name = Cierra Ramirez

| image = Cierra Ramirez 7th Annual Television Academy Honors (cropped).jpg

| alt = Ramirez at the 7th Annual Television Academy Honors on June 1, 2014

| caption = Ramirez at the 7th Annual Television Academy Honors on June 1, 2014

| birth_name = Cierra Alexa Ramirez

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|3|9}}

| birth_place = Houston, Texas, U.S.

| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|singer}}

| years_active = 2005–present

}}

Cierra Alexa Ramirez (born March 9, 1995) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for playing Mariana Adams Foster in the Freeform television series The Fosters and reprising her role in the spin-off series Good Trouble, which she also co-executive produced with co-star Maia Mitchell. Her accolades include an ALMA Award and a GLAAD Media Award nomination.{{Cite web |last=Beauty |title=Haters Are Cierra Ramirez's Motivators. But Don't Come For Her Latinidad |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/09/8373357/cierra-ramirez-good-trouble-actress-interview |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=www.refinery29.com |language=en}}

Early life

Ramirez was born on March 9, 1995, in Houston, Texas.{{Cite web |date=2023-01-11 |title=Cierra Ramirez - Actress |url=https://www.tvinsider.com/people/cierra-ramirez/ |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=TV Insider |language=en-US}} Her father, Sonny Ramirez, was a music producer and her mother, Cris Ramirez, was a kindergarten teacher. Ramirez was raised in Sugar Land, Texas, and attended Westside High School for two years before moving to Los Angeles, California. She graduated high school through a home-school program to allow her to pursue her acting career.{{Cite news|last=Holley|first=Pete|date=May 8, 2012|title=Teen leaps from Sugar Land to Hollywood|work=Houston Chronicle|url=http://www.chron.com/life/article/Teen-leaps-from-Sugar-Land-to-Hollywood-3540606.php|access-date=January 2, 2018}}

Career

=Music=

Music led to Ramirez making her television debut—when she was 10 years old, she performed a song the "Apollo Kids Star of Tomorrow" segment of Showtime at the Apollo.{{cite web |url= http://www.abcspark.ca/shows/fosters/cast/cierra-ramirez |title= Cast Members: Cierra Ramirez |work= ABC Spark |agency= Corus Entertainment |date= 2013 |access-date= January 21, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170704120512/http://www.abcspark.ca/shows/fosters/cast/cierra-ramirez |archive-date= July 4, 2017 |url-status= dead }} Ramirez is signed to Empire and Tribeca Music Group.{{cite news |url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/roxane-assaf/title-title-title-title-t_b_10396444.html |title= Music Debut for TV Babe Cierra Ramirez |last= Assaf Lynn |first= Roxane |work= The Huffington Post |date= June 14, 2016 |access-date= January 21, 2017}} She has performed as the opening act for a number of musical acts, including Earth, Wind & Fire, Chicago and Ruben Studdard.

On June 20, 2016, Ramirez released her first EP Discreet. Her singles subsequently followed her first EP: "Faded" Feat. Baeza in 2017.{{Cite web|last=Rodriguez P|date=1 May 2017|title=EXCLUSIVE: Cierra Ramirez Premieres Music Video for Party Anthem 'Faded'|url=http://www.latina.com/entertainment/music/cierra-ramirez-faded-music-video|access-date=2020-08-07|website=LATINA|language=en}}

In 2018, Ramirez released the first single “Bad Boys” off of her debut album, Over Your Head, which was released February 28, 2020. Singles that followed “Bad Boys” were; “Liquid Courage (Love Me Better)", "Broke Us" Feat. Trevor Jackson in 2019 and “Over Your Head” in 2020.

Music videos for the singles "Faded", "Bad Boys", "Liquid Courage" and "Broke Us" were released. "Liquid Courage (Love Me Better)", "Broke Us", and “BBU” were directed by Maria Skobeleva.{{cite web|title=Cierra Ramirez: Liquid Courage|website=IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt10712566/|access-date=2019-08-16}}{{Citation|title=Cierra Ramirez Broke us Ft. Trevor Jackson|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt10712488/|access-date=2019-08-16}}

=Acting=

In 2007, Ramirez played a recurring role on the Disney Channel series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody as Jasmine, a young camper with anger management issues. Ramirez played recurring character Kathy in The Secret Life of the American Teenager, introduced in the 100th episode as a pregnant freshman.{{cite news |url= http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/secret-life-american-teenager-abc-family-cierra-ramirez-297724 |title= 'Secret Life of the American Teenager' Adds 'Suite Life' Actress as New Series Regular (Exclusive) |last= Goldberg |first=Lesley |work= The Hollywood Reporter |date= March 8, 2012 |access-date= January 21, 2017}}

Ramirez had her film debut in the titular role for the 2012 feature film Girl in Progress, for which she won an ALMA Award for Favorite Movie Actress Supporting Role.{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/11/movies/girl-in-progress-with-eva-mendes-and-cierra-ramirez.html |title= Daughter and Mother, Chasing Adulthood |last=Scott |first=A.O. |work= The New York Times |date= May 10, 2012 |access-date= January 21, 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://almaawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/2012-recipients.pdf |title= 2012 NCLR Alma Awards: Recipients |publisher= National Council of La Raza |date=2013 |access-date= January 21, 2017}}

Starting in 2013, Ramirez played Mariana Foster in the ABC Family (renamed "Freeform" channel) series The Fosters. Her character is a straight-A student who, with her fraternal twin Jesus, has been adopted by a lesbian couple into a multi-ethnic blended family. The show premiered on June 3, 2013, and in January 2017, Freeform announced that it had been renewed for its fifth season.{{cite news |url= http://www.latinospost.com/articles/16674/20130415/jennifer-lopezs-new-show-fosters-stirs-up-controversy-over-same.htm |title= Jennifer Lopez's New Show 'The Fosters' Stirs Up Controversy Over Same-Sex Couple Raising Family |first=Tanvier |last=Peart |work= Latinos Post |date=April 15, 2013 |access-date= January 21, 2017}} However, according to Entertainment Weekly, the series would be cancelled after a three-night limited series on June 6, 2018, to be followed with a spin off, Good Trouble premiering January 9, 2019, featuring Ramirez and Maia Mitchell.{{Cite web |title=Good Trouble Review: This Is How Spin-Offs Are Supposed to Be Done |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/freeform-good-trouble-review-the-fosters-spinoff/ |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}

In 2017, Ramirez starred in the Lifetime film Drink, Slay, Love co-produced by Bella Thorne and based on the novel by Sarah Beth Durst. Her character is a vampire who becomes immune to sunlight after a freak accident.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/08/bella-thorne-drink-slay-love-lifetime-movie-cierra-ramirez-star-ya-vampire-1201807510/|title=Bella Thorne To Produce YA Vampire Movie 'Drink, Slay, Love' For Lifetime Starring Cierra Ramirez|website=Deadline|first=Amanda|last=N'Duka|date=August 24, 2016|access-date=August 20, 2024}}

Personal life

She is of Colombian and Mexican descent.{{cite tweet |user=cierraramirez |number=483000419082199040 |title= For everyone that's asking...my dad's Colombian and my mom's Mexican...so that makes me Mexilombian pic.twitter.com/xjxGI3UjEl|first=Cierra|last=Ramirez |date=June 28, 2014 |access-date= January 2, 2018}}

She dated Youtuber and comedian Jeff Wittek in 2015 for 3 years.{{cite web |url=https://www.distractify.com/p/jeff-wittek-ex-girlfriend#:~:text=Jeff%20and%20Cierra%20started%20dating,relationship%20landmarks%20on%20social%20media. |title=Vlog Squad Member Jeff Wittek Dated Actress Cierra Ramirez for Three Years |author= |date=September 29, 2020 |website=distractify.com |publisher=Distractify |access-date=July 26, 2023 |quote=Jeff and Cierra started dating in early 2015, after they first met in a club in Los Angeles. They stayed together for three years, keenly chronicling their relationship landmarks on social media.}}

Since 2019, she has been in a relationship with musician OTHRSYDE, also known as Jonathan Zallez.{{Cite instagram |user=cierraramirez |postid=CSpSh6PFQxQ |title=happy 2 years to the boy i love most in the whoooooole world @othersyde |date=August 16, 2021}} They announced their engagement in September 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-11 |title='Good Trouble' star Cierra Ramirez is engaged: 'Luckiest girl in the world' |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/cierra-ramirez-engaged-johnny-zallez-rcna104414 |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=TODAY.com |language=en}}

Discography

=Albums=

class="wikitable rowplainheaders"
Title ! Details ! Peak charts
Over Your Head{{cite web\|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/over-your-head/1497995313\|title=Over Your Head\|publisher=iTunes\|access-date=2020-02-07}} \| Released: February 28, 2020 Label: Tribeca Music Group/ Empire Formats: Digital download \| #15 on the US Pop iTunes Charts

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Title

! Details

! Peak charts

Over Your Head{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/over-your-head/1497995313|title=Over Your Head|publisher=iTunes|access-date=2020-02-07}}

Released: February 28, 2020
Label: Tribeca Music Group/ Empire
Formats: Digital download

| #15 on the US Pop iTunes Charts

=Extended plays=

class="wikitable rowplainheaders"
Title ! Details ! Peak charts ! Notes
Discreet \| Released: June 20, 2016 Label: Tribeca Music Group Formats: Digital download \| - \| {{N/A}}

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Title

! Details

! Peak charts

! Notes

Discreet

Released: June 20, 2016
Label: Tribeca Music Group
Formats: Digital download

| -

| {{N/A}}

=Singles=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" !Title !Year !Album
scope="row"\| "Faded" (featuring Casey Veggies & Honey Cocaine) \| 2016 \| Discreet
scope="row"\| "Faded" (featuring Baeza) \| 2017 \| {{n/a\|Non-album single}}
scope="row"\| "Bad Boys" \| 2018 \| rowspan="3"\|Over Your Head
scope="row"\| "Liquid Courage (Love Me Better)" \| rowspan="3"\|2019
scope="row"\| "Broke Us" (featuring Trevor Jackson)
scope="row"\| "Love Me Ole (Latin Remix)" (with Maejor & C-Kan) \| {{n/a\|Non-album single}}
! scope="row"\| "Over Your Head" \| rowspan="2"\|2020 \| rowspan="2"\|Over Your Head
! scope="row\|"BBU"

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

!Title

!Year

!Album

scope="row"| "Faded"
(featuring Casey Veggies & Honey Cocaine)

| 2016

| Discreet

scope="row"| "Faded"
(featuring Baeza)

| 2017

| {{n/a|Non-album single}}

scope="row"| "Bad Boys"

| 2018

| rowspan="3"|Over Your Head

scope="row"| "Liquid Courage (Love Me Better)"

| rowspan="3"|2019

scope="row"| "Broke Us"
(featuring Trevor Jackson)

scope="row"| "Love Me Ole (Latin Remix)"
(with Maejor & C-Kan)

| {{n/a|Non-album single}}

! scope="row"| "Over Your Head"

| rowspan="2"|2020

| rowspan="2"|Over Your Head

! scope="row|"BBU"

=Other appearances=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" ! scope="col" style="width:16em;" \| Title ! scope="col"\| Year ! scope="col"\| Other artist(s) ! scope="col"\| Album
scope="row"\| "Círculo" \| 2019 \| Coastcity \| 1190 (EP)

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"

! scope="col" style="width:16em;" | Title

! scope="col"| Year

! scope="col"| Other artist(s)

! scope="col"| Album

scope="row"| "Círculo"

| 2019

| Coastcity

| 1190 (EP)

=Music videos=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" \|+ List of music videos, showing year released and director ! scope="col" style="width:16em;" \| Title ! scope="col"\| Year ! scope="col"\| Other artist(s) ! scope="col"\| Director(s)
scope="col"\| "Faded" \| 2016 \| Casey Veggies & Honey C \| Austin Kelley
scope="col"\| "Faded" \| 2017 \| Baeza \| Keoni Marcelo
scope="col"\| "Bad Boys" \| 2018 \| {{n/a\|None}} \| Arrad Rahgoshay
scope="col"\| "Liquid Courage (Love Me Better)" \| rowspan="3"\|2019 \| {{n/a\|None}} \| rowspan="2"\|Maria Skobeleva
scope="col"\| "Broke Us" \| Trevor Jackson
scope="col"\| "Love Me Ole (Latin Remix)" \| Major & C-Kan \|Gabe Bostetler
scope="col"\| "Over Your Head" \| rowspan="2"\|2020 \| {{n/a\|None}} \| Riley Robbins
scope="col"\| "BBU" (Vertical Video) \|{{n/a\|None}} \| Maria Skobeleva

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+ List of music videos, showing year released and director

! scope="col" style="width:16em;" | Title

! scope="col"| Year

! scope="col"| Other artist(s)

! scope="col"| Director(s)

scope="col"| "Faded"

| 2016

| Casey Veggies & Honey C

| Austin Kelley

scope="col"| "Faded"

| 2017

| Baeza

| Keoni Marcelo

scope="col"| "Bad Boys"

| 2018

| {{n/a|None}}

| Arrad Rahgoshay

scope="col"| "Liquid Courage (Love Me Better)"

| rowspan="3"|2019

| {{n/a|None}}

| rowspan="2"|Maria Skobeleva

scope="col"| "Broke Us"

| Trevor Jackson

scope="col"| "Love Me Ole (Latin Remix)"

| Major & C-Kan

|Gabe Bostetler

scope="col"| "Over Your Head"

| rowspan="2"|2020

| {{n/a|None}}

| Riley Robbins

scope="col"| "BBU" (Vertical Video)

|{{n/a|None}}

| Maria Skobeleva

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class= "unsortable" \| Notes
2006 \| All In \| Marisol \| Supporting role
2012 \| Girl in Progress \| Ansiedad \| Lead role
2016 \| Petting Scorpions \| Daisy \| Lead role
2018 \| Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors{{cite web\|last1=Cheng\|first1=Susan\|last2=Flaherty\|first2=Keely\|title=Marvel's Launching A New Franchise Of Wonderful, Diverse Superheroes\|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/susancheng/marvel-rising\|work=BuzzFeed News\|access-date=December 7, 2017\|date=December 7, 2017}} \| America Chavez \| Voice role
2023 \| The Re-Education of Molly Singer \| Lindsay \| Supporting role

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class= "unsortable" | Notes

2006

| All In

| Marisol

| Supporting role

2012

| Girl in Progress

| Ansiedad

| Lead role

2016

| Petting Scorpions

| Daisy

| Lead role

2018

| Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors{{cite web|last1=Cheng|first1=Susan|last2=Flaherty|first2=Keely|title=Marvel's Launching A New Franchise Of Wonderful, Diverse Superheroes|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/susancheng/marvel-rising|work=BuzzFeed News|access-date=December 7, 2017|date=December 7, 2017}}

| America Chavez

| Voice role

2023

| The Re-Education of Molly Singer

| Lindsay

| Supporting role

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2005 \| Showtime at the Apollo \| Herself \| October 29, 2005
rowspan="3"\| 2006 \| CSI: Miami \| Isabel Terraza \| Episode: "Deviant"
Zoey 101 \| Girl #1 \| Episode: "Surprise"
Desperate Housewives \| Annie Marie \| Episode: "Children and Art"
2007 \| The Suite Life of Zack & Cody \| Jasmine \| Recurring role (4 episodes)
2007 \| Star and Stella Save the World \| Stella Rivera \| Television films
2008 \| My Own Worst Enemy \| Ruthy Spivey \| Scenes deleted
rowspan="2"\| 2012 \| Piper's Quick Picks \| Herself \| Guest
The Talk \| Herself \|
2012–2013 \| The Secret Life of the American Teenager \| Kathy \| Recurring role (22 episodes)
2013–2018 \| The Fosters \| Mariana Adams Foster \| Main role
2017 \| Drink, Slay, Love \| Pearl \| Television film
2019–2024 \| Good Trouble{{Cite web\|last=Gelman\|first=Vlada\|date=2018-05-23\|title=Fosters Spinoff: And the Title Is...\|url=https://tvline.com/2018/05/23/the-fosters-spinoff-name-good-trouble-callie-mariana/\|access-date=2020-08-07\|website=TVLine\|language=en\|archive-date=April 9, 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409034907/https://tvline.com/2018/05/23/the-fosters-spinoff-name-good-trouble-callie-mariana/\|url-status=dead}} \| Mariana Adams Foster \| Main role; also executive producer
rowspan="3" \|2019 \| Marvel Rising: Chasing Ghosts \| rowspan="3"\| America Chavez \| rowspan="3"\| Voice
Marvel Rising: Heart of Iron
Marvel Rising: Battle of the Bands

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2005

| Showtime at the Apollo

| Herself

| October 29, 2005

rowspan="3"| 2006

| CSI: Miami

| Isabel Terraza

| Episode: "Deviant"

Zoey 101

| Girl #1

| Episode: "Surprise"

Desperate Housewives

| Annie Marie

| Episode: "Children and Art"

2007

| The Suite Life of Zack & Cody

| Jasmine

| Recurring role (4 episodes)

2007

| Star and Stella Save the World

| Stella Rivera

| Television films

2008

| My Own Worst Enemy

| Ruthy Spivey

| Scenes deleted

rowspan="2"| 2012

| Piper's Quick Picks

| Herself

| Guest

The Talk

| Herself

2012–2013

| The Secret Life of the American Teenager

| Kathy

| Recurring role (22 episodes)

2013–2018

| The Fosters

| Mariana Adams Foster

| Main role

2017

| Drink, Slay, Love

| Pearl

| Television film

2019–2024

| Good Trouble{{Cite web|last=Gelman|first=Vlada|date=2018-05-23|title=Fosters Spinoff: And the Title Is...|url=https://tvline.com/2018/05/23/the-fosters-spinoff-name-good-trouble-callie-mariana/|access-date=2020-08-07|website=TVLine|language=en|archive-date=April 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409034907/https://tvline.com/2018/05/23/the-fosters-spinoff-name-good-trouble-callie-mariana/|url-status=dead}}

| Mariana Adams Foster

| Main role; also executive producer

rowspan="3" |2019

| Marvel Rising: Chasing Ghosts

| rowspan="3"| America Chavez

| rowspan="3"| Voice

Marvel Rising: Heart of Iron

Marvel Rising: Battle of the Bands

Awards and nominations

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style="text-align:center;"\| Year ! style="text-align:center;"\| Award ! style="text-align:center;"\| Category ! style="text-align:center;"\| Nominated work ! style="text-align:center;"\| Result
rowspan="3" \| 2012 \| Imagen Foundation Awards \| Best Supporting Actress/Feature Film \| Girl in Progress \| {{Won}}
ALMA Award \| Favorite Movie Actress-Supporting Role \| Girl in Progress \| {{Won}}
[http://www.hispanicarts.org/ The National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts] \|Horizon Award{{Cite web \|url=http://www.wmusicgroup.com/cierra.html \|title=Emerging Artists: Cierra Ramirez \|publisher=wmusicgroup.com \|date=2013 \|access-date=January 21, 2017}} \| \|{{Won}}
rowspan=2\|2014 \| Teen Choice Awards \| Choice Summer TV Star: Female \| The Fosters \| {{Nominated}}
HOLA Awards \| Honoring Award \| The Fosters \| {{Won}}
2017 \| Teen Choice Awards \| Choice Summer TV Actress \| The Fosters \| {{nominated}}
2019 \| Teen Choice Awards \| Choice Drama TV Actress \| Good Trouble \| {{nom}}
2022 \| GLAAD Media Awards \| Outstanding Drama Series \| Good Trouble (as producer) \| {{Pending}} \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.glaad.org/mediaawards/33/nominees \|title=The Nominees for the 33rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards \|publisher=GLAAD \|date=2022-01-21 \|access-date=2022-01-22 }}

class="wikitable sortable"

style="text-align:center;"| Year

! style="text-align:center;"| Award

! style="text-align:center;"| Category

! style="text-align:center;"| Nominated work

! style="text-align:center;"| Result

rowspan="3" | 2012

| Imagen Foundation Awards

| Best Supporting Actress/Feature Film

| Girl in Progress

| {{Won}}

ALMA Award

| Favorite Movie Actress-Supporting Role

| Girl in Progress

| {{Won}}

[http://www.hispanicarts.org/ The National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts]

|Horizon Award{{Cite web |url=http://www.wmusicgroup.com/cierra.html |title=Emerging Artists: Cierra Ramirez |publisher=wmusicgroup.com |date=2013 |access-date=January 21, 2017}}

|{{Won}}

rowspan=2|2014

| Teen Choice Awards

| Choice Summer TV Star: Female

| The Fosters

| {{Nominated}}

HOLA Awards

| Honoring Award

| The Fosters

| {{Won}}

2017

| Teen Choice Awards

| Choice Summer TV Actress

| The Fosters

| {{nominated}}

2019

| Teen Choice Awards

| Choice Drama TV Actress

| Good Trouble

| {{nom}}

2022

| GLAAD Media Awards

| Outstanding Drama Series

| Good Trouble (as producer)

| {{Pending}}

| {{cite web |url=https://www.glaad.org/mediaawards/33/nominees |title=The Nominees for the 33rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards |publisher=GLAAD |date=2022-01-21 |access-date=2022-01-22 }}