Cierra Alexa Ramírez (born March 9, 1995) is an American actress and singer. She played Mariana Adams-Foster in the Freeform television series The Fosters and is set to reprise the role in the spinoff series Good Trouble.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Music 2.2 Acting 3 Personal life 4 Discography 4.1 Extended plays 4.2 Singles 4.3 Music videos 5 Filmography 5.1 Film 5.2 Television 6 Awards and nominations 7 References 8 External links Early life

Ramírez was born on March 9, 1995, to music producer and the consultant Sonny Ramírez and his wife, a kindergarten teacher.[1] Ramírez was raised in Sugar Land, Texas, and attended Westside High School for her first two years before moving to Los Angeles.[1] She graduated high school through a home-school program to allow her to pursue her acting career.[1]

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.[2][3] Ramirez is signed to Empire and Tribeca Music Group.[4] She has performed as the opening act for a number of musical acts, including Earth, Wind & Fire, Chicago and Ruben Studdard.[2]

On June 20, 2016, Ramirez released her first EP, Discreet.[4]

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.[5]

Ramirez played the titular role in the 2012 feature film Girl in Progress, for which she won an ALMA Award for Favorite Movie Actress Supporting Role.[6][7]

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, 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.[8] However, according to Entertainment Weekly, the series will 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.

Personal life

She is of American, Colombian and Mexican descent.[9]

Discography Extended plays Title Details Peak charts Notes Discreet Released: June 20, 2016 Label: Tribeca Music Group Formats: Digital download - N/A