Jane the Virgin

Janethe Virgin
Genre(s)	Dramedy Telenovela-inspired Satire Romantic Comedy
Created by	Jennie Snyder Urman
Developed by	Jennie Snyder Urman Ben Silverman
Starring	Gina Rodriguez Andrea Navedo Yael Grobglas Justin Baldoni Ivonne Coll Brett Dier (1-3 • 5) Jaime Camil Elias Janssen (65-)
Narrated by	Anthony Mendez
Tagline	Jane is a virgin. Jane is pregnant. Jane is as confused as you are.
Composer(s)	Gustavo Santaolalla Kevin Kiner Christian Davis Jared Forman
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English • Spanish
Seasons	5
Episodes	100 (22 • 22 • 20 • 17 • 19)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Jennie Snyder Urman Ben Silverman Gary Pearl Jorge Granier Brad Silberling
Production	Poppy Productions RCTV International Electus Warner Bros. Television CBS Television Studios
Camera setup	Single-Camera
Running time	42 minutes
Original channel	The CW
Status	Ended
Related shows	Juana la Virgen Jane the Novela
Website	Jane the Virgin CW

Jane the Virgin is an American comedy-drama television series airing on The CW. It is a loose adaptation of the Venezuelan telenovela Juana la Virgen, created by Perla Farías.

Premise

Set in Miami, the series will detail the surprising and unforeseen events that take place in the life of Jane Villanueva, a hard-working, religious young Latina woman whose family tradition and a vow to save her virginity until her marriage to a detective is shattered when a doctor accidentally artificially inseminates her by mistake during a checkup. And to make matters worse, the biological donor is a married man, a former playboy and cancer survivor who is not only the new owner of the hotel where Jane works but was also her former teenage crush.

Starring

Gina Rodriguez as Jane Villanueva

Andrea Navedo as Xiomara Villanueva

Yael Grobglas as Petra

Justin Baldoni as Rafael Solano

Ivonne Coll as Alba Villanueva

Elias Janssen as Mateo Solano Villanueva (65—)

Brett Dier as Michael Cordero (until 54; 82—88)

and Jaime Camil as Rogelio De La Vega

Recurring cast

Yara Martinez as Luisa Alver

An OB/GYN and Rafael Solano's sister

Priscilla Barnes as Magda

Petra's scheming mother

Bridget Regan as Rose Solano

A former lawyer, Emilio Solano's wife and Luisa Alver's lover

Diane Guerrero as Lina Santillan

Jane's childhood best friend

Justina Machado as Darci Factor (3—5)

Rogelio's ex-girlfriend

Yael Grobglas as Anežka (2—4)

Anezka the evil twin sister of Petra and Magda's other daughter

Azie Tesfai as Nadine Hanson (1—2)

Michael Cordero's partner at the Miami Police Department

Megan Ketch as Susanna Barnett (Season 2)

Michael's new partner

Carlo Rota as Emilio Solano (Season 1)

Guest starring

Rita Moreno as Liliana De La Vega

Rogelio's mother

Castulo Guerra as Manuel De La Vega

Rogelio's father

Keller Wortham as Esteban Santiago

Rogelio's telenovela rival + nemesis, who is currently in a relationship with Darci

Melanie Mayron as Marlene Donaldson

Jane's second grad advisor and mentor

Fabiana Udenio as Elena Di Nola (1—2)

Rafael Solano's absent mother

Michael Rady as Lachlan Moore (1—2)

Rafael's business rival who is favoured by Emilio

Adam Rodriguez as Jonathan Chavez (2, guest 4)

Alano Miller as Roman Zazo (Season 1)

Rafael's college roommate who has an affair with Petra

Co-Starring

Aiden Tiago as Mateo Solano Villanueva (until 54)

Jenna Ortega as Young Jane

Wes Armstrong as Scott Archuletta (1 — 3)

Rosie Garcia as Young Alba

Dennis Mencia as Mateo Villanueva

Christopher Corbin as Ivan Rogachevsky (1—2)

Christopher Allen as Dennis Chambers (3 • 5)

Greg Collins as Coop Armstrong (1—3)

Brian Dare as Luca (1—2)

Camille Collard as Frankie (Season 1)

Characters

Jane Gloriana Villanueva

Jane is a 23-year-old, religious young Latina woman who becomes pregnant after being artificially inseminated by mistake. After meeting Rafael and hearing his situation, she agrees to carry the baby full term and turn over custody to him and his wife Petra, but only if she is sure her baby will be safe and loved with them. But, as the pregnancy grows, they both start to have feelings for each other. Jane ends up having a baby boy named Mateo Gloriano Rogelio Solano Villanueva.

Rafael Solano

Rafael is a 31-year-old ex-owner of the Marbella Hotel and the biological father of Jane's child who has fallen out of love with his wife. As the series progresses, he develops growing feelings for Jane and divorces Petra after discovering her affair.

Petra

Petra is Rafael's scheming ex-wife and a member of a shady Czech crime family who got married to Rafael in order to steal his wealth, though over time she did fall in love with him. She later divorces Rafael and in Season 2, she gives birth to their twin daughters, Anna and Elsa (later Ellie).

Mateo Gloriano Rogelio Solano Villanueva

Mateo is Jane and Rafael's baby. Named after Jane's grandfather and Alba's husband, who died before Jane was born.

Rogelio De La Vega

Rogelio is a self-involved, famous telenovela star and Jane's biological father. In Season 1, he is trying to gain a relationship with his newly discovered daughter. He also has feelings for Xiomara, who was his girlfriend in high school. He marries Xiomara in the season three finale.

Xiomara Gloriana De La Villanueva

Xiomara (aka Xo) is Jane's outgoing mother. She was only sixteen years old when she had Jane, which is why Jane would rather keep her virginity until marriage than make the same mistake her mother did. She is a dance teacher but dreams of having a singing career. She marries Jane's father in the Season three finale.

Alba Gloriana Villanueva

Alba is Jane's pious maternal grandmother (Abuela) and Mateo's great-grandmother (Bisa). She is highly religious and encourages Jane to save her virginity until marriage. Although she rarely speaks English, she understands it, since her granddaughter usually only speaks to her in English. She was in the country illegally until she got her green card in season two.

Michael Cordero Jr.

Michael is Jane's 29-year-old husband who was a detective. He is aware of Petra's affair and blackmails her to ensure that her marriage remains intact so that Jane will give the baby to them, however later he decides to support Jane's decision to keep the baby. He also dislikes Rafael due to Jane's, and eventually Rafael's, attraction to one another. He is the head detective in the hunt for Sin Rostro, a high-profile drug dealer who seems to be based in the Marbella Hotel, however, he later quits to become a lawyer.

Recurring

Luisa Alver

Dr. Luisa Alver is a former doctor and recovering alcoholic, who is the adoptive sister of Rafael and in a relationship with notorious criminal Sin Rostro. She is also the doctor who accidentally artificially inseminated Jane.

Sin Rostro (aka "Rose", Clara Ruvelle)

Rose is a former lawyer, girlfriend of Luisa, and eventually stepmother of Luisa and Rafael who defends Luisa against the malpractice suit. She is later revealed to be the crime lord Sin Rostro and is arrested in season three. Luisa works to try to break her out of jail throughout season 4.

Anežka Archuletta

Anežka is Petra's long-lost twin sister who grew up with a rough life in the Czech Republic. At the end of the second season, she drugs Petra and begins a scheme with Magda to impersonate Petra so they can gain controlling shares in the Marbella. In season 4, she fakes her own death to find out who really loves her and thinks that Petra does when she sees Petra crying (because the twins sprayed pepper spray in her eye). She later finds out the truth and ends up in a dispute with Petra with Anežka falling off a balcony.

Darci Factor

Darci is Rogelio's ex-girlfriend and the mother of her and Rogelio's daughter “Baby Michaelina de la Vega Factor”. She runs a matchmaking business.

Format

Jane the Virgin, an adaptation of a telenovela but itself just incorporating elements of the genre, employs a number of storytelling gags and references to real telenovelas.

• Telenovelas
• The Narrator

Jane's story is told through a specific theme for each season:

Season 1 is the story of Jane's journey from accidental insemination to childbirth

Season 2 is Jane's discovery of motherhood and how it informs her identity

Season 3 is the journey of growing up and what that costs

The story itself is told like a book with chapters, which are added into parts of Jane's story. It is as following:

PART 1 – Chapter One to Chapter Twenty-Two

PART 2 – Chapter Twenty-Three to Chapter Fifty-Four

PART 3 – Chapter Fifty-Five to Chapter One-Hundred

"In my mind, it’s a three-part narrative and this is a giant seismic shift that happened around our midpoint. So, you know, they’re not equal thirds" — Jennie Urman

Part 3 is the last part of the story.

Episodes

Main article: Episode Guide

Accolades

2014 Peabody Award Winner

Jane the Virgin is the 2015 People's Choice Winner for Favorite New TV Comedy

Jane the Virgin was nominated for 2 Golden Globes Awards for Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy and Gina Rodriguez won Best Actress - Television Series Musical or Comedy.

Jane the Virgin was nominated for 2 Teen Choice Awards, Gina Rodriguez and Jaime Camil won Best Actress and Best Actor- Television Series Comedy, respectively.

Trivia

• In the US the series airs Friday nights on The CW in the 9 p.m. (ET/PT)/8 p.m. (CT) time slot.
• Jane the Virgin is the first series from The CW to be nominated for and win a Golden Globe Award
• Jane the Virgin is breaking ground in TV motherhood depictions.

Music

SUPERVISORS

Kevin Edelman

Photos

Jane the Virgin

Media

How Jane The Virgin Reimagined On-Screen Sex For Women (May 2019)

‘Jane the Virgin’ is full of telenovela twists and turns. It is also profoundly real. (April 2019)

How 'Jane The Virgin' Costume Designer Sage Kunin Uses Fashion To Bring The Telenovela Down-To-Earth (April 2019)

Jane the Virgin Cast Greatness (January 2016)

"Jane The Virgin" Stars Are Saying Goodbye To The Show And Now I'm An Emotional Wreck (April 2019)

Videos

Jane the Virgin at PaleyFest LA 2015 Full Conversation

Ben Silverman - Jane the Virgin - 2014 Peabody Award Acceptance Speech