Liliana De La Vega is a recurring character on Jane the Virgin. She is potrayed by Rita Moreno.
Character[]
Lilliana is a lady, presumably in her 60s, who at first comes across as very opinionated and firm about her ideas of Rogelio – especially his romantic relationships. She was a homemaker while raising her son with her husband, Manuel De La Vega, and also a stage mother for Rogelio's career, starting when he was very young. She is very loving towards Jane, and friendly with Alba.
Story[]
2015
Liliana De La Vega meets her granddaughter Jane for the very first time in Season 1. She is introduced as Jane's 'Glam-ma', and shares some of Rogelio's expressional personality traits. Liliana had originally met Xiomara when she and Rogelio were teens, walking in on them and subsequently accidentally electrocuting her cat. Therefore Xiomara makes a great effort to make amends with Liliana when she visits at Easter, who is mostly opposed to anything more than cordial exchanges with her.
Liliana and Jane meet for the very first time
It is revealed that she is angry with Xiomara for not disclosing to Rogelio that she was pregnant with Jane, although, this is not the case as Xiomara did tell Rogelio – who told Xiomara to get an abortion. After realizing the truth and working this out with Xiomara, Liliana also makes an effort to directly discourage both Xo and Rogelio from continuing their relationship, as Liliana believes they are wrong for each other – to which Xiomara takes great offense.
2016
Rogelio comforts his mother
Liliana comes to visit the Villanuevas and to see little Mateo, where she reveals that her husband, Manuel, is leaving her for another man, but it turns out that Liliana and Manuel have an 'arrangement' – that Liliana has known Manuel was gay for 40 years of their marriage. It seems it is a safe guard of a sort for Liliana for them to have stayed together, despite the lack of romantic love. This explains a lot of Liliana's behavior, why she is so insistent on controlling Rogelio's love life and is so negative about his relationship with Xiomara. She may have recently become quite bitter and also, as she divulges to her son, afraid to be left all alone.[1]
Trivia[]
- It is not specified whether Liliana works, is retired, or a homemaker, though the latter seems likely
- Liliana and Manuel are divorced.
- They have been married for 47 years, and married around 1968.
- It was Liliana who inspired Rogelio to propose to Xiomara.
BEHIND THE SCENES
- The character was originally named Sofia[2]
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