She’s got quite the career ahead of her.
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To start, Xochitl Gomez started acting at age 5 after her mom signed her up for musical theater.
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One of her first major recurring roles was as Dawn Schafer in the Netflix reboot of The Baby-Sitters Club.
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Now, she’s part of the MCU playing America Chavez in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
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Xochitl was born on April 29, 2006, meaning she recently celebrated her16th birthday and can finally get her driver’s license.
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She’s a California native.
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Xochitl was only 13 when she first auditioned for the role of the teen superhero, America.
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Xochitl gives a lot of credit to her mom for her success.
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“My mom would drive me around LA for hours every day after school, taking me to auditions. Sometimes, we would have, like, four or five a day. It was crazy,” she said. “Eventually, she did have to quit her job because the auditions were so demanding, and yet she chose to support me.”
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Fellow MCU actor Anthony Mackie once served as her acting coach.
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She learned how to skateboard during her days off from set.
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As a kid, Xochitl looked up to Selena Gomez and Dora the Explorer.
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Her name means “flower” in Nahuatl, an indigenous language of Mexico.
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One of her guilty pleasures? Watching reality TV just like the rest of us.
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She used to have a fear of heights.
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Ahead of landing her leading role in the Doctor Strange sequel, she put her martial arts training to good use and worked closely with a stuntman to get prepped.
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She currently has over a million followers on the ‘gram alone.
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Xochitl gets her style inspiration from the 1940s and ’50s, rocking those retro looks on the red carpet often.
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The actor has learned not to sweat when it comes to haters.
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“I’m grateful to have very supportive fans that are so much louder and more enthusiastic than haters,” she said. “And it’s really important, since I do have a really big young following to show them that things happen, and it’s better to stay strong and continue and move forward.”
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And finally, she hopes her new role in the MCU will inspire audiences.
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“What I also loved [about playing America] is that she’s resilient, and she is charismatic,” she said. “Even though literally the entire world is against her, she’s hopeful, and you want to root for her. That’s a really positive representation for Latinas and teens.”
Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/michelelbird/xochitl-gomez-facts
