List of Jane the Virgin characters


Jane the Virgin is an American satirical romantic comedy-drama telenovela. It premiered on The CW on October 13, 2014. The series was developed by Jennie Snyder Urman. The following is a list of characters who appeared over the various seasons.

Main characters

Overview

Jane Villanueva

Jane Gloriana Villanueva is a devoted Catholic who has vowed to her grandmother, Alba, to preserve her virginity until marriage. She is engaged to Michael Cordero. Due to a mix-up at the gynecologist's clinic, Jane finds herself accidentally artificially inseminated with the sperm of Rafael Solano, who also happens to be the owner of the hotel at which Jane works, and Jane soon falls in love with him. Over the course of the first season, Jane also becomes acquainted with her father, telenovela star, Rogelio De La Vega, who was previously unaware of his daughter's existence. Jane puts her plan to become a teacher aside as she adjusts to life with a new-born and pursues her dream of writing.

Xiomara Villanueva

Xiomara Gloriana De La Vega is Jane's laid back mother, and Alba's daughter. Unlike her mother and daughter, Xiomara is less conservative around sex, losing her virginity at a young age and having Jane at 16. She and Jane's father, Rogelio De La Vega, were high school sweethearts until he moved away, and she chose to not tell him about the pregnancy.

Petra Solano

Petra Solano, born Natalia Anděl is from the Czech Republic. She ran away and took on a new identity with her mother, Magda, in order to hide from her abusive boyfriend, Miloš. Petra becomes engaged to Lachlan Moore before leaving him for Rafael Solano.

Rafael Solano

Rafael Solano is a former playboy and owner of the Marbella Hotel, married to Petra. After a miscarriage and his cancer diagnosis the couple begins to fall apart. With Rafael plotting to leave her, Petra decides to artificially inseminate herself with his sperm sample, only for his sister, Luisa, to accidentally inseminate Jane Villanueva.

Alba Villanueva

Alba Gloriana Villanueva is the deeply religious matriarch of the Villaunueva household. Alba's late husband, Mateo, left money behind for Alba after dying. She spends the series slowly adapting to a less conservative lifestyle and embracing all life has left to offer her. Her love for her family is intense and huge, and as the show progresses she decides to extend that love to potential romances.

Michael Cordero, Jr.

Jane's fiancé at the beginning of the series. Michael is initially the head detective in the hunt for Sin Rostro, a high-profile drug dealer who seems to be based in the Marbella. Shot on his wedding night in the shoulder, close to the heart, he becomes hospitalized; complications from the shooting result in him becoming bedridden for a long time. Because of this, he can no longer continue his job as a policeman and retrains as a lawyer. It is not long after this, however, that the same complications that left him hospitalised come back to haunt him, and he unexpectedly passes away due to heart failure.

Rogelio De La Vega

A self-involved, famous telenovela star and Jane's biological father. He is trying to form a relationship with his newly discovered daughter.

Mateo Gloriano Rogelio Solano Villanueva

Jane and Rafael's child. Named after Jane's grandfather and Alba's husband, who died before Jane was born. During the fifth season, Mateo is diagnosed with attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder.

Recurring characters

Overview

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Introduced in season one

Luisa Alver

Luisa Alver is the doctor who artificially inseminated Jane, as well as Rafael's sister. She is an alcoholic and in love with her stepmother, Rose. The two have an on and off relationship, then spend three years together until Rose is found and arrested.

Rose Solano

Rose Solano is a crime lord who falls in love with Luisa, and is the main antagonist of the series. She kills Emilio, kidnaps Mateo, and shoots Michael. After three years on the run with Luisa, she is arrested.

Emilio Solano

Emilio Solano is Rafael's adoptive father and Luisa's biological father. He owns the Marbella.

Magda Anděl

Magda Anděl is Petra's scheming mother who fakes paralysis. She pushes Alba down a flight of stairs and kills Ivan, winding up arrested on both occasions.

Lina Santillan

Lina Santillan is Jane's best friend and co-worker at the Marbella. Despite Lina having moved to New York and having married someone, the two remain close.

Nadine Hanson

Nadine Hanson is Michael's partner who turns out to be working for Sin Rostro.

Frankie and Luca

Frankie and Luca are Jane's friends who worked at the Marbella.

Lachlan Moore

Lachlan Moore is Rafael's rival and Petra's former fiancé.

Roman and Aaron Zazo

Roman and Aaron Zazo
Roman and Aaron Zazo are twin brothers. Roman has an affair with Petra.

Ivan Rogachevsky

Ivan Rogachevsky is Miloš' goon hired to track down Petra and Magda.

Miloš Dvořáček

Miloš Dvořáček is Petra's abusive boyfriend from the Czech Republic. Petra and her mother flee the country with new identities to get away from him.

Scott Archuletta

Scott Archuletta is the Marbella's sleazy lounge manager. He keeps a burn book on the Marbella, and eventually marries Anežka.

Esteban Santiago

Esteban Santiago is Rogelio's acting rival.

Dina Milagro

Dina Milagro is the head writer of The Passions of Santos. She briefly dates Rogelio and later returns as the head writer of This Is Mars.

Elena Di Nola

Elena Di Nola : Emilio's second wife and Rafael's adoptive mother, she is a crime lord that rivals Rose.

Regina

Regina is Jane's friend and co-worker at the Marbella. She has two kids. She eventually takes over Jane's job as lounge manager when Jane leaves after ghostwriting Petra's lifestyle book.

Introduced in season two

Krishna Dhawan

Krishna Dhawan is Petra's assistant.

Mateo Villanueva

Mateo Villanueva is Alba's late husband, Xiomara's father, and Jane's grandfather.

Jonathan Chavez

Jonathan Chavez : Jane's mentor who she has a brief relationship with.

Anna and Ellie Solano

Anna & Ellie Solano are Petra and Rafael's twin daughters.

Anežka Archuletta

Anežka Archuletta is Petra's long lost twin sister who paralyzes Petra and steals her identity.

Derek Ruvelle

Derek Ruvelle : Elena's son who was at one point believed to be Rafael's half-brother.

Rudy

Rudy is Rogelio's personal assistant.

Patricia Cordero

Patricia Cordero : Michael's mother who has a poor relationship with Jane.

Marlene Donaldson

Marlene Donaldson is Jane's mentor when looking to become a writer.

Introduced in season three

Dennis Chambers

Dennis Chambers is Michael's best friend and the detective in charge of investigating Scott's death.

Jorge Garcia

Jorge is Alba's co-worker at the Marbella giftshop. The two enter into a relationship after Alba spends three years having a crush on him.

Bruce

Bruce is a married man Xiomara used to have an affair with. When he finally gets a divorce, he and Xiomara enter into a relationship, but the couple is met with disapproval by both Xo's daughter Jane and Bruce's daughter Tess.

Catalina Maria Mora

Catalina Maria Mora : Jane's opportunist cousin who has a brief fling with Rafael.

Darci Factor

Darci Factor is a matchmaker who Rogelio meets with in order to have a child. The two end up falling for one another, entering into a relationship and starring in a reality show together, but three years pass, and it is revealed they have broken up.

Chuck Chesser

Chuck Chesser is the Fairwick Hotel's newest owner who has a longterm feud with Petra. The two have a no-strings-attached sexual relationship for six months before eventually deciding to be a couple.

Fabian Regalo del Cielo

Fabian Regalo del Cielo is Rogelio's telenovela costar who Jane has her first fling with. The relationship becomes complicated when Fabian finds himself wanting more from Jane, but Jane does not reciprocate.

Adam Alvaro

Adam Alvaro is Jane's first love who she almost married after high school. The two get back together after Adam delivers Jane a letter, he found that was addressed to her from her late husband, Michael.
Posey's casting was announced in April 2017. Series lead Gina Rodriguez and the costume designer pitched the idea to showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman, who immediately offered Posey the role. There was a brief moment where they thought they lost Posey to another project.

Introduced in season four

Baby Michaelina De La Vega Factor

Baby Michaelina De La Vega Factor is Rogelio and Darci's daughter, conceived during the production of The De La Vega Factor Factor.

Jane Ramos

Jane "JR" Ramos is Petra's attorney following Anežka's death. Though seemingly a friend to Petra, it turns out she was being blackmailed to help frame Petra for murder, the life of her mother being at stake.

River Fields

River Fields is a beloved American actress and advocate for awareness of postpartum depression, who takes issue after Rogelio speaks on men suffering PPD.

Introduced in season five

Bobby

Bobby is an associate of Sin Rostro, initially sent to Miami to keep an eye on Luisa.

Minor characters

  • Billy Cordero : Michael's shady brother.
  • Valeria and Victoria : are Rogelio's former stepdaughters who serve as thorns in Jane's side.
  • Liliana De La Vega : Rogelio's mother who disapproves of Xiomara.
  • Andie : once Jane's friend, she later dates Michael.
  • Sister Margaret and Sister Theresa : nuns who work at the school Jane teaches at.
  • Juicy Jordan : Luisa's girlfriend who breaks up with her for not being over Rose.
  • Manuel De La Vega : Rogelio's father who comes out as a homosexual.
  • Paola/Lola : once Rogelio's prison pen pal, she gets out of jail and becomes his assistant before kidnapping him.
  • Wesley Masters : one Jane's classmates who betrays her trust and writes a scandalous piece on the Solanos.
  • Pablo Alonso Segura : the man Alba lost her virginity to, who is known to be bad luck.
  • Chloe Leland : a publisher that Jane worked for.
  • Eileen : a woman whose identity and face Rose uses in order to be with Luisa in front of her family.
  • Abbey Whitman : Rafael's girlfriend of two years who runs a greeting card company. The two move in together, but the relationship falls through when Rafael finds himself unable to fully commit, and also rediscovers his feelings for Petra.
  • Alex : Mateo's aide at preschool who Jane later mistakes as being flirty with her rather than just friendly.
  • Katherine Cortes : a Miami socialite who Rafael has a fling with during his plan to take back the Marbella.
  • Anton/Carl : an actor hired by Anežka and Magda to gaslight Luisa.
  • Jeremy Howe : Jane's bro-ish editor for her first book
  • Pammy the Parrot : the mascott at the Marbella.
  • Pond Juniper Fields is River's estranged daughter and personal assistant.
  • Lily Lofton is Jane's book editor who helps her publish her second novel.