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<p>Selenis Leyva is known as a Cuban- American actress. She is most famous for her role in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black.</p>

<h2>Background and Age</h2>

<p>Selenis Leyva Rivera was born on May 26, 1972 in Baracoa, Cuba. She was brought up in Bronx, New York City. After she finished high school, she joined up with a University where she studied arts and after graduation, she started her acting career.</p>

<h2>Career and Net Worth</h2>

<p>Preceding her graduation, Selenis participated in a few off-Broadway productions and made her TV debut in 1999 when she handled a role in the court drama television series titled Law and Order. She additionally made her film debut when she was featured in the motion picture titled <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debutante">Debutante</a> in 2000.</p>

<p>Selenis got her biggest acting achievement after she joined the Netflix team and has been a prominent figure in the streaming services' comedy drama series titled Orange is the New Black starting in 2013. She has additionally featured in other TV series including The Sopranos in 2006, New Amsterdam in 2008, The Good Wife in 2010, Blue Bloods from 2011 to 2012, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl">Girls</a> in 2012, Elementary in 2012, and Madam Secretary in 2015.</p>

<p>In July 2019, Orange is the New Black came to an end as the 7th and final season was released on Netflix but Leyva is not worried about landing more roles.</p>

<h2>Marriage, Husband and Kids</h2>

<p>The gifted actress has not revealed any information about her love life to the media. It's known that Leyva isn't married at this point but she has a little girl named Alina Leyva who is thought to have been adopted by Leyva. One relationship that Leyva has been public about is her close union with her sister. Selenis Leyva has a more youthful sister named <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selenis_Leyva">Marizol Leyva</a>. While they were growing up, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selenis_Leyva">Marizol</a> had issues mixing with other children and this gave Selenis an extraordinary concern. Young men would consistently drive her to play football with them so she could act progressively manly yet she wasn't coexisting with them. At the point when <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selenis_Leyva">Marizol</a> was sixteen years of age, she opened up that she was gay yet that wasn't the end.</p>

<p>When she was nineteen years of age, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selenis_Leyva">Marizol</a> started her transgender procedure and in June 2015, she came out freely as a transgender. Selenis has constantly bolstered LGBT people and when she found her sister was a transgender, she never neglected to give her the help that she required. The change wasn't a simple time for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selenis_Leyva">Marizol</a>, she went through depression, dismissal, and hate before she was acknowledged as a person for her identity. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selenis_Leyva">Marizol</a> is as of now a transgender Latina model, a cook, and human rights activist.</p>

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