{"id":54464,"date":"2022-08-24T01:59:05","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T01:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-rookie-season-5-casts-lisseth-chavez-legends-of-tomorrow\/"},"modified":"2022-08-24T01:59:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T01:59:05","slug":"the-rookie-season-5-casts-lisseth-chavez-legends-of-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-rookie-season-5-casts-lisseth-chavez-legends-of-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Rookie&#8217; Season 5 Casts Lisseth Chavez (&#8216;Legends of Tomorrow&#8217;)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemprop=\"articlebody\">\n<p>ABC&#8217;s <em>The Rookie<\/em> is recruiting a new rookie, in the form of <em>DC&#8217;s Legends of Tomorrow<\/em> alum Lisseth Chavez.<span id=\"more-1234863980\"\/><\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline-floating-gallery\">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<\/p>\n<p>TVLine has learned that Chavez will be appearing as a guest-star in multiple Season 5 episodes of the Entertainment One and ABC Signature co-production.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, Chavez will play the role of Celina, a new rookie with an easy confidence and high marks at the Academy, and whose unconventional approach to police work will pose a unique challenge for her training officer.<\/p>\n<p>Fun fact: TVLine&#8217;s annual Dream Roles for Stars of Cancelled Shows feature had suggested that <em>The Rookie<\/em> add a young, new rookie in the form of Arrowverse alum\u2026 <em>Nicole Kang<\/em> (of the similarly snuffed <em>batwoman<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Prior to her run as <em>Legends of Tomorrow<\/em>&#8216;s extraterrestrial-savvy Esperanza \u201cSpooner\u201d Cruz (the Arrowverse&#8217;s first canonically asexual character), Chavez&#8217;s TV credits included <em>Chicago PD<\/em> (where in Season 7 she played former undercover cop Vanessa Rojas), <em>Station 19<\/em>, <em>the OA<\/em>, <em>The Fosters<\/em> (as Ximena Sinfuego, an art student who befriended Callie) and <em>Murder in the First<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In previously reported <em>The Rookie<\/em> casting news, Tru Valentino, who recurred last season as Officer Aaron Thorsen, has been upped to series regular for Season 5.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Rookie<\/em> will kick off its Season 5 run on Sunday, Sept.  25 at 10\/9c, where it will lead out of <em>AFV<\/em>, <em>Celebrity Jeopardy!<\/em> and <em>Celebrity Wheel of Fortune<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The light procedural also has its Niecy Nash-led offshoot, <em>The Rookie Feds<\/em> (no colon!), premiering this fall \u2014 on Monday, Sept.  26 at 10 pm (leading out of <em>Bachelor of Paradise<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Want more scoop on <\/em>The Rookie<\/span><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">  Season 5, or for any other favorite TV show?<\/span> Email InsideLine@tvline.com and your question may be answered via Matt&#8217;s Inside Line.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=228932107161302\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABC&#8217;s The Rookie is recruiting a new rookie, in the form of DC&#8217;s Legends of Tomorrow alum Lisseth Chavez. TVLine has learned that Chavez will be appearing as a guest-star in multiple Season 5 episodes of the Entertainment One and ABC Signature co-production. Specifically, Chavez will play the role of Celina, a new rookie with &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-rookie-season-5-casts-lisseth-chavez-legends-of-tomorrow\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8216;The Rookie&#8217; Season 5 Casts Lisseth Chavez (&#8216;Legends of Tomorrow&#8217;)<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21652,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-rookie-season-5-tru-valentino-promoted-to-series-regular\/","url_meta":{"origin":54464,"position":0},"title":"&#8216;The Rookie&#8217; Season 5: Tru Valentino Promoted to Series Regular","date":"July 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The Rookie's rookie is getting a promotion: Tru Valentino, who joined the ABC drama last season as Officer Aaron Thorsen, has been upped to series regular for Season 5, our sister site Deadline reports. 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