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| birth_name = Felicita Leon Gosselin<ref name="Chakraborty">{{cite web |last1=Chakraborty |first1=Anushreya |title=FBI: Most Wanted: YaYa Gosselin promoted to CBS |url=https://dailyresearchplot.com/2020/11/10/fbi-most-wanted-yaya-gosselin-promoted-to-cbs-drama-series-season-2 |website=Daily Research Plot |access-date=January 21, 2021 |date=November 10, 2020}}</ref>
| birth_name = Felisita Leon Gosselin
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|2009|1|26}}<ref>{{Cite instagram|user=yayagosselin <!-- verified -->|postid=B7zqUUzhIjR|date=January 26, 2020|access-date=January 17, 2021|title=Thank you so much to all of our friends for coming to celebrate YaYa’s 11th Birthday! We had so much fun with you all :) Wishing a very happy birthday to our girl who we love so much. You are all good things YaYa. Love, Mama 🖤 #grateful #thankyouforcoming #happybirthdayyaya Missing: @carson_minniear and @liliana___torres 😘}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|2009|1|26}}<ref>{{Cite instagram|user=yayagosselin <!-- verified -->|postid=B7zqUUzhIjR|date=January 26, 2020|access-date=January 17, 2021|title=Thank you so much to all of our friends for coming to celebrate YaYa’s 11th Birthday! We had so much fun with you all :) Wishing a very happy birthday to our girl who we love so much. You are all good things YaYa. Love, Mama 🖤 #grateful #thankyouforcoming #happybirthdayyaya Missing: @carson_minniear and @liliana___torres 😘}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], U.S.<ref name="Burns">{{cite web |last1=Burns |first1=Brooks |title=Young Dallas actress stars in "We Can Be Heroes" |url=https://www.wfaa.com/article/entertainment/television/programs/good-morning-texas/we-can-be-heroes/287-e9f3cf72-7eb9-4716-af2d-1d999c4dfc91 |website=WFAA |access-date=January 21, 2021 |date=December 31, 2020}}</ref>
| birth_place = Dallas, Texas
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'''Felisita Leon''' "'''YaYa'''" '''Gosselin''' is an American actress. She is best known for playing the lead role of Missy Moreno in [[Netflix]]'s ''[[We Can Be Heroes (film)|We Can Be Heroes]]'' (2020). She is also known for playing Tali LaCroix in ''[[FBI (TV series)|FBI]]'' (2019–2020) and its spin-off ''[[FBI: Most Wanted]]'' (2020).
'''Felicita Leon''' "'''YaYa'''" '''Gosselin''' is an American actress. She is best known for playing the lead role of Missy Moreno in [[Netflix]]'s ''[[We Can Be Heroes (film)|We Can Be Heroes]]'' (2020). She is also known for playing Tali LaCroix in ''[[FBI (TV series)|FBI]]'' (2019–2020) and its spin-off ''[[FBI: Most Wanted]]'' (2020).


==Early life and career==
==Early life and career==
Gosselin was born on January 26, 2009. She has two younger sisters.<ref name="Adams">{{Cite interview |last1=Gosselin |first1=YaYa |title=We Can Be Heroes: YaYa Gosselin Talks Leadership and Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman |url=https://www.cbr.com/we-can-be-heroes-yaya-gosselin-interview |website=CBR |access-date=January 18, 2021 |date=December 23, 2020|interviewer=Tim Adams}}</ref> At the age of five, Gosselin was signed with an agency and modelled for commercials such as [[JCPenney]], [[Famous Footwear]], [[Hasbro]], and Conn's HomePlus commercials. In 2017, she appeared in ''After Omelas''.<ref name="Gomes">{{Cite web |last1=Gomes |first1=Anoush |title='FBI Most Wanted' Season 2: Meet Julian McMahon, Terry O'Quinn and the rest of the cast of the CBS crime drama |url=https://meaww.com/fbi-most-wanted-season-2-julian-mc-mahon-terry-o-quinn-meet-the-stars-cast-cbs-crime-drama |website=MEAWW |access-date=January 17, 2021 |language=en |date=November 16, 2020}}</ref> In 2018, she made minor appearances in [[action thriller]] film ''[[Peppermint (2018 film)|Peppermint]]'' and the [[anthology series|anthology]] television series ''[[The Purge (TV series)|The Purge]]''.<ref name="Petski">{{Cite web |last1=Petski |first1=Denise |title=‘FBI: Most Wanted’: YaYa Gosselin Upped To Series Regular For Season 2 Of CBS Drama Series |url=https://deadline.com/2020/10/fbi-most-wanted-yaya-gosselin-promoted-series-regular-season-2-cbs-1234602730 |website=Deadline |access-date=January 17, 2021 |date=October 28, 2020}}</ref> Gosselin played Jenny Finley in ''Lord Finn'' for which she won an award for Best Child Actress at the Sunny Side Up Film Festival in 2020.<ref name="Gomes" /> She appeared in a recurring role ''[[FBI (TV series)|FBI]]'' before appearing in ''[[FBI: Most Wanted]]'' in which she was a regular.<ref name="Petski" /> On August 21, 2019, Gosselin was announced to have joined the cast of [[Netflix]]'s ''[[We Can Be Heroes (film)|We Can Be Heroes]]''.<ref name="Ramos">{{cite web |last1=Ramos |first1=Dino-Ray |title=Christian Slater, YaYa Gosselin, Akira Akbar, Pedro Pascal And More Join Robert Rodriguez’s ‘We Can Be Heroes’ At Netflix |url=https://deadline.com/2019/08/christian-slater-yaya-gosselin-akira-akbar-join-robert-rodriguezs-we-can-be-heroes-netflix-1202701061 |website=Deadline |access-date=January 17, 2021 |date=August 21, 2019}}</ref> Gosselin stated when filming the breakfast scene in the film, director, writer, editor, cinematographer and producer [[Robert Rodriguez]] said ""YaYa, happy
Gosselin was born on January 26, 2009. She has two younger sisters.<ref name="Adams">{{Cite interview |last1=Gosselin |first1=YaYa |title=We Can Be Heroes: YaYa Gosselin Talks Leadership and Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman |url=https://www.cbr.com/we-can-be-heroes-yaya-gosselin-interview |website=CBR |access-date=January 18, 2021 |date=December 23, 2020|interviewer=Tim Adams}}</ref> At the age of five, Gosselin was signed with an agency and modelled for commercials such as [[JCPenney]], [[Famous Footwear]], [[Hasbro]], and Conn's HomePlus commercials.<ref name="Chakraborty" /> In 2017, she appeared in ''After Omelas''.<ref name="Gomes">{{Cite web |last1=Gomes |first1=Anoush |title='FBI Most Wanted' Season 2: Meet Julian McMahon, Terry O'Quinn and the rest of the cast of the CBS crime drama |url=https://meaww.com/fbi-most-wanted-season-2-julian-mc-mahon-terry-o-quinn-meet-the-stars-cast-cbs-crime-drama |website=MEAWW |access-date=January 17, 2021 |language=en |date=November 16, 2020}}</ref> In 2018, she made minor appearances in [[action thriller]] film ''[[Peppermint (2018 film)|Peppermint]]'' and the [[anthology series|anthology]] television series ''[[The Purge (TV series)|The Purge]]''.<ref name="Petski">{{Cite web |last1=Petski |first1=Denise |title=‘FBI: Most Wanted’: YaYa Gosselin Upped To Series Regular For Season 2 Of CBS Drama Series |url=https://deadline.com/2020/10/fbi-most-wanted-yaya-gosselin-promoted-series-regular-season-2-cbs-1234602730 |website=Deadline |access-date=January 17, 2021 |date=October 28, 2020}}</ref> Gosselin played Jenny Finley in ''Lord Finn'' for which she won an award for Best Child Actress at the Sunny Side Up Film Festival in 2020.<ref name="Gomes" /> She appeared in a recurring role ''[[FBI (TV series)|FBI]]'' before appearing in ''[[FBI: Most Wanted]]'' in which she was a regular.<ref name="Petski" /> On August 21, 2019, Gosselin was announced to have joined the cast of [[Netflix]]'s ''[[We Can Be Heroes (film)|We Can Be Heroes]]''.<ref name="Ramos">{{cite web |last1=Ramos |first1=Dino-Ray |title=Christian Slater, YaYa Gosselin, Akira Akbar, Pedro Pascal And More Join Robert Rodriguez’s ‘We Can Be Heroes’ At Netflix |url=https://deadline.com/2019/08/christian-slater-yaya-gosselin-akira-akbar-join-robert-rodriguezs-we-can-be-heroes-netflix-1202701061 |website=Deadline |access-date=January 17, 2021 |date=August 21, 2019}}</ref> Gosselin stated when filming the breakfast scene in the film, director, writer, editor, cinematographer and producer [[Robert Rodriguez]] said ""YaYa, happy
birthday!" And [she] said, "Huh? My birthday isn't till January!" In walked [[Taylor Dooley]] in her Lavagirl hair and all. [She] was so shocked [she] walked backwards into a wall."<ref name="McArthur">{{cite interview |last1=Gosselin |first1=YaYa |title='We Can Be Heroes' Star YaYa Gosselin Reveals the Biggest Life Lesson She Learned On Set |url=https://www.sweetyhigh.com/read/yaya-gosselin-we-can-be-heroes-interview-122520 |website=Sweety High |access-date=January 21, 2021 |interviewer=Amanda McArthur| date=December 25, 2020}}</ref> Gosselin received praise for her performance. ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' called praised her "winning performance"<ref name="Roeper">{{cite web |last1=Roeper |first1=Richard |title=‘We Can Be Heroes’ lets the plucky children lead the way |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/movies-and-tv/2020/12/25/22193579/we-can-be-heroes-review-netflix-movie-sharkboy-lavagirl-film-priyanka-chopra-robert-rodriguez |website=Chicago Sun-Times |access-date=January 17, 2021 |language=en |date=December 25, 2020}}</ref> and [[RogerEbert.com]] said the role would "hopefully" be the "breakthrough for a long career".<ref name="Aguilar">{{cite web |last1=Aguilar |first1=Carlos |title=We Can Be Heroes movie review (2020) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/we-can-be-heroes-movie-review-2020 |website=RogerEbert.com |access-date=January 17, 2021 |language=en |date=December 25, 2020}}</ref> In the first four weeks of its release, the film was watched by 44 million households.<ref name="White">{{cite web |last1=White |first1=Peter |title=‘Bridgerton’ & ‘We Can Be Heroes’ Join ‘The Midnight Sky’ As Top Netflix Festive Titles, Streamer Lines Up Sequel To Robert Rodriguez Kids Film |url=https://deadline.com/2021/01/bridgerton-we-can-be-heroes-netflix-ratings-1234664619 |website=Deadline |access-date=January 17, 2021 |date=January 4, 2021}}</ref> In January 2021, [[Netflix]] ordered a sequel.<ref name="Sandwell">{{cite web |last1=Sandwell |first1=Ian |title=Robert Rodriguez talks We Can Be Heroes 2 plans |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a35031811/we-can-be-heroes-2-netflix-release-date |website=Digital Spy |access-date=January 17, 2021 |date=January 5, 2021}}</ref>
birthday!" And [she] said, "Huh? My birthday isn't till January!" In walked [[Taylor Dooley]] in her Lavagirl hair and all. [She] was so shocked [she] walked backwards into a wall."<ref name="McArthur">{{cite interview |last1=Gosselin |first1=YaYa |title='We Can Be Heroes' Star YaYa Gosselin Reveals the Biggest Life Lesson She Learned On Set |url=https://www.sweetyhigh.com/read/yaya-gosselin-we-can-be-heroes-interview-122520 |website=Sweety High |access-date=January 21, 2021 |interviewer=Amanda McArthur| date=December 25, 2020}}</ref> Gosselin received praise for her performance. ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' called praised her "winning performance"<ref name="Roeper">{{cite web |last1=Roeper |first1=Richard |title=‘We Can Be Heroes’ lets the plucky children lead the way |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/movies-and-tv/2020/12/25/22193579/we-can-be-heroes-review-netflix-movie-sharkboy-lavagirl-film-priyanka-chopra-robert-rodriguez |website=Chicago Sun-Times |access-date=January 17, 2021 |language=en |date=December 25, 2020}}</ref> and [[RogerEbert.com]] said the role would "hopefully" be the "breakthrough for a long career".<ref name="Aguilar">{{cite web |last1=Aguilar |first1=Carlos |title=We Can Be Heroes movie review (2020) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/we-can-be-heroes-movie-review-2020 |website=RogerEbert.com |access-date=January 17, 2021 |language=en |date=December 25, 2020}}</ref> In the first four weeks of its release, the film was watched by 44 million households.<ref name="White">{{cite web |last1=White |first1=Peter |title=‘Bridgerton’ & ‘We Can Be Heroes’ Join ‘The Midnight Sky’ As Top Netflix Festive Titles, Streamer Lines Up Sequel To Robert Rodriguez Kids Film |url=https://deadline.com/2021/01/bridgerton-we-can-be-heroes-netflix-ratings-1234664619 |website=Deadline |access-date=January 17, 2021 |date=January 4, 2021}}</ref> In January 2021, [[Netflix]] ordered a sequel.<ref name="Sandwell">{{cite web |last1=Sandwell |first1=Ian |title=Robert Rodriguez talks We Can Be Heroes 2 plans |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a35031811/we-can-be-heroes-2-netflix-release-date |website=Digital Spy |access-date=January 17, 2021 |date=January 5, 2021}}</ref>


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Revision as of 07:43, 21 January 2021

YaYa Gosselin
Born
Felicita Leon Gosselin[1]

(2009-01-26) January 26, 2009 (age 15)[2]
Dallas, Texas, U.S.[3]
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActress
Years active2017–present

Felicita Leon "YaYa" Gosselin is an American actress. She is best known for playing the lead role of Missy Moreno in Netflix's We Can Be Heroes (2020). She is also known for playing Tali LaCroix in FBI (2019–2020) and its spin-off FBI: Most Wanted (2020).

Early life and career

Gosselin was born on January 26, 2009. She has two younger sisters.[4] At the age of five, Gosselin was signed with an agency and modelled for commercials such as JCPenney, Famous Footwear, Hasbro, and Conn's HomePlus commercials.[1] In 2017, she appeared in After Omelas.[5] In 2018, she made minor appearances in action thriller film Peppermint and the anthology television series The Purge.[6] Gosselin played Jenny Finley in Lord Finn for which she won an award for Best Child Actress at the Sunny Side Up Film Festival in 2020.[5] She appeared in a recurring role FBI before appearing in FBI: Most Wanted in which she was a regular.[6] On August 21, 2019, Gosselin was announced to have joined the cast of Netflix's We Can Be Heroes.[7] Gosselin stated when filming the breakfast scene in the film, director, writer, editor, cinematographer and producer Robert Rodriguez said ""YaYa, happy birthday!" And [she] said, "Huh? My birthday isn't till January!" In walked Taylor Dooley in her Lavagirl hair and all. [She] was so shocked [she] walked backwards into a wall."[8] Gosselin received praise for her performance. Chicago Sun-Times called praised her "winning performance"[9] and RogerEbert.com said the role would "hopefully" be the "breakthrough for a long career".[10] In the first four weeks of its release, the film was watched by 44 million households.[11] In January 2021, Netflix ordered a sequel.[12]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2017 After Omelas Lauren Short film[5]
2018 Peppermint Ana [6]
The Purge Young Penelope Episode: "The Urge to Purge"[6]
Laugh Till It Hurts Tiara Short film
Law and Order: Sting Unit Officer Olivia Short film[5]
Day 13 Gabby Rae Short film[5]
2019 Lord Finn Jenny Finley [5]
2019–2020 FBI Natalia "Tali" Skye LaCroix 2 episodes; Guest (season 1–2)
13 Reasons Why Graciella Padilla 2 episodes; Guest (season 3–4)[6][13]
2020 FBI: Most Wanted Natalia "Tali" Skye LaCroix Recurring role (season 1); Main role (season 2)[6]
We Can Be Heroes Missy Moreno [14]
2021 Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets Young Jorie [6]

References

  1. ^ a b Chakraborty, Anushreya (November 10, 2020). "FBI: Most Wanted: YaYa Gosselin promoted to CBS". Daily Research Plot. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
  2. ^ @yayagosselin (January 26, 2020). "Thank you so much to all of our friends for coming to celebrate YaYa's 11th Birthday! We had so much fun with you all :) Wishing a very happy birthday to our girl who we love so much. You are all good things YaYa. Love, Mama 🖤 #grateful #thankyouforcoming #happybirthdayyaya Missing: @carson_minniear and @liliana___torres 😘". Retrieved January 17, 2021 – via Instagram.
  3. ^ Burns, Brooks (December 31, 2020). "Young Dallas actress stars in "We Can Be Heroes"". WFAA. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
  4. ^ Gosselin, YaYa (December 23, 2020). "We Can Be Heroes: YaYa Gosselin Talks Leadership and Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman". CBR (Interview). Interviewed by Tim Adams. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Gomes, Anoush (November 16, 2020). "'FBI Most Wanted' Season 2: Meet Julian McMahon, Terry O'Quinn and the rest of the cast of the CBS crime drama". MEAWW. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Petski, Denise (October 28, 2020). "'FBI: Most Wanted': YaYa Gosselin Upped To Series Regular For Season 2 Of CBS Drama Series". Deadline. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
  7. ^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (August 21, 2019). "Christian Slater, YaYa Gosselin, Akira Akbar, Pedro Pascal And More Join Robert Rodriguez's 'We Can Be Heroes' At Netflix". Deadline. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
  8. ^ Gosselin, YaYa (December 25, 2020). "'We Can Be Heroes' Star YaYa Gosselin Reveals the Biggest Life Lesson She Learned On Set". Sweety High (Interview). Interviewed by Amanda McArthur. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
  9. ^ Roeper, Richard (December 25, 2020). "'We Can Be Heroes' lets the plucky children lead the way". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
  10. ^ Aguilar, Carlos (December 25, 2020). "We Can Be Heroes movie review (2020)". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
  11. ^ White, Peter (January 4, 2021). "'Bridgerton' & 'We Can Be Heroes' Join 'The Midnight Sky' As Top Netflix Festive Titles, Streamer Lines Up Sequel To Robert Rodriguez Kids Film". Deadline. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
  12. ^ Sandwell, Ian (January 5, 2021). "Robert Rodriguez talks We Can Be Heroes 2 plans". Digital Spy. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
  13. ^ Cremona, Patrick (December 22, 2020). "Robert Rodriguez wanted to include the Spy Kids in We Can Be Heroes". Radio Times. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  14. ^ Robey, Tim (December 31, 2020). "We Can Be Heroes, review: Robert Rodriguez piles on the green-screen for a witless childcare aid". The Telegraph. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
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