The Generation Q star speaks exclusively to DIVA in this revealing new interview
INTERVIEW BY ROXY BOURDILLON, IMAGE BY SHOWTIME
October’s cover star is the one and only Rosanny Zayas, who plays the charming Sophie in The L Word: Generation Q. The lovable actor opens up to DIVA’s new editor Roxy Bourdillon about the power of seeing yourself onscreen and how the shows taboo-busting sex scenes helped Rosanny to love her body.
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Rosanny on…
Gen Q sex scenes and body image
“I was like, ‘I don’t want to hate my body anymore. I want to love my body and I want to be happy in my body, so if this sex scene is going to help me get closer to that, then let’s do it.’”
Watching The L Word as a teen
“It was something that I had never seen on television before. The L Word opened my eyes in terms of what love could look like.”
Onscreen representation
“I can’t remember watching a television show and thinking, ‘Oh! There’s that little Dominican girl from New York following her dreams’. Very sad, but also very true, and it’s sad to think that there are millions of people who feel that way. Most of the world feels that way, probably.”
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