Gina Rodriguez

Early life

She was born Gina Delia on November 15, 1967, and was raised in California's San Fernando Valley. At the age of 16 she started taking modeling and acting classes at Marilyn Shore Studios.

Career

Rodriguez became a Playboy model in 1992 appearing in the Playboy Special Editions Girls of the Summer and Lingerie. She went on to make several calendars, catalogs and became a swimsuit model, appearing in several car and boat magazines.

As an adult film performer, Rodriguez appeared over 50 adult films under the name Demi Delia. Rodriguez wrote a script for a Penthouse movie, My Imaginary Life, which won Best Comedy at the AVN Awards 2008. She and her husband started Spears Productions, and went on to produce several Wicked Pictures Features and Penthouse Vignettes. She left the business in 2008 because of the fear of HIV.

Mainstream acting

Rodriguez appeared on Baywatch in 1992 and Robbery Homicide Division in 2002. Starting in June 2009, along with her two children, she starred in the family's short-lived, web-based reality show, Mommy XXX on Crackle. The show was created by Sony Pictures Television and Teru Media, and ran for 13 episodes. In 2010, it was nominated as "Best New Reality WebSeries" at the Streamy Awards.

In addition to her acting credits, Rodriguez also has credits as an Art director, writer, producer, and Set decorator. Via her entertainment management work she also has numerous credits for Casting. Some of these include the Today show, Dr. Phil, and Entertainment Tonight.

Entertainment management

Rodriguez created her own management company, DD Entertainment, which originally represented notorious Hollywood mistresses. In 2010 she created the The Girls of Scandal Tour, which involved the mistresses attempting to humiliate celebrity 'cheaters' (for instance, persuading Tiger Woods' mistress, Joslyn James, to strip at a gentlemen's club following Tiger's PGA Tour.)

Rodriguez has worked with attorney Gloria Allred with several of the mistresses. In 2011 she created the 'Mistress Makeovers', where the mistresses received cosmetic surgery from Hollywood surgeons in exchange for media coverage; and additionally underwent life coaching, fitness, nutrition and styling sessions.

In 2012 she also re-branded her company as "GR Media", adding endorsements, TV/video production, music/video publishing, and casting to her list of specialties. She and her clients have appeared on shows such as Howard Stern and The View, and many more.

DD Entertainment has represented controversial media figures, music, and reality TV stars including Nadya Suleman, Michael Lohan, Dina Lohan, Tila Tequila, Michaele Salahi, Tareq Salahi, Neal Schon, Kate Major, Alex McCord & Simon Van Kempen, Danielle Staub, and Adam Barta.

Other ventures

In 2011, Rodriguez started working for Lionsgate Television as a reality TV producer. In 2012, she launched DialAStar.com in 2012 a phone service which allows fans to phone celebrities. As Nadya Suleman's manager, she produced and marketed the pornographic film Octomom Home Alone. In 2012, before she parted ways with her, Octomom: Home Alone, which she produced for Nadya Suleman, was nominated for 4 AVN Awards and won "Best Celebrity Sex Tape 2012".

Music

In 2012 she also was responsible for the management of number of musical ventures, including, "Bump it" by Michaele Salahi; "Sexy Party" by Octomom and Adam Barta; "I Need a Doctor" by Adam Barta and LA Kid; "I'm Ready for Christmas" By The Roctuplets. Gina also promoted the controversial music video "Resonate" by Journey in the press. which featured Neal Schon, guitarist for Journey and his new girlfriend Michaele Salahi.

In 2013 she helped manage the release of two songs with her clients Krentcil and Adam Barta, "It's Tan Mom!" and "Life of the Party", both which made gossip headlines everywhere. She also helped release songs for Myla Sinanaj and Sydney Leathers.

Personal life

At the age of 21, she married Richard Snail, who worked on the TV shows Big Love and Zoey 101. The couple had two children, son Chris Snail is an actor, musician and filmmaker; daughter, Brandilyn Snail, is an actress and make-up artist. The Snails later divorced. She then married Rod Rodriguez, a police detective who has appeared on Robbery Homicide Division (2002) as a police officer and technical adviser. They also divorced, but she kept his surname. Rodriguez's third husband was adult actor, Randy Spears. At this time, Rodriguez entered the adult entertainment world, taking on the professional name, "Demi Delia".

In 2014, Rodriguez was linked to actor David McIntosh amidst allegations of his cheating on his then-girlfriend English model and actress Kelly Brook. She stated that McIntosh had flirted with her via Facebook and created an account specifically for communicating with her.