Christian Serratos

Christian Serratos is an American actor and animal advocate best known for playing Rosita Espinosa in The Walking Dead and Angela Weber in The Twilight Saga. She later took on the leading role of Selena Quintanilla in Netflix’s Selena: The Series, bringing warmth and depth to a cultural icon.

Serratos has been vegetarian since the age of 10 and has described the change as something that made her feel “better and brighter and lighter”, with more energy and focus. She has since been widely described as vegan, with multiple outlets noting that she transitioned from long-term vegetarianism into veganism and that she is a “proud vegan” and animal-rights advocate.

Serratos has worked with PETA since she was a teenager and has repeatedly used her platform to challenge cruelty, including posing for the “I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur” campaign and fronting a PETA UK “Respect Life. Go Vegetarian” ad that called out the suffering of animals on factory farms. She has also spoken about refusing to separate the animals she loves from the animals society normalises exploiting, pointing out how quickly compassion can become inconsistent when food is involved.

By choosing vegan living and speaking up publicly, Serratos helps normalize compassionate, plant-based choices, showing that kindness can be a daily practice, not just a belief.