Christian Serratos

Christian Serratos is an American actor 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 and appeared in 2022’s Love, Death & Robots.

Why Christian Serratos is vegan

Christian Serratos is vegan for the animals.

Serratos has been vegetarian since the age of 10 and later went vegan.¹Nash, M. 2020. 7 Things to Know About Christian Serratos, the Star of Netflix’s Selena Series. Popsugar. Available: https://www.popsugar.com/celebrity/photo-gallery/46942607/image/46942776/She-Is-Vegan [Accessed 3 March 2021]. She has described the change as something that made her feel “better and brighter and lighter,”²Lambe, S. 2012. “Twilight” Star Does Graveyard Chic In Sexy PETA Ad. Buzzfeed. Available: https://www.buzzfeed.com/stacylambe/twilight-star-does-graveyard-chic-in-sexy-peta-a [Accessed 3 March 2021]. with more energy and focus. As an animal lover, she realised it didn’t make sense to treat her companion animals like family members but eat others.

Serratos has worked with animal rights organisations since she was 13 years old³Cain, P. 2010. Rising Star: Q&A with Christian Serratos. Vegetarian Times. Available: https://www.vegetariantimes.com/life-garden/rising-star-qa-with-christian-serratos/ [Accessed 30 June 2026]. and has repeatedly used her platform to challenge cruelty, including posing for the “I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur” campaign⁴Peta. 20XX. Christian Serratos Would Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur. Available: https://www.peta.org/features/christian-serratos-rather-go-naked-fur/ [Accessed 30 June 2026]. and fronting an 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.

“Your body shouldn’t be a graveyard. Factory farms are hell for animals, and their death is slow and painful. Help animals by not eating them.”⁵Lambe, S. 2012. “Twilight” Star Does Graveyard Chic In Sexy PETA Ad. Buzzfeed. Available: https://www.buzzfeed.com/stacylambe/twilight-star-does-graveyard-chic-in-sexy-peta-a [Accessed 3 March 2021].