THINGS YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT ME
The Suits star partners up with Us to share some personal facts
1. My comfort food is a bag of potato chips. I could eat them and not stop.
2. My secret talent is that I do a great Cher impression. Cher may not think it’s great, though.
3. My first car was fancy. I was born and raised in NYC, so I got a Mercedes Coupe.
4. I’m Cuban, so my favorite meals to cook are frijoles negros, black bean soup and arroz con pollo.
5. I’m such a cinephile, but my favorite movie is All About Eve.
6. I’m showing my age, but my celebrity crush growing up was Tom Jones. He has such an amazing voice.
7. My favorite book is The Dirty Girls Social Club.
8. My most starstruck moment was Carol Burnett. I was leaving the Four Seasons for brunch, and she was walking in. I wasn’t just shaking — I started weeping.
9. My favorite wardrobe item are Citizens of Humanity horseshoe jeans. I could live in those.
10. I’m a huge history buff. I would’ve loved being a history teacher as an alternate profession.
11. On Sundays, I have a mimosa with [the] sun on my face.
12. My go-to karaoke songs are “I Will Survive,” “Papa, Can You Hear Me?” and “Lady Marmalade.”
13. My wildest fan encounter was Prince. I got to meet him backstage at a concert. Turns out he was a fan of my show Cleopatra 2525. I was shocked, but looking back, it makes sense.
14. On Saturday nights, I entertain: I’m the cook and bartender, and have good friends over, chatting it up.
15. My mantra is “Not in your time, in God’s time.”
16. The first concert I went to was Culture Club, and they were amazing.
17. My favorite e.l.f. products are the Halo Glow [Liquid Filter] and [Glow Revival] Lip Oil. They’re both so good.
18. My go-to cocktail on a Friday is a dirty vodka martini.
19. The best gift I’ve ever received is my daughter and anything she’s made me.
20. I’ve been working out on a trampoline for 20 years.
21. After a long day, I love to have half a glass of wine and cook dinner.
22. I’m dying to see the northern lights in Iceland. I got close when they were supposed to be over Seattle.
23. I took a pair of Louboutin heels from the Suits set. They still have my character’s name labeled on the inside of them.
24. I consider myself successfully employed [but] I don’t think I’ve “made it” yet. I do get the feeling that when I show up somewhere, people aren’t questioning why I’m there.
25. My favorite place to vacation is somewhere with almost no one around, [in a] a small cabin by a river and mountains, [so I can] really unplug.