Shakira Barrera (Sprung, GLOW) has joined Marvel Studios’ Ironheart as a series standard, Deadline has learned.
The six-episode series made by Chinaka Hodge will star Dominique Thorne as Marvel character Riri Williams, a virtuoso designer and maker of the most developed suit of shield since Iron Man. Recently reported cast likewise incorporates Anthony Ramos, Manny Montana, Alden Ehrenreich, Regan Aliyah, Shea Couleé, and Zoe Terakes.
Sam Bailey and Angela Barnes are coordinating, with Ryan Coogler’s Proximity among the creation substances. Coogler, Ironheart head essayist Chinaka Hodge, Zinzi Coogler, and Sev Ohanian act as chief makers close by Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Brad Winderbaum, and Zoie Nagelhout.
Barrera right now should be visible as a series customary in the Freevee series Sprung inverse Garrett Dillahunt and Martha Plimpton. She likewise as of late enveloped a repetitive curve by OWN’s lawful dramatization All Rise as a feature of the show’s third season.
She is strikingly known for her depiction of woman grappler Yolanda in GLOW and Lulu in It’s Bruno, both for Netflix. Other TV credits incorporate TNT’s Animal Kingdom, Showtime’s Shameless, and USA Network’s Queen of the South.
On the film side, she showed up in Daniela Garcia’s short film Huella, The Collection inverse Alex Pettyfer, and The Knocking inverse Shiloh Fernandez.
Beyond acting, Barrera fills in as a generosity representative for associations that work in philanthropic guide in Nicaragua.
She is repped by A3 Artists Agency, Brillstein Entertainment Partners, and Goodman Genow Schenkman.