Victoria Cartagena

Victoria Cartagena is an American theater, film, and television actress. Cartagena is known for her role as Zoe Lopez in The Bedford Diaries, and for portraying Renee Montoya as series regular in the first season of Gotham and the third season of Batwoman. |salign=right|source=—Cartagena, on Gotham.

Cartagena appeared on the WB television series The Bedford Diaries, NBC's Kidnapped, and the 2008 season finale of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She has appeared on several different TV shows throughout her career.

Cartagena appeared as Renee Montoya in the FOX TV series Gotham. She said in an interview with Lucia I. Suarez, “I've seen them all,” the actress told Fox News Latino, adding that she loved that there was a character Vicki Vale in the comics. “Everyone knows Batman.” In an interview with Graeme McMillan, "I feel lucky to be playing someone who's so important," the actress said. “She's pretty amazing,” she told The Hollywood Reporter. “I'm playing such an iconic character, and I feel lucky to be playing someone who's so important to the [LGBTQ] community.”

She states to The Wall Street Journal in an interview, "I never read a comic before the show! But now, because I'm on the show, I really want to know everything about her. So I find myself reading comic books more and really enjoying them."

Cartagena made two guest appearances in Jessica Jones and had a recurring role in Manifest.

Cartagena later reprised Renee Montoya in season three of Batwoman. This depiction of Montoya is a former Gotham City Police Department member who left due to the corruption in some of its members.

Filmography Film

Television