Season 2, which premieres today, picks up with Lily’s professional life in flux and the path ahead even more unclear. A bit chaotic, but hopelessly romantic, Lily finds herself at a crossroads in season 1 after learning that her longtime beau doesn’t believe in marriage. With Love, the Prime Video series created by One Day at a Time’s Gloria Calderón Kellett follows Lily Diaz (Toubia) and her extended family as they navigate newfound love, heartbreak, and their relationships with each other over the holidays. I realized I could live so many different lives, and be and feel so many things I wouldn’t in my day-to-day life.”įollowing her breakout role in Freeform’s fantasy series, Shadowhunters, in 2016, Toubia has since taken on a role that hit a bit closer to home. All of a sudden, I was in Miami and I was exposed to so many different things, and I fell in love with acting. When you grow up in such a small town, sometimes you don’t think above and beyond that.

“Up until then, my big dream was to move to Houston or Austin,” she tells. At 18, after being cast on a Univision reality pageant series in Miami, the show’s acting challenges opened her up to a whole new world. Raised in Brownsville, Texas, the 34-year-old actress was the favorite subject of her mother, an aspiring photographer who sewed her costumes and encouraged her as she trained in dance, and began competing in pageants. Emeraude Toubia has always been comfortable in front of the camera.

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