‘One Day at a Time’ Snags Gloria Estefan as a Guest Star

Netflix’s One Day at a Time has signed up Gloria Estefan as a guest star on the show’s third season. According to Netflix’s official announcement, Gloria Estefan is playing “Mirtha, Lydia’s (Rita Moreno) baby sister and arch-nemesis.”

The cast of Netflix’s One Day at a Time includes Justina Machado, Rita Moreno, Stephen Tobolowsky, Todd Grinnell, Isabella Gomez and Marcel Ruiz. Original series creator Norman Lear executive produces along with Brent Miller, Michael Garcia, Gloria Calderon Kellett, and Mike Royce. Kellett and Royce serve as showrunners.

Season one premiered on January 6, 2017 with season two following on January 26, 2018.

Estefan’s guest starring episode will air during the upcoming third season of the critically acclaimed half-hour comedy series. The Grammy Award winner says in a new video posted on Instagram that she’s been wanting to be a part of the series for years. She sings the series’ theme song which is a cover of the original comedy’s song but with a Cuban vibe.

The One Day at a Time Plot: A reimagining of the iconic Norman Lear’s classic sitcom, One Day at a Time is an hilarious and heartfelt comedy that follows three generations of a Cuban-American family navigating the ups and downs of life. A newly-single mom and military veteran journeys through the triumphs and tribulations that come with raising two strong-willed, mega-millennial children, all the while enlisting the “help” of her old-school mother and her building manager-turned-invaluable confidant. Through an contemporary lens, One Day at a Time offers a glimpse at what life looks like, in good times and bad — and how those around you somehow make it all worthwhile.