Fox’s The Cleaning Lady season three has expanded its series regular cast to include Kate del Castillo (A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow) and Santiago Cabrera (Star Trek: Picard). The newcomers will make their debuts as siblings Ramona Sanchez and Jorge Sanchez when The Cleaning Lady returns for season three on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at 8pm ET/PT.
Cabrera and del Castillo join a cast that’s led by Élodie Yung as Thony De La Rosa. The series also stars Adan Canto, Martha Millan, Sebastien LaSalle, Valentino LaSalle, Sean Lew, Faith Bryant, and Eva De Dominici. Miranda Kwok developed the series and serves as showrunner with Jeannine Renshaw. Kwok, Renshaw, Rose Marie Vega, and Paola Suarez executive produce.
Fox released this description of the series and the new characters del Castillo and Cabrera will be playing:
The Cleaning Lady follows Thony De La Rosa, a whip-smart Cambodian doctor who comes to the U.S. for a medical treatment to save her ailing son, but when the system fails and attempts to push her down, Thony refuses to be marginalized, and instead takes matters into her own hands. Forced to use unconventional measures to protect her family and save the ones she loves; Thony further crosses the moral line as she gets deeper entwined in the criminal underbelly of Las Vegas.
The Cleaning Lady continues to examine the plight of undocumented immigrants and their difficulties accessing necessary healthcare and resources. It is a story of empowerment, resilience, and explores the struggles and triumphs of the human spirit. It asks us all if the ends justify the means.
Kate del Castillo plays the elegant, beautiful, and regal matriarch Ramona Sanchez, who has the grace and quiet wisdom that belies a ruthless cunning below the surface. To the world, she’s a benevolent philanthropist, art collector, and loving aunt to a young child, but behind closed doors, she’s shrewd, powerful, and fiercely protective of her family, her business and her many dark secrets.
Driven by the desire to seek out the right heir to continue her legacy, Ramona deftly manipulates everyone in her orbit to determine who are her allies and eliminate those who are her obstacles. Throughout the season, Ramona will sharpen her claws to ensure she gets what she wants and calmly eviscerates anyone who stands in her way without breaking a sweat.
Her brother, Jorge Sanchez, played by Santiago Cabrera is intelligent and intuitive with a deep inner strength. He was born in Mexico but raised in the U.S. with all the privileges that newfound wealth has brought to his family. A Harvard Law grad, Jorge has been working as a successful businessman using legitimate business fronts to launder money and serve as a fixer in his family’s organization.
Struggling with his wife’s untimely death, he cycles through stages of grief and an insatiable rage at the world, often making him volatile and unpredictable. The only joy left in his life is his daughter, Violeta, whom he strives to protect above all else. But everything changes when Thony walks into his life, opening old wounds, reminding him of the family he once lost – and challenging him to be the person he could be.
