NEWS x MUSE Michael Sandoval talked a couple weeks ago with one of the stars of The Cleaning Lady on FOX, Kate del Castillo the day after the series 4 premiere.
The Cleaning Lady returns for an action-packed season four, with the series’ beloved characters in ever-changing and increasingly dangerous situations. After three seasons of being a pawn caught between the FBI and the world of organized crime, THONY (Élodie Yung) makes the bold decision to take charge of her own destiny — by exchanging her cleaning lady uniform for the scrubs of a surgical intern at a small community hospital. Thony’s return to the medical career she sacrificed for her son, LUCA (Khalen Roman Sanchez), opens a new path to citizenship for them both. But in order to make this happen, she must continue her service to the Sin Cara cartel — not as a cleaning lady, but as the new mob doctor — bringing her ever closer to JORGE (Santiago Cabrera), the cartel’s brooding new leader.
Under the watchful eye of the hospital’s brusque yet handsome chief resident, DR. SEAN DUPONT (recurring guest star Daniel Bonjour), Thony straddles the line between two worlds until they inevitably come crashing into each other. Even from within the walls of a maximum-security prison, former head of Sin Cara RAMONA (Kate Del Castillo) remains a threat. She continues to exert influence through her unpredictable proxy on the outside, the loner only known as COWBOY HAT (recurring guest star Brian Norris). But she’s vulnerable on the inside. When a tough prison gang puts Ramona in their crosshairs, she must dig deep into her devious bag of tricks to find a way to survive.
Meanwhile, FIONA (Martha Millan) struggles to keep her cleaning business afloat, leading her into the world of identity theft. CHRIS (Sean Lew) learns the painful truth about first love and channels his raw emotions into an unexplored passion — dance. And JAZ (Faith Bryant) deals with the difficulties of being the perfect child in a decidedly imperfect family. The Cleaning Lady continues its exploration of the experience of undocumented immigrants and the hurdles they face in this country. The series tells their stories of resourcefulness in the face of institutional adversity and the sacrifices they must make to achieve their American Dream. The Cleaning Lady is produced by Warner Bros. Television and FOX Entertainment. Daniel Cerone serves as showrunner and executive producer of season four. Timothy Busfield, Eddie Serrano and Rose Marie Vega also serve as executive producers on the series. Melissa Carter, Miranda Kwok, and Shay Mitchell are executive consultants.
