The characterization of her, in the comics, it informs pretty much all of the characters in Gotham, so I’m able to draw from there; it’s an additional source to help me with my choices.

[4] Cartagena appeared on the WB television series The Bedford Diaries, NBC's Kidnapped, and the 2008 season finale of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

[5] 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.”[6] In an interview with Graeme McMillan, "I feel lucky to be playing someone who’s so important," the actress tells THR.

But that said, her perspective on things adds a voice to the conversation by virtue of her background that wouldn’t necessarily be there, or expected to be there.

But I think that Renee is at a point in her life where she is more self-aware than she ever was — and I don’t know if that’s because she’s gone through recovery — and she’s just willing to step away from the person that she loves in order to save herself.

[8] Cartagena later made 2 guest appearances in Jessica Jones and had a recurring role in Manifest.