Emily Rios played Magdalena in the 2006 film *Quinceañera*.
The film follows Magdalena, a pregnant teenager living in Los Angeles, as her family prepares for her quinceañera. Rios’s performance centers the story’s themes of family, religion, adolescence, and community pressure.
*Quinceañera* was written and directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland. It premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, where it won both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award in the Dramatic Competition.
The film is sometimes confused with the 1987 Mexican telenovela of the same name. They are separate productions: the film is an American independent drama, while the telenovela is a Mexican television series. Rios later became known for roles in television series including *Breaking Bad* and *The Bridge*.