8 Things to Know About Riverdale's Veronica Lodge, aka Camila Mendes

Her part on the CW's hit show is her first major role since starting in show business. It's even more special to her because she isn't playing a Latinx stereotype. "Veronica came in and it was the perfect balance," she told Coveteur. "She was Latina! They wanted her to be ethnic, but that wasn't the point of her character. She wasn't a stereotype. She was just an American Latina. And that is how I identify, I don't need to play up anything. I am this character. Everything just kinda fell into place with her."