What is Sierra Capri's Age & Is She Afro-Latina Like Her Character in 'On My Block'?

Learn about Sierra Capri's Age and Her Afro-Latina Like Her Character in 'On My Block.' Here are the details.

Sierra Capri is an actress, majorly known for her role in the Netflix series On My Block (2018). Her other known work is American Skin (2019), and she played as an extra in the Oscar-nominated film Hidden Figures (2016).

She was born in Baltimore, Maryland September 8, 1998. Capri then moved to Georgia at the age of 12. While her love life gains the most attention, people seem more interested in knowing her as a person lately. Having played the role for almost four years, let's see how different she is from Monse Finnie's role from On My Block. 

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Sierra Capri is 23 years of age and has accomplished way more than people her age do. She is now a millionaire because of her success so far in showbiz. Her most well-known work is her part on On My Block. The drama has had four seasons so far, since its inception in 2018.

Capri is thrilled for fans to see her character Monse on Netflix's On My Block expand and progress into a young woman in the show's following season. A lot occurred to the teen and her clannish group of friends since the show's freshman season concluded with a shooting during Olivia's quinceañera (played by Ronni Hawk).

Sierra Capri 'On My Block' Season 2 & Casting Afro-Latino Roles.
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Capri can't wait for everybody to see how it goes when the show airs again. Monse and her companion are forced to deal with a calamity from an early age; something like that is a common incident for someone familiar with the one presented in the coming-of-age drama made by Eddie Gonzalez, Lauren Iungerich, and Jeremy Haft.

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"[The shooting] changes her view on a lot of things with life in general," Capri explained Remezcla while paying a visit in October. "Like who she wants to be part of her life and who shouldn't. She will be focusing a lot more on what's best for her this season. In season one, she definitely focused on the needs of others and that's going to stop. 

The events in the season one finale influence her to focus more on what's important, which is family. She learned that she doesn’t want to miss out on anything because you never know what could happen tomorrow."

Sierra Capri Describes Herself as Multicultural

As Monse forms linage more of prime concern, she will challenge the root problem of what it means to be multiracial. The character has an African-American father and a Latina mother in the production, which has been chiefly not present from her life.

Sierra Capri thinks of herself as multicultural and is not Afro-Latina like her role.
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“We’ll learn where she fits in and also where she is accepted. That will influence a lot of the episodes after a certain point,” she acclaimed. “There’s something that happens during season two that will change everyone’s opinion about what everyone thought they knew about her background. This season is a turning point in her life. It’s going to change her, I’m pretty sure for the rest of her life – for the good and the bad.”

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Capri, who thinks of herself as multicultural, is not Afro-Latina like her role, which brought a lot of questions about representation from an early age. Series co-creator and showrunner Lauren Iungerich spelled out why the young actress born in Baltimore was fit for the character. “We did the best we could in terms of casting the best people,” Iungerich told while in a set visit.

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