document_title: Bharat Petroleum

question_text: india's second largest integrated oil refining and marketing company

question_tokens: india 's second largest integrated oil refining and marketing company

text: Bharat Petroleum

text: History[edit]

text: In 1889 during vast industrial development, an important player in the South Asian market was the Burmah Oil Company. Though incorporated in Scotland in 1886, the company grew out of the enterprises of the Chef Rohit Oil Company, which had been formed in 1871 to refine crude oil produced from primitive hand dug wells in Upper Burma.

text: In 1928, Asiatic Petroleum Company (India) started cooperation with Burma oil company. This alliance led to the formation of Burmah-Shell Oil Storage and Distributing Company of India Limited. Burmah Shell began its operations with import and marketing of Kerosene.

text: On 24 January 1976, the Burmah Shell was taken over by the Government of India to form Bharat Refineries Limited. On 1 August 1977, it was renamed Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited. It was also the first refinery to process newly found indigenous crude Bombay High.

text: In 2003, following a petition by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation, the Supreme Court restrained the Central government from privatizing Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum without the approval of Parliament.[4] As counsel for the CPIL, Rajinder Sachar and Prashant Bhushan said that the only way to disinvest in the companies would be to repeal or amend the Acts by which they were nationalized in the 1970s.[5] As a result, the government would need a majority in both houses to push through any privatization.[6]

text: Company History - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd[edit]

text: -Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) traces its history to 1928 when the Burmah Shell Oil Storage & Distribution Company of India was incorporated in England to enter the petroleum products business in India. The business of the Company grew substantially given the international backing of Shell and it achieved the leadership position in India. In 1952, Shell and Burmah Oil Company set up Burmah Shell Refineries to set up a refinery in Mumbai. The entire operations of Burmah Shell in India were nationalised in 1976 and the Refinery and Marketing Companies were merged to form BPCL.

text: - The Company was incorporated on 3 November 1952 under the name Burmahshell Refineries Limited (BSR). The Burmah Shell as Storage & Distributing Company of India, Ltd., a foreign company established in England in 1928 was carrying on in India the business of distributing and marketing petroleum products and for that paurpose established places in India.

text: - The Company has a well established refinery at Mahul, Chembur (Mumbai) which has commissioned in January.

text: - The company's refinery in Bombay was commissioned in 1955. It introduced LPG as a cooking fuel to the Indian home and all along, it went beyond selling petroleum, to educate the customer.

text: - The companies name changed to Bharat Refineries Limited (BRL) on 12th, February 1976.

text: - Companies name changed to its present name (BPCL) on 1 August.

text: - Pursuant to an agreement dated 23.12.79 bet ween Govt. of India and BSM, the Shell Petroleum Co. Ltd., the Burmah Oil Co. Ltd., and the Burmah Shell Refineries Ltd., the Govt. of India acquired 100% equity share holdings of BSR on 24 January 1976. Simultaneously also acquired the right to title and interest and liabilities of BSM in relation to its undertakings in India.

text: - During the year the company commissioned 50 retail outlets including 9 in rural areas and 7 superior kerosene oil/light deisel oil dealerships. The total number of retail outlets/light diesel oil dealership at the end of the year stood at 4,090 and 928 respectively.

text: - During the year, 20% of the shares were sold by the govt. to various financial institutions and Mutual Funds. Thus presently the President of India holds 80% of the paid up capital.

text: - During the year, the company installed microprocessor based digital integrated distributed control system in catalytic reformer and new solvent unit which replaced the pneumatic control system. Also installed advanced control system for catalytic control unit.

text: - During the year, the corporation commissioned 124 retail outlets and 10 oil/light diesel oil dealership.

text: - On 25 February, a joint venture company `Bharat Oman Refineries Ltd' was incorporated. And was set up as a joint venture between Omen oil Co. Ltd and the Corporation.

text: - During the year, Bharat Shell Ltd. was promoted by the company and Shell Overseas Investments, B V Netherlands for marketing shell branded lubricants in the country.

text: - During 95-96, a 6 MMTPA joint venture refinery being set up with Oman Oil Company Ltd. at Bina in M.P.

text: - A MOU was signed on March between the corporation and Pepsi Foods Ltd. pursuant to which customers cars drive upto select retail outlets for chilled pepsi distribution.

text: - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd., and Bank of Baroda have signed an MOU to launch the first Co-Branded Credit Card in the country which enables customers to buy petrol, diesel, lubricants and other regular commodities. The cards will carry BPCL and BOB logos and will have two categories - Premium and Regular. The cards can also be used by corporate houses as a facility to its executives for reimbursement of their fuel cost.

text: - During the year, the corporation commissioned 61 retail outlets and 12 SKO/LDO dealerships. During the year Petronet India Ltd. was set for developing and laying a network of petroleum product pipelines in the country.

text: - During the year, LPG port terminal was commissioned at Okha in Gujarat, in October, with a storage capacity of 900 MT of LPG.

text: - The company embarked upon a strategic change plan in 1996. The organisation structure has been revamped and six Strategic Business Units have been created. The new structure is based on business processes, is flexible, more responsive to external changes, has fewer layers, and above all, ensures a much higher customer focus. 1997

text: - During the year corporation, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MOP&NG). The performance rating awarded to BPC was "Excellent" for the year ended March 31, 1996. - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(BPCL), has launched Apollo air stations at its petrol pumps in Mumbai. The company had signed a memorandum of understanding recently with Apollo Tyres to provide efficient air facility to customers through BPCL's retail network. - Sanghi Group of industries has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited. Under the agreement, BPCL will set up huge infrastructural facilities to ensure uninterrupted supply of fuels for various mega projects being undertaken by the Sanghi group including a cement plant, a petrochemical complex and a 100 per cent EOU spinning unit. - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL), is setting up a six million tonne per annum refinery at Bina, in Madhya Pradesh. The corporation also envisages a single point mooring and a crude oil terminal at Vadinar and a cross country crude oil pipeline from Vadinar to Bina. - ONGC is joining hands with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) for a Rs 2,552,-crore petrochemical project in Hazira, Gujarat. - An agreement to supply around 80,000 tonnes of naphtha per annum for the 230-MW combined cycle power project at Jegurupadu in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, has been signed between GVK Industries Ltd and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL). - The public sector Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) proposes to lay a pipeline from Cochin to Karur via Coimbatore to transport petrol, high speed diesel and kerosene. - The Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on September 9 for setting up a joint venture to supply pipeline cooking gas in the Capital. - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) and the UK-based global oil major - Shell, are likely to float a new company for setting up the seven million tonnes per annum (mtpa) grassroot refinery at Uttar Pradesh. - State-owned Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) has made tentative plans to shut its 120,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) refinery in Mumbai in November or December 1998 for maintenance. - Between January and February, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd had closed its crude distillation unit and 18,000 bpd fluid catalytic cracker. Its 12,000 bpd cracker was shut in May for 30–35 days. - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd is to increase its tankage capacity of petroleum products in the eastern region in the Ninth Plan by setting up new terminals involving an expenditure of about Rs 300 crores.

text: - The company is to set up new terminals at Budge Budge, Haldia and Alipurduar in West Bengal, Jashidih, Gaya, Barauni and Ranchi in Bihar, Balasore, Sambalpur, Rourkela, Rayagada and Paradeep in Orissa besides Lumding and Guwahati.

text: - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), the second largest oil marketing public sector company, has signed a fuel supply agreement with Atria Power Corporation Ltd to generate 103 MW of power at Harihar, in its commitment to bring more power to Karnataka.

text: - It is also proposed to set up a hospital and build a residential colony in the 3500 acre land of the two projects.

text: - The Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL) entered into a fuel supply agreement with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd for its 300-mW joint venture power project at Bidadi.

text: - The company will open five new, state-of-the-art, self servicing and automatic cut off nozzle facility petrol and diesel bunks in the city.

text: - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) has entered into an agreement with Herdillia Chemicals Ltd for supply of 10,000 metric tonnes of naphtha for its proposed 5.5MW power project at Turbhe in Navi Mumbai. - Shell and BPCL will hold a 26 per cent stake each in the refinery project. The remaining 48 per cent will be held by institutions and the public. - The joint venture has received a letter of intent for setting up the refinery in Uttar Pradesh and government approval for direct foreign investment.

text: - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) has launched its new lubricants in Calcutta from February 5.

text: - Shalivahana Power Corporation Ltd (SPCL) has signed a fuel supply agreement (FSA) with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) for the supply of furnace oil to its 33 MW mini-power plant to be set up at Ghatkesar.

text: - PIL is a 50:50 joint venture between Bharat Petroleum and Gujarat Gas.

text: - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) has commissioned its Rs.450-crore Mumbai-Manmad pipeline.

text: - The Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd workers on April 7, observed strike throughout the country in protest against the managements reported move to damage the corporation.

text: - BPCL commissioned the first phase of its second coastal storage facility on the east coast at Haldia, West Bengal.

text: - BPCL is the only company among the three integrated refining and marketing companies - the others being HPCL and Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) - which has had a strong focus on marketing activities.

text: - BPCL (Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.) has begun a New Marketing chapter with clear strategies and initiatives for Lubricants.

text: - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has tied up with Petronet India Limited, the oil-pipeline holding company, to form a joint venture for a 308-km pipeline from Kochi to Karur in Tamil Nadu.

text: - BPCL and Petronet India Ltd, will each take a 26 per cent equity stake, Cochin Refineries is expected to subscribe to 23 per cent of the equity and the balance 25 per cent will be held by other investors. The total equity will be Rs.140 crore with a 3:1 debt equity ratio.

text: - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) has entered into in joint venture with Petronet (India) Ltd for the construction of a 308 km pipeline from Kochi in Kerala to Karur in Tamil Nadu.

text: - The company is India's second largest oil company in terms of market share. - BHARAT Petroleum Corporation Ltd proposes to set up a petrochemical complex, based on a naphtha cracker of 5,00,000-MTPA-ethylene capacity, using low aromatic naphtha available from indigenous/imported sources. It will be set up at a coastal location in Tamil Nadu. BPCL has obtained the "Letter of intent" from the Government of India for manufacture of the products. - BPCL is also setting up a three mtpa refinery at Numaligarh in Assam in a joint venture with IBP Co Ltd and the Government of Assam.

text: - BPCL has also successfully entered into fuel supply agreements with 22 independent power plants and four captive power plants for the supply of 1.1 mmtpa of naptha and 0.8 mmtpa of furnace oil.

text: - The company has commissioned the 250-km Mumbai-Manmad product pipeline, which has augmented its supply and distribution network.

text: - Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) is the third largest oil refining and marketing company in the country.

text: - INDRAPRASTHA Gas Limited, a joint venture between Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) and the Gas Authority of India (GAIL) is set to revolutionalise transportation in New Delhi.

text: - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd has bagged the fuel supply contract for Kerala State Electricity Board's Kozhikode diesel power project at Nallalam.

text: - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) is setting up its LPG bottling plant in Hoskote Taluk near Bangalore.

text: - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) has commissioned a hydrant fuelling system for aircraft at the Cochin International Airport (CIAL).

text: - BPCL has taken six per cent equity in the paid-up capital of the airport.

text: - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd's (BPCL) joint venture with Oman Oil Co. for setting up a six-million tonne refinery at Bina in Madhya Pradesh is expected to achieve financial closure within a month, said Mr. A. Sinha, BPCL's Finance Director.

text: - In an attempt to set up its naphtha-fired 200-MW project at top speed, the KPC Bidadi Power Corporation (KBPCL) entered into a fuel supply agreement (FSA) with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) for the supply of 25,0900 mtpa of naphtha.

text: - Jawaharlal Nehru Port Thrust (JNPT) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) signed a license agreement for development of a liquid cargo jetty at Jawaharlal Nehru Port.

text: - Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) is exploring the option of extending a crude pipeline from its Bina refinery in Madhya Pradesh to Allahabad where it proposes to set up another seven-million-tonne refinery. - The company proposes to construct a crude-oil terminal in Gujarat from where crude will be transported through a pipeline to Bina. - BPCL has introduced the `smart-card' technology at retail outlets in Chennai. - BPCL has also entered into a marketing agreement with Reliance Petroleum Ltd for distributing 25 per cent of its production. - ICICI Bank Ltd has tied up with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) to install off-site ATMs at the company's petrol outlets.

text: - The Company has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the ministry of petroleum & Natural gas for the year 2000-01. The Company has been awarded the `Excellent' rating and has been among the top-10 MoU-signing public sector companies in 1998-99.

text: - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd., the Country's second-largest oil company, announced the launch of its `Petro Card' for the retail market in Gujarat.

text: - Burger giant McDonald's has tied up with oil major Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) to open and run restaurants at selected petrol pumps across the country.

text: - The Company is mulling over a voluntary retirement scheme for its 3000-odd middle-level management staff.

text: - The Company signed a Transport Service Agreement with Gas Authority of India Ltd on 1 August.

text: - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd., in association with Iftex Petrochemicals Ltd., launched `Bharat Iftex', a co-branded multi functional additive (MFA).

text: - The Company will issue bonus shares in the ratio of one equity share for every one share held.

text: - SurfGold.com, the loyalty solution provider an alliance with Bharat Petroleum as one of its major Indian redemption partners.

text: - The Workers, of the Marketing Division of the Company went on one-day strike on 19 October affecting the normal operations in offices and establishments at Mumbai, Kandla, Solapur, Jalgaon, Jabalpur and Manmad.

text: - Big Mac has tied up with Bharat Petroleum Corporation for a highway complex on the Delhi-Agra highway, near Mathura.

text: - Bharat Petroleum Corporation has offer bonus equity to its shareholders at a ratio of one bonus share for every one share held.

text: - The Company has been presented the FICCI award 1999 - 2000 for 'Corporate initiatives in the field of rural developments'.

text: - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) has launched yet another card product, SmartFleet, aimed at fleet owners and corporates.

text: - During 2000-01 the company issued bonus shares in the ratio of 1:1, thereby enhancing its equity capital to Rs 300 crore. Also Recently it acquired 55% stake in Kochi Refinery Limited (KRL) from the Government of India and 19% in Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) from IBP.

text: The company has launched 'Smart fleet', a programme for fleet owners and corporates and the same received an enthusiastic response from over 2500 clients.

text: -The company has 'Petrocard', an customer loyalty programme, had enrolled over 2.25 lakh customers by theend of March 2001.

text: - The Company has launched the co-branded SmartFleet card along with Tata Finance, a smart card targeted at vehicle fleet owners and corporates.

text: - BPCL has tied up with Quicky's, the global coffee chain, Pepsi Foods India and Kwality Walls for providing beverages soft drinks and ice-creams at its petrol pumps.

text: - Standard Chartered Bank, HDFC Bank and Bharat Petroleum Corporation have joined the eCash Forum which has been set up by the Smart Card Forum of India.

text: - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. has proposed to acquire the entire equity share holding of the Government of India in Kochi refineries Ltd. - Shell Aviation Ltd has appointed Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) as the sole distributor for Shell brands of aero lubes in India. BPCL has signed a contract with Shell Aviation for distribution rights for the next five years.

text: -'In & Out', a convenience retailing proposition, was selectively launched in 14 retail outlets during the year. This proposition includes utility payments, courier service, ATMs, a coffee shop, music counters, impulse stores, etc.

text: - S Vijayaraghavan appointed as Additional Director on Board of BPCL

text: -M B Lal Director (Refineries) relinquishes office from BPCL.

text: - Tata Engg, BPCL ties up to market co-branded lubricants.

text: - Mr U Sundararajan has retired from the office of the Chairman & Managing Director, BPCL. Mr S Behuria, Director (Marketing) has taken over as Chairman & Managing Director of BPCL w e f July 1, 2002.

text: - BPCL introduced premium grade petrol "Speed" in Mumbai.

text: - SCI tie-up with BPCL for crude transportation.

text: - BPCL introduced 5 kg cylinder for rural market.

text: - BPCL ties up with Cafe Coffee Day to open Cafe Coffee Day outlets in select In&Out BPCL petrol pumps.

text: -Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd informed that Shri S Radhakrishnan, Executive Director (Marketing Coordination) has been appointed as Director on the Board of the company and he has taken over as Director (Marketing) with effect from November 1, 2002.

text: - Mr. Mukesh Rohatgi, Executive Director (Refinery) has been appointed as Director on the Board of the BPCL and he has taken charge as Director (Refineries) w.e.f. November 14, 2002. Mr. Naresh Narad, Special Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government Nominee Director on the Board of BPCL has relinquished the Directorship w.e.f. November 11, 2002 on his appointment as Secretary, Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises.

text: - ALF ties up with BPCL to launch 'affinity cards'

text: - The board of Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) is being restructured with the induction of four new non-executive directors. The directors, all professionals of long standing, are the former chairman of Indian Oil MA Pathan, former chairman of Indian Airlines PC Sen, former chairman of railway board BD Gupta and director of the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, AH Kalro.

text: - BPCL & ONGC signs agreement to sale crude oil for a period of 2 years

text: - Bharat Petroleum (BPCL) has forged an alliance with Petrovietnam for the purpose of supplying 200,00 tonnes of naptha in the next 9 months.

text: - BPCL ties up with HLL for marketing durables, FMCG products via LPG outlets.

text: - BPCL launches 'Speed '93'

text: - Hyderabad: Bharat petroleum corporation Ltd (BPCL) has rolled out its new plan for Bharatgas customers. The new offer called 'Beyond LPG' was unveiled in twin cities which comes with value added services where customers can get the benefit of discounts ranging from 10-20 percnt on all FMCG branded utensils.

text: - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd has informed that Shri S Vijayaraghavan, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas Government Nominee Director on the Board of the company has resigned from office of director wef September 2, 2003.

text: Dr P N Khandwalla, Shri P P Kaliaperumal & K Vasudeva Part Time Non Official directors have resigned from office of director wef September 4, 2003

text: Shri V D Gupta Shri P C Sen & A H Kalro are appointed as part-time non official directors of the company wef September 5, 2003.

text: -the company has launched premium petrol, 'Speed' on September 9 in Visakhapatnam. The premium petrol is priced marginally higher than the ordinary fuel. The fuel is for the new generation cars and two-wheelers.

text: - The company has tied up with Hindustan Lever Ltd and three other kitchenware brands for selling grocery items to its LPG customers through its distributor network. the consumers can order all HLL products besides kitchenware from Hawkins, Prestige and Nirlep from Bharatgas distributors in select cities.

text: -Formed a strategic pact with Honda Siel to help launch gensets and geysers that run on LPG.

text: -Shri A K Srivastava, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has been appointed as Director—BPCL bags third slot among `Top 10' in Asiamoney's corporate governance poll on Asian companies in the energy sector. And joined the club of a select few Asian companies.

text: -Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) signed an agreement to cooperate with each other through sharing of their core strengths for exploration and production, and downstream oil refining and marketing.

text: -Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) successfully completes its first swap transaction, making it the first public sector oil company to enter into an interest rate derivative transaction

text: -Bharat Petroleum Corporation is negotiating a five-year agreement with Reliance Industries to buy products from its Jamnagar refinery. A previous product-sourcing agreement between the two companies expires on March 31, 2004.

text: - IDBI Bank on January 15 said that it has entered into a business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce arrangement with oil major Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) to provide an automated payment and purchase process to the BPCL's corporate and industrial clients.

text: -BPCL signs an initial contract with Saudi Aramco

text: - Tie up with Tata Consultancy Services to provide medical advisory and counselling services at Ghar, the highway retailing initiative of BPCL.

text: -Kochi Refineries Ltd (KRL) signs a memorandum of understanding with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd regarding capacity utilisation and other production and performance parameters

text: -Forges alliance with E-Charge Tech Private Limited to distribute electronically pre-paid products like mobile cards, internet cards and calling cards, making it the first company in India to electronically distribute the pre-paid products

text: -- GAIL India Limited has signed two joint venture agreements with Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) for implementation of city gas projects in Kanpur and Pune -Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) opened Mak Lubeshoppe at Akkayyapalem here on July 29

text: -Bharat Petroleum has launched another brand `Hi Speed Diesel'

text: -BPCL forges alliance with poultry association in Namakkal

text: -Speed ties up with consortium to sponsor domestic motor racing

text: -Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) has entered into a marketing tie-up with automobile manufacturer Tata Motors for marketing of engine oils as co-branded lubricants for their commercial vehicles

text: - BPCL launches Speed 97, its new brand of high-octane petrol mixed with lubricant additives, meant to improve vehicle performance

text: -Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd has launched a new concept of `Vehicle Care Centres' at its retail outlets

text: -Madhya Pradesh Government signs a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bharat Oman Refineries Ltd to set up a six-million-tonne per annum refinery at Bina on May 6, 2005

text: -Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) has announced that the Company & MMTC have jointly decided to work together in the area of domestic and international marketing of hydro-carbon by leveraging their core business strength in the global commodity trading.

text: -Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) has announced that the Company has entered into an MOU with Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras),

text: -BPCL acquires first Nigerian Erha cargo

text: -BPCL has informed that Shri. D N Narasimha Raju, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoP&NG) has been reappointed as Additional Director effective December 18, 2006.

text: -Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) has informed that Prof N Venkiteswaran, has been appointed as Additional Director effective July 16, 2007.

text: -BPCL acquires interest in North Sea basin

text: -BPCL to offload 49-pc stake in Bharat Shell

text: -Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) has appointed Ms. Rama Bijapurkar and Shri. S K Barua as Additional Director w.e.f. May 20, 2008.

text: -BPCL venture to infuse Rs 2,200cr in bio-diesel project

text: -Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) is mulling to establish a 5-Mw wind power farm in Andhra Pradesh.

text: -Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd has unveiled a GPS-technology based vehicle tracking system for its 5,200 tanker trucks fleet.

text: -Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) has informed BSE that BPCL, Oman Oil Company (OOC) and Bharat Oman Refinery Ltd. (BORL) have signed an agreement on November 15, 2009 in Oman related to additional investment by OOC in BORL.

text: -BPCL Farm-in into the Nunukan PSC in Indonesia

text: -Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) stated that natural gas reserves have been discovered in a block off Mozambique where it has a minority stake.

text: -BPCL announces successful pre-salt flow test offshore Brazil

text: -Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) commissioned its international bunkering facilities at the Kochi port.

text: -BPCL enters into agreement with M/s. Norwest to acquire Shale Gas acreages in Australia"

text: -BPCL announces Major Natural Gas discovery in offshore Mozambique.

text: -BPCL discovers hydrocarbon in ultra deep water of Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, Brazil.

text: -BPCL announces Oil and Gas discovery in Offshore Indonesia

text: -BPCL appoints R K Singh as new BPCL chairman

text: -Bharat Petroleum walked away with two prestigious Communication Awards at the Golden Jubilee function of the Annual Association of Business Communicators of India (ABCI) Awards Nite held at the Taj Mahal Hotel

text: -BPCL won the Silver Award for our Inhouse Publication, Petro Plus and the Bronze Award for our Online Web Campaign

text: -Bharat Petroleum was awarded the 1st position under the Best Display in Raw Space category during a spectacular awards ceremony at the recently concluded Petrotech-2010 exhibition at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The theme this year was Global Energy Equilibrium.

text: -BPCL corporate website www.bharatpetroleum.in bagged the first prize in the category ‘Most user friendly website (editors choice) in the India eGov 2.0 Awards 2010.

text: -Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd receives Green Business Leaders Award: 2009- 2010

text: -NDTV Recognizes BPCL With Prestigious Corporate Sustainability Report Award

text: -BPCL has secured 289th ranking during 2008-09 in the prestigious list of Fortune Global 500

text: -Tyre manufacturer Goodyear India has entered into an agreement with PSU major Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd to open tyre care shops at some of their petrol pumps.

text: -BPCL discovered of oil and gas in Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, Brazil

text: 2012 -BPCL 's Another major appraisal success in Offshore Mozambique for BPRL

text: -BPCL in Successful Flow Test Offshore Mozambique

text: -Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd informs that "BPRL Announces Extension of Exploration Success with New Discovery Area in Offshore Mozambique".

text: -BPCL invests Rs 75 cr to set up 22 kV substation at Kochi Refinery

text: -Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. , second largest public sector oil marketing company, has signed an MOU with LG Chem South Korea for a Joint Venture to set up a petrochemical plant adjacent to its Kochi Refinery Complex.

text: -BPCL - Discovery of Hydrocarbons in Espirito Santo Bash, Offshore Brazil.

text: -BPCL - Discovery of Hydrocarbons in Cauvery Onland in Tamil Nadu

text: -State run Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kerala government. Following the development, the state government would extend tax deferments to BPCL's Integrated Refinery Expansion Project (IREP) and petrochemical complex.

text: -Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) is in planned investments of up to Rs 45,000 crore by 2017 towards upstream projects as well as downstream expansion.

text: -BPCL l discovers New oil in the deep water of Sergipe - Alagoas Basin, Brasil

text: -Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) has managed to raise USD 500 million through a maiden 10 year bond issue. The move market the debut of BPCL into the international debt market and the proceeds from issue would be used by the company to fund its capital expenditure. -Bharat Petroleum Corporation has given the Bonus in the Ratio of 1:1

text: 2013 -Petrobras completes formation test in Farfan area in Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, Brazil. -BPRL announces new natural gas discovery in offshore Mozambique. -Bharat gas introduces IVRS to book gas refill services. -BPCL begins IVRS refill booking system in Kerala -BPCL has launched Universal Tractor Transmission Oil MAK Trac Magic + which is a special formulated lubricant for tractors, in the market of Punjab and Haryana.

text: 2014 -Bharat Petroleum - BPRL announces Increase in Recoverable Natural Gas Resources in Mozambique. -Bharat Petroleum - Gas Discovery in Cauvery Basin, India by ONGC - BPRL Consortium.

text: -Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has received approval from Environment Ministry for Rs 4,588 crore expansion at its refinery facility -BPCL acquires additional shares of Petronet CCK Limited -BPCL,along with GAIL Gas, a 100% subsidiary of GAIL India will jointly develop the City Gas Distribution Network (CGD Network) in Haridwar district. -BPCL has commissioned a new art Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) in Mumbai.

text: -Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has received Maharatna[7] status on 12.09.2017

text: Operations[edit]

text: Bharat Petroleum operates the following refineries:

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Mumbai Refinery : Located near Mumbai, Maharashtra. It has a capacity of 13 million metric tonnes per year.[8]
Kochi Refineries : Located near Kochi, Kerala. It has a capacity of 15.5  million metric tonnes per year.[9]
Bina Refinery : Located near Bina, Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh. It has a capacity of 6  million metric tonnes per year. This refinery is operated by Bharat Oman Refineries Limited, a joint venture between Bharat Petroleum and Oman Oil Company.
Numaligarh Refinery : Located near Numaligarh, Golaghat district, Assam. It has a capacity of 3  million metric tonnes per year.

text: The company business is divided in seven SBUs( Strategic Business Units), like Retail, Lubricants, Aviation, Refinery, Gas, I&C and LPG.

text: They have popular Loyalty Program like Petrocard, Smartfleet.


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Actress (singer)Years active
1978–present

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text: Andrea Robinson is an American singer and voice actress.  She has been a chorus member and singing voice for other actresses in many films (animated and live action). She also was the opening act for Burt Bacharach[when?]. Her most prominent job as a singing voice of another actress is Sister Mary Robert (Wendy Makkena) in Sister Act.  Her most prominent role in animation is the singing voice of Queen Athena in The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning.

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text: Filmography/Soundtrack[edit]

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American Hot Wax (1978) - Girls Backstage
Yogi's First Christmas (1980) (TV) (voice) - Singer
Parent Trap 2 - Singer "Nothin' At All" (1986)
Falcon Crest - Singer- on camera (2 episodes, 1987)
Crazy Moon (1987) - Hearing Impaired Teenager
Riding Bean (1989) (performer: "Bad Girl")
Sister Act (1992) (voice) - Sister Mary Robert (singing)
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993) (voice) - Sister Mary Robert (singing)
The Princess and the Cobbler (1993) (voice) - Pop vocalist ("Am I Feeling Love") (re-edited versions)
The Pebble and the Penguin (1995) (performer: "Now and Forever")
Disney Sing-Along Songs Colors of The Wind (1995) (performer: "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" with Arnold McCuller) Uncredited
MGM Sing-Alongs: Searching for Your Dreams (1997) (performer: "Now and Forever")
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997) (uncredited) - Chorus
Star Trek Deep Space Nine - season 7, episode 15 - Badda Bing Badda Bang (1999) - Blonde
The Tigger Movie (2000) (performer: "Your Heart Will Lead You Home")
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning (2008) (performer: "Athena's Song")

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document_title: Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby

question_text: who sings is you is on tom and jerry

question_tokens: who sings is you is on tom and jerry

text: Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby

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"Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby"

Single by Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five

A-side
"G.I. Jive"

Released
1944 (1944)

Format
10"

Recorded
October 4, 1943

Genre
Rhythm and blues

Label
Decca

Songwriter(s)
Billy Austin, Louis Jordan

text: "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" is a Louis Jordan song, recorded on October 4, 1943,[1] and released as the B-side of a single with "G.I. Jive". The song reached No. 1 on the US folk/country charts,[2] number two for three weeks on the pop chart, and number three on the R&B chart.[3] This was Jordan's second and last country chart No. 1, and the last No. 1 country chart topper for an African American artist until Charley Pride's "All I Have to Offer You (Is Me)" in 1969.

text: The song was co-written by Jordan and Billy Austin. Austin (March 6, 1896 – July 24, 1964) was a songwriter and author, born in Denver, Colorado. The phrase "is you is or is you ain't" is dialect, apparently first recorded in a 1921 story by Octavus Roy Cohen, a Jewish writer from South Carolina who wrote humorous black dialect fiction.

text: In the 1932 American film Harlem Is Heaven, dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, accompanied by jazz pianist Putney Dandridge, sings "Is You Is or Is You Ain't." The song in the film has different lyrics; but, in addition to its title, its melody is at times similar to that later used for "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby."[4]

text: Glenn Miller recorded this song on a radio broadcast from Europe during World War II. Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters recorded the song on June 30, 1944 for Decca Records[5] and it too reached the No. 2 spot in the Billboard charts during a 12-week stay.[6]

text: Other cover versions[edit]

text:
The song was performed by the character Tom in the 1946 Tom and Jerry cartoon short Solid Serenade.
Dinah Washington recorded a version of the song with accompaniment led by Quincy Jones for her 1957 album The Swingin' Miss "D".
Vic Damone included it on his album My Baby Loves to Swing (1963)[7]
Syndicate of Sound recorded a version for their 1966 debut album Little Girl.[8]
Joe Jackson performs the song on his 1981 album Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive.
Max Cullen sings the song in the style of Billie Holiday in the 1995 film Billy's Holiday.
A version by the JB Jazz and Blues Band featured prominently in the closing scenes of the final episode of the first series of Spaced by Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes in 1999.
The song was used in an advertisement for credit card Access with the words changed to "does you do or does you don't take Access?"
Diana Krall included the song on her album Only Trust Your Heart (1995).
Naomi Uyama recorded a version of this song with her band Naomi and Her Handsome Devils on their 2014 album Naomi & Her Handsome Devils

text: Film appearances[edit]

text:
1944 Follow the Boys - performed by Louis Jordan
1986 Heartburn - sung by Jack Nicholson
2006 Shortbus - performed by Anita O'Day


document_title: Bobby's Girl (song)

question_text: who sang i wanna be bobby girl

question_tokens: who sang i wan na be bobby girl

text: Bobby's Girl (song)

text:
"Bobby's Girl"

Single by Marcie Blane

B-side
"A Time To Dream"

Released
September 28, 1962

Genre
Pop Rock

Length
2:15

Label
Seville Records 45-120

Songwriter(s)
Gary Klein, Henry Hoffman

Marcie Blane singles chronology

"Bobby's Girl"
(1962)
"What Does a Girl Do"
(1963)

"Bobby's Girl"
(1962)
"What Does a Girl Do"
(1963)

text: "Bobby's Girl" is a song and single written by Gary Klein and Henry Hoffman and performed by American teenage singer, Marcie Blane.[1][2]

text: It was first released in 1962 in America. It has a spoken introduction and a backing refrain of "You're not a kid anymore" and was popular with the American teenage audience. It entered the charts in October and made the Top 10 within a month reaching 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 by December, where it stayed for four weeks only to be kept from the top of the charts by The Four Seasons' "Big Girls Don't Cry" and Elvis Presley's "Return to Sender".[3] It reached 2 on the Cash Box chart staying on the charts for nineteen weeks and made Blane the top selling female singer in the US.[4]

text: Susan Maughan version[edit]

text:
"Bobby's Girl"

Single by Susan Maughan

B-side
"Come a Little Closer"

Released
1962

Genre
Pop Rock

Length
2:15

Label
Philips Records 326544 BF

Songwriter(s)
Gary Klein, Henry Hoffman

Susan Maughan singles chronology

"'Baby Doll Twist"
(1962)
"Bobby's Girl"
(1962)
"Mama Do The Twist"
(1962)

"Baby Doll Twist
(1962)
"Bobby's Girl"
(1962)
"Mama Do The Twist"
(1962)

text: The Susan Maughan cover version was also released in 1962, in the UK. It featured Wally Stott and his orchestra and chorus.[5] Maughan's version spent nineteen weeks on the UK's Record Retailer chart, peaking at No. 3.[6][7]

text: Tracey Ullman version[edit]

text: In 1983, Tracey Ullman released a version of "Bobby's Girl" on the album You Broke My Heart in 17 Places and as a single. Ullman's version reached No. 45 in Germany.[8]


document_title: List of The Fosters characters

question_text: what is jude's boyfriends name on the fosters

question_tokens: what is jude 's boyfriends name on the fosters

text: List of The Fosters characters

text: Cast[edit]

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Actor
Character
Seasons

1
2
3
4
5

Main cast

Teri Polo
Stephanie "Stef" Adams Foster
Main

Sherri Saum
Lena Adams Fosters
Main

Jake T. Austin
Jesus Adams Foster
Main

Noah Centineo

Main

Hayden Byerly
Jude Adams Fosters
Main

David Lambert
Brandon Foster
Main

Maia Mitchell
Callie Adams Foster
Main

Danny Nucci
Mike Foster A
Main

Cierra Ramirez
Mariana Adams Foster
Main

text: A In season 5, Danny Nucci is only credited on the episodes in which Mike appears but still in the opening titles.

text: Main characters[edit]

text: Stef Adams Foster[edit]

text: Stefanie "Stef" Marie Adams Foster (season 1–present) is a police officer. She and Mike Foster, her partner at work, are Brandon's biological parents. They divorced shortly after Stef met Lena and realized she's a lesbian and wanted to be with her. In a flashback in episode 9, when she first met the twins, it is shown that she has a very caring nature despite her tough appearance. At the end of episode 1x10, Stef and Lena are officially married, legally cementing their long-term union of ten years. Stef is very strong and tough, but is also very funny and loving. Callie initially doesn't feel comfortable around her due to her position as a cop, but gradually forms a close bond with her. While Stef likes to act tough around everyone, especially Lena, it is shown that she cares a great deal about her wife and family, although she won't hesitate to discipline her kids if need be.

text: Lena Adams Foster[edit]

text: Lena Elizabeth Adams Foster (season 1–present) is Stef's wife, Brandon's stepmother, and the other children's adoptive/foster mother. While neither she or Stef are really the dominant one in their relationship, Lena has a more motherly nature. She is good with kids and tries often to reason with her kids more so than punish them, despite Stef's usually "quick to act" nature. She is the biracial vice principal of the charter school the kids attend. In episode 8, she and Stef get into a fight about Lena wanting to be married and never discussing it, showing that while she is more a lover than a fighter she will defend herself, but more so around Stef than anyone else. It was Lena who decided to take Callie in after she was released from the juvenile detention center. Lena is very aware of the people around her and takes on the role of caring mother to all of the kids. She is artificially inseminated with co-worker Timothy's sperm, desiring to have a biological child of her own, and finds out she is pregnant shortly afterwards in the season 1 finale. However, in season 2, she is diagnosed with life-threatening preeclampisa and, consequently, loses the baby.Lena and Stef are thinking of adopting Ana's baby (Maraina and Jesus birth monther) but they don't and now Ana has the baby (her name is Isabella). Stef and Lena are getting a divorce to save their house. Then they get married again.

text: Jesus Adams Foster[edit]

text: Jesus Adams Foster "(season 1–present) 16, was one of the twins that Lena and Stef fostered as children and eventually adopted. He is the more laid-back of the twins. He had ADHD, for which he took medication. After a fainting spell caused by his pills in "House and Home", he decided with the suggestion of Mike to join the wrestling team to cope with negative effects of ADHD. He is close with his sister as they were both in the foster care system and he acted as her protector; however their personalities and values clash occasionally, causing many arguments. He even went as far to take the blame for her selling his pills to have money for their birth mom, Ana, who he feels disgust and resentment towards because she chose drugs over him and his sister. He starts dating Mariana's childhood best friend Lexi, in "Consequently" after defending her from a guy. He falls out with his sister in "Quinceanera" when she finds out he's been secretly dating Lexi and feels betrayed by Jesus for doing so. They make up in "The Fall-Out". He has sex with Lexi once in "The Morning After". His relationship with Lexi is on hold when she moves back to Honduras because her grandmother is sick and her family cannot find a way back as they are undocumented immigrants. He eventually moves on from their relationship and falls into a love triangle between wrestling mate Emma and popular girl Hayley.

text: Jude Adams Foster[edit]

text: Jude Adams Foster (season 1–present) is Callie's 13-year-old half brother, who Callie and Brandon rescue from an abusive foster home. He is a quiet child with somewhat more optimistic views on foster homes than Callie, though he has been moved from foster home to foster home along with his sister and been abused as well. Once he is moved into the Fosters' home, he quickly begins to adjust to the new lifestyle and becomes more talkative and energetic. At school, he develops a close friendship with a handsome and kind-hearted boy named Connor, a growing relationship which prompts Jude to begin questioning his sexuality.[6][7] As the series progresses, Jude turns 13 and is subsequently adopted by Lena and Stef, although a technicality regarding Callie's birth certificate prevents her from being adopted along with him. He deals with the emotional impact of Callie becoming close to her biological family, but realizes that she will always be with him no matter what. He later develops a romance with his best friend, Connor, and the two begin dating in the season 2 finale. In the mid-season 3 finale the two admit they love each other for the first time after Connor considers moving to Los Angeles to live with his more accepting mother. Then a little more after that Taylor asked if Jude wanted to go to church then meets a boy named Noah then he asks Jude if he wants to try pot so they are not allowed to see each other but now they are. Jude and Noah are have some trouble.

text: Brandon Foster[edit]

text: Brandon Foster (season 1–present) is the 22-year-old son of Stef and her ex-husband, Mike. He is one of Callie's love interests. He is very talented musically, specifically with the piano, and writes piano pieces which he presents for chances at scholarships. He has been shown to have an unsteady relationship with his father, Mike, due to the fact that Mike is a struggling alcoholic and has disappointed him many times through his childhood and teen years. At the start of Season 1, Brandon has a girlfriend named Talya, but breaks up with her because of his growing feelings for Callie and his annoyance and anger at her harassment and jealousy directed at Callie. For most of the first season, Brandon continues to pursue Callie romantically, even though she warned him that she could be kicked out of the house if they got involved. Brandon continues to make reckless decisions, included violating a restraining order, in order to be with Callie. Ultimately, he accepts that Callie needs a family more than a relationship, and eventually agrees to a mutual break up. He eventually joins a band and begins a relationship with bandmate Lou.

text: Callie Adams Foster[edit]

text: Callie Adams Foster (season 1–present), 17, is one of the Foster family's new foster children. Callie is headstrong and tough as a result of being in the foster system since she was a child, but holds a soft spot for her younger brother Jude. She was sent to Juvie for destroying a car in order to protect him from their foster father's abuse. After she is released from Juvie and placed with the Fosters, Callie and Brandon rescue Jude, who is subsequently fostered by the Foster family as well. Callie has had a hard life— her mother is dead and her father is in jail and she has been abused in many ways in the foster care system. She initially has trouble opening herself up to her new family, but she slowly comes to love and accept them as her "forever" family. Initially, Callie opens up mainly to Brandon, and the two develop a romantic relationship, although it is forbidden by the rules of the foster system, which soon meets a heartbreaking end. Callie also holds an on-again, off-again relationship with a classmate named Wyatt. Unfortunately, after the Fosters decide to adopt Callie and Jude, Callie learns that the man she thought was her father (Donald Jacob) is not. She then pursues to meet her biological father, as well as her half-sister who looks as if she could be her identical twin. In the episode "Lucky" from season 3, she is officially adopted and an "Adams Foster."

text: Mike Foster[edit]

text: Michael "Mike" Foster (season 1–present) is a San Diego police sergeant, Brandon's father, and Stef's ex-husband and ex-police patrol partner. As the series progresses, it is revealed that Mike has a drinking problem, but joins AA to cope with it. A frequent visitor to the Foster household, Mike is familiar with his son's family. Toward the end of the first season, he started dating Dani, who helped him to keep his sobriety. However, he soon discovers that Dani had sex with a drunken Brandon one night and arrests her for statutory rape. Since then, Mike helps Ana come to terms with her addiction and live a clean life.

text: Mariana Adams Foster[edit]

text: Mariana Adams Foster (season 1–present) is Jesus's 16-year-old twin sister. She was fostered as a young child, and eventually adopted, by Lena and Stef. She is very smart and girly, and cares about her appearance very much. She is popular and social, likes to gossip, and speaks Spanish fluently. She is naive when it comes to certain topics - especially her birth mother, but she smartens up about her when finally realizing she was using her for money. She changes herself for guys and friends like in "The Morning After" when she sees that an old friend, Garrett is cute now and writes poetry, she goes to a Poetry Slam with him, and pierces her nose herself for him since he was hanging out with a girl who was dressed much edgier than Mariana. Also, in season 2, she dyes her hair blonde to fit in when making it on a dance team only to overhear the other girls say she only did because she is Latina. However, she eventually gains the confidence in herself to not give in to what other people say and make her feel. Mariana has a thing for the bad boys later on in the seasons and she gets caught up into some trouble. Her ex-boyfriend Nick gets put into a mental hospital because he was hearing voices.

text: Recurring and minor characters[edit]

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Actor
Character
Seasons

1
2
3
4
5

Recurring and Guest cast

Alexandra Barreto
Ana Gutierrez
Recurring

Daffany Clark
Daphne Keene
Recurring
Guest

Gavin MacIntosh
Connor Stevens
Recurring
Guest

Amanda Leighton
Emma Kurtzman
Recurring
Guest
Recurring

Alex Saxon
Wyatt
Recurring
Guest

Guest

Jay Ali
M. Timothy
Recurring

Guest

Marla Sokoloff
Danielle "Dani" Kirkland
Recurring

Rosie O'Donnell
Rita Hendricks
Recurring
Guest
Recurring

Tom Phelan
Cole
Recurring
Guest

Guest

Cherinda Kincherlow
Kiara
Recurring
Guest

Alicia Sixtos
Carmen Cruz
Recurring
Guest

Annamarie Kennoyer
Becka
Recurring
Guest

Reiley McClendon
Vico Cerar
Recurring
Guest

Madisen Beaty
Talya Banks
Recurring

Guest

Bianca A. Santos
Lexi Rivera
Recurring

Guest

April Parker-Jones
Captain Roberts
Recurring

Guest

Anne Winters
Kelsey
Recurring

Julian de la Celle
Zachary Rogers
Recurring

Lorraine Toussaint
Dana Adams
Guest

Annie Potts
Sharon Elkin
Guest

Sam McMurray
Frank Cooper
Recurring

Guest

Adam Kang
Aiden
Guest

Guest

Michael Traynor
Craig
Guest

Guest

Brandon W. Jones
Liam Olmstead
Guest

Michael Patrick McGill
Coach Spears
Guest

Annika Marks
Monte Porter

Recurring

Jordan Rodrigues
Mat Tan

Recurring
Guest

Kerr Smith
Robert Quinn

Recurring
Guest

Ashley Argota
Lucy "Lou" Chan

Recurring
Guest

Bailee Madison
Sophia Quinn

Recurring
Guest

Jack DePew
Jasper Landry

Recurring
Guest

Caitlin Carver
Hayley Heinz

Recurring
Guest

Valerie Dillman
Jill Quinn

Recurring
Guest

Chris Bruno
Adam Stevens

Recurring
Guest

Hannah Kasulka
Kaitlyn Reihl

Recurring

Samantha Logan
Tia Stephens

Recurring

Izabela Vidovic
Taylor Shaw

Guest
Recurring

Marlene Forte
Elena Gutierrez

Guest

Madison Pettis
Daria

Guest

Tony Plana
Victor Gutierrez

Guest

Guest

Judy Kain
Lauren

Guest

Guest

Alberto De Diego
Rafael

Guest

Tom Williamson
AJ Hensdale

Recurring

Brandon Quinn
Gabriel "Gabe" Duncroft

Recurring

Denyse Tontz
Cortney Strathmore

Recurring
Guest

Louis Hunter
Nick Stratos

Recurring
Guest

Chris Warren
Ty Hensdale

Recurring
Guest

Tanner Buchanan
Jack Downey

Recurring
Guest

Keean Johnson
Tony

Recurring

Kelli Williams
Justina Marks

Recurring

Pepi Sonuga
Sally Benton

Recurring

Benjamin and Alexander Freitas
Mason Strathmore

Guest
Recurring
Guest

Mark Totty
Craig Stratos

Guest
Recurring
Guest

Various babies
Isabella Gutierrez

Guest

Anna Grace Barlow
Zoey

Guest

Elliot Fletcher
Aaron Baker

Recurring

Kalama Epstein
Noah

Recurring

Alex Skuby
Joe Gray

Recurring
Guest

Meg DeLacy
Grace Mullen

Guest
Recurring

Jared Ward
Drew Turner

Guest
Recurring

Adam Irigoyen
Kyle Snow

Guest

Mercedes Colon
Margo Velasquez

Guest

Lisseth Chavez
Ximena Sinfuego

Recurring

Reggie Austin
Dean Bayfield

Recurring

Kristen Ariza
Teresa "Tess" Bayfield

Recurring

Christopher Meyer
Logan Bayfield

Recurring

Nandy Martin
Poppy Sinfuego

Recurring

Nick Fink
Shawn

Recurring

Nia Peeples
Susan Mullen

Guest

Abigail Cowan
Eliza

Recurring

Dallas Young
Corey

Recurring

text: Characters[edit]

text:
Annika Marks as Monte Porter (season 2-present), the principal at Anchor Beach Community Charter School. An attractive, personable professional woman, Monte wants to focus on administration, budget and finance, giving Lena control over student curriculum.
Bianca A. Santos as Lexi Rivera (season 1, season 3): Mariana's best friend and Jesus' ex-girlfriend who moves to Honduras in "Honeymoon". She is also an undocumented immigrant.[5]
Jordan Rodrigues as Mat (season 2-present): A guitarist in Lou's band. Mariana has a small crush on him and they soon begin a relationship together.[8]
Alex Saxon as Wyatt (season 1-present): Callie's friend and on-again, off-again boyfriend. In "I Do" Wyatt reveals that his mother is moving him to Indiana to live with his grandmother.[9] He returns in "Metropolis" and resumes his relationship with Callie.
Madisen Beaty as Talya Banks (season 1, season 3): Brandon's girlfriend in the beginning of the series before the two broke up. Brandon broke up with her due to her intense jealousy over Callie. After this, she remains Callie's enemy.
Alexandra Barreto as Ana Gutierrez (season 1-present): Mariana and Jesus' biological mother. She is a drug addict, and repeatedly tries to manipulate Mariana into giving her money to support her addiction. She even suggests that Mariana steal something from her parents in order to obtain more money for herself. Mike helps her to finally become sober and it is later revealed that she is pregnant and hopes to be a better mother than she was to Mariana and Jesus.
April Parker Jones as Captain Roberts (season 1, season 4): Stef and Mike's boss.
Anne Winters as Kelsey (season 1): A girl who is sent to a rehab after having problems with drugs. She is a friend of Mariana's, and after coming back from rehab, becomes her enemy because they both liked the same guy.[10]
Brandon W. Jones as Liam Olmstead (season 1-present): A boy from one of Callie's previous foster homes. Liam raped Callie while she was living with his family as a foster child and lied that she came onto him, resulting in her and Jude being forced out of the home.[11][12]
Justina Machado as Sofía "Sophia" Rivera (season 1): Lexi's protective and religious mother. Despite being religious, she and her husband support the LGBT community.[13]
Carlos Sanz as Ernesto Rivera (season 1): Sofia's husband and Lexi's father.
Gavin MacIntosh as Connor Stevens (season 1-season 3): Jude's classmate, best friend and, later, love interest, who accepts Jude as he is and encourages him to express his true personality. In season two, he informs Jude that his dad thinks Jude is gay and doesn't want him to spend time with Jude anymore because of it. Despite pressure from his dad, the two were able to maintain a friendship together. Later, it's revealed that the two boys kissed while on a school camping trip in their shared tent together, a moment they have ignored ever since. As their friendship continues to evolve, their relationship becomes complicated. In the episode "Now Hear This", they kiss on-screen for the first time and at the end of the next episode, Connor is shot in the foot and, in the next episode, officially comes out to his father and Jude. After finally being able to see Jude, they begin to officially date. In the mid-season 3 finale, Connor decides to move to Los Angeles to live with his mother due to his father's continuing homophobia and inability to accept him. Though both are heartbroken, Connor and Jude agree to maintain a long-distance relationship and profess their love for each other for the first time.
Amanda Leighton as Emma (season 1-present): A girl on Jesus' wrestling team who is known to be independent, semi-bossy and tom-boyish. She is a love interest for Jesus and the two began dating, but broke up due to her bossiness in their relationship.
Julian De La Celle as Zac Rogers (season 1): A boy who worked on the school play with Mariana and was her first boyfriend. They dated until he had to move away to live with his dad when his mother was diagnosed with early on Alzheimer's.
Garrett Clayton as Chase (season 1, season 3): Mariana's former love interest and star of the high school play.
Jay Ali as Timothy (season 1-present): Callie's and Talya's literature teacher. They call him by his first name.[14] He was Stef and Lenas' new baby's biological father before the baby died due to pregnancy complications.
Mary Mouser as Sarah (season 1-2): A foster child in Callie's foster child support group who was staying with Liam and his family. Callie became worried for her safety upon learning Liam was with her. She was then taken out of Liam's home after Callie confessed to Lena and Stef about Liam assaulting her.
Sam McMurray as Frank Cooper (season 1, season 5): Stef's late father, who struggled to accept Stef's relationship with Lena. He dies in "Family Day", deeply affecting Stef who regretted never making amends with him. A vision of Frank appears to Stef in season 5.
Annie Potts as Sharon Elkin (season 1-present): Stef's supportive mother and ex-wife of Frank.
Lorraine Toussaint as Dana Adams (season 1-present): Lena's mother who is oblivious to Lena's biracial struggles. The two have something of a rocky relationship, due to Dana not seeing Lena as a "real" African American woman, but Dana is there for Lena when she needs it.
Stephen Collins/Bruce Davison as Reverend Stuart Adams (season 1-present): Lena's father.
Daffany Clark as Daphne (season 1-present): A girl in Callie's group home who becomes one of her best friends. She has a young daughter who she intends to get back one day.
Rosie O'Donnell as Rita Hendricks (season 1-present): A leader of a group home who befriends Callie.
Tom Phelan as Cole (season 1-present): A transgender boy in Callie's group home.
Cherinda Kincherlow as Kiara (season 1-present): Callie's roommate as well as house sponsor while Callie is at Girls United. She offers Callie advice on how to survive at Girls United.
Marla Sokoloff as Dani (season 1-2): Mike's girlfriend and recovering alcoholic. She wants to help Brandon out in his daily struggles, even supporting his relationship with Callie until she breaks up with him. After she and Mike break up, she ends up having sex with a drunken Brandon. After this, she later gets back together with Mike. Despite trying to convince him to keep their one night stand a secret, Brandon confesses about having sex with her, therefore getting Dani arrested for statutory rape.
Romy Rosemont as Amanda Rogers (season 1): Zac's mother who suffers from Early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Reiley McClendon as Vico (season 1-2): A boy on the wrestling team that brings Brandon in on the fake ID's. After Brandon scares away all of his customers, he seeks revenge by jumping Brandon at night and breaking his hand. He is now attending military school and is on probation.
Caitlin Carver as Hayley Heinz (season 2-present): A dancer with Mariana on the dance team who has a secret relationship with Jesus before being dumped by him.
Kerr Smith as Robert Quinn (season 2-present): Callie's biological father. He grows attached to Callie after getting to know her and, despite promising to hand her over to the Fosters, finds himself unable to give her up. He soon refuses to sign his abandonment papers, devastating Callie.
Bailee Madison as Sophia Quinn (season 2-present): Robert Quinn's other daughter and Callie's biological paternal half-sister, who wants to meet her. They develop a close relationship. In the summer finale, she reveals that when Robert tried to send the adoption papers, she ripped them up and threw them out so Callie couldn't get adopted. After an upset Callie yells at Sophia, calling her a "spoiled little brat", Sophia locks herself in the bathroom in tears.
Ashley Argota as Lou (season 2-present): An attractive singer in whom Brandon takes an interest.[15]


document_title: List of Jane the Virgin characters

question_text: who plays ellie and anna in jane the virgin

text: List of Jane the Virgin characters

text: Main characters[edit]

text: Overview[edit]

text:
Actor

Character

Seasons

1

2

3

4

Gina Rodriguez

Jane Villanueva

Main

Andrea Navedo

Xiomara Villanueva

Main

Yael Grobglas

Petra Solano

Main

Justin Baldoni

Rafael Solano

Main

Ivonne Coll

Alba Villanueva

Main

Brett Dier

Michael Cordero, Jr

Main[a]

Guest

Jaime Camil

Rogelio De La Vega

Main

Anthony Mendez

The Latin Lover Narrator

Main

Elias Janssen[b]

Mateo Solano Villanueva

Guest

Recurring

Main

text:
Jump up ^ Brett Dier is credited as main cast for only the episodes in which he appears.

Jump up ^ Joseph Sanders played the role in season 3.

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text: Jane Villanueva[edit]

text: Jane Gloriana Villanueva (portrayed by Gina Rodriguez) is a devoted Catholic who made a vow to her grandmother, Alba, to not give up her virginity until marriage. Years later she finds herself in a committed relationship with a detective, Michael Cordero, and the two plan to get married. However, Jane finds herself accidentally artificially inseminated with the sperm of a man who she once shared a passionate kiss with a few summers prior. This man, Rafael Solano, also happens to be the owner of the hotel that Jane works at. Jane's relationship with Michael begins to deteriorate and she grows closer to Rafael as the pregnancy goes on. The two soon enter into a relationship, but split shortly before the baby is born. Jane also becomes acquainted with her father, telenovela star, Rogelio De La Vega, who had been kept in the dark about her existence by Jane’s mother, Xiomara. Jane gives birth to a son whom she and Rafael name Mateo.

text: As Jane adjusts to life with a newborn, she decides to put her plans of becoming a teacher aside and pursue her dream of writing. Meanwhile, Rafael and Michael both try to win her back. She chooses neither for a while and enters into a brief relationship with her mentor, Jonathan Chavez. Jane also attempts building a friendship with Rafael's ex-wife and other babymama, Petra, as the two will now forever be apart of each other's lives. Jane and Michael get married, with Rafael deciding to not confess his undying love for Jane. Just before the couple plans to have sex, Michael's gets shot.

text: Michael manages to survive and Jane finally loses her virginity. The two enjoy married life for a while until Michael drops dead as a result of his gunshot. Time skips to three years later and Jane has moved back in with Alba. She's the assistant of a publisher, has Saturday brunches with Rafael, Petra, and the kids, and is writing a book about her love story with Michael. Jane decides it's time to have her first fling, which leads her into a messy relationship with Rogelio's co-star, Fabian. Jane eventually realizes she still has feelings for Rafael. As Jane goes to Rafael to confess her feelings, she runs into Adam, her first love.

text: Jane decides to not pursue a relationship with Rafael, instead getting together with Adam, against Xiomara and Alba's wishes. In the meantime, Jane finally publishes her book about her relationship with Michael, which doesn’t do as well as she had hoped. Soon after, Adam breaks up with her to take a job in California. Jane goes on her book tour, heartbroken, but when she returns home she shares a kiss with Rafael, re-opening the possibility of the two being together.

text: Xiomara Villanueva[edit]

text: Xiomara Gloriana Villanueva (portrayed by Andrea Navedo) is Jane's laid back mother, and Alba's daughter. Unlike her mother and daughter, Xiomara is accustomed to looser morals, losing her virginity at a young age and having Jane at 17. She and Jane's father, Rogelio De La Vega, were high school sweethearts until he moved away and she chose to not tell him about the pregnancy. For years it was just herself, Jane, and Alba, but one day she learned Rogelio had become a famous telenovela star, and so she finally reaches out to him. Xiomara keeps Rogelio a secret from Jane at first, but eventually he's allowed into his daughter's life and the two begin to bond. In the meantime, Xiomara and Rogelio start to have feelings for one another again, and they have an on and off relationship throughout the first two seasons of the show. After Alba is pushed down the stairs and put in the hospital, Xiomara makes a vow to God to not have sex again until she's married, which Alba wakes up early to hear, and so she pretends otherwise. Xiomara is eventually released from this vow. Xiomara aspires to be a singer, and so she usually performs shows at different night clubs. In the first season's finale, Rogelio brings Xiomara with him to perform in Las Vegas, but they have to go back early for the birth of Jane's son, Mateo. Before this, however, the two get drunkenly married.

text: The marriage is soon annulled, though Xiomara continues to pursue her relationship with Rogelio anyway. She's supportive of Jane as a new mother, but her relationship with Rogelio begins to deteriorate when they themselves discuss the possibility of having more kids. While Rogelio wants a baby, having missed out on the first twenty years of Jane's life, Xiomara has no desire. Though Rogelio agrees to give up the dream at first, Xiomara breaks up with him, refusing to be the reason he can't have children. The two remain on good terms after this, but Xiomara ends up having a casual relationship with Rogelio's costar Esteban. In the season finale, Xiomara and Rogelio share a dance at Jane's wedding to Michael, but afterwards she takes a pregnancy test and learns that she's pregnant with Esteban's child.

text: Xiomara winds up having an abortion, causing a temporary rift in her relationship with Alba, but the two quickly patch things up. Xiomara starts to give up on her dream of becoming a performer, deciding to look into getting a normal job. She briefly works as a bank teller. Eventually, however, Rogelio helps her open up a dance studio. This just so happens to be next to where Bruce works, a married man she used to sleep with, who's since gotten a divorce from his wife. Xiomara and Bruce pursue a relationship, with the eventual blessing of Jane and Tess, Bruce's daughter. Xiomara moves in with Bruce, and the two live together for three years. During this time, Xiomara has had a falling out with Rogelio because of the way she was depicted in his reality show. When the two finally make up though, their feelings return, and Bruce breaks up with Xiomara. She gets back together with Rogelio, who admits that, with Mateo, he no longer feels a void in not having his own baby. Xiomara and Rogelio get engaged and are set to be married in the third season's finale. They have Jane perform the ceremony, despite now dealing with the fact that Rogelio will in fact be having a child with his ex-girlfriend, Darci.

text: In the fourth season, Xiomara and Rogelio deal with Darci and eventually her daughter, which she and Rogelio decide to name "Baby". The couple has a brief falling out when Xiomara learns that Rogelio had always suspected there was a chance Jane might have existed, but the two patch things up and decide to go into therapy.

text: Petra Solano[edit]

text: Petra Solano, born Natalia Fruôcek (portrayed by Yael Grobglas) originates from Czech Republic, running away and taking on a new identity with her mother, Magda, in order to hide from her abusive boyfriend, Milos. Petra becomes engaged to Lachlan Moore before leaving him for Rafael Solano, a man with slightly more money, but ultimately falling in love with him. The two get married and become pregnant, but they eventually lose the baby and Rafael becomes diagnosed with cancer. Their marriage falls apart after this, though Rafael beats his cancer, and so Petra plots to inseminate herself with his sperm sample as a way of preventing him from leaving her. This fails, as the sample is inseminated in Jane Villanueva instead, and so she concocts a line of other schemes to keep him within her grasp. These all fail, and the couple get divorced, but Petra continues to remain a thorn in Rafael's side. Milos tracks down Petra and Magda, sending his goon, Ivan, but the two ladies hold him hostage for a period of time before he escapes. Petra also deals with the repercussions of her affair with Roman Zazo, whose twin brother Aaron is around; however, Aaron turns out to be Roman, and Petra winds up killing him once he takes her hostage. Petra takes a share of the Marbella, preventing herself from being forced out, and in the season finale it's discovered Rafael has another sperm sample leftover. Petra has just learned that Rafael is trying to manipulate her in hopes of getting rid of her, and so, rather than telling him about the sample, she steals it for herself.

text: Despite initial debate, Petra inseminates herself via a turkey baster, putting her in a position of being in Rafael's life forever. The two are forced to put aside differences and work together through this pregnancy. Though, due to Petra being alone for the most part, she works to get Magda out of jail for pushing Alba down the stairs. Milos also returns again, forcing Petra to marry him, but he flees the country after his illegal operations are exposed. The two are presumably divorced. Petra works on bettering her relationship with Jane, but this is halted when Magda kills Ivan and the two are forced to bury the body. Magda sells Petra out to the police, giving her full blame, but Rafael helps Petra turn things around and get Magda re-incarcerated. Petra gives birth in the fourteenth episode of the season with Jane by her side, delivering twin girls that she and Rafael name "Anna" and "Elsa", Jane being the only one to pick up on the reference. Petra begins to suffer from postpartum depression, not knowing how to be a mother, and she considers running away. She backs out of this at the least minute though, just in time for her twin sister Anezka to show up at her door. Petra takes Anezka in, learning Magda kept Petra over Anezka because she was the "prettier one". Petra embraces having a sister because it means having her own little family, but it turns out that Anezka has been working with Magda all along. In the finale, Anezka injects Petra with something that paralyzes her and she takes her place, going on to have sex with Rafael.

text: Petra remains paralyzed as Anezka masquerades as her, entering into a relationship with Scott while planning to steal Rafael's money to get Magda out of jail and flee. However, Jane and Rafael begin to suspect something's up, though it takes a couple months, and Petra becomes un-paralyzed. She tattoos NOT PETRA onto her sister's forehead and allows her to cut bangs, then deciding to keep up Anezka's scheme to steal Rafael's hotel shares due to him not realizing she was paralyzed. As it turns out Petra is beginning to suffer from PTSD, but she eventually hands Rafael's shares back and he gets her the help she needs. When he decides to turn himself in for insider trading, Petra is left to care for their daughters, and finally gets the hang of being a mother. Three years pass, and Petra has two very well behaved daughters and has re-branded the Marbella into a kids hotel. She begins seeing rival hotel owner Chuck Chesser, and scandal strikes the Marbella again when Scott's bones are found on the shore. Rafael develops feelings for Petra again, and she struggles between choosing between him and Chuck. She chooses Rafael but backs down when realizing he'll never be truly over Jane. In the finale, she finds herself held at gunpoint by Anezka.

text: Petra wrestles the gun from Anezka and survives, but trouble still brews when Rafael's sister Luisa takes his shares of the hotel. Along with that, Magda gets out of jail, and she and Anezka work with Luisa against Petra and Rafael. Petra ends all romantic ties with Rafael, but the two work together to get the hotel back. When Anezka gains control of the Marbella after convincing Luisa she's insane, checking herself into a mental hospital, Petra realizes it was all a set-up. Anezka goes to push Petra off the balcony of the Marbella to keep her quiet, but winds up the one to fall and die instead. Afterwards, Petra hires lawyer Jane Ramos to defend her, but it seems Jane has ulterior motives.

text: Rafael Solano[edit]

text: Rafael Solano (portrayed by Justin Baldoni) is former playboy and owner of the Marbella. After a few good years of marriage to Petra, a miscarriage and cancer take a toll, and the couple begins to fall apart. With Rafael plotting to leave her, Petra decides to artificially inseminate herself with his sperm sample, only for his sister, Luisa, to accidentally inseminate the wrong woman. This woman happens to be Jane Villanueva, a girl with whom he shared a passionate kiss with years before and never called back. Rafael breaks things off with Petra once learning she had an affair with his now supposedly deceased best friend, Roman Zazo, and he and Jane pursue a relationship when she and her fiancé Michael break up. Things start out well enough for Jane and Rafael, but the relationship starts to fall apart as Rafael's life begins to unravel. The two remain on good terms though, and welcome their newborn son into the world in the season finale. Meanwhile, Petra learns that Rafael has another sperm sample which she steals for herself, and Rafael's son, Mateo, is kidnapped by his stepmother Rose/crime lord Sin Rostro.

text: Rafael works with Jane and Michael to rescue Mateo, and he and Jane embrace co-parenting their newborn. Meanwhile, Rafael also learns that Petra's pregnant as well, thus forever intertwining their lives. Rafael supports both women, though his hopes of rebuilding a romantic relationship fall through when she learns he got Michael fired. Rafael helps Petra when she gets in trouble with the law, helping her mother cover up a murder, and remains by her side throughout the rest of her pregnancy. In the fourteenth episode of the second season, the two welcome twin daughters Anna and Elsa Solano. Rafael struggles with family drama as well though, for he learns that his mother is Rose's rival, a crime lord by the name of Mutter. He also meets his half-brother Derek who gets him into some trouble with insider trading. Rose is supposedly killed and his mother is arrested, but all is not well as he watches Jane get back together with Michael, the two deciding to finally get married. He stands by, choosing to not confess his undying love to Jane on her wedding day. Unbeknownst to him, however, Petra's twin sister Anezka paralyzes her and takes her place. She then seduces Rafael as Petra, despite him making clear that his heart still belongs to Jane.

text: After Michael is shot, word quickly gets out that Rose is in fact alive. She has Rafael's mother killed with only a Bible left behind for him. He begins to investigate it, all the while deciding he no longer has feelings for Jane. This allows the two to have a healthy friendship while also meaning Rafael can stand up for himself when he disagrees with any of Jane's parenting choices. As he continues to dig into his past, he soon learns that he was in fact adopted and that he is not a Solano. After Petra becomes de-paralyzed, she begins to spiral, but Rafael gets her help. He decides to turn himself in for insider trading, leaving Petra to care for their kids. Three years later, he's out of jail and the Marbella has been rebranded a kids hotel. Rafael is dating Abbey and platonically co-parenting with Jane and Petra, but he soon breaks things off with Abbey and realizes he has feelings for Petra again. He pursues her, but Petra ultimately decides against taking back because he'll never truly be over Jane. Meanwhile, Rafael works with the police to get Luisa and Rose back into town where Rose is arrested. Luisa falls out with Rafael and then learns from Anezka the truth about her supposed brother not being a Solano after all. Rafael finds himself kicked out of the Marbella with Luisa claiming what's rightfully hers.

text: Now with no money, Rafael moves in with the Villanuevas. After making one final attempt at a relationship with Petra, the two end things for good and focus on getting the Marbella back. Rafael begins to spiral though, becoming the person that he once was, until Jane finally manages to get through to him. Once her relationship with Adam ends and she returns from her book tour, the two share a kiss, re-opening the possibility of them being an item again.

text: Alba Villanueva[edit]

text: Alba Gloriana Villanueva (portrayed by Ivonne Coll) is the deeply religious mother of Xiomara's and grandmother of Jane. Emigrating from Venezuela at a young age, she and her husband Mateo established lives for themselves and the generations to come. When Jane is ten years old, Alba makes her vow to save herself until marriage, a vow that Jane keeps. Alba often acts as the voice of reason in the Villanueva household, recognized as wise and looked up to as such. She supports Jane when she finds herself accidentally artificially inseminated, and makes it no secret that she supports Jane being with Rafael. However, she's very accepting of Michael during the time Jane is with him. Alba does not always get along with Xiomara due to her loose morals, but at the end of the day the mother and daughter find themselves making amends, with or without Jane's help. Alba, like her daughter and granddaughter, has a love for grilled cheese sandwiches and telenovelas. She's a fan of Rogelio De La Vega, and is very welcoming of him into the family when it gets out that he's Jane's biological father.

text: Alba is pushed down the stairs at the Marbella by Petra's mother, Magda, and ends up in a temporary coma. At this time, Xiomara makes a vow to God to not have sex again until she's married. Alba wakes up during this but pretends to be asleep until the vow is finished. Xiomara keeps this up for a while, but Alba eventually releases her from it. In the second season, it's discovered that Alba actually lost her virginity before marriage to a man named Pablo Alonso Segura. Jane and Xiomara invite Pablo to Miami despite Alba's pleas for them not to, deeming him to be bad luck. Still, Alba gives Pablo a chance, and the two wind up sharing a tango together as the Villanueva house floods. Alba soon learns Pablo is cheating on her though and so she breaks things off. During the second season, Alba also has a brief relationship with a priest, but it's presumably ended since then. Despite being deeply religious, Alba proves to be a very open minded person, having read up on LGBT activism as well as accepting when Xiomara decides to have an abortion.

text: After years of being in the United States illegally, Alba finally decides to apply for a greencard and gets approved. After this, she gets a job in the gift shop at the Marbella. There, she meets Jorge, a co-worker who she develops a crush for. After three years, Jorge finally gets out of a relationship and Alba decides to make her move. The two begin seeing one another, and Alba promises to keep his immigration status secret when learning he's in the country illegally. In the fourth season, Jorge proposes marriage to Alba, but she rejects him.

text: Michael Cordero, Jr.[edit]

text: Jane's 29-year-old husband who was a detective. He is aware of Petra's affair, and blackmails her to ensure that her marriage remains intact, so that Jane will give the baby to them, however later he decides to support Jane's decision to keep the baby. He also dislikes Rafael due to Jane's, and eventually Rafael's, attraction to one another. He is the head detective in the hunt for Sin Rostro, a high-profile drug dealer who seems to be based in the Marbella Hotel, however he later quits to become a lawyer. Jane and Michael get married in the season two finale. He dies in season three by an aortic dissection caused by a gunshot. (seasons 1-3). However, he is seen again and comes back to life in the season 4 finale.

text: Rogelio De La Vega[edit]

text: A self-involved, famous telenovela star and Jane's biological father. He is trying to gain a relationship with his newly discovered daughter. He also has feelings for Xiomara, who was his girlfriend in high school. He marries Xiomara in the season three finale.

text: Mateo Solano Villanueva[edit]

text: Jane and Rafael's baby. Named after Jane's grandfather and Alba's husband, who died before Jane was born.

text: Recurring characters[edit]

text: Overview[edit]

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Actor

Character

Seasons

1

2

3

4

Yara Martinez

Luisa Alver

Recurring

Bridget Regan

Rose Solano / Sin Rostro / Clara Ruvelle

Recurring

Carlo Rota

Emilio Solano

Recurring

Diane Guerrero

Lina Santillan

Recurring

Guest

Priscilla Barnes

Magda Andel

Recurring

Azie Tesfai

Nadine Hanson

Recurring

Alano Miller

Aaron ZazoRoman Zazo

Recurring

Guest

Camille Collard

Frankie

Recurring

Brian Dare

Luca

Recurring

Guest

Chris Corbin

Ivan Rogachevsky

Recurring

Vanessa & Veronica Merrell

Valeria & Victoria

Recurring

Max Bird-Ridnell

Miloš Dvoracek

Recurring

Nicholas Gonzalez

Marco

Recurring

Keller Wortham

Esteban Santiago

Recurring

Wes Armstrong

Scott Archuletta

Recurring

Rita Moreno

Liliana De La Vega

Guest

Rachel DiPillo

Andie

Recurring

Fabiana Udenio

Elena Di Nola

Recurring

Megan Ketch

Susanna Barnett / Sin Rostro

Recurring

Guest

Shelly Bhalla

Krishna

Recurring

Dennis Mencia

Mateo Villanueva I

Recurring

Adam Rodriguez

Jonathan Chavez

Recurring

Guest

Brian Jordan Alvarez

Wesley Masters

Recurring

N/A

Cástulo Guerra

Manuel De La Vega

Guest

Ana de la Reguera

xLola

Recurring

Mat Vairo

Derek Ruvelle

Recurring

Mia and Ella Allen

Anna and Ellie Solano

Recurring

Melanie Mayron

Marlene Donaldson

Recurring

Guest

Molly Hagan

Patricia Cordero

Recurring

Guest

Marcelo Tubert

Pablo Alonso Segura

Recurring

Yael Grobglas

Anežka Archuletta

Recurring

Alfonso DiLuca

Jorge

Recurring

Sofia Pernas

Catalina Maria Mora

Recurring

Ricardo Antonio Chavira

Bruce

Recurring

Justina Machado

Darci Factor

Recurring

Elisabeth Röhm

Eileen / Sin Rostro

Recurring

Christopher Allen

Dennis Chambers

Recurring

Guest

Johnny Messner

Chuck Chesser

Recurring

Guest

Minka Kelly

Abbey Whitman

Recurring

Francisco San Martin

Fabian Regalo del Cielo

Recurring

Tyler Posey

Adam Alvaro

Guest

Recurring

Alex Meneses

Katherine Cortes

Recurring

Uncredited baby actors

Baby Michaelina De La Vega Factor

Recurring

Rosario Dawson

Jane Ramos

Recurring

Brooke Shields

River Fields

Recurring

text: Introduced in season one[edit]

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Luisa Alver (Yara Martinez): the doctor who artificially inseminated Jane, as well as Rafael's sister. She's an alcoholic and in love with her stepmother, Rose. The two have an on and off relationship before spending three years together until Rose is found and arrested. She owns the Marbella.
 Rose Solano (Bridget Regan): a crime lord who falls in love with Luisa. She kills Emilio, kidnaps Mateo, and shoots Michael. After three years on the run with Luisa, she's arrested.
 Susanna Barnett (Megan Ketch, season 2): Rose's fake identity, acting as Michael's new partner after Nadine is killed.
 Eileen (Elisabeth Röhm, season 3): Rose's second fake identity that she uses for a total of three years in order to be with Luisa.
 Magda (Priscilla Barnes): Petra's scheming mother who fakes paralysis. She pushes Alba down a flight of stairs and kills Ivan, winding up arrested on both occasions. She later uses her other daughter Anezka to get revenge against Petra, though this doesn't go as planned. She's released from prison in the fourth season for unknown reasons.
 Lina Santillan (Diane Guerrero): Jane's best friend and co-worker at the Marbella. The two aren't as close after the three time jump, with Lina having moved away and gotten engaged.
 Nadine Hanson (Azie Tesfai): Michael's partner who turns out to be working for Sin Rostro. She's shot dead in the second season.
 Roman and Aaron Zazo (Alano Miller): Roman was Rafael's friend who was having an affair with Petra. He later faked his death by killing his twin brother, Aaron, who he pretended was him. When later pursuing Petra, she kills him in self-defense.
 Emilio Solano (Carlo Rota): Rafael's adoptive father and Luisa's biological father. Always disappointed in Rafael, he owns the Marbella and was married to Rose before she drowned him in cement.
 Frankie (Camille Collard): Jane's friend who worked at the Marbella. The two have a falling out when Frankie gets fired and Jane does nothing to stop it. They've yet to make up.
 Luca (Brian Dare): Jane's gay friend who works at the Marbella.
 Lachlan Moore (Michael Rady): Rafael's rival and Petra's former fiancé. She leaves Lachlan for Rafael.
 Ivan Rogachevsky (Chris Corbin): Milos' goon hired to track down Petra and Magda. He comes after them on more than one instance, and Magda ends up slitting his throat with her hook.
 Valeria & Victoria (Vanessa Merrell and Veronica Merrell): Rogelio's former stepdaughters who serve as thorns in Jane's side.
 Miloš Dvoracek (Max Bird-Ridnell): Petra's abusive boyfriend from the Czech Republic. Petra and her mother flee the country with new identities to get away from him. He later tracks Petra down, and Petra even marries him for a short time before he's sent away for good.
 Esteban Santiago (Keller Wortham): Rogelio's acting rival. He has a fling with Xiomara, who gets pregnant and secretly decides to get an abortion. He's in a relationship with Rogelio's other babymama, Darci.
 Scott Archuletta (Wes Armstrong): the Marbella's sleazy lounge manager. He keeps a burnbook on the Marbella, and eventually marries Anezka. During the three year time jump he winds up dead, killed by Eileen.
 Liliana De La Vega (Rita Moreno): Rogelio's mother who disapproves of Xiomara.
 Andie (Rachel DiPillo): once Jane's friend, she later dates Michael.
 Elena Di Nola (Fabiana Udenio): Emilio's second wife and Rafael's adoptive mother, she's a crime lord that rivals Rose. After serving as a threat to Rafael, she winds up imprisoned and later killed by Rose.

text: Introduced in season two[edit]

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Krishna (Shelly Bhalla): Petra's (formerly Rafael's) assistant. In the third season it's revealed she's gay.
 Mateo Villanueva (Dennis Mencia): Alba's late husband, Xiomara's father, and Jane's grandfather.
 Jonathan Chavez (Adam Rodriguez): Jane's mentor who she has a brief relationship with. When choosing to not have sex with him, they break things off and agree that it's best they cut ties all together.
 Wesley Masters (Brian Jordan Alvarez): one Jane's classmates who betrays her trust and writes a scandalous piece on the Solanos.
 Manuel De La Vega (Cástulo Guerra): Rogelio's homosexual father.
 Paola/Lola (Ana de la Reguera): once Rogelio's prison pen pal, she gets out of jail and becomes his assistant before kidnapping him. She plans to stream their live suicide, but Michael defeats her and saves Rogelio before this can occur.
 Derek Ruvelle (Mat Vairo): Elena's son who was at one point believed to be Rafael's half-brother. He was supposedly killed by Rose.
 Anna & Elsa Solano (uncredited baby actors, seasons 2-3; Mia and Ella Allen, season 3 onward): Petra and Rafael's twin daughters. Unlike their half brother, they grow up to be well behaved with good manners.
 Marlene Donaldson (Melanie Mayron): Jane's mentor when looking to become a writer.
 Patricia Cordero (Molly Hagan): Michael's mother who has a poor relationship with Jane.
 Pablo Alonso Segura (Marcelo Tubert): the man Alba lost her virginity to who's known to be bad luck.
 Anezka Archuletta (Yael Grobglas): Petra's long lost twin sister who paralyzes and steals her identity. She also marries Scott and continues to scheme against Petra following his death. She ends up being flung from Petra's balcony and to her death in the mid-season finale of the fourth season.

text: Introduced in season three[edit]

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Jorge (Alfonso DiLuca): Alba's co-worker at the Marbella giftshop. The two enter into a relationship after Alba spends three years having a crush on him. During the span of their relationship, Alba learns that Jorge is an undocumented citizen and agrees to keep it a secret. The relationship ends once Alba rejects Jorge's marriage proposal, and so he reconciles with his ex.
 Catalina Maria Mora (Sofia Pernas): Jane's opportunist cousin who has a brief fling with Rafael.
 Bruce (Ricardo Antonio Chavira): a married man Xiomara used to have an affair with. When he finally gets a divorce, he and Xiomara enter into a relationship, but the couple is met with disapproval by both Xo's daughter Jane and Bruce's daughter Tess. Both eventually give their blessing, however, and Xo and Bruce date for the next three years, even moving in with one another. They briefly get engaged, but Bruce ends things with Xo when realizing she still has feelings for Rogelio.
 Darci Factor (Justina Machado): a matchmaker who Rogelio meets with in order to have a child. The two end up falling for one another, entering into a relationship and starring in a reality show together, but three years pass and it's reveal they have broken up. As it turns out, Rogelio backed out of having a child with Darci after she had already unfrozen her eggs. The two now despise one another as their show comes to an end, and they part ways on bad terms. However, Darci returns months later, eight months pregnant with Rogelio's child, as they were secretly having hate sex during the final months of filming their show. Darci goes on to have a daughter, and she and Rogelio agree to raise the baby together, naming her Baby Michaelina De La Vega Factor. Darci is dating Rogelio's arch-rival, Esteban Santiago.
 Eileen (Elisabeth Röhm): a woman whose identity and face Rose uses in order to be with Luisa in front of her family. One night, when a drunken Scott recognizes Eileen after having seen Rose disguised as her, Eileen kills him in order to prevent him from figuring anything out. She buries him in a ditch on the Marbella's beach and is never seen or heard from again.
 Dennis Chambers (Christopher Allen): Michael's best friend and the detective in charge of investigating Scott's death. He and Jane begin spending time together after Michael dies, but they fall out when Jane realizes he's using her to get to Michael's case files. The two eventually make amends, Dennis teaching Jane boxing as a mean of letting out her anger. The two also go on a date, but realize there are no sparks, and so nothing becomes of it.
 Chuck Chesser (Johnny Messner): the Fairwick Hotel's newest owner who has a longterm feud with Petra. The two have a no-strings-attached sexual relationship for six months before eventually deciding to be a couple, but drama follows when it becomes known that Petra pushed the late Scott's bones onto the Fairwick Hotel's property and when it turns out Scott and Chuck secretly knew one another. Despite this, Petra and Chuck prevail, but the relationship fully falls through when Petra rediscovers her feelings for Rafael and chooses to be with him over Chuck. This also falls through though, and Petra decides she needs a fresh start when it comes to love all together.
 Abbey Whitman (Minka Kelly): Rafael's girlfriend of two years who runs a greeting card company. The two move in together, but the relationship falls through when Rafael finds himself unable to fully commit, and also rediscovers his feelings for Petra.
 Alex (Deniz Akdeniz): Mateo's aide at preschool who Jane later mistakes as being flirty with her rather than just friendly.
 Fabian Regalo del Cielo (Francisco San Martin): Rogelio's telenovela costar who Jane has her first fling with. The relationship becomes complicated when Fabian finds himself wanting more from Jane, but Jane does not reciprocate. When the two finally end things, this results in Fabian having a falling out with Rogelio, resulting in on-set drama and Rogelio getting Fabian's character on their telenovela killed off.
 Adam Alvaro (Tyler Posey): Jane's first love who she almost married after high school. The two get back together after Adam delivers Jane a letter he found that was addressed to her from her late husband, Michael. During the course of their relationship, Adam designs the cover of Jane's book, gets to know her son Mateo, and gives Jane a lesson on what it means to be bisexual. Their relationship comes to a sudden end when Adam leaves Jane for a job out in California, much to her dismay.

text: Introduced in season four[edit]

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Katherine Cortes (Alex Meneses): a Miami socialite who Rafael has a fling with during his plan to take back the Marbella.
 Baby Michaelina De La Vega Factor (uncredited baby actors): Rogelio and Darci's newborn daughter, Xiomara's stepdaughter, and Jane's half-sister. Rogelio takes a break from acting to be a stay-at-home dad while Darci continues working, but soon discovers it to not be as fun as he expected, instead becoming neglectful of his duties.
 Jane "JR" Ramos (Rosario Dawson): Petra's attorney following Anezka's death. Though seemingly a friend to Petra, it turns out she was being blackmailed to help frame Petra for murder, the life of her schizophrenic mother being at stake. Petra and JR eventually develop romantic feelings for one another and enter into a relationship once Petra's blackmailer - Krishna - is exposed.
 River Fields (Brooke Shields): A famous actress and spokeswoman for postpartum depression, the latter of which she and Rogelio do not see eye-to-eye on. The two later agree to set aside their differences and work together on the American remake of The Passions of Santos.