Mishel Prada (born 1989) is an American actress. She is best known for portraying the lead role of Emma Hernandez on the Starz drama series Vida and as Detective KD Silva in the Peacock mini series The Continental. She previously starred in The Walking Dead spinoff web series, Fear the Walking Dead: Passage.
Early life Prada was born and raised in Hialeah, a city in the metropolitan Miami area. Through her grandparents, she is of Dominican, Mexican, Puerto Rican, and French descent. Prada's parents immigrated to the United States. She was raised speaking Spanish.
Career Prada began acting as a child, performing in church and school productions. She pursued acting professionally when she was 23. While acting in minor roles, she worked as a concierge at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles.
Her first lead role was in Fear the Walking Dead: Passage, which received a Creative Arts Emmy Award nomination. She introduced herself to Stranger Things casting director Carmen Cuba after the ceremony, and Cuba called Prada later to read for a role in the Starz drama Vida, which was in production.
Prada first auditioned for the roles of Lyn and Cruz, but was eventually offered the role of Emma, a Mexican-American woman who moves back to her gentrifying neighborhood in East Los Angeles after the death of her mother. Vida debuted in May 2018 and the second season premiered on May 23, 2019.
She is a founding member of a female art collective called Damarosa, which looks at the artistic work of influential women in literature.
She portrayed Hermosa Lodge on season four of The CW teen series, Riverdale.
Filmography
Film YearTitleRoleNotes2013Eat Spirit EatAna2015There Is A New World SomewhereAngela2015Benjamin TroublesNova2016Tell Me How I DieNurse Rivera2017The Two DogsGina Good2018Bachelor LionsCharlotte2021A Place in the FieldJessica Garza2021Let's Get MerriedTV movie2025Stone Cold FoxFrankie
Television YearTitleRoleNotes2016–2017Fear the Walking Dead: PassageGabiMain role; TV mini-series2018CorporateFocus Group Protestor #11 episode2018–2020VidaEmmaMain role2019–2022RiverdaleHermosa LodgeRecurring role (season 4), guest (season 5-6); 11 episodes2023The Continental: From the World of John WickKDMiniseries2024–PresentBrilliant MindsKatie RodríguezRecurring role
References
External links Mishel Prada on IMDb Damarosa—Official website