A talented singer and actress, Cierra Ramirez is best known as a star on the television drama The Fosters. In 2016, she launched her music career, releasing the dance and R&B-influenced EP Discreet. Born in Houston, Texas in 1995, Ramirez became interested in performing as a child, and gained early exposure at age ten on Showtime at the Apollo. From there she got into acting, earning small roles on CSI: Miami, Desperate Housewives, and Zooey 101. In 2007, she began playing the recurring role of Jasmine on the Disney Channel series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. Other parts followed, including a lead in the 2012 feature film Girl in Progress, and a recurring part as Kathy on ABC Family's The Secret Life of the American Teenager. Since 2013, she has starred as Mariana Foster on the Freeform drama The Fosters. Following her success on TV, she signed with Tribeca Music Group, an independent label and artist management company. In 2016, she released the six-track Discreet, an EP of swaggering, pop-oriented R&B and dance music. Included on the album was the track "Faded" featuring Casey Veggies, and "Vanity," with assistance from labelmate Dylan Holland. Along with her renewed emphasis on recording, Ramirez maintained her acting career with continued appearances on The Fosters and its spin-off series Good Trouble. In 2018, she issued the single "Bad Boys." ~ Matt Collar