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Stephanie Beatriz’s voice is everywhere these days, from singing in In the Heights and Encanto to hosting podcasts like Tejana and her latest series, Twin Flames. All this — particularly her turn as the bubbly teenager Mirabel in Encanto — may be an unexpected twist for fans who know her mainly as the tough but lovable (and monotone) detective Rosa Diaz on Brooklyn Nine-Nine. But Beatriz credits one of her acting heroes, Bryan Cranston — who experienced his own transformation from Malcom in the Middle dad to Breaking Bad anti-hero — as inspiration for her chosen roles. “That’s the kind of stuff that I want to do. I wanna do stuff that’s surprising, surprises me but surprises an audience…
