Maria

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Maria is the young Puerto Rican woman at the heart of the musical "West Side Story," whose forbidden romance with Tony drives the story’s modern retelling of "Romeo and Juliet."

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Maria canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
musical theatre character
appearsIn West Side Story
appearsInGenre musical
romantic drama
basedOn Juliet Capulet
surface form: Juliet
basedOnWork Romeo and Juliet
conflictContext rival street gangs
createdFor Broadway
stage musical
ethnicity Puerto Rican
familyName Núñez
surface form: Nunez
fictionalUniverse West Side Story
surface form: West Side Story universe
firstAppearanceWork West Side Story
surface form: West Side Story (1957 stage musical)
firstAppearanceYear 1957
gangAffiliationThroughFamily Sharks
gender female
inspiredBy Shakespearean tragedy
languageSpoken English
Spanish
loveInterest Tony
loveInterestGangAffiliation Jets
medium film
television
theatre
name Maria
narrativeRole protagonist
romantic heroine
nationality Puerto Rican
portrayedBy Ali Ewoldt
Carol Lawrence
Josefa Ferrer
Josefina Scaglione
Marni Nixon
Natalie Wood
Rachel Zegler
Sierra Boggess
romanticRelationshipType forbidden romance
settingCity New York City
settingCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
sibling Bernardo
songAssociated A Boy Like That / I Have a Love
I Feel Pretty
One Hand, One Heart
Tonight
themeAssociated cultural conflict
interracial romance
urban violence

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