The Secret Life of the American Teenager Airs Tonight

Tonight is the night: At 8 p.m. ABC Family’s hit show The Secret Life of the American Teenager returns for a second season, and as a fan of the show, I’m psyched! So I called up Colombian actress Paola Turbay, 38, who stars as Cindy Lee, (Francia Raisa’s sexy mom in the series), and after she made fun of me for being a 26-year-old who watches what is definitely a show for teenagers (that hurt, Paola), the beautiful, charming, and funny former Miss Universe runner-up shared details with Vivo Por TiVo about Secret Life’s second season, her lesbian role on TNT’s The Closer, and her dramatic guest starring turn on A&E’s critically acclaimed series, The Cleaner. With all her roles on TV both present and past (remember her sensational turn as Jimmy Smits’s wife on the short-lived CBS series Cane?), Turbay is showing Hollywood that she's a fierce talent. She's also what we Latinos call "una encantadora!" (a charming lady).

Secret Life was about a teenager trying to deal with the complications of an unexpected pregnancy and her tortuous decision about what to do next. Now, though, it's about a teen mother with a new infant to care for, a continuing battle between her son's father and her boyfriend, and a bunch of new issues with her own mom that should create some drama in the weeks to come. How will things be different for the show now that there's a baby around?