Actress Naya Rivera and the Glee writers have taken the typical bitchy cheerleader character — which could have been nothing more than a cliché in less talented hands — and turned Santana into a character who seems refreshingly real, with shades of humor, sadness and vulnerability.

Sarcastic? Hells yeah! She has some of the best one-liners of any character currently on the airways. But she’s also been known to break down in tears while singing a song to her true love and fellow Cheerio,Britney S. Pierce (played by Heather Morris, Rivera’s real-life best friend). It doesn’t hurt that she’s got that amazing voice either. But Santana’s real importance lies in being a multi-dimensional character who is not defined by her sexuality, but rather her complexity.

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