Q.  Has your role on "The L Word" been your main focus or have you been working on other projects?

A.  Everybody has just come back from the holidays so I am hoping there is something else.  Besides "The L Word" is msdewey.com and it's an interactive search engine done by Microsoft that I shot before "The L Word" and it's now blowing up so it's a lot of fun.

Q.  What can you tell us about your character on "The L Word" and about the season as well?

A.  Papi is the ultimate player, she is such a lothario, when Alice finds her she realizes that there is a whole parallel universe to her personal L Word in east LA.  She would like to commend the other side as well.  That's what I think she wants more then anything.  Then she happens to really like them so becomes friends with all of them. 

Q.  Besides the sexual realm of Papi's, what else can you tell us about the character and her personality?

A.  Even when it comes to her playerdom, if you will, it's sort of a love/hate thing with that side of herself.  At times she loves being known as the ultimate player and lover.  Other times, when she really falls for someone, she is sort of ashamed of it and wants to sweep it under the rug.  It's sort of push and pull when it comes to her identity as a player.  She's a girl with a really, really big heart who truly loves women and has a lot of love for everybody.

Q.  Shane has been the ultimate player in Alice's universe, will there be a battle between you and Shane for women or will there be a camaraderie?

A.  You just have to watch for yourself, that one I can't giveaway.

Q.  What drew you to wanting to be a part of the show?

A.  I had seen a few episodes and I obviously liked it.  It's sort of melodramatic and comedic at the same time.  You really fall for these girls and fall for them.  You're like, "What happens to Alice?"  You really get intertwined quickly.  As soon as I got the show I marathoned it and I watched it with all of my friends.  Everybody was hooked and they wouldn't let me watch it without them.  I understand as a group you can watch it together in that Sex and the City feel.  Everyone wants to be included in the viewing process.  I went to a Curve Magazine party in Chicago and it was the closing of the Gay Games.  I was there as a special guest and I was backstage and they were about to introduce me and the other guests.  They said, "So, do you want to meet the new character from The L Word?" The place started erupting and they hadn't even seen more or knew who I was.  I was shocked and  I had no idea what I was in for.  I really got a chance to meet and talk to the girls one on one.  That's when I realized how important the show is, I think I got a true sense of it then. 

Q.  Was it easy for you to jump into such a close knit cast?

A.  I didn't go in expecting everyone to open their arms and say, "Hey new girl, you're our new best friend."  I have so much respect for anyone who is on a hit show working their ass off for years and keep coming back.  I just stepped back and learned.  They are a great group of girls and inevitably we all get closer and closer.  Now we get to see each other again cuz we're going to the all premiere stuff. 

Q.  Has anything about your role been challenging for you?

A.  All of it!  She's so different then I am, I had to dig deep in a lot of ways.  Try and make things that I didn't have any connection with in my own life be natural and make sense to me.  In some ways it is easier to be someone completely different from you.  You shed yourself and become a different person.  In other ways it just makes no sense because you're like, "I would never say this!  I don't even understand what this means!"  You have to do a little research and make it work for you. 

Q.  The show does have a lot of sexual scenes, is that something you had to prepare yourself for?

A.  Yeah, you prepare by shaving your legs.  There is not much that can really prepare you for those things.  They are weird no matter what.  You just have to go for it and pray that it looks okay in the end.  To me, it doesn't matter if it is a girl or a boy, it's awkward no matter what.  I was very lucky, the people I hook up with on the show, they calmed me down a lot.  They made it not even a hassle, it's so choreographed, so it gets so technical that I get lost in the technicalities.  It takes away the pressure for me and once the choreography is down you just kind of go for it and pray it looks okay. 

Q.  Do you have a really memorable moment from working on the show?

A.  I have so many, salsa dancing with Pam Grier was pretty awesome. 

Q.  What do you think it is about the show that continues to draw viewers in?

A.  It's newness and timeliness.  It's the first show that really embraces lesbians.  There has been male gay leads on shows for years, but the first we had was Ellen, she got kicked off the air.  This is the first one that is really for the community, that the community can embrace.

Q.  What would you like to say to the fans and supporters of the show?

A.  Thank you, thank you so much for loving the show this far, so much so I could get a job on it.  I hope that you love the future of it, as much as you have loved its history.