Liza Colón-Zayas on Tina from ‘The Bear’ revealing her back story in Season 3

In Season 3, ‘The Bear’ details the trials, tribulations and many rejections Tina faced before finally finding her place as the restaurant’s line cook.

In an episode in the third season of "The Bear," Liza Colón-Zayas’ character, Tina Marrero, sticks to her new routine. She wakes up at 6 a.m., showers, prepares a meal in the slow cooker and looks for work after having been laid off from her office job of 15 years.

Set in 2018 — about four years before the events of "The Bear's" first season — “Napkins” (season three, episode six) poignantly details the trials, tribulations and many rejections Tina faced before she finally found her place as the restaurant’s line cook. It also introduces viewers to Tina's family — including her husband, played by her real-life husband, David Zayas.

David Zayas and Liza Colón-Zayas are married — and they're also married on the show, as we learn in season three, episode six of "The Bear." FXIn an interview, Colón-Zayas said she could relate to her character's early mornings when she was a student at the State University of New York at Albany, working the dining hall's dish line starting at 5 a.m.

But that's where Colón-Zayas' and Tina's similarities end. When it comes to navigating the inner workings of a restaurant, the meticulous Tina handles the kitchen at "The Bear" with much strictness and pride, while Colón-Zayas was a "terrible waitress" and often "spilled drinks on people" when she held a few restaurant stints before she broke into theater and film, she said.

She shares a story about getting “pissed off” with her boss and walking out of work one day.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/liza-colon-zayaz-tina-the-bear-rcna159806

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