Paulina Rubio ‘Jane The Virgin’ Guest Star: Former ‘X-Factor’ Judge Will Play Pop Star In CW Series

Paulina Rubio will make her English-language series debut on the new CW show "Jane The Virgin." The 43-year-old actress will play herself according to EW. The former "X-Factor" judge will have an unexpected connection with Jane's family that will involve a plot twist. "When I wrote the pilot, I had in the back of my mind, the hope that one day we’d have Paulina Rubio on,” show creator Jennie Snyder Urman told the magazine. "It’s a great moment for our character, and for our show. I couldn’t be more thrilled. Just like Xo, I’m a huge fan!" Rubio's guest-stint follows Colombian Juanes, also making a cameo as himself on the telenovela adaptation premiering Monday, October 13 at 9pm on The CW.

The story of "Jane The Virgin" centers around Jane Villanueva a young girl, who her grandmother, Alba, convinced her of two things: that telenovelas are the highest form of entertainment and that women must protect their virginity at all costs. At the age of 23, Jane is a driven young woman studying to become a teacher, nursing a dream to be a writer, and supporting herself with a job at a hot new Miami hotel. All the years of watching telenovelas with the two women who raised her -- her sexy, young-at-heart mother, Xiomara, and her still-devout grandmother, Alba -- have given Jane a slightly unrealistic view of romance. Still, she is determined not to make the same mistake her mother made -- becoming an unwed mother at 16. Jane has managed to find a wonderful fiancé: a handsome, hard-working detective named Michael, who loves her enough to accept her detailed timeline for their future together and even her insistence on “saving herself” until they’re married.

All of Jane’s meticulous life plans are turned upside down, however, when she sees her doctor for a routine check-up and is accidentally artificially inseminated with a specimen meant for the patient in the next room. Unbeknownst to her, the specimen belongs to Rafael, a reformed playboy and cancer survivor, who is not only the new owner of the hotel where Jane works but also a former summer crush of hers. A few weeks later, the unsuspecting Jane is faced with the most important decisions of her life. Will she continue with the pregnancy? How can she explain the situation to her fiancé and family? And what should she do about the wishes of the biological father, Rafael, and his scheming wife Petra? Though she has always tried to be the good girl who does the right thing, Jane’s life has suddenly become as dramatic and complicated as the telenovelas she has always loved.