''. Years later, she starred in
El Rey Network's
From Dusk till Dawn: The Series. While attending school, she was first spotted by producer and director
Pedro Damián, best known for his success with Latin pop band
RBD. Two years later, Damian cast González in a remake of Argentina's famous children's telenovela,
Floricienta. She portrayed Lola Valente, the lead female protagonist in
Lola, érase una vez. The show began filming in late 2006, and debuted in Mexico on 26 February 2007. It was later shown in various countries throughout
Latin America and the United States. Following the completion of
Lola, érase una vez, González, accompanied by her mother, moved to
New York City briefly in the spring of 2008 to attend a three-month course of acting classes at the
Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. She returned to Mexico City in early fall of that same year. In April 2009, she was cast in an episode of the popular crime drama television series
Mujeres Asesinas as a supporting character for the second season. She starred in the episode "Tere, Desconfiada", playing the teenage antagonist, Gaby. González has said that she was told about the casting call while she was preparing to release her first solo album
Contracorriente. In 2010,
Nickelodeon announced that González would be starring in teen sitcom
Sueña conmigo, where she played the characters of Clara Molina and Roxy Pop. For the role, González traveled to
Buenos Aires to film in April 2010. She lived in Buenos Aires for a year, traveling back to Mexico City on breaks during the production of the series. When filming ended in February 2011, Gonzalez returned to Mexico City. The show was produced by Nickelodeon and Televisa, and aired on 20 July 2010 in Latin America and Europe. Because of its success in Argentina, the cast performed several concerts in cities in that country from March to July 2011. In 2012, González filmed
Casi 30, a comedy-drama directed by Alejandro Sugich. González plays Cristina, an 18-year-old ballet student who falls in love with Emilio, the film's lead character. The film marks González's acting debut in cinema. In 2013, the movie premiered at several film festivals in Mexico, but it premiered nationwide in Mexico on 22 August 2014. In 2012, González starred in the Televisa series
Amores verdaderos, a remake of the
TV Azteca television series
Amor en custodia. The show premiered on 3 September 2012. Originally, Mexican producer
Pedro Torres offered González the lead role of Sofía López-Haro in his television show,
Gossip Girl: Acapulco, the Mexican remake of the hit American television series,
Gossip Girl. González considered accepting the role, but declined, due to her rigorous filming schedule for
Amores verdaderos. In late August 2013, González moved to
Los Angeles to pursue her acting career. In September 2013, González was cast in director Adrian Cervantes' film,
All Hail the Squash Blossom Queen. The film was slated to star
Bonnie Wright of the
Harry Potter film franchise, and González was expected to play Brittany in the movie, but she was later dropped from the project when the role was recast in 2015. In November 2013, González was announced as a cast member for producer
Robert Rodriguez's television series,
From Dusk till Dawn: The Series. González played Santanico Pandemonium, a role portrayed by
Salma Hayek in the
original film. The role was González's first English-speaking part, and she also featured prominently in print advertisements for the series. The show was produced by Rodriguez for his
El Rey network. González relocated to
Austin, Texas, to film the program's first season. Following its U.S. debut, the show became available for streaming internationally on
Netflix in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and Latin America. On 26 March 2014, the series was renewed for a second season on El Rey. On 12 August 2014, she hosted the
MTV Millennial Awards at the
World Trade Center Mexico City in Mexico City. In March 2015, González and the cast of
From Dusk till Dawn: The Series returned to Austin, Texas, to begin filming for the show's second season. Since 2015, González has landed a string of prominent roles, appearing as Darling in
Baby Driver (2017), Madame M in
Hobbs & Shaw (2019), Nyssiana in the cyberpunk film
Alita: Battle Angel (2019), Fran in
I Care a Lot (2020), KT in
Bloodshot (2020), executive Maia Simmons in
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021), and paramedic Cam Thompson in
Ambulance directed by
Michael Bay. In 2023, González appeared as "an artist and influencer" in the
Apple TV+ climate change-themed anthology series
Extrapolations, written and directed by
Scott Z. Burns. González was cast in the Netflix series adaptation of
The Three-Body Problem from
David Benioff and
D.B. Weiss. In 2024, she starred in
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare directed by
Guy Ritchie. ==Other projects==