GTA 6's Lucia Actor May Have Been A Blackjack Dealer In GTA 5

GTA Fans Think They've Found Lucia's Actor Working At A Casino In GTA 5 Rockstar Published Sep 1, 2026, 9:06 AM EDT Josh Coulson is an editor at TheGamer covering breaking news on everything from colorful platformers to the latest Lego sets. Primarily a news writer since 2018, Josh has covered just about every major game from the past decade. Now an editor, their focus has shifted to being the leading affiliate expert at the site, building relationships between TheGamer and global brands including Mattel, Funko, and The Pokemon Company. Sign in to your TheGamer account Rockstar is yet to confirm who the actors behind GTA 6’s lead characters are. However, the leading, almost irrefutable theory is that an actor called Manni Perez plays Lucia. That theory has just become even more concrete after GTA fans discovered a Perez-voiced character in GTA 5. Is That Lucia Dealing Cards In GTA 5? Rockstar A Twitter user who goes by the name Msolli1925 appears to have been the first to make the discovery, or at least the first to share it with the world. They claim that an unnamed blackjack dealer you can find while playing online in GTA 5 is voiced by Perez. The character certainly sounds a lot like Lucia, and 21.3 million views later, the internet seems to agree. Perez’s IMDb profile confirms the actor voiced two characters in GTA 5. A clubber, and yes, a blackjack dealer. That confirms the part of the theory that the voice behind the woman dealing cards does indeed belong to Perez. All we need now for this theory to come full circle is for Rockstar to tell us who the actors are behind GTA 6’s protagonists. The Character Might Be Voiced By Lucia, But That Doesn't Mean She Is Lucia Rockstar Even if Perez is confirmed to be playing Lucia, that still doesn’t mean the character existed in GTA 5. Perez might have voiced a blackjack dealer in the last game, but there is nothing suggesting that character is Lucia. Quite the opposite, in fact, as neither in her IMDb credit nor the game itself is it ever mentioned that the blackjack dealer has a name, let alone the name Lucia. Pretend there’s a through line and piece together your own lore if that makes you feel better, though. This isn't unheard of when it comes to GTA games. Rockstar has pulled an NPC actor from a previous game, presumably impressed by their performance, and made them the lead in a later installment. Shawn Fonteno had a small role in GTA San Andreas before being called back years later to play Franklin in GTA 5. After last week’s GTA 6 Extended Look, the gaming world is already mildly obsessed with Jason and Lucia, for good reasons and bad. The jury’s out on Jason’s voice, with many people not fans of how deep it is, although a reminder that we heard those same complaints about Arthur Morgan and Red Dead Redemption 2 ended up doing alright. Meanwhile, a specific subset of GTA fans has been busy gathering up screenshots of Lucia’s feet, because of course they have. Systems Released November 19, 2026 ESRB Rating Pending - Likely Mature 17+ Developer(s) Rockstar Games Publisher(s) Rockstar Games Engine Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (RAGE) Genre(s) Action, Adventure