Justina Machado | |
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 Machado in 2016 | |
| Born | Justina Milagros Machado[1] September 6, 1972 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1993–present |
Justina Milagros Machado (born September 6, 1972)[2] is an American actress. She began her career playing secondary roles on television and film before starring as Vanessa Diaz in the HBO comedy-drama series, Six Feet Under (2001—05), for which she received Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. Machado later starred in the short-lived series Missing, Three Rivers and Welcome to the Family and was a regular cast member in the first season of the USA Network crime drama Queen of the South.[3]
From 2017 to 2020, Machado starred as Penelope Alvarez in the Netflix/Pop TV comedy series, One Day at a Time, for which she received positive reviews from critics and two Imagen Awards for Best Actress - Television, and well as nomination for Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series. She also has appeared in films Final Destination 2 (2003), Torque (2004), Little Fugitive (2006), The Call (2013), The Purge: Anarchy (2014), All Together Now (2020) and The Throwback (2024). In 2023, she played the leading role in the Amazon Prime Video black comedy-horror series, The Horror of Dolores Roach.
- ^ Stated on Finding Your Roots, January 28, 2020
- ^ "Justina M. Machado, Actress". Sweet Home Cook County. Cook County Clerk. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
- ^ Topel, Fred (January 8, 2017). "Justina Machado talks taking a comedic turn for Norman Lear's 'One Day At A Time' remake". Screener.