Justina Machado

Actress

Birth Date: September 6, 1972

Age: 52 years old

Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois

Awards

Justina Machado grew up in Chicago, but experienced a mixture of cultures as both of her parents were born in Puerto Rico. That blend helped color Machado's early career and even guided her to work in Latino acting groups in her home of Chicago. In the early '90s, she moved out of Chicago, eventually winding up in California where she started her acting career in earnest. Starting in 1996, she made numerous appearances on TV shows ranging from "NYPD Blue" (ABC 1993-2005) to "Angel" (The WB 1999-2004).

Her film debut was in the Sean Penn-starring "She's So Lovely" (1997). All of that experience led to Machado joining the cast of "Six Feet Under" (HBO 2001-05) as Vanessa Diaz, a character who started off as recurring but wound up being a main character in later seasons.

After "Six Feet Under" ended, she went back to appearing in smaller roles on the big and small screen, including "Torque" (2004), "I Think I Love My Wife" (2007), and "ER" (NBC 1994-2009) - a show that she had guest-starred on in an early season. While her recurring role on "ER" ended, she starred in the short-lived medical drama "Three Rivers" (CBS 2009-2010).

After a few more years of one-off roles across TV shows like "Desperate Housewives" (ABC 2004-2012) and movies like "The Purge: Anarchy" (2014), Machado landed a recurring role on "Jane the Virgin" (The CW 2014- ) as Darci Factor. That quickly led to Machado starring as matriarch Penelope Alvarez on the critically adored sitcom "One Day at a Time" (Netflix 2017- ).

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Justina Machado

Actress

Birth Date: September 6, 1972

Age: 52 years old

Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois

Awards

Credits

Happy's PlaceStream

The Throwback

The Throwback

The Horror of Dolores RoachStream

Lopez vs LopezStream

Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter

Access Daily With Mario & Kit

The Culture Is: Latina

The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild

Dragons: The Nine RealmsStream

Muppets Haunted MansionStream

Switched Before BirthStream

All Together NowStream

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: All in the Family and Good Times

The Kelly Clarkson ShowStream

Access Daily

Tamron HallStream

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's All in the Family and The Jeffersons

Family Pictures

Today 3rd Hour

Busy Tonight

One Day at a TimeStream

Elena of AvalorStream

The $100,000 PyramidStream

Queen of the SouthStream

Queen of the SouthStream

HeartbeatStream

SuperstoreStream

Endgame

Jane The VirginStream

Hollywood Today Live

Late Night With Seth MeyersStream

The Purge: AnarchyStream

Finders Keepers

Welcome to the Family

Murder Police

Devious MaidsStream

The FostersStream

The Last of Robin Hood

The CallStream

Major CrimesStream

Finding Your RootsStream

Switched at BirthStream

Body of ProofStream

Off the Map

The Talk

Three Rivers

In the Electric Mist

Kath & Kim

The Wendy Williams Show

The Accidental Husband

Pedro

Man Maid

Private PracticeStream

Burn NoticeStream

Ugly BettyStream

Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America

Little Fugitive

Ghost WhispererStream

BonesStream

Dancing With the StarsStream

Grey's AnatomyStream

Missing

American Latino TV

Desperate HousewivesStream

TorqueStream

Cold CaseStream

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

1-800-MissingStream

Jimmy Kimmel Live!Stream

Final Destination 2Stream

Six Feet UnderStream

Six Feet UnderStream