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Justina Machado
Justina Machado
Character Reina
Season(s) S1 - S2 - S3 - S4
 
Date of Birth September 6, 1972
 
Origin Chicago, Illinois, USA
 
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Justina Machado is one of the minor actors of Devious Maids, portraying the role of Reina.

Biography[]

Machado was born in Chicago, Illinois, where her family moved to from Puerto Rico. There, her parents met and were married. The couple had two children and subsequently divorced. Her mother remarried and had three children. She was very active in drama, always participating in her school plays. In 1986, Machado attended Lane Technical College Prep High School ("Lane Tech") and during her spare time performed with the Latino Chicago Theater Company.

In 1990, Machado graduated from Lane Tech and moved to New York City. The experience which she had gained as a performer with the Latino Chicago Theater Company helped open the doors for her in that city. Soon, she was offered a job as a professional actress in Los Angeles, California. Machado moved to Los Angeles and in 1996, she landed her first two acting roles. She was cast as "Elsa" in the TV series NYPD Blue episode #311, and she was also cast as "Val Cho" in the movie made for television No One Would Tell.

On June 10, 2001, Machado auditioned for the TV series Six Feet Under and was cast as "Vanessa Diaz", a supporting character which evolved into a "regular" character in the series. Machado and her castmates were honored with a Screen Actors Guild Award for "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series". The series entered its fifth and final season in 2005. She has also appeared in the Canadian television series 1-800-Missing as "Sunny Estrada".

Machado has participated in over 15 films. Amongst her most notable roles so far have been Carmen Rodriguez in She's So Lovely, Isabella Hudson in Final Destination 2, Agent Henderson in Torque, Natalia in Little Fugitive, Teresa in Man Maid, Sofia in The Accidental Husband, and FBI Agent Rosie Gomez in the film In the Electric Mist. Machado has also made appearances on stage, including Neil LaBute's Some Girl(s) at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. She participated in the productions of Blade to the Heat and Black Butterfly at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. She was the first replacement for Andrea Burns in Broadway's In the Heights. In 2010, Machado appeared in the Los Angeles run of Love, Loss and What I Wore.

In 2015, she was cast on Devious Maids as Reina for a two episode arc. In 2017, she landed a recurring role on Jane the Virgin as matchmaker Darci Factor, new love interest of Rogelio De La Vega.

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