Acting
Justina Machado
Acting · Born 1972-09-06 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Justina Milagros Machado is an American actress, known for her roles as Penelope Alvarez on the Netflix and Pop TV sitcom One Day at a Time, Darci Factor in The CW dramedy Jane the Virgin, Vanessa Diaz on the HBO drama Six Feet Under, and Brenda on the USA drama Queen of the South.
Credits · 83
FilmSwapped
2026 · Calli (voice)
PULSE
2025 · Natalie Cruz
Happy's Place
2024 · Maritza
Matlock
2024 · Eva Muñoz
FilmThe Throwback
2024 · Kate
The Horror of Dolores Roach
2023 · Dolores Roach
FilmNorman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
2022 · Self
FilmFernanda
2022 · Right Bob
FilmThe Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild
2022 · Zee (or whatever her name is) (voice)
Dragons: The Nine Realms
2021 · Carla (voice)
FilmSwitched Before Birth
2021 · Anna Ramirez
FilmMuppets Haunted Mansion
2021 · Singing Bust
FilmRita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
2021 · Self
FilmWith/In Volume 1
2021 · (segment "Coco & Gigi")
FilmAll Together Now
2020 · Becky
FilmScoob!
2020 · Jamie Rivera (voice)
Stars in the House
2020 · Self
FilmLive in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
2019 · Teresa Betancourt
Harley Quinn
2019 · Bethany (voice)
Tamron Hall
2019 · Self - Guest
FilmFamily Pictures
2019 · Sylvie
FilmBetty White: First Lady of Television
2018 · Self
One Day at a Time
2017 · Penelope Alvarez
FilmDe Puerto Rico para el mundo
2016 · Self
Elena of Avalor
2016 · Carmen (voice)
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016 · Self
Queen of the South
2016 · Brenda
Superstore
2015 · Maya (voice)
FilmEndgame
2015 · Karla
FilmFinders Keepers
2014 · Prof. Elena Carranza
Jane the Virgin
2014 · Darcy Factor
FilmThe Purge: Anarchy
2014 · Tanya
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self
Welcome to the Family
2013 · Lisette Hernandez
FilmThe Last of Robin Hood
2013 · Madge
Devious Maids
2013 · Reina
The Fosters
2013 · Sofia Rivera
FilmThe Call
2013 · Rachel
Finding Your Roots
2012 · Self
Switched at Birth
2011 · Nurse Munos
Body of Proof
2011 · Emily Burrows
Harry's Law
2011 · Counsel
Three Rivers
2009 · Pam Acosta
FilmIn the Electric Mist
2009 · Rosie Gomez
Kath & Kim
2008 · Angel
FilmPedro
2008 · Mily
FilmThe Accidental Husband
2008 · Sofia
Private Practice
2007 · Stephanie Kemp
Burn Notice
2007 · Lauren
Ugly Betty
2006 · Cousin Clara
FilmLittle Fugitive
2006 · Natalia
FilmFatal Contact: Bird Flu in America
2006 · Alma Ansen
Ghost Whisperer
2005 · Suzanne Richards
Bones
2005 · Lupe Rojas
Dancing with the Stars
2005 · Self - Contestant
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Anna Nyles
Desperate Housewives
2004 · Claudia Sanchez
FilmTorque
2004 · Henderson
Cold Case
2003 · Amelia Lopez
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
Missing
2003 · Sunny Estrada
FilmFinal Destination 2
2003 · Isabella Hudson
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest
FilmFull Frontal
2002 · Linda's Friend in Kitchen
FilmDragonfly
2002 · nurse
FilmA.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001 · Assistant
Six Feet Under
2001 · Vanessa Diaz
Strong Medicine
2000
Angel
1999 · Jo
Swallows
FilmSwallows
1999
FilmThe Week That Girl Died
1998 · Marita
Oh Baby
1998 · Mona
FilmSticks
1998 · Maria
FilmShe's So Lovely
1997 · Carmen Rodriguez - Lady Ticket Taker
Early Edition
1996 · Laura
Goode Behavior
Goode Behavior
1996 · Raquel DeLaRosa
FilmNo One Would Tell
1996 · Val Cho
Second Noah
1996
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Marisol
ER
1994 · Ms. Cruz
NYPD Blue
1993 · Elsa
Law & Order
1990 · Lauren Whitmer
Alpha Moms
Alpha Moms