The actress has all the skills of being an actor and a comic

Justina Machado became popular with her roles of Penelope Alvarez on the Netflix sitcom One Day at a Time and Darci Factor in the dramedy Jane the Virgin, among others. But the 49-year-old actress has been around for a long time, putting the audience in awe of her acting skills on stage. From 1990 onwards, Machado worked with theatre companies that opened many doors for her. Finally, in 1996 Machado got her job as a professional actor in the T.V. series NYPD Blue and the television movie No One Would Tell. After that, there was no looking back for Machado, who went on to work in various film and television series.

The Accidental Husband

This 2008 romantic comedy film stars actors Uma Thurman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Colin Firth, besides Justina Machado. The plot of the film begins with Patrick Sullivan, played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who is eagerly looking forward to spending his life with Sophia, played by Justina Machado. But the dream breaks after Sophia calls into the radio show hosted by love expert Dr. Emma Lloyd, played by Uma Thurman, and puts doubts in her head about the relationship.

In the Electric Mist

Franco-American mystery drama film is based on the novel In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead by James Lee Burke. The film stars actors Tommy Lee Jones in the main role of Louisiana police detective Dave Robicheaux. He is investigating the murder of a young woman, and during that time has a chance encounter with Hollywood star Elrod Sykes, played by Peter Sarsgaard, and his girlfriend Kelly Drummond, played by Kelly Macdonald, who is in town to make a Civil War film. About to arrest Elrod for erratic driving, he ends up telling Dave of a decayed corpse that they found in the swamp.

Pedro

This 2008 film narrates the story of an openly gay Cuban-American AIDS educator and television personality, Pedro Zamora. The film begins with 22-year-old AIDS activist Pedro Zamora in his New York City hotel room in 1994, ready to appear on a television show. But something unknown happens and in a flashback, there is 21-year-old Zamora in Miami.

The other Justina Machado films are She's So Lovely, The Week That Girl Died, Swallows, Following Paula, Sticks, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Dragonfly, Full Frontal, Final Destination 2, Torque, Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy, Little Fugitive, I Think I Love My Wife, Breast Pump & Blender, Man Maid, In the Electric Mist, The Call, Endgame, The Purge: Anarchy, Scoob!, All Together Now, The Purge: Anarchy, Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It, and With/In: Volume 1 to name a few.