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Justina Machado

1972 - Today

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Justina Milagros Machado (born September 6, 1972) 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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Justina Machado is the 9,306th most popular actor (up from 9,419th in 2024), the 13,987th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,800th in 2019) and the 4,336th most popular American Actor.

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Among people born in 1972, Justina Machado ranks 586Before her are Vassilios Tsiartas, Aafia Siddiqui, Sophie Zelmani, Peter Møller, Sylvain Tesson, and Terry Balsamo. After her are Legna Verdecia, Stoja, Andrey Malakhov, Adam Beach, Jessika Roswall, and Aleksandar Janković.

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Justina Machado ranks 4,335Before her are Edmund Lowe (1890), Charlie Schlatter (1966), and Nanette Fabray (1920). After her are Abigail Spencer (1981), David Giuntoli (1980), Jennifer Rubin (1962), Peter Scolari (1955), Joy Bryant (1974), Gary Graham (1950), Gary Collins (1938), Joel David Moore (1977), and Tye Sheridan (1996).