Actor profile

Justina Machado

6th September 1972 Chicago, Illinois, USA Acting

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.

34 Movies 49 TV Shows 89 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Swapped poster

Swapped 1st May 2026 as Calli (voice)

The Throwback poster

The Throwback 15th March 2024 as Kate

Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter poster

Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter 22nd September 2022 as Self

Fernanda poster

Fernanda 20th June 2022 as Right Bob

The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild poster

The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild 28th January 2022 as Zee (or whatever her name is) (voice)

Switched Before Birth poster

Switched Before Birth 23rd October 2021 as Anna Ramirez

Muppets Haunted Mansion poster

Muppets Haunted Mansion 8th October 2021 as Singing Bust

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It poster

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It 18th June 2021 as Self

With/In Volume 1 poster

With/In Volume 1 13th June 2021 as (segment "Coco & Gigi")

All Together Now poster

All Together Now 28th August 2020 as Becky

Scoob! poster

Scoob! 8th July 2020 as Jamie Rivera (voice)

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

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" 18th December 2019 as Teresa Betancourt

Family Pictures poster

Family Pictures 29th June 2019 as Sylvie

Betty White: First Lady of Television poster

Betty White: First Lady of Television 18th August 2018 as Self

De Puerto Rico para el mundo poster

De Puerto Rico para el mundo 4th December 2016 as Self

Endgame poster

Endgame 25th September 2015 as Karla

Quit poster

Quit 1st January 2015 as Amanda

Finders Keepers poster

Finders Keepers 18th October 2014 as Prof. Elena Carranza

The Purge: Anarchy poster

The Purge: Anarchy 17th July 2014 as Tanya

The Last of Robin Hood poster

The Last of Robin Hood 6th September 2013 as Madge

The Call poster

The Call 14th March 2013 as Rachel

In the Electric Mist poster

In the Electric Mist 15th April 2009 as Rosie Gomez

Pedro poster

Pedro 7th September 2008 as Mily

The Accidental Husband poster

The Accidental Husband 29th February 2008 as Sofia

Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America poster

Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America 9th May 2006 as Alma Ansen

Torque poster

Torque 16th January 2004 as Henderson

Final Destination 2 poster

Final Destination 2 31st January 2003 as Isabella Hudson

Full Frontal poster

Full Frontal 2nd August 2002 as Linda's Friend in Kitchen

Dragonfly poster

Dragonfly 22nd February 2002 as nurse

A.I. Artificial Intelligence poster

A.I. Artificial Intelligence 29th June 2001 as Assistant

The Week That Girl Died poster

The Week That Girl Died 16th October 1998 as Marita

Sticks poster

Sticks 1st January 1998 as Maria

She's So Lovely poster

She's So Lovely 29th August 1997 as Carmen Rodriguez - Lady Ticket Taker

No One Would Tell poster

No One Would Tell 6th May 1996 as Val Cho

PULSE poster

PULSE 3rd April 2025 as Natalie Cruz

Happy's Place poster

Happy's Place 18th October 2024 as Maritza

Matlock poster

Matlock 22nd September 2024 as Eva Muñoz

The Horror of Dolores Roach poster

The Horror of Dolores Roach 6th July 2023 as Dolores Roach

Dragons: The Nine Realms poster

Dragons: The Nine Realms 23rd December 2021 as Carla (voice)

Stars in the House poster

Stars in the House 16th March 2020 as Self

Harley Quinn poster

Harley Quinn 29th November 2019 as Bethany (voice)

Tamron Hall poster

Tamron Hall 9th September 2019 as Self - Guest

One Day at a Time poster

One Day at a Time 6th January 2017 as Penelope Alvarez

Elena of Avalor poster

Elena of Avalor 22nd July 2016 as Carmen (voice)

The $100,000 Pyramid poster

The $100,000 Pyramid 27th June 2016 as Self

Queen of the South poster

Queen of the South 23rd June 2016 as Brenda

Superstore poster

Superstore 30th November 2015 as Maya (voice)

Superstore poster

Superstore 30th November 2015 as Maya

Jane the Virgin poster

Jane the Virgin 13th October 2014 as Darcy Factor

Jane the Virgin poster

Jane the Virgin 13th October 2014 as Darci Factor

Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers 25th February 2014 as Self

Welcome to the Family poster

Welcome to the Family 3rd October 2013 as Lisette Hernandez

Devious Maids poster

Devious Maids 23rd June 2013 as Reina

The Fosters poster

The Fosters 3rd June 2013 as Sofia Rivera

Finding Your Roots poster

Finding Your Roots 24th March 2012 as Self

Switched at Birth poster

Switched at Birth 6th June 2011 as Nurse Munos

Body of Proof poster

Body of Proof 29th March 2011 as Emily Burrows

Harry's Law poster

Harry's Law 17th January 2011 as Counsel

Three Rivers poster

Three Rivers 4th October 2009 as Pam Acosta

Kath & Kim poster

Kath & Kim 9th October 2008 as Angel

Private Practice poster

Private Practice 26th September 2007 as Stephanie Kemp

Burn Notice poster

Burn Notice 28th June 2007 as Lauren

Ugly Betty poster

Ugly Betty 28th September 2006 as Cousin Clara

Ghost Whisperer poster

Ghost Whisperer 23rd September 2005 as Suzanne Richards

Bones poster

Bones 13th September 2005 as Lupe Rojas

Dancing with the Stars poster

Dancing with the Stars 1st June 2005 as Self - Contestant

Grey's Anatomy poster

Grey's Anatomy 27th March 2005 as Anna Nyles

Desperate Housewives poster

Desperate Housewives 3rd October 2004 as Claudia Sanchez

Cold Case poster

Cold Case 28th September 2003 as Amelia Lopez

The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8th September 2003 as Self

Missing poster

Missing 2nd August 2003 as Sunny Estrada

Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live! 26th January 2003 as Self - Guest

Six Feet Under poster

Six Feet Under 3rd June 2001 as Vanessa Diaz

Strong Medicine poster

Strong Medicine 23rd July 2000

Angel poster

Angel 5th October 1999 as Jo

Oh Baby poster

Oh Baby 26th August 1998 as Mona

Early Edition poster

Early Edition 28th September 1996 as Laura

Second Noah poster

Second Noah 5th February 1996

Touched by an Angel poster

Touched by an Angel 21st September 1994 as Marisol

ER poster

ER 19th September 1994 as Ms. Cruz

ER poster

ER 19th September 1994 as Claudia Diaz

NYPD Blue poster

NYPD Blue 21st September 1993 as Elsa

Law & Order poster

Law & Order 13th September 1990 as Lauren Whitmer