Yara Martinez

Yara Martinez Biography

Yara Martinez (born August 31, 1979) is an American television actress who is best known for her roles as Kelly in Hollywood Heights and as Dr. Luisa Alver on The CW comedy series Jane the Virgin.

Early life

Martinez is Cuban-American but she was born in Puerto Rico. She was raised in Miami. Prior to acting, Martinez practiced ballet for ten years.

Career

She began her career on television with guest-starring roles. In 2007, she had supporting role in film The Hitcher. She later returned to television and had number of guest and recurring roles on dramatic series. She played Mariella Moretta in the TNT crime drama, Southland from 2009 to 2011, and Theresa Lopez on the ABC Family drama, The Lying Game (2012-2013). She also had recurring roles on Vanished, The Unit, Breakout Kings, and Nashville.

Martinez was regular cast member on the short-lived primetime soap opera, Hollywood Heights in 2012. In 2013 she began starring in the Amazon comedy series, Alpha House. In 2014, Martinez also was cast as recurring in The CW comedy-drama Jane the Virgin, and HBO crime drama True Detective.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Faceless	Mari Reynosa	Television film
2006	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Kelly	Episode: "Dennis and Dee Get a New Dad"
2006	Vanished	Ava Herrera	Recurring role, 4 episodes
2007	The Hitcher	Beth
2007	The Unit	Annie	Recurring role, 7 episodes
2008	ER	Mia	Episode: "Owner of a Broken Heart"
2008	The Apostles	Erin McBride	Television pilot
2008	Spaced	Vivienne	Television pilot
2009	Boldly Going Nowhere	Ruby	Television pilot
2010	CSI: NY	Lisa Brigosa	Episode: "Sangre por Sangre"
2010	Chase	Karen Nelson	Episode: "Under the Radar"
2010	A Walk in My Shoes	Molly	Television film
2009-11	Southland	Mariella Moretta	Recurring role, 7 episodes
2011	Law & Order: LA	Soledad Alvarado	Episode: "El Sereno"
2011-12	Breakout Kings	Marisol	Recurring role, 3 episodes
2012	Hollywood Heights	Kelly	Series regular, 56 episodes
2013	Nashville	Carmen Gonzalez	Episodes: "Be Careful of the Stones You Throw" and "I'm Sorry for You, My Friend"
2012-13	The Lying Game	Theresa Lopez	Recurring role, 10 episodes
2013	Criminal Minds	Tara Rios	Episode: "Nanny Dearest"
2013-present	Alpha House	Adriana de Portago	Series regular
2013	Hawaii Five-0	Lyla Simmons	Episode: "Aloha. Malama Pono"
2013	Necessary Roughness		Episode: "Sympathy for the Devil"
2014-present	Jane the Virgin	Dr. Luisa Alver	Recurring role
2015	True Detective	Felicia	Recurring role
2016	Rosewood	Julia Delgado	Episode: "Silkworms y Silencio"
2016	Bull	Isabella Coln	Episode: "Too Perfect"

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