Natalie Martinez Biography

Natalie Martinez (born July 12, 1984) is an American actress and model. She is known as the spokesmodel for J.Lo by Jennifer Lopez, and for her role in the 2008 feature film Death Race. She also starred in a music video titled "Rain Over Me" by Pitbull, also featuring Marc Anthony. She has appeared in several music videos and telenovelas. From 2010 to 2011, Martinez starred in the crime drama series Detroit 1-8-7 as Detective Ariana Sanchez. From 2012 to 2014, she starred In CSI:NY as Detective Jamie Lovato and Deputy Linda Esquivel in the sci-fi drama series Under the Dome. She recently starred as Detective Theresa Murphy in the Fox police drama APB, which was canceled on May 11, 2017 after one season. She also starred as Reece, a time travelling refugee with superhuman abilities pin ABC's science fiction drama The Crossing which was also canceled after one season on May 11, 2018.

Early life and education

Martinez was born in Miami, Florida and is of Cuban ancestry. She is a 2002 graduate of St. Brendan High School.

Career

Martinez is perhaps best known for her role as Michelle Miller on MyNetworkTV telenovela, Fashion House. She was cast as a major character in Chuck, and appears in first-season promotional pictures of the cast. However, her character was cut before the series aired. She starred in the 2008 film Death Race. From 2010 to 2011, Martinez also starred in the television crime drama Detroit 1-8-7 as Detective Ariana Sanchez, which was canceled after one season. From 2012 to 2013, she starred in the American television crime drama CSI: NY as Detective Jamie Lovato.

Martinez starred as Deputy (later Sheriff) Linda Esquivel in the CBS drama Under the Dome, based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King, from 2013 to 2014 until her character was killed in the season two premiere. She also appeared in the 2012 film End of Watch, the 2013 film Broken City and in the 2015 film Self/less.

In September 2018, it was announced that Martinez was cast in the main role of Chase on the Netflix science-fiction series The I-Land.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Death Race	Case
2010	Shortland Street	Bob
2011	Magic City Memoirs	Mari
2012	The Baytown Outlaws	Ariana
2012	End of Watch	Gabby Zavala
2013	Broken City	Natalie Barrow
2015	Self/less	Madeline Bitwell
2016	The Land	Evelyn
2016	Message from the King	Trish
2017	Keep Watching	Olivia

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Fashion House	Michelle Miller	Main role (55 episodes)
2007	Saints & Sinners	Pilar Martin	Main role (62 episodes)
2010	Sons of Tucson	Maggie Morales	2 episodes
2010	El Dorado	Maria Martinez	Miniseries; 2 episodes
2010-2011	Detroit 1-8-7	Det. Ariana Sanchez	Main role (18 episodes)
2012	Widow Detective	Maya Davis	Unaired CBS pilot
2012-2013	CSI: NY	Det. Jamie Lovato	12 episodes
2013-2014	Under the Dome	Deputy Linda Esquivel	Main role (14 episodes)
2014	Matador	Salma	Episode: "Enter the Worm"
2015	Secrets and Lies	Jessica "Jess" Murphy	Main role (10 episodes)
2015-2017	Kingdom	Alicia Mendez	Main role (16 episodes)
2016	From Dusk till Dawn: The Series	Amaru	2 episodes
2017	APB	Theresa Murphy	Main role (12 episodes)
2018	The Crossing	Reece	Main role (11 episodes)
2019	Into the Dark	Jennifer Robbins	Episode: "Down"
2019	The I-Land	Chase	Main role

Music videos

• Self Scientific - "Live & Breathe"
• Justin Timberlake - "Seorita"
• Sean Paul - "We Be Burnin'"
• Amr Diab - "Ne'ool Eih" 2007
• Wisin & Yandel - "Yo Te Quiero"
• Pitbull - "Rain Over Me" feat. Marc Anthony