Line #38 Creator/MarthaHigareda


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3	->''"I'm not the type of actress who sits there to wait for the phone call, I love the creating process and I need to keep myself busy, so I studied script writing, first to know how to choose my projects but most importantly because writing had always been a big passion in my life. So when I'm not acting, for sure I'm writing a script."''
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5	Martha Elba Higareda Cervantes (born August 24, 1983 in Villahermosa, Tabasco, UsefulNotes/{{Mexico}}) is a Mexican actress, producer and screenwriter.
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7	Daughter of an actress, she began acting on theater stages at a very early age, along with dancing jazz, flamenco, tap and folklore. In In 2002, she had her first major role in the Mexican box office hit movie ''Film/AmarTeDuele'' as Renata. The film [[StarMakingRole launched Martha's career]] giving her the nickname "The Mexican Sweetheart". She received Diosas de Plata (The Silver Goddess) award and the won the Creator/{{MTV}} Latino movie awards for "Favorite Actress" for her performance.
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9	She made her debut in an American movie in 2007 with ''Film/{{Borderland}}'' and she moved to Hollywood in 2008 to audition and study script writing. She went back to Mexico with three finished scripts and at the age of 25 she wrote and produced her first independent film in 2010, ''Te presento a Laura'' which was in the top ten films in box-office for 10 consecutive weeks.
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11	In 2018 she played Kristin Ortega in the Creator/{{Netflix}} SciFi / {{Cyberpunk}} series ''Series/AlteredCarbon'', an adaptation of the Literature/TakeshiKovacs book trilogy by written by Creator/RichardKMorgan.
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13	! Selected Filmography
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17	[[folder: Live-Action Films]]
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19	* ''Film/AmarTeDuele'' (2002) as Renata
20	* ''Film/ElSuenoDeElias'' (2003) as Maria
21	* ''Film/CasaDeLosBabys'' (2003) as Celia
22	* ''Film/AlOtroLado'' (2004) as Erendira
23	* ''Film/SexoAmorYOtrasPerversiones'' (2006) as Maria
24	* ''Film/FueraDelCielo'' (2006) as Elisa
25	* ''Film/AsiDelPrecipicio'' (2006) as Cristina
26	* ''Film/{{Borderland}}'' (2007) as Valeria
27	* ''Film/CharmSchool'' (2007) as Adela León
28	* ''Film/HastaElVientoTieneMiedo'' (2007) as Claudia
29	* ''Film/AllInclusive'' (2008) as Camila
30	* ''Film/StreetKings'' (2008) as Grace Garcia
31	* ''Film/SmokinAces2AssassinsBall'' (2010) as Ariella Martinez
32	* ''Film/SinMemoria'' (2010) as Monica
33	* ''Film/MentirasAVista'' (2010) as Sofia Delgado
34	* ''Film/TePresentoALaura'' (2010) as Laura
35	* ''Film/MariachiGringo'' (2011) as Lilia
36	* ''Film/{{Malaventura}}'' (2011) as Mitzy
37	* ''Film/HelloHerman'' (2012) as Isa Luz
38	* ''Film/GetMarriedIfYouCan'' (2014) as Ana Paula
39	* ''Film/McFarlandUSA'' (2015) as Lupe
40	* ''Film/UnaUltimaYNosVamos'' (2015) as Flor
41	* ''Film/NoManchesFrida'' (2016) as Lucy
42	* ''Film/VivePorMi'' (2016) as Ana
43	* ''[[Film/ThreeIdiots 3 Idiotas]]'' (2017) as Mariana
44	* ''Film/{{Deadtectives}}'' (2018) as Abril
45	* ''Film/NoManchesFrida2'' (2019) as Lucy
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49	[[folder: Live-Action Series]]
50	* ''Series/{{Enamorate}}'' (2003) as Celeste
51	* ''Series/{{Gitanas}}'' (2004) as Young Jovanka Sanchez
52	* ''Series/LasJuanas'' (2004 -- 2005) as Juana Carolina
53	* ''Series/TiempoFinal'' (2008) as Flor
54	* ''Series/{{Carlos}}'' (2010) as Amparo
55	* ''Series/CSIMiami'' (2011) as Luisa Romero
56	* ''Series/HawaiiFive0'' (2013) as Flora
57	* ''Series/ElMariachi'' (2014) as Celeste Sandoval
58	* ''Series/RoyalPains'' (2014) as Viviana Torres
59	* ''Series/AlteredCarbon '' (2018) as Kristin Ortega
60	* ''Series/QueenOfTheSouth'' (2018) as Castel
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64	[[folder: Voice Acting]]
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66	* ''[[WesternAnimation/LasLeyendas La Leyenda De La Nahuala]]'' (2007) as Xochitl
67	* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' (2017) as Topaz
68	* ''WesternAnimation/MarcianosVsMexicanos'' (2018) as Zafiro
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74	!!This actress provides examples of:
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76	* BillingDisplacement: In Latin America she appears in most of the posters and publicity used in that region for ''Series/AlteredCarbon'', especially in her native Mexico, over the main protagonist Takeshi Kovacs. This could be somewhat justified, as science fiction is considered a niche genre in that region.
77	* MsFanservice: She's gorgeous and her characters tend to reflect it.
78	* RavenHairIvorySkin: She has dark hair and light skin.
79	* SpicyLatina: Part of her appeal, especially in her roles in American media.
80	* StarMakingRole: Her first major role in ''Film/AmarTeDuele'' made her famous in Mexico.
81	* RomanceOnTheSet: A short one with Creator/KeanuReeves in ''Film/StreetKings''.
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Context Creator / MarthaHigareda