Andrea Navedo

Andrea Navedo Biography

Andrea Navedo is an American actress. She began her career on the daytime soap operas One Life to Live (1995-97) and Guiding Light (1999-2000), and in later years had several supporting roles on primetime television. In 2014, Navedo began starring as Xiomara "Xo" Villanueva in The CW comedy-drama series, Jane the Virgin.

Early life

Navedo was born in the Bronx. A second-generation Puerto Rican, she grew up in New York City. She said she relates to her Jane the Virgin character because her mother was also a young single mother. Navedo graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in 1988 and graduated from the State University of New York at Old Westbury in 1998 with a BA in Communicative and Creative Arts and a concentration of Theater.

Career

Navedo began her professional acting career on the daytime soap operas. From 1995 to 1997, she played the role of Linda Soto in the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live. In 1999, she joined the cast of CBS soap opera Guiding Light as Theresa Sandoval. She made her film debut with small part in Girl 6 (1996), and later guest starred in episodes of New York Undercover and The District. In 2001, Navedo co-starred in the action comedy film, Double Take.

From 2001 to 2004, Navedo had a recurring role on the NBC legal crime series, Law & Order, as Detective Ana Cordova. later guest-starred on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Damages and Blue Bloods. Navedo also has appeared in the number of films such as Washington Heights, El Cantante and Remember Me. From 2011 to 2013, Navedo also had the recurring roles on How to Make It in America, Golden Boy and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She starred in the comedy film Superfast!, the parody of The Fast and the Furious film series.

In 2014, Navedo was cast in the series regular role of Xiomara "Xo" Villanueva, title character's mother (played by Gina Rodriguez) in The CW critically acclaimed comedy-drama series, Jane the Virgin. She received the 2015 Imagen Award for Best Supporting Actress - Television for her performance.

Personal life

Navedo has been married since 2000 and has a daughter (Ava) and a son (Nico).

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995-1997	One Life to Live	Linda Soto	Series regular
1996	Girl 6	Phone Girl
1997	New York Undercover	Clerk	Episode: "Is It a Crime?"
1999-2000	Guiding Light	Theresa Sandoval	Series regular
2000	The District	Debbie	Episode: "Pilot"
2001	Double Take	Maque Sanchez
2002	Washington Heights	Maggie
2002	Porn 'n Chicken	Lucy Sanchez	Television film
2001-2004	Law & Order	Detective Ana Cordova	Recurring role, 24 episodes
2006	El Cantante	Zaida
2008	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Adele	Episode: "Vanishing Act"
2009	Damages	Gabriella	Episode: "New York Sucks"
2010	Remember Me	Caroline's Teacher
2010-2011	Blue Bloods	Lydia Gonsalves & Yolanda Gonsalves	Episodes: "After Hours" and "Cellar Boy"
2011	How to Make It in America	Debbie Dominguez	Recurring role, 7 episodes
2012	White Collar	Doctor	Episode: "Most Wanted"
2013	Golden Boy	Lorraine Arroyo	Recurring role, 4 episodes
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Cynthia Mancheno	Recurring role, 3 episodes
	Last I Heard	Anna Vasco
	Stereotypically Me	Lydia Maldonado	Short film
2014-present	Jane the Virgin	Xiomara "Xo" Villanueva	Series regular Imagen Award for Best Supporting Actress - Television (2015)
2015	Superfast!	Michelle

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