Martha Higareda

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Higareda and the second or maternal family name is Cervantes.

Martha Higareda
Born	Martha Elba Higareda Cervantes (1983-08-24) August 24, 1983 Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico
Occupation	Actress, producer, writer
Years active	2002-present
Parent(s)	José Luis Higareda Martha Cervantes
Relatives	Miriam Higareda (sister) José Luis Higareda (brother)

Martha Higareda (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmarta iɣaˈɾeða]; born Martha Elba Higareda Cervantes; August 24, 1983) is a Mexican actress, producer and writer.

Life and career

Higareda was born in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico, the daughter of actress Martha Cervantes and artist Jose Luis Higareda, and sister of the actress Miriam Higareda. Her debut was participating in various plays like Bang, Don Juan Tenorio, La Fonda de las Siete Cabrillas, La Casa de Té en la Luna de Agosto, Mujercitas, Muerte Que Te Quiero Muerte, La Corbata, Flores Para Chava Flores and Niñas Mal.

She also appeared in diverse advertising campaigns and video clips. It was not until 1999, when she received her professional debut as a show hostess in the Disney Channel’s Zapping Zone. After that she also appeared in other Mexican soaps like Carita de Ángel and Cara o Cruz.

In 2002, Higareda finally appeared in her first movie as a protagonist. The movie Amarte Duele, directed by Fernando Sariñana, in which she shares credits with Luis Fernando Peña and Alfonso Herrera. A year later, she debuted as a protagonist in the Mexican soap opera Enamórate on TV Azteca, next to Yahir, where she also shared credits with María Inés Guerra, Martha Cristiana, Fernando Sarfati, and Amara Villafuerte.

In 2004, she participated in another protagonist for Las Juanas another of TV Azteca’s soap opera. In 2005, Higareda returned with the movie Siete Días next to Jaime Camil, in which she played a girl whose dream is to make U2 come to the city of Monterrey in less than a week. She also appeared in the Mexican movie Fuera del Cielo, which was first named El Malboro y el Cucú. In 2007, she came with her latest production Niñas Mal, directed by Fernando Sariñana where she shared credits with Camila Sodi and Ximena Sariñana.

She also finished the production of Borderland where she shared credits with Brian Presley and Beto Cuevas. In 2008, she appeared in the film Street Kings, sharing credits with Keanu Reeves, Hugh Laurie, and Forest Whitaker. In 2010, she appeared in the prequel to the crime/action film Smokin' Aces, Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball, as a deadly female assassin with poisonous lips. In 2012, she appeared in Hello Herman with Norman Reedus as an American reporter.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Amarte Duele	Renata
2003	El Sueño de Elias	Maria, age 18
2003	Casa de los Babys	Celia
2003	Mujer Dormida	Mariana	Short Film
2004	Al Otro Lado	Erendira
2004	Volver, Volver	Monica	Short Film
2005	7 Días	Gloria
2006	Sexo, Amor y Otras Perversiones	María
2006	Fuera del Cielo	Elisa
2006	Así del precipicio	Cristina
2007	Borderland	Valeria
2007	Niñas Mal	Adela León
2007	La leyenda de la Nahuala	Xochitl (voice)
2007	Hasta el viento tiene miedo	Claudia
2008	Skip Tracer	Jennifer Orellana	TV Movie
2008	All Inclusive	Camila
2008	Street Kings	Grace Garcia
2010	Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball	Ariella Martinez
2010	Los Dos Perez		Short Film
2010	Sin Memoria	Monica
2010	Lluvia de Ideas
2010	Lies in Plain Sight	Sofia Delgado	TV Movie
2010	Te Presento a Laura	Laura
2010	Carlos	Amparo	French miniseries
2011	Stiff	Luisa Romero	CSI: Miami
2011	Mariachi Gringo	Lilia
2011	Malaventura	Mitzy
2012	Hello Herman	Isa Luz
2014	Casese quien pueda	Ana Paula
2014	Royal Pains	Viviana	TV Series
2014	El Mariachi	Celeste	TV Series
2015	McFarland, USA	Lupe

External links

• Martha Higareda at the Internet Movie Database
• Martha Higareda pictures at Terra