Justina Machado stars in the upcoming Netflix medical drama Pulse. Her previous credits include Amazon/Blumhouse series The Horror of Dolores Roach, Lifetime’s Switched Before Birth, HBO’s Six Feet Under, USA Network’s Queen of the South, CW’s Jane The Virgin, and Netflix/POP TV’s Emmy-winning comedy One Day at a Time, where she starred opposite Rita Moreno. She recently starred in the independent feature The Throwback (2024) from director Mario Garcia. Machado’s Broadway credits include In The Heights (2008) and A Free Man of Color (2010), and she played the role of Carmen Garcia in the world premiere of Real Women Have Curves: The Musical at the American Repertory Theater in 2023.