23 Facts About Ivonne Coll

Ivonne Coll Mendoza was born on June 18,1947 and is a Puerto Rican actress and beauty pageant titleholder.

Ivonne Coll was crowned Miss Puerto Rico 1967 and competed in the Miss Universe 1967 pageant but did not place.

Ivonne Coll later became an actress, appearing in films such as The Godfather Part II and Lean on Me and television series including Switched at Birth, Glee, and Teen Wolf.

From 2014 to 2019, Coll starred as Alba Villanueva in the CW comedy-drama series Jane the Virgin.

Ivonne Coll was born on June 18,1947, in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, where she received her primary and secondary education.

Ivonne Coll's mother, Rosita Mendoza, was a celebrated hairstylist in Puerto Rico.

When Ivonne Coll was 10, she and her family moved to the capital of Puerto Rico, San Juan; they lived in the Rio Piedras and Hato Rey municipalities of the city.

Ivonne Coll was an honor student and graduated from Nuestra Senora del Pilar school.

Ivonne Coll then enrolled in the University of Puerto Rico where she studied Social Sciences.

Ivonne Coll remained the only representative from Fajardo to win the national title until Ashley Carino won in 2022.

Ivonne Coll's competitor had a show with a young starlet by the name of Iris Chacon.

Perez Perry believed that Ivonne Coll could have a show of her own to compete.

Therefore, he sponsored the show which was called Una chica llamada Ivonne Coll, which ran from 1971 to 1975.

In 1976, Ivonne Coll moved to Los Angeles, California, where she took dance and singing classes in the Academy of Stage and Cinema Arts.

Ivonne Coll landed a part in a theater play called "Burning Beach", which was presented in the American Place Theater.

In 1979, Ivonne Coll moved back to New York, where she participated in various Off Broadway productions such as: Spain 1980, As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth.

In 1989, Coll played a minor role of a teacher named Mrs Santos, in the film Lean on Me written by Michael Schiffer, directed by John G Avildsen and starring Morgan Freeman.

Ivonne Coll participated in the following productions: Orinoco, The Masses Are Asses, Medio Comunas, Goodbye Castro, and Pancho Diablo.

Ivonne Coll won an ACE Award for best actress for Orinoco.

When Ivonne Coll returned to Puerto Rico, she was invited to participate in La verdadera historia de Pedro Navaja and Paper Flowers.

Ivonne Coll had a role in the locally produced film, La gran Fiesta, and in the TV show Cuqui.

In October 2006, Ivonne Coll played the title role in Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage at the Berkeley Rep Theater in Berkeley, California.

In 2015, Ivonne Coll was honored by the organizers of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade with a lifetime achievement award for her long and varied career.