11 Facts About Martha Higareda

Martha Higareda began acting on the stage at a very early age, along with dancing jazz, flamenco, tap and folklore.

Martha Higareda would attend college in the mornings while going to acting school in the evenings and performing in theater on the weekends.

Alfonso Cuaron came to Mexico City auditioning for Y Tu Mama Tambien, Martha got the part of Cecilia Huerta, Gael Garcia's girlfriend in the film, but being underage and due to the full on nudity in the movie she was not able to do the role.

The movie quickly became a box office hit and launched Martha Higareda's career giving her the nickname "The Mexican Sweetheart".

Martha Higareda returned with the movie Siete Dias 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.

Martha Higareda booked her first American movie in 2007 Borderland where she shared credits with Brian Presley and Beto Cuevas produced by Lionsgate.

Martha Higareda went back to her country with three finished scripts and at the age of 25 she wrote and produced her first independent film, Te presento a Laura.

Martha Higareda worked in the Disney movie McFarland, USA with director Nikki Caro.

From Pantelion, Lionsgate, Videocine and Constantin Film, No Manches Frida was another box office hit, where Martha Higareda plays shy yet passionate Miss Lucy who falls in love with a criminal.

Martha Higareda produced with Miguel Mier, Jimena Rodriguez, Bernardo Rugama the box office success and Mexican adaptation of 3 idiots, a story about following your true passion.

In 2018, Higareda starred in Netflix's Altered Carbon, a hard-boiled tech noir television series based on the book by Richard K Morgan, as detective Kristin Ortega.