Alma Martinez Biography
Alma Martinez (Alma Martinez Carranza) is an American actress, stage director, and professor of theatre. She is famously known for her roles in film and television shows. Among the films include; The Bridge and the Tales of Passion & Revolution. She has done both Broadway and Off-Broadway. Her film The Bridge won the Peabody Award.
She has acted in regional theatre, Mexican and European stages. She joined the Center Theatre Group production of Luis Valdez’s Zoot Suit in 1979. She made her first film appearance in 1981 in Valdez’s the American classic Zoot Suit. Her debut helped her launch a career that has has now spanned over three decades. It gave her an introduction into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2013.
Alma Martinez was cast into Barbarosa by the Australian director Fred Schepisi. She also had a great role in the Summer House. The movie was directed by Joanne Akalaitis and it featured Dianne Wiest, Frances Conroy and Liev Schreiber.
She has appeared in many features and independent films. These include; Born in East L.A., For Greater Glory, Strike One and Cake and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. She voiced the award-winning documentaries The Panama Deception and Food Chains.
Alma Martinez has also performed in over 100 major productions in the US, Mexico and Europe. Among the venues she has frequented include the Vivian Beaumont Theatre, South Coast Repertory Theatre and Neiuwe Scene (Antwerp, Belgium).
Alma Martinez Age
Alma Martinez was born in Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico on 18th March, 1953. She is 66 years old as of 2019.
Alma Martinez Net Worth
Alma Martinez has risen through the academic ranks to become a theater professor. This is no mean achievement. Many would be tempted to think that acting is for academic dwarfs. However, Alma has proven you wrong. She is among the very few if not the only one who has such a voluptuous resume in acting.
When Mentioned every person wants to know how much she is worth. She has surely made a great fortune from her career and talent. She has a whooping Net Worth of approximately $20 million.
Alma Martinez Husband
The theatre academic giant, Alma Martinez, has been so quiet about her personal life. She has not shared a lot of information about herself in the internet. She has particularry kept a low key about her husband and children. There is no information about her husband or children. We will update soon.
Alma Martinez Education
Alma Martinez holds a Ph.D. degree in Drama from Stanford University. She is also an alumni of the University of Southern California where she graduated with a M.F.A. in Acting.
She holds a B.A. in Theatre from Whittier College. She also trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, the Centro Universitario De Teatro (CUT) at the National University of Mexico. She is represented by Jaime Ferrar at Jaime Ferrar Agency and Avi Simon at Rectangle Entertainment.
Alma Martinez Movies
- Most High
- Prozac Nation
- Ballad of a Soldier
- A Good and Perfect Gift: A Christmas Story
- Dress Gray
- Toughlove
- The Twilight Zone
- St. Elsewhere
- Whiz Kids
- Trial by Terror
- Under Fire
- Lottery!
- Rubik, the Amazing Cube
Others
- Scamps
- Barbarosa
- American Playhouse
- Zoot Suit
- The Righteous Apples
- General Hospital
- Ouroboros
- The Dating Game Killer
- Good Behavior
- Queen Sugar
- 1st Strike
- I Love Dick
- The Darkness
- Grey’s Anatomy
- Transpecos
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
- American Crime Story
- Stevie D
- Elena of Avalor
- Selling Rosario
- Strike One
- Cake
- Rake
- Destiny
Alma Martinez Facts
- She worked with director Alan Parker as an actor in a Sprite commercial starring Macaulay Culkin.
- She is a Fulbright Scholar.
- She is a University of Southern California Distinguished Alumni, Latino Alumni Association (2013).
- She is one of the first Mexican actresses to be cast as a “Watch Commander” in the TV series The New Adam
- She Performed with Gilbert Roland in his last film Barbarosa.
- She debuted the Spanish language version of Butterflies are Free, Las Mariposas Son Libres, at the Earl Holliman Fiesta Dinner Theatre in San Antonio, Texas with Mexican actress Rita Macedo.
- She has the singular distinction of being the only actor to have worked with Luis Valdez’s internationally renowned El Teatro Campesino and in both the stage and film versions of Zoot Suit.
- Alumni Hall of Fame, El Rancho High School (1984).
- Outstanding Hispanic Alumni Award, Whittier College (1986).
- Hispanic Entertainer of the Year, The Equitable Company, New York, NY (1987).
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