Roberta Colindrez

Roberta Colindrez is a Mexican-American actor and writer known for originating the role of Joan in the musical Fun Home. Colindrez is also known for roles in the TV shows I Love Dick, Vida, and Amazon Prime's A League of Their Own.

Roberta Colindrez
Colindrez at the 2019 Montclair Film Festival
Born
Mexico
NationalityMexican-American
Occupation(s)Actor, playwright
Years active2006–present
Known for

Early life

Born in Mexico with Argentinian and Honduran heritage,[1][2] Colindrez grew up in Houston and Austin in Texas.[3] She first realized she wanted to become an actor at age 12, when she and her brother took a theater class together.[4] She moved to New York City when starting out as a professional actor.[1]

Career

Colindrez made her off-Broadway debut in 2006, starring in Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind. She appeared in several short films and regional theatre productions after that, and in 2011 she wrote and starred in the film Otis Under Sky. In 2013, she began playing Joan, a "confident young lesbian",[4] in the musical Fun Home off-Broadway.[4] The show closed in early 2014, and after a cameo in the Academy Award-winning film Birdman, Fun Home opened on Broadway in 2015, where it won 5 Tony Awards and was nominated for 7 more.[4]

Colindrez has also made guest appearances on several television series and her performance on I Love Dick as a butch artist was described as a "breakout" in an interview with Vanity Fair;[1] showrunner Joey Soloway described Colindrez's performance as "masterful", portraying "a queer cowboy masculinity".[1]

In 2019, Colindrez joined the cast of Latino TV drama Vida as a series regular from the second season. She also does voice acting work, most notably in the podcast Alice Isn't Dead.[2][5]

In 2020, Colindrez joined the cast of Amazon's comedy pilot A League of Their Own.[6]

Colindrez also originated the role of the farmer in a 2022 workshop of the first act of the Césaire José Carroll-Domínguez's epic historical play Spreckles which premiered in the 2022 Beyond The Box performance festival in Marfa, Texas with the group 'Marfa Live Arts' in the Crowley Theater.

Colindrez also writes for the stage, preferring "dark, heavy, comedic nuance".[4]

Personal life

Colindrez identifies as queer[4][7] and butch[8] and nearly passed on Vida because she was worried about being typecast.[7] Prior to Vida, she had faced difficulty establishing her acting career because of her sexuality and gender nonconformity[7] and has spoken about Hollywood being "a place where people who are queer will only be seen as queers".[4] She accepted the role after showrunner Tanya Saracho persuaded her that the character would not be a stereotype.[7]

Colindrez became close friends with Bobbi Salvör Menuez on the set of I Love Dick, which she found helpful when filming a sex scene with Menuez.[1] Menuez gave Colindrez a stick and poke tattoo as a memento of their friendship.[1]

Credits

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2008 One Dollar Poem Short
2011 Otis Under Sky Ursula Also writer
2013 Beautiful Dreamer Catherina Short
2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Broadway Woman on Street
2019 Ms. White Light Lex Cordova [3]
2023 Cassandro Sabrina

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2012–14 Girls Tako 2 episodes
2014 F to 7th Baby Episode: "Down to Zero"
2014 Gotham Female Detective Episode: "Pilot"
2014 Unforgettable Pam Lisotta Episode: "Throwing Shade"
2014 Boardwalk Empire Episode: "Golden Days for Boys and Girls"
2015 Late Night with Seth Meyers Self/Joan Episode: "Ed Helms/Alison Bechdel/Fun Home/Brad Wilk"
2017 I Love Dick Devon 8 episodes[4][9]
2018–19 The Deuce Irene 12 episodes
2018 The Good Fight FBI Agent Grace Episode: "Day 492"
2019–20 Vida Nico Silva 14 episodes
2019 Mr. Robot Happyhardonhenry806 Episode: "404 Not Found"
2020 Interrogation Detective Boyd Episode: "Det. Dave Russell vs Chris Keller 1983"[10]
2020 Mrs. America Jules Episode: "Phyllis & Fred & Brenda & Marc"
2020 Monsterland Shawn Greene Episode: "Plainfield, Illinois"[11]
2021 The Harper House Tonya Acosta (voice) 5 episodes
2022 A League of Their Own Lupe Garcia 8 episodes
TBA Eric TBA [12]

Theatre

Podcasts

See also

References
  1. Yohana Desta (May 12, 2017). "I Love Dick Breakout Roberta Colindrez Is Raising Eyebrows and Breaking Barriers". Vanity Fair. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  2. Alex Velázquez (July 31, 2018). "Queer Latinx Heartthrob Roberta Colindrez Joins the Cast of Vida". Into. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  3. Leonelli, Elisa (2020-04-22). "Roberta Colindrez". Cultural Weekly. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  4. "Roberta Colindrez". Change Makers. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  5. "Alice Isn't Dead". Night Vale Presents. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  6. Petski, Denise (2020-02-14). "'A League Of Their Own' Adds Chanté Adams, Roberta Colindrez, Melanie Field As Amazon Firms Up Pilot Cast". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  7. Gwen Aviles (May 24, 2019). "Team behind Vida wants to 'complicate' queerness on TV". NBC News. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  8. Kerry Manders (April 13, 2020). "The Butches and Studs Who've Defied the Male Gaze". New York Times. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  9. I Love Dick at IMDb
  10. "Interrogation" Det. Dave Russell vs Chris Keller 1983 (TV Episode 2020) - IMDb, retrieved 2020-11-01
  11. "Monsterland Season 1, Episode 5 explained: 'Plainfield, Illinois'". Show Snob. 2020-10-04. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
  12. Otterson, Joe (February 3, 2023). "Benedict Cumberbatch-Led Netflix Limited Series 'Eric' Rounds Out Main Cast". Variety. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  13. "It Makes a Sound". Retrieved March 4, 2019 – via YouTube.
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