Roberta Colindrez

Born in Mexico with Argentinian and Honduran heritage, Colindrez grew up in Houston and Austin in Texas. She first realized she wanted to become an actor when she and her brother took theater class together at age 12. She moved to New York City when starting out as a professional actor.\n', ' 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", in the musical Fun Home off-Broadway. 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. Colindrez has also made guest appearances on several television series and her performance on I Love Dick as a genderfluid artist was described as "breakout" in an interview with Vanity Fair; showrunner Jill Soloway described Colindrez\'s performance as "masterful", portraying "a queer cowboy masculinity".\n', ' In 2019, Colindrez joined the cast of Latinx 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.\n', '