Born on August 31, 1979, in Puerto Rico situated in the United States of America, Yara Martinez spent most of the early days of her childhood growing up in Miami situated in Florida, United States of America. Not much is known about her childhood days and there is no information about her parents. There is also no information about whether she had any siblings or not. The school she attended as a kid and the college she went to is also not disclosed. Her personal life hasn’t been talked about at any website and she has also not disclosed much about her personal life. The only thing which is known about her childhood days is that she has trained for approximately ten years in ballet.


She started her career with a television film titled Faceless in the year 2006 and she was chosen to portray the role of Mari Reynosa in the movie. She is popular for portraying the role of Beth in the movie The Hitcher in the year 2007. She was also seen in the television film A Walk in My Shoes where she portrayed the role of Molly in the year 2010. She has not done many movies in her career, but her fans want to see her do more movies.

She began her television career in the year 2006 when she was cast for the role of Kelly in the television show It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. She gained immense popularity for being a series regular on the television show Alpha House where she portrayed the role of Adriana de Portago in the year 2013. She is also popular for playing the recurring role of Dr. Luisa Alver in the television show Jane the Virgin in 2014 and Felicia in the television show True Detective in the year 2015.

She also became popular for portraying the series regular role of Kelly in the television show Hollywood Heights in the year 2012.  She has done numerous television shows in her career which consist of Vanished as Ava Herrera in 2006, The Unit as Annie in 2007, ER as Mia in 2008, CSI: NY as Lisa Brigosa in 2010, Chase as Karen Nelson in 2010, Southland as Mariella Moretta in 2009, Law & Order: LA as Soledad Alvarado in 2011, Breakout Kings as Marisol in 2011, Nashville as Carmen Gonzalez in 2013, The Lying Game as Theresa Lopez in 2012, Criminal Minds as Tara Rios in 2013, Hawaii Five-0 as Lyla Simmons in 2013, Necessary Roughness in 2013, Rosewood as Julia Delgado in 2016 and Bull as Isabella Colon in 2016.

Talking about her personal life, she is said to be in a relationship with Joe Lewis. There is no information about her being married or having a husband. She is very active on several social media sites and keeps in touch with her fans. Her biography is available on almost every major site which includes Wikipedia and IMDb. Her net worth and salary are not disclosed anywhere, but it is expected to be very high.

Last Modified: Apr 11, 2020


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