Alma’s work spans film, TV and stage where she has appeared on Broadway, Off Broadway in regional theaters across the country and on European and Mexican stages. She has premiered the work of playwrights Luis Valdez, JoAnne Akalaitis, Luis Alfaro, Lisa Loomer, Cherrie Moraga, Arturo Giron, Milcha Sanchez-Scott, Rick Najera and was a guest artist at the Sundance Institute Theatre Lab. A long time collaborator with Valdez, she appeared in Zoot Suit (stage and the film); La Carpa de los Rasquachi, Fin del Mundo; I Don’t Have to Show you No Stinkin’ Badges; Corridos; Corridos: Tales of Passion & Revolution – 1987 Peabody Award; Mummified Deer for which she received a Beverly Garland nomination for best actor, and; the National Theater Company of Mexico’s production of Zoot Suit which won the 2011 Best (Mexican) Musical of the Year.
Film credits include For Greater Glory, Strike One, Zoot Suit, Under Fire, Born in East LA, Barbarosa, Crossing Over, Dollie Dearest, Trial by Terror, Jacaranda, Ballad of a Soldier, the award winning documentaries Maria's Story, 500 Nations and the Academy Award winning documentary the Panama Connection. On TV she appeared in The Unit, Nash Bridges, General Hospital, the landmark PBS Latino drama Seguin as well as the TV films The Boys, Dress Gray, Tough Love, In a Child’s Name and Quiet Killer. She was one of the first Latinas to play a police watch commander (Sgt. Cruz) for 15 episodes on the TV drama Adam 12 (1990).
Alma holds a Ph.D. in Drama from Stanford University, an MFA
in Acting from the University of Southern California and a BA in Drama from
Whittier College. She attended the prestigious Centro Universitario de Teatro
(CUT) at the National University of Mexico, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and
has studied with Master teachers Lee Strasberg, Jerzi Grotowski, Arianna Mnouckine,
Patsy Rodenberg and Augusto Boal.
For more information on Alma and her work visit www.almamartinez.com
To contact Alma email Alma@almamartinez.com
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