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name: "Martha Higareda"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/martha-higareda"
fi1m_id: "martha-higareda"
imdb_id: "nm1172285"
tmdb_id: 55392
wikidata_id: "Q3130357"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 August 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T10:47:13.375452+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Martha Higareda

## Identity

Martha Higareda

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/martha-higareda
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** martha-higareda
- **IMDb ID:** nm1172285
- **TMDB ID:** 55392
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3130357
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Higareda, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3130357, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1172285/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55392

Actor. Born 24 August 1983 in Villa Hermosa, Tabasco, Mexico.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 August 1983, Villa Hermosa, Tabasco, Mexico
- **Active:** 2013–2015
- **Also known as:** Марта Игареда, Martha Elba Higareda Cervantes, مارتا هیگاردا, Martha Higareda Howes
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Higareda, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3130357, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1172285/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55392

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*McFarland, USA*](https://film.one/film/mcfarland-usa.md) (72)

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## Biography

Martha Higareda is a Mexican actress, producer and screenwriter. Born on 24 August 1983 in Villahermosa, Tabasco, she is the daughter of actress Martha Cervantes and artist José Luis Higareda, and the sister of actress Miriam Higareda.

She began acting and dancing at a young age, moving to Mexico City at 14 to pursue her career. She studied communications at Tecnológico de Monterrey while training in acting and performing in theatre. Higareda made her film debut in *Amar te duele* (2002).

She is known for roles in *Street Kings* (2008), *McFarland, USA* (2015) as Lupe, *No manches, Frida* (2016) and its sequel (2019) as Miss Lucy, and the series *Altered Carbon* (2018) as Kristin Ortega. Higareda has also written and produced several of her projects, including *Te presento a Laura* (2010) and *Tod@s Caen* (2019).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *McFarland, USA* (2015), Fi1m 72, as Lupe — [page](https://film.one/film/mcfarland-usa.md)
- *Steven Universe* (2013), Fi1m 83, as Topaz (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/steven-universe.md)

## Complete filmography (46)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Follow* (2025), as Carolina · Producer
- *Está en los genes* (2024), Actor
- *Queens on the Run* (2023), as Paty Fénix · Writer
- *Monarch* (2022), series, as Catt Phoenix
- *DeadTectives* (2019), as Abril
- *Tod@s Caen* (2019), as Mia · Screenplay
- *Culture Shock* (2019), as Marisol
- *No manches, Frida 2: paraíso destruido* (2019), as Miss Lucy · Producer
- *Suffocation* (2018), Associate Producer
- *Martians vs Mexicans* (2018), as La Zafiro (voice)
- *Altered Carbon* (2018), series, as Kristin Ortega
- *You Live for Me* (2017), as Ana
- *3 Idiotas* (2017), as Mariana · Executive Producer, Screenplay
- *No manches, Frida* (2016), as Miss Lucy · Producer
- *The Last One and then We Go* (2015), as Flor · Producer
- *McFarland, USA* (2015), as Lupe — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/mcfarland-usa.md)
- *Malaventura* (2015), as Mitzy
- *Get Married If You Can* (2014), as Ana · Producer, Screenplay
- *Go for Sisters* (2013), as Zeidy
- *Steven Universe* (2013), series, as Topaz (voice) — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/steven-universe.md)
- *Hello Herman* (2012), as Isa Luz
- *Mariachi Gringo* (2012), as Lilia
- *Te Presento a Laura* (2010), as Laura · Writer, Producer
- *Lies in Plain Sight* (2010), as Sofia Delgado
- *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), series, as Flora — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md)
- *Sin Memoria* (2010), as Monica
- *Carlos* (2010), as Amparo
- *Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball* (2010), as Ariella Martinez
- *Royal Pains* (2009), series, as Viviana Torres
- *Street Kings* (2008), as Grace Garcia
- *All Inclusive* (2008), as Camila
- *Borderland* (2007), as Valeria
- *The Legend of the Nahuala* (2007), as Xochitl (voice)
- *The Wind of Fear* (2007), as Claudia Gómez
- *Charm School* (2007), as Adela León
- *Beyond the Sky* (2007), as Elisa
- *On the Edge* (2006), as Cristina
- *Come Back, Come Back* (2006), as Mónica Galindo
- *Sex, Love, and Other Perversions* (2006), as María (Segment "María en el Elevador")
- *7 Days* (2005), as Gloria
- *To the Other Side* (2005), as Erendira
- *Casa de los Babys* (2003), as Celia
- *Enamórate* (2003), series, as Celeste Serrano
- *Love Hurts* (2002), as Renata
- *CSI: Miami* (2002), series, as Luisa Romero
- *Holy Molé*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Martha Higareda](https://film.one/media/person/1637656/gallery-cee2a41fc343.jpg) Martha Higareda — Escorpión Dorado el Chido, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Martha_Higareda_en_2019_4.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Actress Martha Higareda at the 2012 Miami International Film Festival XO Cafe Noir Opening Night Party Friday, March 2, 2012 at the Historic Alfred I. Dupont Bu](https://film.one/media/person/1637656/gallery-e4b34e351173.jpg) Actress Martha Higareda at the 2012 Miami International Film Festival XO Cafe Noir Opening Night Party Friday, March 2, 2012 at the Historic Alfred I. Dupont Bu — MiamiFilmFestival, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Actress_Martha_Higareda_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Actress_Martha_Higareda_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Martha Higareda en detrás de cámaras de grabaciones de Se Busca Roomie en 2019](https://film.one/media/person/1637656/gallery-68b7f019b7a2.jpg) Martha Higareda en detrás de cámaras de grabaciones de Se Busca Roomie en 2019 — Escorpión Dorado el Chido, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Martha_Higareda_en_2019.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Martha Higareda](https://film.one/media/person/1637656/gallery-420ede6ffcd8.jpg) Martha Higareda — Image via TMDB

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