Andrea NavedoSpeaker and Booking Agent Information

Navedo said that she's second generation: "I grew up Puerto Rican in New York. Whenever we went to see Abuela, she was watching telenovelas. So we would watch, too. That’s the way I bonded with her." Navedo said she relates to her Jane the Virgin character because her mother was a young single mother as well. Navdeo said: "I saw her go from an abusive marriage with my stepfather {and} on welfare — to attending a non-profit organization called 'The Puerto Rican Institute' to get training to work in an office; going back to school for six months and then getting a job, getting off welfare and leaving the abusive marriage."

From 1995 to 1997 she played the role of Linda Soto in the ABC daytime soap opera, One Life to Live. In 1999, she joined the cast of CBS soap opera Guiding Light as Theresa Sandoval.

From 2001 to 2004, Navedo had a recurring role on the NBC series, Law & Order, as Detective Ana Cordova, and later guest-starred on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Damages and Blue Bloods. Navedo also has appeared in the number of films such as Double Take, Washington Heights, El Cantante and Remember Me.

Navedo has had recurring roles on How to Make It in America, Golden Boy and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit from 2011 to 2013. In 2014, she was cast in the series regular role Xiomara "Xo" Villanueva, Jane's mother in The CW comedy-drama series, Jane the Virgin.