Roberta Colindrez

Roberta Colindrez (born May 28, 1986) is a Mexican-American actor and writer. She is best known for originating the role of Joan in the musical Fun Home. Additionally, Colindrez is known for roles in the TV shows I Love Dick, Vida, and A League of Their Own, as well as the films Ms. White Light and Cassandro (2023).

Early life Colindrez was born on May 28, 1986 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. She has Argentinian and Honduran heritage. Colindrez migrated from Mexico to Houston when she was 5 years old. She lived in Houston for six years then moved to Austin, Texas when she was 10 years old. She first realized she wanted to become an actor at age 12, when she and her brother took a theater class together. She went to Westwood High School, and went on to the Texas State University where she graduated with bachelor's degree in acting. She later moved to New York City. While trying to find work as an actor, she also worked in restaurants and as a church janitor. Colindrez eventually joined the New York Neo-Futurists.

Career Colindrez made her off-off-Broadway debut in 2006, in the Neo-Futurist revue Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind. She appeared in several short films and regional theater productions after that, and in 2011 she wrote and starred in the film Otis Under Sky. In 2013, she began playing Joan in the musical Fun Home off-Broadway.

She also does voice acting work, most notably on the podcast Alice Isn't Dead, and writes for the stage.

Colindrez also originated the role of the Farmer in a 2022 workshop of the first act of Césaire José Carroll-Domínguez's epic historical play Spreckles which premiered in the 2022 Beyond The Box performance festival in Marfa, Texas with the Marfa Live Arts group in the Crowley Theater.

Personal life Colindrez identifies as queer and butch.

Colindrez became close friends with Bobbi Salvör Menuez on the set of I Love Dick. TBA Exit Right Filming

Television Year Title Role Notes 2012–2014 Girls Tako 2 episodes2014 F to 7th Baby Episode: "Down to Zero" Gotham Female Detective Episode: "Pilot" Unforgettable Pam Lisotta Episode: "Throwing Shade" Boardwalk Empire Episode: "Golden Days for Boys and Girls" 2015 Late Night with Seth Meyers Self/Joan Episode: "Ed Helms/Alison Bechdel/Fun Home/Brad Wilk" 2016–2017 I Love Dick Devon 8 episodes 2018 The Good Fight FBI Agent Grace Episode: "Day 492" Home Roberta Colindrez Episode: "Home on the Range" 2018–2019 The Deuce Irene 12 episodes 2019 Mr. Robot Happyhardonhenry806 Episode: "404 Not Found" 2019–2020 Vida Nico Silva 14 episodes2020 Interrogation Detective Boyd Episode: "Det. Dave Russell vs Chris Keller 1983" Mrs. America Jules Episode: "Phyllis & Fred & Brenda & Marc" Monsterland Shawn Greene Episode: "Plainfield, Illinois" 2021 The Harper House Tonya Acosta (voice) 5 episodes High Herstory The Storyteller/Ellen Ochoa 2 episodes 2022 A League of Their Own Lupe Garcia 8 episodes 2024 Eric Ronnie Miniseries

Theater Water, NPR Playhouse The Complete and Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O'Neill: Vol. 2 Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, off-Broadway, 2006 Song for the Disappeared, Sundance Theater Lab Fun Home, Joan, off-Broadway, Sep. 30, 2013 – Jan. 12, 2014 Mala Hierba, Maritza, Second Stage Theater, 2014 Fun Home, Joan, Broadway, Apr. 19, 2015 – September, 2016 Hamlet, Rosencrantz, off-Broadway, 2017 Spreckles, Marfa Live Arts, 2022 Cult of Love, Second Stage Theater, Pippa Ferguson, Broadway, December 12th, 2025 - February 2nd, 2025

Podcasts Alice Isn't Dead, 6 episodes, 2016–2017 It Makes a Sound, Pam Orland, 1 episode, 2018