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Marlene Forte

Actor

Marlene Forte

Born July 5, 1961 in Havana, Cuba38 films

Marlene Forte is a Cuban-American actress. Her career has included recurring roles on House of Payne, and Crossing Jordan. In 2012, she will be a series regular on TNT's revamped Dallas, playing Carmen Ramos, longtime Ewing family housekeeper and mother to Elena (played by Jordana Brewster). Her film appearances include the transporter chief in the 2009 Star Trek reboot and Mrs. Glass in Real Women Have Curves.

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Knives Out posterFirst watchKnives Out20197.8as Marta's MomWhen renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Star Trek poster7.4Star Trek2009The Guilty poster6.4The Guilty2021The Way Back poster6.6The Way Back2020A Haunted House poster6.0A Haunted House2013Night Teeth poster6.4Night Teeth2021Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe poster7.5Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe2023The Single Moms Club poster6.0The Single Moms Club2014El Chicano poster6.6El Chicano2019

Filmography

38 films as actor
  1. TBABethesda
  2. 2026HummingbirdGloria
  3. 2026The Long Conthe Manager
  4. 2026Touch MeLaura
  5. 2026The Moth & The FlyEsperanza
  6. 2024Revv
  7. 2023A Place in the FieldRondi
  8. 2023Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the UniverseTia Ophelia
  9. 2023You Can't Stay HereAngela
  10. 2023ProvidenceGrandmother
  11. 2022ManchaNatalia
  12. 20229 BulletsGrandma Lucy
  13. 2022HypochondriacMom
  14. 2021Night TeethAbuela
  15. 2021The GuiltyHouse on Fire Caller (voice)
  16. 2020At LastMonica
  17. 2020The Way BackGale
  18. 2019Knives OutMarta's Mom
  19. 2019El ChicanoSusana
  20. 2014The Single Moms ClubManny's Mom
  21. 2013PlushDr. Ortiz
  22. 2013A Haunted HouseRosa
  23. 2011My Last Day Without YouLuz
  24. 2011Deep Blue BreathNurse Talbot
  25. 2009Star TrekTransport Chief
  26. 2008Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera StoryTatita
  27. 2007Adrift in ManhattanMarta Colon
  28. 2006Cut OffLydia
  29. 2005Shooting VegetariansMom (Amber)
  30. 2004Darkness Minus TwelveMarta Gutierrez
  31. 2002Real Women Have CurvesMrs. Glass
  32. 2001ReunionMargaret
  33. 2000The Love MachineBecca Campbell
  34. 2000Our SongPilar Brown
  35. 1998Bury the EvidenceThe Naked Woman
  36. 1998Mob QueenChica
  37. 1997Lena's DreamsLena
  38. 1996Fresh KillPam Mandel