Marlene Forte

ActorProduction Jul 5 (age 64) Havana, Cuba 1990–2026 (36 year career)

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Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marlene Forte, licensed under CC-BY-SA, …

Known For

Film

Knives Out

Marta's Mom

Film

Star Trek

Transport Chief

Film

The Guilty

House on Fire Caller (voice)

Film

The Way Back

Gale

Film

A Haunted House

Rosa

Film

Night Teeth

Abuela

Film

The Single Moms Club

Manny's Mom

Film

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Tia Ophelia

Filmography

Acting (75)

Movies (36)

Touch Me

2026

as Laura

Hypochondriac

2025

as Mom

4.2

Revv

2024

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

2023

as Tia Ophelia

7.5

Providence

2023

as Grandmother

You Can't Stay Here

2023

as Angela

A Place in the Field

as Rondi

9 Bullets

as Grandma Lucy

Mancha

as Natalia

Night Teeth

2021

as Abuela

6.4

The Guilty

2021

as House on Fire Caller (voice)

The Way Back

as Gale

At Last

as Monica

Knives Out

as Marta's Mom

El Chicano

as Susana

The Single Moms Club

as Manny's Mom

A Haunted House

as Rosa

Plush

as Dr. Ortiz

Deep Blue Breath

as Nurse Talbot

My Last Day Without You

as Luz

Star Trek

as Transport Chief

Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera Story

as Tatita

Adrift in Manhattan

as Marta Colon

Cut Off

as Lydia

Shooting Vegetarians

as Mom (Amber)

Darkness Minus Twelve

2004

as Marta Gutierrez

10.0

Real Women Have Curves

as Mrs. Glass

Reunion

as Margaret

Our Song

as Pilar Brown

The Love Machine

as Becca Campbell

Mob Queen

as Chica

Bury the Evidence

as The Naked Woman

Lena's Dreams

1997

as Lena

Fresh Kill

1996

as Pam Mandel

5.3

Bethesda

The Long Con

Television (39)

Matlock

2024

as Sister Louise

7.0

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

2024

as Marta Cano

7.6

The Lincoln Lawyer

2022

as Judge Teresa Medina

7.7

All Rise

2019

as Josephine Calderon

The Rookie

as Carla Juarez

The Resident

as Cherry Sandoval

Altered Carbon

as Alazne Ortega

Good Girls

as Rio's Grandmother

The Conners

as Tia Elsie

Marvel's Runaways

as Graciela Aguirre

Room 104

as Mom

Shooter

as Sister Beatrice

Fear the Walking Dead

as Celia Flores

Superstore

as Connie Sosa

The Fosters

as Elena Gutierrez

Law & Order: LA

as Inez Gomez

Past Life

as Lucinda Morales

Community

as Doctora Escodera

Castle

as Blanca

Eastbound & Down

as Soledad

The Mentalist

as Isabella

The Secret Life of the American Teenager

Day Break

as Mrs. Garza

Windfall

as Mrs Maduro

Grey's Anatomy

as Carmen Delgado

Bones

as Ambassador Olivos

Criminal Minds

as Sheriff Ruiz

Lost

as Detective Mason

Nip/Tuck

as Miss Michaels

CSI: Miami

as Judge Veracruz

George Lopez

as Sylvia

For the People

as Marisol Martinez

Crossing Jordan

as Gloria

My Wife and Kids

as Rosa Lopez

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

as Mrs. Pamela Gentry

Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Nurse Marlene

The West Wing

as Secret Service Agent Linda

Family Law

as Silvia Guerrero

Law & Order

as Sandra Pena

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Hypochondriac

2025

Associate Producer

4.2