Ivonne Coll

Beauty Pageants and Early Career

Coll began her career in modeling and rose to prominence when she won the Miss Puerto Rico title in 1966. This victory earned her the opportunity to represent Puerto Rico in the Miss Universe pageant in 1967. In 1972, she was a performer in the USO Tour "Puerto Rico Sings," which showcased Puerto Rican talent and supported U.S. military personnel around the world.

Television Debut and Theater Work

Her acting debut came in 1971 when she was discovered by the owner of Channel 11 in Puerto Rico. She was subsequently given her own television show titled A Girl Named Ivonne Coll. Following the show's end, Coll moved to New York City in 1979, where she worked in numerous Broadway productions, further developing her acting skills. She later returned to Puerto Rico to continue her career in acting.

Television Highlights

Ivonne Coll is widely recognized for her television roles, particularly as Alba Villanueva in The CW's critically acclaimed series Jane the Virgin (2014–2019), where she portrayed the family matriarch. She also played the recurring role of Araya Calavera in MTV’s Teen Wolf in 2014.

Her other television credits include:

• DEA as Mrs. Clemente (1990)
• L.A. Law as Judge Leslie Peyton (1994)
• The Bold and the Beautiful as Alicia Cortez (1996)
• NYPD Blue as Sonia Lopez (2000)
• Six Feet Under as Nurse Abby Corazon (2003)
• Joan of Arcadia as Marlene (2003)
• Without a Trace as Concebida Hernandez (2005)
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Marsha Kendric (2006)
• Heroes as Nidia (2007)
• The Young and the Restless as Rosa Flinn (2008)
• ER as Grandmother (2009)
• Switched at Birth as Adriana Vasquez (2011)
• Glee as Alma Lopez (2011)