Karrie Martin

EXCLUSIVE: Actor and producer Karrie Martin Lachney signed with Paradigm for representation in all areas. Lachney made a splash with her portrayal of Ana Morales in the Netflix dramedy Gentefied, created by Linda Yvette Chávez and Marvin Lemus. The series followed a multigenerational, Mexican American family living and loving in Los Angeles, co-starring Joaquin Cosio, J.J. Soria, and Carlos Santos. It ran for two seasons before it was canceled in January. Lachney’s portrayal of Ana represented experiences that mirror that of many second-generation Latinos whose parents sacrificed everything in search of the American dream— a point of view rarely shown on television. Ana...

EXCLUSIVE: Malcolm Goodwin (Amazon’s upcoming Reacher, The CW’s iZombie) has been tapped to lead The Great Wall of Warren, an indie dramedy from writer-director Victor Hawks, which also stars Kirby Bliss Blanton (Project X), Vanessa Curry (Behind The Trees), William “Big Sleeps” Stewart (Coffee & Kareem), Ester Tania Jiron (Anniversary), Dax Rey (Swan Song), Jackie Burns (Power Book II) and Yolonda Williams (Robocop). The film picks up two days before the lockdown of 2020 and finds Warren Grant (Goodwin) living his best Hollywood life, filling his days with frivolity and booze. Two days later, the world shuts down, and he soon...

When I ask Karrie Martin Lachney what her dream role is, she nearly blushes when she admits it: She wants to be in a Nicholas Sparks movie. “I am such a hopeless romantic. And I’m never going to stop saying it,” she confesses. “I’m going to keep putting it out there.” The actress can’t help but fangirl. She met the author at a book signing once (for Safe Haven); she’s ugly-cried to his books (especially The Last Song); and See Me, if it’s ever adapted, would be her ultimate lead role.

All products featured on Glamour are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. When I hop on Zoom with Karrie Martin Lachney, the actor is glowing. Sure, her skin is clear and even, but it's her energy and smile that really radiates through the screen.

Netflix’s Gentefied is easily one of the streamer's most underrated titles. The bilingual dramedy, which centers on three Mexican-American cousins, has a freshness to it, which is firmly established by co-creators Marvin Lemus & Linda Yvette Chávez. And of course, the show features an excellent cast that includes lead stars Karrie Martin, J.J. Soria and Carlos Santos. The three actors certainly shine, as do the veteran performers they work with. As you would imagine, the young stars definitely appreciate their colleagues, and they recently opened up about what they’ve learned from them while working on the show.

If you’ve watched every episode of Gentefied season 2 already, don’t worry because you’re definitely not alone!. The highly anticipated second season has hundreds of thousands of Netflix audiences all around the nation excited, with everyone absolutely dying to know whether or not Yessika and Ana end up together. And while we don’t want to give away the answer to that big question, we do want to give you some info about one of the two actresses in that adorable pairing.

Take one look at Karrie Martin Lachney today, and you’d assume she always knew this would be her path: a Honduran-American from Louisiana making a name for herself in Hollywood, starring in the hit Netflix show Gentefied, and launching her own production company. But when I ask Lachney if she...

EXCLUSIVE: Gentefied star Karrie Martin and executive producer Teri Weinberg are teaming to bring Jillian Dodd’s bestelling book series That Boy to the screen. The two have acquired the film and television rights to the book via Martin’s production company, Southern Ave. Productions and Weinberg’s Yellow Brick Road. Weinberg and Martin will Executive Produce. A writer is not yet attached.