Andrea Navedo

Andrea Navedo is an American actress. She began her career on the daytime soap operas One Life to Live (1995–97) and Guiding Light (1999-2000), and in later years had several supporting roles on primetime television. In 2014, Navedo began starring as Xiomara "Xo" Villanueva in The CW comedy-drama series, Jane the Virgin. 2Early life Navedo was born in the Bronx. A second-generation New York Puerto Rican, she grew up in New York City. She said she relates to her Jane the Virgin character because her mother was also a young single mother. Navedo graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in 1988 and graduated from the State University of New York at Old Westbury in 1999 with a BA in Communicative and Creative Arts and a concentration of Theater. Navedo was also featured in a DeWitt Clinton Notable Alumni article along side other famous alumni such as Stan Lee. 2Career Navedo began her professional acting career on the daytime soap operas. From 1995 to 1997, she played the role of Linda Soto in the ABC soap opera, One Life to Liv