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Marabina Jaimes(I)

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Marabina Jaimes
Now En Espanol, Hosting, Charity, East Los High, Fixing Paco
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Marabina Jaimes is a powerful presence in all areas of entertainment. Best known as "Mara", the Emmy Award Winning Host of "Storytime!" on PBS, with guests such as Ellen Degeneres, Glynn Turman, Angela Basset, Edward James Olmos, and Ruben Blades to name a few.

She has participated in dozens of Emmy, Oscar, and Imagen Award Nominated/Winning projects. Marabina (pronounced Mara-Vina) has built a career as a stand out performer on Stage, Television, and Film. She is also a consummate Bilingual Voice Over Artist, specializing in Animation, Narration, Vocal Performance Replacement, and Singing.

Marabina Jaimes' voice was recognized in Spanish every week as Mary Alice Young on ABC's "Desperate Housewives", which lead to her being on camera as the main subject of "Now En Espanol", a groundbreaking documentary by Andrea Meller on the trials and tribulations of Latina Actresses in Hollywood. (PBS / Voces)

She has performed at The Mark Taper, South Coast Rep, The Kennedy Center, and The Montalban Theater.

She starred as Carmen De La Antchez (with Tony Plana, Candi Milo, and Cheech Marin) in Klasky-Csupo's "Santo Bugito" on CBS.

Marabina Jaimes is an Hispanic Heritage Award Recipient and has been featured in Emmy Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, and Despierta America.

She co-hosted and co-produced, along with Bel Hernandez, Dyana Ortelli, and Kikey Castillo, the Imagen Award Nominated "Let's Talk": the first, the original, all Latina Talk Show, produced by Latin Heat.

Some of her many credits include: SMILF, Coco, East Los High
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    Known for

    Eduardo Capetillo, Esmeralda Pimentel, and Iván Amozurrutia in High Heat (2022)
    High Heat
    6.3
    TV Series
    • Glorita
    • Gloria Carmona
    • Gloria
    Mimi Rogers, Titus Welliver, and Madison Lintz in Bosch: Legacy (2022)
    Bosch: Legacy
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Mrs. Calderon
    This Fool (2022)
    This Fool
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Sound Department
    Frankie Shaw in SMILF (2017)
    SMILF
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Angie

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    Actress



    • You Are Here
      • Molly Cornmueller
      • Filming
    • Even a Just Man Falls
      • Sheila
      • Filming
    • ¡Que Suene La Banda!
      • Josefina
      • Post-production
      • Short



    • Side Roads (2024)
      Side Roads
      Short
      • Rosa
      • 2024
    • Pedro Páramo (2024)
      Pedro Páramo
      6.3
      • Dorotea (voice: English version)
      • 2024
    • Love Is Blind: México (2024)
      Love Is Blind: México
      5.4
      TV Series
      • Lucy Chaparro (voice: English version)
      • 2024
    • Betty la Fea: The Story Continues (2024)
      Betty la Fea: The Story Continues
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Marcela Valencia (voice: English version)
      • 2024
    • The Manny (2023)
      The Manny
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Martita (voice: English version)
      • 2023
    • Please in Spanish (2023)
      Please in Spanish
      Short
      • Linda
      • 2023
    • The (Almost) Legends (2023)
      The (Almost) Legends
      6.4
      • Connie (voice: English version)
      • 2023
    • Tobey Maguire, Elizabeth Perkins, Josh Keaton, Ziggy Marley, Jason Schwartzman, Rachel Dratch, Taran Killam, Yuri Lowenthal, Peggy Lu, Cliff Robertson, J.K. Simmons, Peter Sohn, Luna Lauren Velez, Shea Whigham, Mahershala Ali, Kathryn Hahn, Lorraine Velez, Oscar Isaac, Jorma Taccone, Andy Samberg, Andrew Garfield, Nic Novicki, Jake Johnson, Donald Glover, Daniel Kaluuya, Greta Lee, Hailee Steinfeld, Brian Tyree Henry, Atsuko Okatsuka, Melissa Sturm, Nicole Delaney, Amandla Stenberg, Karan Soni, Shameik Moore, Jack Quaid, Kimiko Glenn, Issa Rae, Sofia Barclay, Nina Lentini, Danielle Perez, Jharrel Jerome, Ayo Edebiri, and Metro Boomin in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
      Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
      8.5
      • Additional Voices
      • 2023
    • Gaia Girace, Valentina Bellè, and Barbara Chichiarelli in The Good Mothers (2023)
      The Good Mothers
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Anna Lazaro (voice: English version)
      • 2023
    • #NoFilter (2023)
      #NoFilter
      6.0
      TV Series
      • Val Menezes
      • 2023
    • Against the Ropes (2023)
      Against the Ropes
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Victoria (voice: English version)
      • 2023
    • Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy, and Quinta Brunson in Cars on the Road (2022)
      Cars on the Road
      6.9
      TV Mini Series
      • Additional Voices
      • 2022
    • Eduardo Capetillo, Esmeralda Pimentel, and Iván Amozurrutia in High Heat (2022)
      High Heat
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Glorita
      • Gloria Carmona
      • Gloria
      • 2022
    • Parábola (2022)
      Parábola
      Podcast Series
      • Aida
      • 2022
    • Mimi Rogers, Titus Welliver, and Madison Lintz in Bosch: Legacy (2022)
      Bosch: Legacy
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Mrs. Calderon
      • 2022

    Director



    • COVID19... Sins & Virtues (2021)
      COVID19... Sins & Virtues
      • Director
      • 2021

    Producer



    • Even a Just Man Falls
      • producer
      • Filming



    • Zaela Rae, Brandon Hall, Nicole Leanne Nelson, and Dariana Alvarez in Inland Empire (2023)
      Inland Empire
      Short
      • producer
      • 2023
    • Together Alone (2022)
      Together Alone
      6.0
      Short
      • producer
      • 2022
    • COVID19... Sins & Virtues (2021)
      COVID19... Sins & Virtues
      • producer
      • 2021
    • TheTRENDTalk! (2016)
      TheTRENDTalk!
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2016

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      The documentary "Now En Espanol", which Marabina Jaimes narrates and is highlighted in, was shot over an 8 year period by film maker Andrea Meller.

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