Andrea Navedo

ABOUT ANDREA NAVEDO

Perhaps known best for her role as Xo Villanueva on The CW series Jane the Virgin , Navedo also appeared in several episodes of CBS's Blue Bloods and played the recurring role of Ana Cordova on NBC's Law & Order . In addition, during the late 1990s, she was a series regular on the soap operas Guiding Light and One Life to Live .

After graduating from the State University of New York at Old Westbury with a degree in theater, she made her television debut as Linda Soto on the popular ABC soap opera One Life to Live .

In 2011, she played a recurring role on the HBO series How to Make It in America.

She was raised in a Latino-American family in the Bronx, and she later remained in her home city with her husband and two children named Nico and Ava.

In Jane the Virgin, Navedo's on-screen daughter (and the series' title character) is played by Gina Rodriguez .