There’s a big uptick in Yara Martinez’s future…
The 37-year-old Puerto Rican actress has been promoted to series regular on Amazon’s upcoming comedy series The Tick.
Martinez, who stars on the CW’s Jane the Virgin, originally guest starred in the pilot for the series.
The Tick, a co-production with Sony Television, centers on an underdog accountant with zero powers who comes to realize his city is owned by a global super villain long-thought dead. As he struggles to uncover this conspiracy, he falls in league with a strange blue superhero.
Martinez, who will reprise her role from the pilot as Ms. Lint, will co-star alongside Peter Serafinowicz, Griffin Newman, Jackie Earle Haley, Valorie Curry and Brendan Hines.
Martinez has been recurring on the CW’s Jane the Virgin as Rafael’s unstable sister, Dr. Luisa Alver. She also recurs on the upcoming Amazon comedy series I Love Dick.