birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
san juan , puerto rico 25 november 1952 genie montalvo
 genie montalvo actress , director , producer , author , translator
genie montalvo

genie montalvo is a puerto rican actress , director , producer and author .
she was born in san juan , november 25 , 1951 .
she starred in melinda lopez 's `` how do you spell hope '' with the underground railway theater at the kennedy center in washington d.c. and in the award winning `` the order of things '' in boston for playwrites theater company .
her stage credits include `` hamlet '' -lrb- the only puerto rican woman to undertake the characterization of the prince of denmark -rrb- and `` hecuba '' of the trojan women .
she has also received critical acclaim for her `` bernarda alba '' by federico garcia lorca performed in puerto rico , dominican republic , and boston .
among her film credits are carlos fuentes ' `` the hydra head '' -lrb- `` la cabeza de la hidra '' -rrb- , pbs ' production of `` destinos '' , and a lead part in a film on diabetes produced by the university of massachusetts boston .
she has also appeared in multiple telemundo and wapa-tv daytime dramas including `` tres destinos '' , `` pacto de amor '' , `` alejandra '' and `` karina montaner '' among others .
she received the `` best actress of the year award '' given by the theater critics association of puerto rico for her lead role in `` el lado obscuro del espejo '' in 1993 .
she can be seen soon , in the made for tv movie `` indigo '' produced by von marie mendez .
genie directed lorca 's `` blood wedding '' -lrb- `` bodas de sangre '' -rrb- in the park festival in boston and `` el primer tagazo '' at the university of massachusetts amherst , boston .
as a producer , genie presented the only public appearance of ray charles in concert in puerto rico and directed ricky martin as jesus in `` the passion and death of christ '' .
among her other credits , genie was extra casting coordinator for `` the blue diner '' .
genie also participated in the first orlando latino film festival in october 2007 as a speaker on `` acting in films '' .
she has just finished the first of a series of memoirs .
the memoir , `` cruzar el charco '' , is also being adapted into a screenplay .
