Flora Martínez

Acting

Flora Martínez

Born 1977-07-01 · Montréal, Québec, Canada

Daughter of a Canadian mother (Melinda Prowse) and a Colombian father (Hernando Martínez). Flora herself speaks Spanish, English and French. She studied acting at the Actors Conservatory in New York, as well as at the Alfonso Ortiz School and at Actuemos, in Colombia. Since her first appearance on Colombian TV at the age of 15, Flora has been a benchmark in Colombia. Her leap to the international market occurred after starring in the film Rosario Tijeras. In 2008 she starred in the Caracol TV Vecinos telenovela, alongside Robinson Díaz. Her two great passions are Theater and Music, although she has also shown great talent for dance, especially salsa. In 2006 he traveled to Spain for the nomination of Rosario Tijeras to the Goya Awards and there he met the love of his life, José Reinoso, Uruguayan jazz pianist and producer with whom he formalized marriage in Barcelona in 2008. Both lived until 2012 in Spain with her three children (Malena and Borja from José's previous marriage, but raised by Flora) and Sofía, the couple's youngest daughter. Since 2013, the five interspersed residency between Uruguay and Colombia

Acting credits

Brothers Under Fire poster
5.6

Captain Jordan Wright's squadron on leave for a wedding in Mexico encounters a murderous cartel. As Jordan tries to lead survivors to safety, war erupts between his squad and the cartel, forcing him into a battle to save his men.

Brothers Under Fire

2026

Proof of Life poster
6.2

When Peter Bowman, an American engineer working in a South American country, is captured by anti-government forces, the rebels learn his identity and demand $5 million for his safe return. However, his US employer is on the verge of insolvency and will not provide the ransom. Peter's wife Alice is forced to deal with the matter on her own and she retains the services of freelance professional hostage negotiator Terry Thorne.

Proof of Life

2000

DiDi Hollywood poster
3.9

Bar worker Diana Diaz leaves Madrid for Miami and with new boyfriend, Robert (Luis Hacha), they then head for Hollywood, prepared to do anything for fame.

DiDi Hollywood

2010

Rosario Tijeras poster
6.6

Rosario Tijeras has been abused by men all her life, initially by her stepfather. Years later, she works as a paid assassin, seducing men and killing them when they least expect it. She meets Emilio, a wealthy womanizer, and his best friend, Antonio, at a nightclub, and starts an affair with Emilio despite Antonio's growing feelings for her. But circumstances bring her closer to Antonio, until her past catches up with her in a devastating way.

Rosario Tijeras

2005

Violet of a Thousand Colors poster
9.3

Surrounded by candles and immersed in petals, a woman tired of a life without purpose carefully prepares her death scene in the bathtub, turning it into a ritual. Every drop of blood in her veins mixes with the warm water as she remembers small fragments of her life.

Violet of a Thousand Colors

2005

Basta Mamá poster
5.3

Fernando's 45th birthday dinner turns into a territorial war when his alpha-mom meets his empowered girlfriend. To survive the night, he must finally cut the umbilical cord or remain her "little boy" forever.

Basta Mamá

2026

I'm with Lucy poster
5.4

It's an hour before Lucy's wedding and her best friend wants to hear all about what led up to that moment. So, Lucy tells about the five men she had blind dates with over the past year (Doug, Gabriel, Bobby, Barry, and Luke) and her experiences with each one. But which one of the five men is Lucy about to walk down the aisle with?

I'm with Lucy

2002

Breath of Life poster
6.6

It begins with the tragedy of Armero, during the course investigates the murder of a beautiful woman and on his way some people die in the end a killing and a cemetery. Emerson Roque Fierro, former policeman and private investigator shadowing, investigates the murder of "Golondrina", a beautiful young woman, occurred in a seedy hotel in downtown Bogota. Without knowing who it is, begins to understand their relationships with a motley gallery of men: a corrupt politician, connected to drug trafficking and paramilitary groups, a bullfighter cunning and good for nothing, a boxer fallen on hard times with a force so stupid as rare Lotero intellect and an insightful blind. And in the midst of this, the dark threads entangling power to everyone, and especially the poor Fierro.

Breath of Life

1999

The Art of Stealing poster
5.9

Two amateur thieves are hired to steal an extremely valuable Van Gogh painting from the abandoned farm of an Argentinian countess.

The Art of Stealing

2008

Urbana, la película poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Urbana, la película

2025

Lolita's Club poster
5.3

The divergent lives of twin brothers, Raúl, a violent policeman, and Valentín, a mentally handicapped man, cross paths again when the former decides to visit his family.

Lolita's Club

2007

The Lithium Conspiracy poster
3.7

In the 21th century getting hold of natural resources of emerging countries, is no matter of war--it is a matter of complex financial actions. And the power of governments behind the events has been replaced by the power of holding companies. Nowadays you don't conquer a country. You buy it. "Short story of long betrayals" is again set in the Republic of Queimada, where in the "Salar de Queimada" (a salt lake) lies 50% of lithium in the whole world. Not surprisingly, there is an international interest in its fate and a breathless fight to seize it.

The Lithium Conspiracy

2015

Itzia, Tango & Cacao poster
5.6

Itzia is a deaf woman who claims to have started hearing a peculiar music that always comes from the same cardinal point. In the village where she lives, people believe she is going crazy and try to convince her to see a doctor. But Itzia is certain that these melodies are not a product of her imagination. To prove she is not insane, she will have to embark on a journey to find the source of the music.

Itzia, Tango & Cacao

2023

Downtown: A Street Tale poster
5.5

A group of street kids find that the only way to make it through the day is to hold onto their dreams while their reality is eating out of dumpsters, turning tricks and squatting in abandoned buildings.

Downtown: A Street Tale

2004

Tuya siempre poster
4.8

Lola and Alfredo survive on the fringes of crime. Their business comes to an abrupt end when Alfredo is arrested. Lola gets the chance of working in a jazz club where the couple meet some very different characters, who open up new worlds and possibilities, but, along with this, the opportunity to change and choose.

Tuya siempre

2007

Behind the camera