He introduced Martha to Craig Shapiro, who to this day represents Higareda at ICM Partners. The movie was screening in the American Film Market when an agent approached her. She booked her first American movie in 2007 ''Borderland'' where she shared credits with Sean Austin and Beto Cuevas produced by Lionsgate. And that same year she was nominated as best supporting actress for the Mexican Academy Awards for her role in ''Fuera del Cielo'', In 2007, she came with her latest production ''Niñas Mal'', directed by Fernando Sariñana where she shared credits with Camila Sodi and Ximena Sariñana The movie produced by Columbia Pictures was a huge success in which Higareda portrayed a stubborn yet sweet punk, Adela, and her unusual haircut and fashion statement quickly became a trend in Mexican teenagers. She worked with Carlos Carrera (El crimen del Padre Amaro) in "Sex, love and other perversions" winning another Silver Goddess Award. Higareda returned with the movie ''Siete Días'' next to Jaime Camil, which turned out to be another box office hit. But Higareda's passion was in making movies. In 2003, she was offered the lead in a Mexican TV show "Enamorate" in TV Azteca. She received The Silver Goddess award for her performance as female lead and the MTV movies favorite actress award. And launched Martha's career giving her the nickname "The Mexican Sweetheart". The movie quickly became a box office hit. In 2002, Higareda had her first leading role in the movie ''Amar te duele" "Love hurts", directed by Fernando Sariñana, in which she shares credits with Luis Fernando Peña and Alfonso Herrera. Cuaron encouraged her to keep pursuing her acting career and following his advice soon after she changed her major from Communications to the Performing Arts. She was only 16 when filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron came to Mexico City auditioning for "Y tu Mama tambien", Martha got the part of Cecilia Huerta, Gael Garcia's girlfriend in the film, but being underage and due to the full on nudity in the movie she was not able to do the role. Soon after, Martha had her own extreme sports segments in the show. She had her first TV debut as an anchor hostess in The Disney Channel's ''Zapping Zone'' a 2 hour life show of fun sketches and adventurous exploring. A year later, her mother and sister moved to Mexico City and attended acting school with her. She would attend college in the mornings while going to acting school in the evenings and performing in theater on the weekends. Being an advanced student, she entered college several years early at the age of 15 studying Communications at El Tecnologico de Monterrey. Her debut was in theater participating in various plays such as "Little Women" "Don Juan" among others. At 14, she moved to Mexico City from her native Tabasco to pursue an acting career. She began acting on stage at a very early age, along with dancing jazz, flamenco, tap and folklore. Higareda was born in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico, the daughter of actress Martha Cervantes and therapist and artist Jose Luis Higareda, and sister of actress Miriam Higareda.
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