Sandra Marquez is an award-winning actor, director, and educator as well as a longtime ensemble member of Teatro Vista, where she served as Associate Artistic Director for many years alongside Artistic Director Edward Torres. Marquez is the first self-identified Latinx artist to join the storied ensemble at Steppenwolf Theater Company, where she most recently appeared in Chekhov’s Seagull and directed the SYA production of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter. Her work has also been seen at the Goodman, Court, Victory Gardens, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival, amongst others. Film and television credits include Chicago Med, Prison Break, Boss, and the Amazon original series Night Sky. She is Co-Director of Graduate Studies for the MFA in Acting program at Northwestern University, where she enjoys teaching and mentoring.

Member of Actors' Equity Association