My worst moment: Justina Machado on unexpected improv with Sean Penn
The Netflix sitcom "One Day at a Time" - which just premiered its second season - is one of the better shows to emerge from the nearly 500 scripted series of the past year or so. A remake of the original 1970s comedy, it's been updated to center on a Cuban-American family. Both funny and emotionally resonant, it stars Justina Machado, a Chicago native who began her career working with companies such as Organic, Victory Gardens, the Goodman and the Latino Chicago Theatre Company.
Though based in Los Angeles for the last two decades, Chicago remains a big part of her identity. "I have friends here in LA who make
