Yvette signed with Elite Models after high school, taking her to Japan for three months, then numerous national commercials. Episodic television was a natural progression. She spent 20 years as a successful working actor, with guest-starring roles on multiple primetime television shows, from MelrosePlace to CSI. She had a recurring role on 21 Jump Street, on which she played Johnny Depp’s girlfriend, and was a series regular on RoboCop:The Series. In 2010, she hung up her hat as an actor to focus on her son. In 2025, she decided she loved it too much, found a manager, and booked an episode of Criminal Minds, that aired on June 18, 2026. (Keep scrolling to watch.)
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“I often get asked if I miss acting. Absolutely. Especially the camaraderie. But I left after I’d experienced a traumatic event where protecting my young son was my only priority. By the time he was old enough to handle life’s curveballs, I felt it was much too late for me to jump back in. But in 2025, I realized how much I missed it, so I went for it, and working on an episode of Criminal Minds Evolution meant the world to me.” I was home.
Criminal Minds “Friendly Fire” 2026
Some work from back in the day.
2025 - “It’s Me” - Short Film by Jaime P. Gomez
My “Happy Place” 🎥 Billy Barnes
MY HAPPY PLACE
“I started riding dirt bikes when I was nine-years-old. I was hooked. I was ten when I first rode on the back of a Harley Davidson, and have owned my own Harley for 35 years.
The wind in my face is everything.”