Background
Tamargo was born in Brooklyn, New New York
Tamargo was born in Brooklyn, New New York
She is the daughter of the Cuban journalist Agustin Tamargo and Rosalba Nápoles. She has two children, Matthew and Gabriella. From 1999 to 2008 Tamargo played Pilar Lopez-Fitzgerald in National Broadcasting Company soap opera Passions.
Tamargo is also known in the international Latino community for her work on the daytime telenovela El Magnate as well as the reality dating show Louisiana Cenicienta.
She has appeared in television, radio and print commercials as well as stage work with the Repertorio Español in New York City. She also starred in Marielena and Más Sabe el Diablo, and well has made guest appearance on NCIS. In 2013 Tamargo was cast as Celine Gonzales, the spiteful domestic of John Schneider and Renee Lawless in Oprah Winfrey Network primetime soap opera The Haves and the Have Nots.