Alba Gloriana Villanueva (portrayed by Ivonne Coll) is the deeply religious mother of Xiomara 's and grandmother of Jane. Emigrating from Venezuela at a young age, she and her husband Mateo established lives for themselves and the generations to come. When Jane is ten years old, Alba makes her vow to save herself until marriage, a vow that Jane keeps. Alba often acts as the voice of reason in the Villanueva household, recognized as wise and looked up to as such. She supports Jane when she finds herself accidentally artificially inseminated, and makes it no secret that she supports Jane being with Rafael. However, she 's very accepting of Michael during the time Jane is with him. Alba does not always get along with Xiomara due to her loose morals, but at the end of the day the mother and daughter find themselves making amends, with or without Jane 's help. Alba, like her daughter and granddaughter, has a love for grilled cheese sandwiches and telenovelas. She 's a fan of Rogelio De La Vega, and is very welcoming of him into the family when it gets out that he 's Jane 's biological father.
who plays jane's grandmother in jane the virgin
Ivonne Coll