Jeff Lima was born in the Spanish Harlem neighborhood of New York City to a Puerto Rican family.
At the age of 11, Lima began taking acting classes and merited a spot in a premiere New York City performing arts high school.
While attending high school, he auditioned for a film in which he met Golden Globe winner Gina Rodriguez who introduced him to her agent, at the time, and he would later proceed to sign with them.
Lima landed his television debut on Guiding Light as Byron, opposite Jeff Branson and Gina Tognoni.
[2] Jeff Lima also appeared in The Bobby Brown Story as Angel in the 2018 BET Network series.