Catalina Sandino Moreno

Early life

Catalina Sandino Moreno was born 19 April 1981 in Bogotá, Colombia. She grew up in a middle-class family; her father is a veterinarian and her mother a pathologist. She attended an English-taught school, Saint George's School in Bogotá, Colombia. Before becoming an actress, she studied advertising.

Career

2004–2010

In 2004, Sandino Moreno landed a main role in the film Maria Full of Grace, where she was among 800 other girls casting for the lead role as María Alvarez, a Colombian girl who works in a flower plantation when she was pregnant and then as a drug mule. For her performance in the film, she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress at the 77th Academy Awards. For her performance, she also won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival, shared with Charlize Theron for Monster.

After the impact of her Oscar nomination, Sandino Moreno waited three years for a role that appealed to her. She elaborated in an interview with V magazine that she felt a responsibilityas an actress, Colombian immigrant, and as a personto perform reality, so that people learn, believing it was important to show people what is happening in the world.

In 2005, Sandino Moreno moved to New York City to study dramatic arts and to continue with her career success, and was invited to join AMPAS. In 2006, she played roles in independent film Fast Food Nation, and Paris, je t'aime, where she starred as Ana, a young immigrant mother in the segment "Loin du 16e". In 2007, she starred as Hildebranda Sánchez in Love in the Time of Cholera, based on the 1985 novel by Gabriel García Márquez. In 2008, she appeared in Steven Soderbergh's Che, playing the role of Aleida March de Guevara, the second wife of Ernesto "Che" Guevara, and attended the premiere at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. In 2010, she played the role of vampire Maria in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, adapted from the novel by Stephenie Meyer.

2010–present

After a break in her career, in November 2013, Sandino Moreno was announced to play the title role in the biopic Castro's Daughter, based on Alina Fernández's autobiography of the same name, though the film was not produced. She starred in films Roa (2013), and appeared in A Most Violent Year (2014). On October 20, 2014, it was announced that she would be joining the fifth and final season of Falling Skies in a recurring role as Isabella.

In 2016, Sandino Moreno starred in the TV series American Gothic as a recurring character, Christina Morales. In the same year, she returned to the world of cinema in the movie Custody (2016). The film was premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.

In December 2022, Sandino Moreno was announced to join the John Wick spin-off film Ballerina as Lena Macarro. In 2023, she played Saya Godluck in the John Woo action thriller Silent Night.

Personal life

Sandino Moreno was one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful Women" in 2005.

Sandino Moreno met motion picture electrician David Elwell while working on Maria Full of Grace. The couple married on 15 April 2006 in a small ceremony held in Cartagena de Indias.

Filmography

Performer

• "Que Linda Manita" – 2006 (Paris, je t'aime Soundtrack)

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Catalina Sandino Moreno

References

References

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