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Catalina Sandino Moreno
Birth at
19 April 1981
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Actress Catalina Sandino Moreno is from Colombia. She was born in Bogota on April 19, 1981. At first, the girl did not even dream of acting in films. She just wanted to work in advertising. Catalina even entered the university and graduated from it in this specialization. However, an important role in her life was played by chance. In 2004, the beauty was seen by one of the agents. He was just picking up the heroine for the action story. drama "The Blessed Mary" . The girl came to the audition and
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Actress Catalina Sandino Moreno is from Colombia. She was born in Bogota on April 19, 1981.
At first, the girl did not even dream of acting in films. She just wanted to work in advertising. Catalina even entered the university and graduated from it in this specialization. However, an important role in her life was played by chance. In 2004, the beauty was seen by one of the agents. He was just picking up the heroine for the action story.
drama "The Blessed Mary" .
The girl came to the audition and played her stage well. She was approved for the main role, choosing from almost a thousand applicants. Catalina went to New York, starred in the film and received for this work “Silver Bear” at the Berlinale. And then the tape won more prizes at the international film festival in Jerusalem and at the independent forum “Sundance”.
Critics acknowledged that the young actress at the highest level played the role of 17-year-old poor girl Maria, deciding to move to America to transport drugs. She was even compared to Anna Magnani in Rome, the Open City and Sophia Loren in Two Women. In 2005, Catalina Moreno was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress.
She moved permanently to New York, entered the Lee Strasberg Theatre Academy and played a lot in theater. The actress prefers working on stage to filming in movies. Nevertheless, Catalina constantly starred in American and Spanish-language films, such as Journey to the End of the Night (2006), Generation of Fast Food (2006), Paris, I Love You (2006), Che: Argentine (2008) and others. She married happily in 2006.