Catalina Sandino Moreno

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Catalina Sandino Moreno
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April 19, 1981 in Bogata, Colombia
Biography:Arriving from virtually nowhere to stun viewers with her powerful performance as a poverty-stricken Colombian rose plantation employee looking to make a better life for herself and her unborn child in director Joshua Marston's Maria Full of Grace, first-time actress Catalina Sandino Moreno seemed to elicit near unanimous praise from critics and film lovers worldwide. A native of Bogotá, Colombia, raven-haired beauty Moreno developed an interest in becoming an actor which prompted the young hopeful to enroll in the Ruben Di Pietro theater academy while she was still in high school. It was during this time that she essayed a number of stage performances in such productions as Griselda Gambaro's Acuerdo Para Cambiar de Casa, Tennessee Williams' The Dark Room, and Christopher Durang's Laughing Wild. Later studying advertising and theater at a Bogotá college, Moreno caught the eye of director Marston during... Full Biography
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Catalina Sandino Moreno in "Love in the Time of Cholera" (New Line Cinema)
Catalina Sandino Moreno in "Fast Food Nation"
Catalina Sandino Moreno, left, and Benicio Del Toro in "Che" (IFC Films)
Catalina Sandino Moreno
Catalina Sandino Moreno
Catalina Sandino Moreno, nominee Best Female Lead for “Maria Full of Grace”
Catalina Sandino Moreno, nominee Best Female Lead for “Maria Full of Grace”
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