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Sofía Sisniega
Sofía Sisniega (born 7 June 1989) is a Mexican actress, best known for her role as ''Sofia López-Haro'' in the 2013 Mexican adaptation, '' Gossip Girl: Acapulco''. Early life Sisniega was born in Cuernavaca, Mexico. She began acting in local community theatre productions aged four. She performed four times a week at bookstores as part of a children's theatre group in Mexico. Her late father was Marcel Sisniega Campbell, a Mexican Grandmaster chess player and independent film director. She has dual-citizenship in the United States and Mexico and was raised in both countries. At 17, she was accepted in the Conservatory at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York City. She studied for three years before graduating. She also took acting lessons at Casa Azul and Centro Universitario de Teatro (CUT) in Mexico City. Career Beginnings Sisniega began acting professionally at 15 and appeared in two films, ''Mujeres en el Acto'' and ''Arresto Domiciliario'' in 2006 and 2008 both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuernavaca
Cuernavaca (; nci-IPA, Cuauhnāhuac, kʷawˈnaːwak "near the woods", ) is the capital and largest city of the state of Morelos in Mexico. The city is located around a 90-minute drive south of Mexico City using the Federal Highway 95D. The name ''Cuernavaca'' is a euphonism derived from the Nahuatl toponym and means 'surrounded by or close to trees'. The name was Hispanicized to ''Cuernavaca''; Hernán Cortés called it ''Coadnabaced'' in his letters to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and Bernal Díaz del Castillo used the name ''Cuautlavaca'' in his chronicles. The coat-of-arms of the municipality is based on the pre-Columbian pictograph emblem of the city which depicts a tree trunk () with three branches, with foliage, and four roots colored red. There is a cut in the trunk in the form of a mouth, from which emerges a speech scroll, probably representing the language Nahuatl and by extension the locative suffix , meaning 'near'. Cuernavaca has long been a favorite escape fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivar Sisniega
Ivar Sisniega Campbell (born 29 May 1958) is a Mexican modern pentathlete, politician, and businessman. He competed at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics. He was formerly the head of CONADE as Sports minister under President Ernesto Zedillo from 1994 to 2000, where he created the National Youth Olympics, as well as Executive President of C.D. Guadalajara from 2002 to 2006. In 2015, he was briefly the interim President of the Pan American Sports Organization, following the death of former president Mario Vázquez Raña. His son, Pablo Sisniega, is a goalkeeper for Charlotte FC Charlotte FC is an American professional soccer club based in Charlotte. The team competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference. The team is owned by David Tepper, who was awarded the expansion franchise .... References External links * 1958 births Living people Mexican male modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes for Mexico Modern pen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of People From Morelos, Mexico
The following are people who were born, raised, or who gained significant prominence for living in the Mexican state of Morelos: ''This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.'' Actors, entertainers, and film-makers * Lilia Aragón (1938–2021, born in Cuautla) was a Mexican film, television and stage actress. * Socorro Avelar (1925–2003) was a Mexican actress who was born in Cuernavaca. * Martha Mariana Castro (born in Cuautla in 1966) is a Mexican actress. She was married to actor Fernando Luján (1939–2019), with whom she has a son, Franco Paolo Ciangherotti. * Ana Bertha Espín (b. in Tehuixtla in 1956) is a Mexican actress. ''Amor real'' (2004) and '' La que no podía amar'' (2012). * Abraham Enzástiga Menes is the director of the Jojutla Symphony Orchestra, which he founded in 2016. * Virginia Fábregas García (1871–1950) was a Mexican film and stage actr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flight Of The Butterflies
''Flight of the Butterflies'' is a 2012 Canadian documentary film directed and co-written by Mike Slee for 3D IMAX, starring Megan Follows, Gordon Pinsent, and Shaun Benson. The film covers Dr. Fred Urquhart's nearly 40-year-long scientific investigation into the monarch butterfly (''Danaus plexippus''), tracking the details of what is considered one of the longest known insect migrations: the flight of the monarch butterfly from Central Mexico to the United States and Canada and back. Synopsis Monarch butterflies are a familiar sight in the United States and Canada most of the year, but disappear from most locations in winter. The documentary film weaves together factual information about the monarchs with a dramatic re-enactment of the search for the answer to the mystery of where they spend the winter. The story line follows Urquhart as a child in Canada, fascinated by the butterflies; his years of research and study, together with his wife and collaborator Norah, into their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Get The Gringo
''Get the Gringo'' (also known as ''How I Spent My Summer Vacation'') is a 2012 American action film directed by Adrian Grunberg, produced, co-written by and starring Mel Gibson. Plot The film opens with a getaway driver and his wounded accomplice dressed as clowns fleeing from American Border Patrol toward the Mexican border. The driver crashes through the border fence, whereupon he is arrested by corrupt Mexican police officers Vasquez and Romero. When they find over $2 million in the back seat of the car, they imprison him in El Pueblito prison under false charges, keep the cash for themselves, and cremate his dead accomplice. As one of the only Americans incarcerated there, the driver becomes known as "the Gringo". El Pueblito proves surprising, operating more like a small ghetto than a prison. The Gringo quickly manages to work out the prison's criminal hierarchy and engages in petty thefts and robberies from some of the prison's less reputable businesses. One of these th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Gringo
''El Gringo'' (Bad Yankee) is a 2012 American action film directed by Eduardo Rodríguez, produced by After Dark Films, written by Jonathan Stokes, and starring Scott Adkins, Christian Slater and Yvette Yates. Plot Following an ambush in which he is wounded, and his undercover DEA partners are killed, The Man escapes into Mexico with a case holding two million dollars, and arrives in the dusty town of El Fronteras. He faces danger from the local sheriff and his thugs, a local drug cartel, his checkered past and his former DEA boss. Partial cast Production The screenplay by Jonathan Stokes was purchased by After Dark Films in 2011 for Joel Silver to executive produce. The film was shot in Bulgaria and Louisiana at an estimated cost of 7 million. Release The film was released in the United States to theatres on May 11, 2012, with an MPAA "R" rating. As part of the "After Dark Action" bundle, the film showed for one week in ten cities, and was simultaneously released for vid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elysium (film)
''Elysium'' is a 2013 American dystopian science fiction action film written, produced, and directed by Neill Blomkamp. It was Blomkamp's second directorial effort. The film stars Matt Damon and Jodie Foster alongside Sharlto Copley, Alice Braga, Diego Luna, Wagner Moura, and William Fichtner. The film takes place on both a ravaged Earth and a luxurious artificial world (Stanford torus design, one of the proposed NASA designs) called Elysium. The film itself offers deliberate social commentary that explores political and sociological themes such as immigration, overpopulation, transhumanism, health care, worker exploitation, the justice system, and social class issues. The film was released on , 2013, by Sony Pictures Releasing through the TriStar Pictures label, in both conventional and IMAX Digital theaters. It received positive reviews, but critics considered it to be disappointing after Blomkamp's first film, ''District 9''. It grossed $286 million and was released on DVD ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where Birds Go To Die
''Where Birds Go To Die'' ( Spanish: ''Donde los pájaros van a morir'') is a 2022 Mexican comedy-drama film directed by Analeine Cal y Mayor and written by Cal y Mayor & Alfredo Mendoza. Starring Flavio Medina and Sofía Sisniega. Synopsis The miserable life of a 40-year-old lawyer will change drastically when he escapes from a birthday party and arrives in an eccentric paradise where he can finally be respected; however, sooner or later he will realize that neither outside nor inside he got any respect. Cast The actors participating in this film are: * Flavio Medina as Miguel * Sofía Sisniega * Alejandra Ambrosi * Claudia Lobo * Orlando Moguel as Roberto * Harding Junior * Enrique Arreola as Alebrije Manager * Yuriria del Valle * Steve Kisicki as Donald * Mika Kubo Release It had a limited release on November 24, 2022 in Mexican theaters in Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Candidato (TV Series)
''El Candidato'' (in English, ''The Candidate'') is a Mexican political thriller streaming television series created by Peter Blake and produced by Televisa for Amazon Prime Video. The main cast of the series consists of James Purefoy, José María de Tavira, Eréndira Ibarra, Joaquín Cosío Joaquín Cosío Osuna (born 6 October 1962) is a Mexican actor and poet. He is best known for roles such as Rubén "Mascarita" in ''Matando Cabos'' (2004), General Medrano in ''Quantum of Solace'' (2008), Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo in '' Narco ... and Esmeralda Pimentel. The series trailer was released on 15 July 2020. The series premiered on 17 July 2020 on Amazon Prime Video. Plot Rookie CIA field operative Isabel Alfaro works alongside infamous CIA legend Wayne Addison to bring down Rafael Bautista, Mexico's most vicious and brilliant narco. Her mission brings her into conflict with Eduardo Yzaguirre, her former boyfriend and the current Mayor of Mexico City, the cleanest and mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The House Of Flowers (TV Series)
''The House of Flowers'' ( es, La Casa de las Flores) is a Mexican black comedy-drama television series created by Manolo Caro for Netflix. It depicts a dysfunctional upper-class Mexican family that owns a prestigious floristry shop and a struggling cabaret, both called 'The House of Flowers'. The series, almost entirely written and directed by its creator, stars Verónica Castro, Cecilia Suárez, Aislinn Derbez, Darío Yazbek Bernal, Arturo Ríos, Paco León, Juan Pablo Medina, Luis de la Rosa, María León, and Isela Vega. The 13-episode first season was released on August 10, 2018. A second and third season of the series were announced in October 2018; Verónica Castro had left the cast before the show was renewed and does not appear in later seasons. Season 2 premiered on October 18, 2019, and the final season was released on April 23, 2020. A short film special called '' The House of Flowers Presents: The Funeral'' premiered on November 1, 2019, and a YouTube T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marimar Vega
Marimar Vega (born María del Mar Vega Sisto on August 14, 1983) is a Mexican actress. Vega studied acting in Centro de Formacion Actoral of TV Azteca. Biography Vega was born August 14, 1983, in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. She is the daughter of Mexican actor Gonzalo Vega and Leonora Sisto who is of Spanish descent. Vega has a sister who is also an actress Zuria Vega and a brother Gonzalo. Vega also has a half-sister Gabriela, from her father's side. She practiced flamenco dance for twenty years and studied acting at the CEFAC, acting school of TV Azteca. She debuted in theater at age 17 with her father, actor Gonzalo Vega ''Don Juan Tenorio'', playing the role of Doña Inés. Vega also acted on stage in the ''Perras''. In movies, she has participated in ''Amor, Dolor y Viceversa'' and appeared as the protagonist in '' Daniel and Ana'', a film that showed at the Cannes Film Festival where she was cast alongside Dario Yazbek and José María Torre. Her television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
