Marcela Carvajal (born 28 June 1969) is a Colombian actress mostly recognized in her native country for her roles in
telenovelas
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar Drama (film and television), drama genres around the w ...
.
Carvajal was born in
Bogotá
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, and she has done theater studies in
Paris
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and Bogotá.
In 1999 she traveled to
New York
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, where she studied filmmaking and made the film ''El hombre de mi vida'' (English: "The Man of My Life").
On stage she has outstanding in her native country for plays such as ''
The Vagina Monologues
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'', and ''
The Lover''.
Filmography
Film roles
Television roles
References
External links
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Colombian telenovela actresses
Living people
Actresses from Bogotá
20th-century Colombian actresses
21st-century Colombian actresses
1969 births
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