María Elena Swett Urquieta is a

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Early life

She was born in

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on April 11, 1979. She studied at Colegio Nuestra Señora del Pilar and later at the ''Academia de Humanidades de Recoleta''. Later, she studied theater at DUOC.

Acting career

She debuted on television in 1999, in the series ''La otra cara del espejo'' on the

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chain after being discovered by the director . In 2002 he signed a contract with the dramatic area] of Channel 13 (Chile) , Canal 13, a participant in five telenovelas produced by Verónica Saquel. In this period of popularity with his role in ''

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'' and '' Brujas '', positioning herself alongside Jorge Zabaleta as the leading duo of the private channel. At the same time, he participated in the feature film ', where he shared roles with the Argentine actor Fabián Mazzei. In 2008 he signed an exclusive contract with the Dramatic Area of

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, starring in eight telenovelas, five of them being a duo with Zabaleta. In the state channel, she consolidated her television career, positioning herself as the main actress of the public channel in 2012. In 2018, after 10 years, the channel decided not to renew her contract. In 2016, according to the publication ''Primer plano'', she was one of the actresses paid between 2011 and 2015 with better earnings calculated at $15 million pesos, only surpassed by

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and

Sigrid Alegría Sigrid Alegría Conrads (born 18 June 1974) is a Chilean film and television actress. Alegría began her acting debut in the TVN soap opera '' Borrón y cuenta nueva'' in 1998, playing the role of "Doris Morán", a religious nun who was rethink ...

. In 2019 she wrote a six-month contract with Mega to star in '' 100 days to fall in love''. In 2020, she premiered the previously recorded microseries '' S.o.s mamis '', in which she stars alongside

, Loreto Aravena,

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and Jenny Cavallo. She also, due to the

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pandemic, she began to do works online by Zoom for The Cow Company together with renowned Chilean actors. On December 1, 2020, she launches her first book ''S.o.s Mamis: el libro'' based on the microseries. On November 1, 2021, joined "Who is the mask?" in

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where she was part of the jury / investigation team together with , Macarena Pizarro and Cristián Sánchez for 3 seasons.

Personal life

Formerly married to the Chilean actor

Felipe Braun Felipe Braun Valenzuela (Mexico City, December 3, 1970) is a Chilean actor. In theater, he starred with Antonia Zegers In My Way (2003), a play directed by Achondo that tells the story of a kidnapping; he also participated in the 2005 revival of ...

. She is also known as "Mane" by friends and family.

Filmography

Television

TV shows

* '' La Ruta de Asia'' (2009) - Host

References

External links

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Mane Swett Fans Club CHILE
María Elena Swett Fans club {{DEFAULTSORT:Swett, Maria Elena 1979 births Actresses from Santiago Chilean film actresses Chilean telenovela actresses Chilean television actresses Chilean television presenters Chilean people of English descent Chilean people of Basque descent Living people Chilean women television presenters Chilean television personalities