Alejandra Barros (born Alejandra Barros del Campo on August 11, 1971) is a Mexican actress. She is best known for her role in

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's telenovela Mariana de la Noche (2003).

Biography

Barros studied in New York in ''The Lee Strasberg Theater Institute'' to study acting; she later transferred over to ''Actors Studio Film & T.V School'' where she studied film and television, and in the ''

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'', tap and jazz. After living a couple of years in

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, Barros moved back to

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and enrolled in an acting school to brush-up her acting skills. After having studied acting and film, Barros received her first opportunity to act in the

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''Huracán'', sharing credits with

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and

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. She later came to act in telenovelas such as ''Locura de Amor'', a production led by Roberto Gómez Fernández. Her first stage role was ''Malcom y su lucha contra los Eunucos'', by director Alejandro Bichir, presented at the festival of theater in

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, Spain. Other stage work includes the Mexican adaptation of Patrick Marber's play, '' Closer'' alongside

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. In 2009/2010, Barros co-starred with

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's '' Same Time Next Year''. After working in Mexican television for several years, Barros was given her first starring role in the 2003 telenovela '' Mariana de la Noche'' where she essayed the title character with

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as her leading man. In 2006, Barros co-starred in the Mexican telenovela remake of 1986's '' El Camino Secreto'', now titled ''

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'' opposite

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. Both versions were written by Jose Rendon. In 2008/2009, she appeared with

in '' Alma de Hierro''. She teamed up with Camacho and Jones once again in 2010's critically acclaimed '' Para Volver a Amar'' by Gómez Fernández and Giselle González, where she portrayed Bárbara Mantilla, the suffering, yet flighty and carefree wife of an abusive alcoholic. For her efforts, Barros won the award for Best Actress in a Co-Starring Role given by '' Revista TV y Novelas'' in their annual Premios gala on March 6, 2011. Also in 2010, Alejandra Barros co-starred with

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in the romantic comedy '' No Eres Tu, Soy Yo'' which went on to become one of the highest-grossing films in Mexican cinema history. In 2013, Alejandra Barros acted in Carlos Moreno Laguillo's telenovela: ''

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''. A year later, she joined the production of Mapat Lopez Zatarain in '' La sombra del pasado'', giving life to the main antagonist Candela Rivero de Mendoza. In 2015, she joined the production of Carlos Moreno Laguillo's ''

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'', again as the main antagonist Julieta Olmedo Rodriguez de Cordova. In 2016, she won the lead role in the series '' Mujeres de negro''.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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Alejandra Barros
at the Telenovela Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Barros, Alejandra 1971 births Living people Mexican telenovela actresses Mexican television actresses Mexican film actresses Mexican stage actresses Actresses from Mexico City 20th-century Mexican actresses 21st-century Mexican actresses