Angely Gaviria is a Colombian actress who is currently starring in the

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Always a Witch ''Always a Witch'' () is a Colombian television series starring Angely Gaviria, Sofia Bernal Araujo, Dylan Fuentes, Valeria Henríquez, Carlos Quintero with Lenard Vanderaa. The plot revolves around Carmen Eguiluz (Angely Gaviria), a witch and s ...

'' as Carmen Eguiluz. Her previous works include the series ''

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'' (about boxer

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Background

Gaviria grew up in La María neighborhood of

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with her parents and two younger brothers. She became interested in modeling at age 14 and won second place in the 'Miss Afro-Descendant' contest. At age 16 she won the "Señorita Afrodescendiente" contest. She won a scholarship to study engineering at the

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and moved there with her family. Her acting career started with roles as an extra in ''

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'' for the Caracol Television Network. Her first acting role was as Ina in

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's sci-fi series ''

''. Her next role was as Julia Cervantes in ''

'', a biopic about boxer

. She was in the second semester of engineering when 'Pambelé' completed. She switched to studying acting and ballet. In 2019 she landed the lead role of Carmen in the

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series ''

'' (aka 'Siempre Bruja').

Reception

Reviewing her performance in ''Always a Witch'', Vox wrote "Angely Gaviria is, by far, the main reason to watch Siempre Bruja. ... Her Carmen is vulnerable, optimistic, headstrong, and flawed." Writing about the show for

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, Kristen Lopez said that Gaviria was "probably the one thing that keeps 'Siempre Bruja' afloat", Manuel Betancourt described her as "wonderful and expressive" and Kathia Woods said "One of the reasons we are rooting for Carmen is because of Angely’s performance".Danielli Marzouca wrote "The best part of the whole show is Angely Gaviria performance of Carmen."

Background

Reception

Filmography

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