Maite Orsini Pascal (born February 23, 1988, in

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, Chile) is a Chilean lawyer and

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, and former actress and model. Beginning in 2017, she has represented the 9th District in the

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Acting career

Maite has played important roles in different TV series such as ''Los Venegas'' (1994–1997) and ''Fuera de control'' (1999). During her teenage years, she appeared in a vast number of commercials and got a few modeling gigs. She also appeared on the reality TVshow ''Amor ciego II'' and on another show called Yingo during May 2009. As of October 2009 she joined the cast of

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, a reality TV game show where contestants compete to win cash and other prizes . Besides Calle7, she was also a contestant on Circo de estrellas (as a replacement for

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), but then decided to leave for personal problems. On June 5, 2010, she and Francisco Rodriguez won the third season of

, and walked away with a monetary prize of six million Chilean pesos for both contestants. She also collaborated with other members of Calle7 in producing the show's first CD album in which she starred in two of the song tracks; one called ''"Me vuelvo loca"''and the other ''"No lo puedo evitar"''. In 2010, Maite competed for "Queen of the

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in Colina" but remained first runner up after being defeated by Pamela Diaz. In October 2010 it was announced that Maite and Francisco "Chapu" Puelles would travel to the United States of America, as part of a special report for the program ''"Buenos días a todos"''. She left Calle 7 in November 2010, because she wanted to dedicate more time to school. In 2011, Orsini will star in a TVN series called ''El Laberindo de Alicia'', playing the character of Dolores.

Personal life

Her parents are Ricardo Orsini and Maite Pascal, they are separated.

Filmography

Teleseries

Realities

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Maite Orsini becomes the most voted deputy in District 9
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