María Paz Bascuñán Aylwin (, 2 June 1975), commonly known as Paz Bascuñán, is a
Chile
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an
theatre
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,
film
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and
television actress
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. Daughter of politician
Mariana Aylwin and granddaughter of
Chile
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's former president
Patricio Aylwin
Patricio Aylwin Azócar (; 26 November 1918 – 19 April 2016) was a Chilean politician from the Christian Democratic Party of Chile, Christian Democratic Party, lawyer, author, professor and former senator. He was the 30th president of Chil ...
, and has more than two descents, her
Basque
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* Basque language, their language
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* Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France
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descent being recognized in 2002.
Biography
She studied theatre in
Universidad Católica de Chile
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and made her debut in
Cerro Alegre from
canal 13 (1999). In 2001, she made an appearance in the telenovela ''
Piel Canela'' (2001) from
canal 13 together with the protagonist
Benjamin Vicuña.
In 2003, she switched to
TVN with the telenovela ''
Puertas Adentro'' (2004). She took the role of the daughter of a businessman, Javiera Martinez, who falls in love with a normal guy Jonathan Cárdenas (
Ricardo Fernández) and she becomes pregnant, ''
Los Pincheira'' (2004), ''
Los Capo'' (2005), ''
Cómplices
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'' (2006), ''
Corazón de María
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'' (2007) and more recently in ''
Viuda Alegre'' (2008).
In theater she became famous with the show ''Esa relación tan delicada'' (2002–2005) from the French author
Loleh Bellon
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.
Her cinema appearances have been: ''Pretendiendo'' (2006) directed by Claudio Dabed, ''Santos'' (2007) directed by Nicolás López and ''Normal con Alas'' (2007) directed by Coca Gómez.
Filmography
Telenovelas
* 1999 – ''
Cerro Alegre'' (
Canal 13) - Heidi Astudillo
* 2001 – ''
Piel Canela'' (
Canal 13) - Marcela Moreno
* 2003 – ''
Puertas Adentro'' (
TVN) - Javiera Martínez
* 2004 – ''
Los Pincheira'' (
TVN) - Trinidad Molina
* 2005 – ''
Los Capo'' (
TVN) - Millarhaü
* 2006 – ''
Cómplices
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'' (
TVN) - Francisca Durán
* 2007 – ''
Corazón de María
Corazón (Spanish "heart") may refer to:
Film and TV
* Corazón (film), ''Corazón'' (film), a 1947 Argentine film
* Corazon, an Criminal Minds (season 6), episode from season 6, of ''Criminal Minds''
* Corazon, the alias of a minor character in ...
'' (
TVN) - Yasna Ceballos
* 2008 – ''
Viuda Alegre'' (
TVN)- Sofia Valdevenito
* 2009 – ''
Los exitosos Pells'' (
TVN) - Daniela Caminero
* 2010 – ''
Martín Rivas'' (
TVN) - Mercedes Rivas
* 2012/2014 – ''
Soltera otra vez
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Its first episode was released on 27 May 2012. The second season was releas ...
'' (
Canal 13) - Cristina Moreno
* 2016/2017 – ''
Preciosas'' (
Canal 13) - Frida Segovia / Estrella Anís
* 2020 – ''
S.O.S. MAMIS'' - Trini
* 2021 – ''
Demente'' - Teresa Betancourt
Films
* 2006 –
Pretendiendo - Fernanda
* 2007 –
Santos - Presentadora telediario
* 2007 –
Normal con Alas - Pascuala Cortazar
* 2010 –
Que pena tu vida - Mariana Vargas
* 2012 –
Aftershock
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- Pregnant woman
* 2013 –
The Green Inferno - Lucia
* 2016 –
Sin Filtro - Pía Vargas
* 2018 –
No estoy loca - Carolina
* 2019 –
Dulce familia
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- Ale
* 2020 –
Cosas de Hombres - Nati
* 2022 - ''
S.O.S. Mamis: La película'' - Trini
* 2022 Me vuelves Loca - Silvia
* 2023 - ''
S.O.S. Mamis 2: Mosquita muerta'' - Trini
Series
* 2004 –
Loco Por Ti (
TVN)
* 2004 –
La Vida es una Lotería
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(
TVN) - Mechita
* 2009 –
Una pareja dispareja (
TVN) - Cassandra
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bascunan, Paz
1975 births
Living people
Actresses from Santiago, Chile
Chilean stage actresses
Chilean film actresses
Chilean telenovela actresses
Chilean television actresses
Chilean people of Basque descent
Chilean people of Croatian descent
Chilean people of Irish descent
Chilean people of Italian descent
Chilean people of Welsh descent
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile alumni
Aylwin family
Chilean television personalities