Sarah Maritza Mintz (formerly Maritza Rodríguez Gómez , September 1, 1975) is a retired Colombian

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actress and model.

Career

She is best known for her roles as Bárbara Santana in

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’s telenovela ''

Amantes del desierto ''Amantes del Desierto'' (''Desert Lovers''), is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States–based television network Telemundo, RTI Colombia and Caracol Television Caracol is a large ancient Maya archaeological site, loc ...

'' (2001), Cristal Covarrubias in

Venevisión Venevisión () is a Venezuelan free-to-air television channel and one of Venezuela's largest television networks, owned by the Cisneros Media division of Grupo Cisneros. It was founded in 1961 by Diego Cisneros. It is one of the major telenove ...

's telenovela ''

Ángel Rebelde ''Ángel Rebelde'' (in English: rebel angel) is a 2004 Miami, Florida-based telenovela produced by Fonovideo Productions which aired first on Venevisión in Venezuela. Mexican actors Grettel Valdez and Victor Noriega star as the main protago ...

'' (2003), as Marfil Mondragon de Irázabal; Deborah Mondragón de Dávila in Venevisión's telenovela ''

Acorralada ''Acorralada'' (''Trapped'') is an American telenovela produced by Venevisión. Univision aired ''Acorralada'' from January 15, 2007 to October 5, 2007 on weekday afternoons at 2pm/1c. It was rebroadcast in late 2011 through April 2012 on Univisi ...

'' (2007), Sarah Andrade in Telemundo's telenovela ''

El Rostro de Analía ''El Rostro de Analía'' (; ''The Face of Analía'') is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the American-based television network Telemundo. It stars Elizabeth Gutiérrez, Martín Karpan, Maritza Rodríguez and Gabriel Porras, with the ...

'' (2008), Pilar and Raquel Arismendi in Telemundo's telenovela ''

La Casa de al Lado ''La casa de al lado'' (''The House Next Door'') is an American Spanish-language black comedy telenovela produced by the United States–based television network Telemundo. This mystery is a remake of the Chilean telenovela ''La familia de al lado ...

'' (2011), Antonia Villarroel in Telemundo's telenovela ''

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'' (2012), Teresa Cristina Palmer in Telemundo's telenovela ''

Marido En Alquiler ''Marido en alquiler'' is an American telenovela premiered on Telemundo on July 10, 2013, and concluded on January 13, 2014. The telenovela is created by the Venezuelan author Perla Farías, based on the Brazilian drama written by Aguinaldo Si ...

'' (2013), and Silvana Rivapalacios in Telemundo's telenovela ''

Silvana sin lana ''Silvana sin lana'' (stylized as ''Silvana $in lana'') is an American telenovela written by Sandra Velasco for Telemundo. It is an original story by Rodrigo Bastidas and Elena Muñoz, adapted by Sandra Velasco and directed by Luis Manzo and Rica ...

'' (2016).

Personal life

Mintz has three siblings. She speaks

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and

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. She has been married since June 2005 to

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TV executive

Joshua Mintz Joshua David Mintz (born August 22, 1965) is a Mexican TV executive. Mintz has held leadership and production positions in the four most important Hispanic TV networks in the US and Mexico, having worked at Telemundo, Televisa, Univision and TV ...

. Mintz announced on November 11, 2013 on Telemundo's Al Rojo Vivo that she and her husband were expecting twins. On April 13, 2014, she gave birth to twin boys, Akiva and Yehuda. In January 2018, she announced that she had converted to

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and that she changed her name to Sarah Mintz. In 2021, she moved with her family to

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Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mintz, Sarah 1975 births Living people Colombian television actresses Colombian telenovela actresses Converts to Judaism from Roman Catholicism Colombian Jews Colombian emigrants to Israel Actors from Barranquilla