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Catalina Sandino Moreno Profile |
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Birth Date: April 19, 1981
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Birth Place: Bogota, Colombia
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Birth Name: Catalina Sandino Moreno
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Height: 5'7"
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Biography |
Catalina Sandino Moreno is an Academy Award-nominated
Colombian actor.
Sandino was born in Bogotá, Colombia to a pathologist mother
and a cattle breeder/veterinarian father. Before becoming an
actress, she studied advertising at Pontificia Universidad
Javeriana in Bogotá. She relocated to New York City in 2004,
after she was "discovered" at the Rubén Di Pietro acting
school in Bogotá. She was then referred to a casting
audition for the 2004 film Maria Full of Grace where she
beat over 900 girls for the lead role. Sandino's role in
this movie made her the first Colombian nominated for an
Academy Award and 3rd Latin American Actress.
Sandino has lived with motion picture electrician David
Elwell from 2004 to the present, whom she met working on
Maria Full of Grace. She married him on April 15, 2006 in a
small ceremony held in Cartagena de Indias. She was in New
York when she heard on TV that she was nominated for Best
Actress in the 2004 Oscar race for her role in Maria Full of
Grace.
Sandino is expecting a first child with husband David
Elwell. |
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Other
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Took acting classes at a Bogotá (Colombia) theater before
getting "discovered" by an anonymous supporter who referred
her name to the casting agent for Maria Full of Grace
(2004).
Studied advertising at a college in Colombia before moving
to New York City around 2003.
Lives with David Elwell (2002-present).
Reads Spanish books because she misses hearing the language
back home in Colombia.
She is the first Colombian to be nominated for an Academy
Award
Mother is a pathologist.
Went to a British school in Bogota, Colombia.
Was in NY when she heard on TV that she was nominated for
Best Actress in the 2005 Oscar for her role in Maria Full of
Grace (2004).
Went to Saint George's School in Bogotá, Colombia
Was one of People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" in
2005
Invited to join AMPAS in 2005.
Became interested in theater and stage at a very young age.
Became the first actress ever to be nominated to Best
Actress at the Oscars for a role that is spoken entirely in
Spanish.
Won Best Actress at the 2004 Cartagena Film Festival in her
home country Colombia.
In the future Catalina would love to work with Pedro
Almodóvar and Alejandro Amenábar.
Is a huge fan of Ang Lee and would love to work with him in
the future.
Her favorite actors are Javier Bardem, Gael García Bernal ,
Cate Blanchett and Frances McDormand.
Very good friends with Ethan Hawke.
One of very few actors to receive an Academy Award
nomination for their debut performance. |
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since December 8, 2008