María Adelaida Puerta

María Adelaida Puerta Restrepo (born 11 November 1982, Medellín, Colombia) is a Colombian actress known for her role as 'Catalina' in the Colombian television series Sin tetas no hay paraíso of the Caracol Televisión network and in El Capo of Canal RCN. Both of these roles earned her India Catalina Awards.[1]

María Adelaida Puerta Restrepo
Born (1982-11-11) November 11, 1982 (age 42)
OccupationActress
Years active2000 – present
Notable workSin tetas no hay paraíso
AwardsBest Antagonistic Actress in a Telenovela, Series or Miniseries (India Catalina Awards, 2010)

Best New Actor or Actress of the Year (India Catalina Awards, 2007)

Best Antagonistic Actress in a Telenovela (TVyNovelas Awards Colombia, 2010)

Life

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María Adelaida Puerta Restrepo was born on 11 November 1982 in Medellín, Colombia.

At 19 years old, she left her birth city of to live in Bogotá. There, she studied at the Teatro Libre de Bogotá and La Casa del Teatro Nacional. During this time, she also traveled to multiple countries, where she acquired more tools for her work as an actress.

She worked at Mapa Teatro, under directors Heidi Abderhalden and Rolf Abderhalden. In film, she worked with Felipe Aljure, Ricardo Gabrielli, Klych Lópezn, and Jaime Escallón.

Currently, she is based in México City,[2] where she continues her career as an actress.

For the past 12 years, she has been interested in and has practiced yoga and meditation, which she has said helps her physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. Before leaving Colombia, she spent a year and a half teaching classes in yoga at women's prisons in Bogotá. She continues to teach yoga when she has the time.[citation needed]

Career

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Television

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Among her works in Colombian television, she has acted in Todos quieren con Marilyn (RCN Televisión) as Lina, El vuelo de la cometa as Victoria, and La mujer en el espejo.

Sin tetas no hay paraíso

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In 2006, Caracol acquired the rights to produce the novel Sin tetas no hay paraíso by Colombian screenwriter and novelist Gustavo Bolívar as a television series of the same name. María Adelaida Puerta tried out for the main character of the novel, Catalina. Initially, she was denied the role, with the reasoning that she lacked the necessary qualities. But, when she was going to sign onto another project with RCN, they called her via Caracol and gave her the role.[3]

Puerta's role in Sin tetas no hay paraíso earned her India Catalina Awards’ ‘New Actress of the Year’ award at the 2007 Cartagena de Indias Festival, one of Colombia's most prestigious awards for film and television.

Las profesionales

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In 2007, she participated in Las profesionales from Caracol, in which she played Cassandra, an ambitious, calculating, and latter-climbing professional very different from the naive Catalina.[4]

Montecristo

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By the end of 2007, Caracol launced the telenovela Montecristo, in which Puerta played Victoria Sáenz.

Tiempo final

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In 2008, she starred in the sixth episode of the second season of Fox Latin America's Tiempo final as Viviana. In which she worked alongside David Carradine.

El capo

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In 2009, she was in El capo of RCN Televisión, where she played La Perrys, a faithful lieutenant in the service of 'El Capo Pedro Pablo León Jaramillo' (Marlon Moreno). Thanks to this production, she won Best Antagonistic Actress at the 2010 India Catalina Awards. She also received a Favorite Villain award at the 2010 TVyNovelas awards.

La Mariposa

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In 2012, she starred in La Mariposa, a Fox Telecolombia production for the MundoFox channel in the United States that is broadcast in Colombia by the RCN Channel.

Film

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In film, she worked for Felipe Aljure in El colombian dream and Klych López in the short film Collar de perlas, winner of 'Proyecto 48' Award of the TNT cable channel, and shot in her native Medellín. There, she played Laura, a young woman who earns money working with her voice, leaving phone messages. At one point, she tries to leave this bizarre trade, but it is extremely difficult for her. With Klych López, she played the character Mónica Yamhure in the docufilm Correr o Morir. She was also in the film Cuando Rompen Las Olas by director Riccardo Gabrielli, and starred in the film El Caso Watson by Jaime Escallón.

Roles

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Television

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Year Title Role Channel
2024 Klass 95 Gisella Sepúlveda[5] Caracol Televisión
2022 A grito herido Camila[6] Prime Vídeo
2019-2022 El Inquisidor Aura Bardot[7][8][9] Señal Colombia
2017-2018 La hija pródiga Beatriz Castellanos / Delia Castellanos Azteca Uno
2017 ¡Ay Güey! Kiki de los Monteros Blim
Guerra de ídolos Bárbara Montoya Telemundo
2016 Drunk History: El lado borroso de la historia Wife Llorente Comedy Central
Mujeres asesinas (Colombia) Carmen, the daughter RCN Televisión
La viuda negra 2 Denisse UniMás
2012-2013 El capo 2 Pilar Monroy 'La Perrys' Canal RCN
2012 La Mariposa [es] Alicia Benítez 'La Mariposa'
2011 Mentes en shock Clara Star Channel
2009-2010 El capo Pilar Monroy 'La Perrys' Canal RCN
2008 Sin retorno [es] Manuela, Ep: Humo
Tiempo final Viviana, Ep: Lesbianas Star Premium
2007-2008 Montecristo Victoria Sáenz Caracol Televisión
2006-2007 Las profesionales Kassandra García
2006 Sin tetas no hay paraíso Catalina Santana
2004-2005 La mujer en el espejo Altamira Telemundo
2004-2005 El vuelo de la cometa Victoria Durán Caracol Televisión
Todos quieren con Marilyn Lina Canal RCN
2001-2002 Ecomoda Andrea
2001 Francisco, el Matemático Aurora

Programs

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Year Title Role
2008 Proyecto 48 Host
2005 La Guerra de los Sexos Participant
2004 One night Costa Rica Host

Film

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Year Title Role
2017 El Caso Watson Lieutenant Mariana Prieto
2008 Correr o morir
2007 Collar de perlas María
2006 Cuando rompen las olas Sofía (young)
2005 El colombian dream La súper Nena
2001 Sudadera Doble Faz
2000 Posesión extraterrestre

Theater

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Year Title Director Notes
2012 Habitación 3.3.3 Casa Esamble
2010 Cuatros secretos Performance
2007 The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Heidi and Rolf Abderhalden
2004 Historia de amor by Jean Luc Lagarce Heidi Abderhalden
2002 Muelle Oeste by Bernard-Marie Koltès Rolf Abderhalden Ibero-American Theater Festival of Bogotá
2001 The Imaginary Invalid byMolière Tito Ochoa
2000 Marat-Sade Charlotte Corday Teatro Libre
Bernarda Alba María Josefa

Awards and nominations

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Year Category Telenovela/Series Result
2013 Best Leading Actress in a Series La Mariposa Nominated
Best Antagonistic Actress in a Telenovela El Capo 2 Nominated
2010 Best Antagonistic Actress in a Telenovela El Capo Won
2007 Best Leading Actress in a Telenovela Sin tetas no hay paraíso Nominated
Año Categoría Telenovela/Serie Resultado
2013 Best Leading Actress in a Series or Miniseries La Mariposa Nominated
2010 Best Antagonistic Actress in a Telenovela, Series or Miniseries El Capo Won
2007 Best New Actor or Actress of the Year Sin tetas no hay paraíso Won

References

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  1. ^ "Maria Adelaida Puerta". Diana Camacho Artistas (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Qué pasó con María Adelaida Puerta, la primera Catalina Santana de Sin tetas no hay paraíso | FAMA". Mag. (in Spanish). 26 January 2021. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  3. ^ ""Mi estética es plana. No me operaría"". Semana.com Últimas Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo. 2006-08-19. Archived from the original on 2021-08-28. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  4. ^ "María Adelaida Puerta habla sobre su trabajo". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Este es el elenco de lujo de 'Klass 95', la nueva serie de Caracol que recrea los años 90". pulzo.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2024-08-22. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  6. ^ "Prime Video estrena este viernes 11 A grito herido, serie de Caracol TV que le apuesta al género musical". PRODU.COM (in Spanish). 2022-11-10. Retrieved 2022-11-15.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "El Inquisidor". RTVCPlay (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  8. ^ "¿Quién es el verdadero inquisidor?". Señal Colombia (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  9. ^ "Sumérgete en la nueva experiencia inmersiva de El Cubo Inquisidor". RTVC Sistema de Medios Públicos (in Spanish). 2022-05-02. Archived from the original on 2022-05-03. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
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