Paola Volpato Martín[1] (born August 5, 1969, in Santiago de Chile) is a Chilean actress.

Paola Volpato
Volpato in 2014
Born
Paola Volpato Martín

(1969-08-05) 5 August 1969 (age 55)
OccupationActress
Years active1994–present
SpouseFelipe Castro
Children2

Personal life

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Volpato is married to Chilean actor Felipe Castro with whom she has two children, Simón and Manuel. She is of Italian descent; her grandfather, Gaetano Volpato, was an Italian immigrant from Venice.[2]

Career

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In 1986, she graduated from Scuola Italiana and pursued acting studies at the University of Chile.

She began her career as an actress with a small appearance in Rojo y miel (1994) on Televisión Nacional de Chile. During the following years, she took part in various roles in the cast of María Eugenia Rencoret in productions such as Tic Tac (1997), Aquelarre (1999), Amores de mercado (2001) and Destinos cruzados (2004).

In November 2002, she obtained the prize for best actress, voted by the judges of the international festival of Viña del Mar, for her acting in the movie Tres noches de un sábado.

Volpato has done as many roles in comedy as in dramas. In 2007, she became detective Eva Zanetti in Alguien Te Mira, while in the latter half of the same year she played Blanca del Bosque in Amor por Accidente. In 2008, Paola took part in the soap opera Viuda Alegre, where she played Mariana, ex-wife of the character played by Francisco Reyes. As of 2009, her career took off in the soap opera format, due to her role as "Consuelo Domínguez" in ¿Dónde está Elisa?, the antagonist. She later played "Paloma Subercaseaux" in Los Ángeles de Estela. Since 2014, she established her popularity on television with Pituca sin lucas and became the main actress of the Mega network. In 2022 she won a Produ Award as best supporting actress in a telenovela for Hijos del desierto.[3]

Filmography

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Telenovela Roles
Year Title Role Other notes
1994 Rojo y Miel Isabel Andrade
1995 Juegos de Fuego Javiera Spencer
1996 Loca Piel María Olivia Carter
1997 Tic Tac Jocelyn Miranda
1998 Borrón y Cuenta Nueva María Elena Izquierdo
1999 Aquelarre Gustava Patiño
2001 Amores de Mercado Vicky Tapia
2002 Purasangre Matilde Godoy
2003 Pecadores Aída Echeverría / Elisa Cienfuegos
2004 Destinos Cruzados Cecilia Zamudio
2005 Versus María Elsa Pereira
2006 Disparejas Florencia Aguilar
2007 Alguien Te Mira Eva Zanetti
2007 Amor por Accidente Blanca del Bosque
2008 Viuda Alegre Mariana Huidobro
2009 ¿Dónde Está Elisa? Consuelo Domínguez
2009 Los Angeles de Estela Paloma Subercaseaux
2010 40 y Tantos Loreto Estévez
2011 El Laberinto de Alicia Rebeca Brethauer
2011 Su Nombre es Joaquín Lola Briceño
2012 Reserva de Familia Paula Risopatrón
2013 Socias Monserrat Silva
2014 Pituca Sin Lucas María Teresa "Tichi" Achondo Amunategui First Role on Mega
2016 Pobre Gallo Patricia Flores
2017 - 2018 Perdona nuestros pecados Angela Bulnes
2019 Isla Paraíso Carolina Miranda / Celeste Miranda
2021 Edificio Corona Ágata Cárdenas
2022 Hijos del desierto Antonia Williams

TV series

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Films

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Theater

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References

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  1. ^ "Hoy rompe el rating | CARAS". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-07-17. Hoy Rompe el Silencio. Revista CARAS
  2. ^ http://www.lanacion.cl/prontus_noticias/site/artic/20070721/pags/20070721184535.html Paola Volpato: "Soy Asquerosamente Frívola"
  3. ^ "Premios PRODU". premiosprodu.com. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
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