Catalina Sandino Moreno (born April 19, 1981) is a Colombian actress. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Maria Full of Grace (2004).
Life and career
Sandino Moreno was born in Bogotá, Colombia to a pathologist mother and a cattle breeder/veterinarian father. She went to Saint George's School in Bogota where she graduated in 2000. Before becoming an actress, she studied advertising at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá. She relocated to New York City in 2004, after she was noticed for her talent 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 Moreno's role in this movie made her the second South American and third Hispanic actress nominated for an Academy Award.In 2006 she played roles in Fast Food Nation and Paris, je t'aime. In 2008 she appeared alongside Benicio del Toro in Steven Soderberghs Che Part One: The Argentine and Che Part Two: Guerrilla, playing the role of Aleida March de Guevara. She played the role of female Vampire Maria in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010), based on the novel of the same name by Stephenie Meyer.
Personal life
Sandino Moreno lived with motion picture electrician David Elwell from 2002 to 2008,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.Fun Facts
Took acting classes at a
Bogot? (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 Bogot?, 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 Almod?var and Alejandro Amen?bar.
Is a huge fan of Ang Lee and would love to work with him in the future.
Her favorite actors are Javier Bardem, Gael Garc?a 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.
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 Bogot?, 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 Almod?var and Alejandro Amen?bar.
Is a huge fan of Ang Lee and would love to work with him in the future.
Her favorite actors are Javier Bardem, Gael Garc?a 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.
Filmography
Awards and nominations
- Sandino received a nomination for Best Actress at the 77th Academy Awards.
- Sandino received a nomination for Best Actress at the 11th Screen Actors Guild Awards.
- 2005 Best Female Lead Award in the Independent Spirit Awards.
- 2004 Silver Berlin Bear for Best Actress in the Berlin International Film Festival.
- 2004 Most Promising Performer in the Chicago Film Critics Association Awards.
- 2004 Breakthrough Award in the Gotham Awards.
- 2004 New generation Award in the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards.
- 2005 Golden Space Needle Award for Best Actress in the Seattle International Film Festival.
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