María Elisa Camargo (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈɾi.a eˈlisa kaˈmaɾɣo]; born in Guayaquil, Ecuador) is an Ecuadorian actress and activist.[1] She began her career competing in The X Factor Colombia. Having studied theatre during her childhood, she decided to knock on doors and began participating in musical telenovelas. This led to her first star role in Latin America, Maria Alegria for Mark of Desire (Telefutura/Univision).
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When Maria moved to Mexico her international acting career took off, obtaining many villain roles in Televisa's primetime shows. She was invited as a star competitor in Univision's Mira Quien Baila and got featured in People en Español's "50 Most Beautiful".
Telemundo signed her as their primetime star, where her series created a new record for the network, beating its direct competitor Univision. Maria's career has evolved to cinema, starring in Dominican movie Los Leones alongside Ozuna. She recently[when?] moved to LA and got her first shot in an American role playing a guest star for Cinemax's Warrior, and starred in the Dominican movie Infatuation.
She played the character of Patricia Teheran in the Colombian telenovela Tarde lo conocí.[1] She also appeared in Bajo el mismo cielo[2] (as Adela Morales, the star in the series). She starred in Telemundo's hit show En otra piel as a double character: Monica Serrano and Adriana Aguilar. Her last participation with Telemundo was on the series El Barón, where she starred as Isabel.
In 2005 she auditioned for El factor X (Colombia's version of The X Factor). After several months of auditions and bootcamp, she reached the main program, under the guidance of Jose Gaviria. She played tracks from artists Lara Fabian, David Bisbal and Shakira.
After El Factor X, Maria Elisa appeared on various RCN programs, eventually landing a role on the telenovela Floricienta playing Natalia. After Floricienta, she was hired to play Mary Joy in the telenovela La Marca del Deseo (The Mark of Desire) with Stephanie Cayo and Alfonso Baptista. This was her first exposure on American television, as La Marca del Deseo was made by RCN for Univision.
In 2009, she participated in the remake of Verano del '98 (Endless Summer) called Verano de amor (Summer of Love) alongside Dulce María in which she plays Isabella Roca the villain of the story. She also played Monica Ledesma in Hasta Que el Dinero Nos Separe (For Love or Money).
In 2010 she portrayed Kristel Ruiz y de Teresa Curiel in the telenovela Llena de Amor (Fill Me With Love) as one of the villains alongside Altair Jarabo and Azela Robinson. In 2013, she portrayed Patricia "Patricia Zorrilla" in Porque el Amor Manda (Because Love rules).
In 2011 she worked in the Telemundo telenovela, Flor Salvaje (Wild Flower) alongside Gregorio Pernia, Carolina Gaitán, Geraldine Zivic, Pedro Palacio, Indhira Serrano, Roberto Manrique, Norkys Batista.
In 2013 she played "Natalie" in the Mexican film Flying Low directed by Beto Gomez.
In 2014 she participated as a Protagonist of Telemundo telenovela En Otra Piel (Part Of Me) along with David Chocarro, Jorge Luis Pila, Vanessa Villela and Laura Flores. In 2015-2016 she became a protagonist of Bajo el mismo cielo (Under the same sky), another telenovela of Telemundo along with Gabriel Porras, Erika de la Rosa, Luis Ernesto Franco and Julio Bracho.[3]
In 2015-2016 she starred in Telemundo telenovela Bajo el Mismo Cielo which got Telemundo a record for beating the ratings of Univisión during 9pm primetime.
In 2017 she played the vallenato legend Patricia Teheran in the Caracol bio-series Tarde Lo Conocí in which she sang live. She also participated in the Ecuadorian film Thin Walls alongside Roberto Manrique.
In 2018 she was the protagonist of Telemundo's super series El Barón, playing Isabel Garcia, the wife of the rising drug lord Nacho Montero. She also participated in HBO Access' short film Unimundo.
In 2019 she played "Elvira", the crazy psychologist, in Caribbean Cinemas/Bou Group film Los Leones alongside Ozuna and Clarissa Molina. She also landed her first American role, guest-starring in HBO/Cinemax Warrior as Marisol Rooker.
Year | Title | Roles | Notes |
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2014 | Volando bajo | Natalie Johnson | |
2016 | Traslúcido | Celeste | |
2018 | Unimundo 45 | María Alejandra | Short film |
2019 | Los Leones | Elvira | |
Year | Title | Roles | Notes |
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2006 | Floricienta | Natalia | |
2007–2008 | La marca del deseo | María Alegria | Main role; 123 episodes |
2009 | Verano de amor | Isabela Roca | Main role; 120 episodes |
2009–2010 | Hasta que el dinero nos separe | Mónica Ledesma | Recurring role; 25 episodes |
2010–2011 | Llena de amor | Kristel Ruiz y de Teresa Curiel | |
2011–2012 | Flor Salvaje | Catalina Larrazabal de Urrieta | |
2012–2013 | Porque el amor manda | Patricia Zorrilla | Main role; 182 episodes |
2014 | En otra piel | Mónica Serrano / Mónica Arriaga / Adriana Aguilar | Main role; 154 episodes |
2015–2016 | Bajo el mismo cielo | Adela Morales | Main role; 122 episodes |
2017–2018 | Tarde lo conocí | Patricia Teherán | Main role; 105 episodes |
2019 | El Barón | Isabel García | Main role; 58 episodes |
2020 | Warrior | Marisol Rooker | Guest Star |
TBA | Juego de mentiras | Adriana Molina | |
Year | Title | Roles | Notes |
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2022 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II | Valeria Garza[4] | voice and motion capture |
Year | Single | Notes |
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2007 | "Dígale" | |
2007 | "Otro Amor Vendrá" | |
2007 | "Las Marías" | Music of the soap opera "La marca del deseo" |
2007 | "Ay amor" | |
2007 | "Tengo una pena" | |
2007 | "Por ti" |
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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2014 | Premios Tu Mundo[5] | |||
Favorite protagonist | En otra piel | Nominated[5] | ||
Soy Sexy and I know it | Herself | Nominated[5] |
Year | Accolade | Category |
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2014 | People en Español[6] | |
Los 50 Más Bellos del 2014 de la revista People en Español[6] |