Carmen Angulo | |
Birth Date: | 17 September 1970 |
Birth Place: | Guayaquil, Ecuador |
Occupation: | Actress |
Carmen Angulo (born September 17, 1970) is an Ecuadorian actress.
Carmen Angulo was born in Guayaquil on September 17, 1970, to an Afro-Ecuadorian family.[1]
She studied social communication at the University of Guayaquil's Faculty of Social Sciences (FACSO), but dropped out in her third year to raise a family.[2]
Angulo's first television appearance was on the telenovela Blanco y negro, with, which was based on the racial problems of Afro-Ecuadorians.[2] This led to roles on the Ecuavisa telenovelas and , working with actresses such as Maricela Gómez, Toty Rodríguez, and Giovanna Andrade.[2]
She was on the dramatization program , and made a special appearance on the telenovela .
On TC Televisión, she played Leticia on the comedy series , and later played Mónica on the telenovela .[3] [4]
She was also a member of the cast of the comedy Los Tostadams, a parody of The Addams Family, which was initially part of the program .[4]
From 2013 to 2015, Angulo appeared on the telenovela Secretarias. On the comic series Los Hijos de Don Juan, she played Madame Trouché. She next had roles in the telenovelas , , and .[5]
In 2007, Angulo was cast in the film El milagro de coromoto, the story of a religious miracle set in 17th-century Venezuela.[6]
In 2011, she appeared in the successful low-budget film , directed by Fernando Mieles.[2]
Angulo is part of the theatrical group Los compadritos del Parque Histórico, which works to preserve the culture of the Montubio and Afro-Ecuadorians.[2]
Angulo is a member of the Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, and taught at a nursery school for the Central Bank's foundation El muchacho trabajador, with the aim of eradicating child labor. She has also given workshops on rights and duties that citizens must fulfill for the .[2]
In 2012, Angulo announced that she, together with model Alexandra Mora and dancer Stalyn Vera, would be opening an art school named MAD in Babahoyo.[3]