María Elisa Camargo Explained

María Elisa Camargo
Birth Name:María Elisa Camargo Ardila
Birth Date:21 December 1985
Birth Place:Guayaquil, Ecuador
Years Active:2006–present

María Elisa Camargo (pronounced as /es/; born in Guayaquil, Ecuador) is a Colombian-Ecuadorian actress and activist. She started out as a contestant on The X Factor Colombia. She began appearing in musical telenovelas after studying theatre as a child. Her first leading part in a Latin American film, Maria Alegria for Mark of Desire (Telefutura/Univision), resulted from this.

Camargo's international acting career took off when she relocated to Mexico; she landed numerous villain roles in Televisa's primetime programs. She received an invitation to compete as a star in Univision's Mira Quien Baila and was named one of the "50 Most Beautiful" by People en Español.

She was hired by Telemundo to be their primetime star, and her show broke all previous records for the network, defeating Univision. With Ozuna as her co-star in the Dominican film Los Leones, Camargo's career has transitioned to the silver screen. She went to Los Angeles lately and received her first American acting opportunity as a guest actor for Cinemax's Warrior. She also acted in the Dominican film 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: Mónica Serrano and Adriana Aguilar. Her last participation with Telemundo was on the series El Barón, where she starred as Isabel.

Career

Camargo tried out for Colombia's version of The X Factor, El factor X in 2005. Under Jose Gaviria's direction, she entered the main program after several months of bootcamp and auditions. She played music by Shakira, David Bisbal, and Lara Fabian.

Following El Factor X, Camargo made appearances on a number of RCN shows before being cast as Natalia in the telenovela Floricienta. She was cast as Mary Joy in the telenovela La Marca del Deseo (The Mark of Desire), starring Stephanie Cayo and Alfonso Baptista, after Floricienta. La Marca del Deseo, a program produced by RCN for Univision, was her debut appearance on American television.

Alongside Dulce María, she took part in the 2009 version of Verano del '98 (Endless Summer), titled Verano de amor (Summer of Love), in which she portrays Isabella Roca, the antagonist of the narrative. In the film Hasta Que el Dinero Nos Separe (For Love or Money), she also portrayed Monica Ledesma.She played Kristel Ruiz y de Teresa Curiel, one of the antagonists in the 2010 telenovela Llena de Amor (Filled With Love), against Altair Jarabo and Azela Robinson. She played Patricia "Patricia Zorrilla" in the 2013 film Porque el Amor Manda (Because Love rules).

She co-starred with Gregorio Pernia, Carolina Gaitán, Geraldine Zivic, Pedro Palacio, Indhira Serrano, Roberto Manrique, Norkys Batista in the Telemundo serial Flor Salvaje (Wild Flower) in 2011.

In 2013, she portrayed "Natalie" in Beto Gomez-directed Mexican film Flying Low.

She co-starred in the 2014 Telemundo telenovela En Otra Piel (Part of Me) as the protagonist alongside David Chocarro, Jorge Luis Pila, Vanessa Villela and Laura Flores. She was cast as the lead in Bajo el mismo cielo (Under the same sky), a Telemundo telenovela that also starred Gabriel Porras, Erika de la Rosa, Luis Ernesto Franco and Julio Bracho, in the 2015–2016 season.[3]

She starred in the Telemundo telenovela Bajo el Mismo Cielo between 2015–2016, which set a record for Telemundo by outperforming Univisión in the 9–pm primetime slot.

She sang live vocals while portraying the vallenato legend Patricia Teheran in the 2017 Caracol bio-series Tarde Lo Conoc. She and Roberto Manrique both appeared in the Ecuadorian movie Thin Walls.

In 2018, she starred as Isabel Garcia, the wife of aspiring drug king Nacho Montero, in Telemundo's superseries El Barón. She additionally took part in the HBO Access short film Unimundo.

In 2019, In Caribbean Cinemas/Bou Group film Los Leones, she costarred with Ozuna and Clarissa Molina as "Elvira," the deranged psychologist. Additionally, she won her first American part as Marisol Rooker in the HBO/Cinemax Warrior guest appearance.

She portrayed "Valeria Garza" also known as "El Sin Nombre" in the 2022 video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II. Her character is a Mexican drug lord and the head of the Las Almas Cartel doing business with Iranian terrorists.

Filmography

Film roles
Year Title Roles Notes
2014Volando bajoNatalie Johnson
2016TraslúcidoCeleste
2018Unimundo 45María AlejandraShort film
2019Los LeonesElvira
Television roles
Year Title Roles Notes
2006FloricientaNatalia
2007–2008La marca del deseoMaría AlegriaMain role; 123 episodes
2009Verano de amorIsabela RocaMain role; 120 episodes
2009–2010Hasta que el dinero nos separeMónica LedesmaRecurring role; 25 episodes
2010–2011Llena de amorKristel Ruiz y de Teresa Curiel
2011–2012Flor SalvajeCatalina Larrazabal de Urrieta
2012–2013Porque el amor mandaPatricia ZorrillaMain role; 182 episodes
2014En otra pielMónica Serrano / Mónica Arriaga / Adriana AguilarMain role; 154 episodes
2015–2016Bajo el mismo cieloAdela MoralesMain role; 122 episodes
2017–2018Tarde lo conocíPatricia TeheránMain role; 105 episodes
2019El BarónIsabel GarcíaMain role; 58 episodes
2020WarriorMarisol RookerGuest Star
2023Juego de mentirasAdriana MolinaMain role
Video games
Year Title Roles Notes
2022Call of Duty: Modern Warfare IIValeria Garza[4] Facial, motion capture & voice acting
2023Playable character, facial, motion capture & voice acting

Discography

Singles
Year Single Notes
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"

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
2014Premios Tu Mundo[5]
Favorite protagonistEn otra piel
Soy Sexy and I know itHerself

Accolades

YearAccoladeCategory
2014People en Español[6]
Los 50 Más Bellos del 2014 de la revista People en Español

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Caracol TV Tarde lo Conoci. es.
  2. Web site: Bajo El Mismo Cielo Capítulo 122. es.
  3. News: María Elisa Camargo: "Nunca me había sentido tan deseada profesionalmente". November 5, 2018. Fucsia.
  4. Web site: Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 cast and voice actors . October 20, 2022 . Joe Apsey . 20 Oct 2022 . The Loadout . English.
  5. Web site: Lista de finalistas a los Premios Tu Mundo 2014 . August 15, 2014 . Terra Network . Entretenimiento Terra . Spanish.
  6. Web site: María Elisa Camargo entre los 50 Más Bellos de 'People'. August 15, 2014 . El Universo . Spanish.