| Paola Rey | |
| Birth Name: | Paola Andrea Rey Arciniegas |
| Birth Date: | 19 December 1979 |
| Birth Place: | San Gil, Santander, Colombia |
| Nationality: | Colombian |
| Years Active: | 1996-present |
| Children: | 2 |
Paola Andrea Rey Arciniegas (born December 19, 1979, in San Gil, Santander, Colombia) is a Colombian actress and model.
Paola Andrea Rey Arciniegas was born on December 19, 1979, in San Gil, Santander, Colombia. She is the daughter of José Domingo Rey and Cecilia Arciniegas. Paola has two siblings – a sister, Alexandra Rey Arciniegas and a brother, José Alberto Rey Arciniegas. Initially, she was interested in pursuing Industrial engineering. However, she let go of her pursuit after being cast in a telenovela in 1996, with no previous acting experience. .
On June 5, 2010, she married the Colombian actor Juan Carlos Vargas. In July 2013, she gave birth to the couple's first child - a boy, named Oliver Vargas Rey. In May 2018, she gave birth to a second son, called Leo Vargas Rey.
Rey is close friends with the Venezuelan actor, Juan Alfonso Baptista.
She has worked in a number of Colombian telenovelas, including La Baby Sister,[1] Pasión de Gavilanes,[2] and La mujer en el espejo.[3]
She has appeared in several films, including Como el gato y el raton, which won awards in several international festivals,[4] and The Private Archives of Pablo Escobar.[5]
She also works as a model, appearing on the cover of the Fall 2005 edition of "Fuego",[6] and has been the face of Neutrogena.[7]
| Year | Title | Character | Channel | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-1998 | Fuego verde | Graciela | Canal 1 / Canal A | |
| 1998 | Sin límites | Camila | ||
| 1998-1999 | Corazón prohibido | Paola Andrea | Canal A | 185 episodes |
| 1999-2000 | ¿Por qué diablos? | Jazmín "Jaz" Cordero | Canal 1 | 126 episodes |
| 2000-2001 | La Baby Sister | Fabiana Estrella Rivera Chitiva | Telemundo | 160 episodes |
| 2003–present | Pasión de Gavilanes | Jimena Elizondo Acevedo | Telemundo / Caracol Televisión | |
| 2004-2005 | La mujer en el espejo | Juliana Soler / Maritza Ferrer / Bárbara Montesinos | Telemundo / Caracol Televisión | 155 episodes |
| 2006-2007 | Amores de mercado | Lucía Savater Martínez de Leyra | Telemundo | 123 episodes |
| Decisiones | Telemundo / Caracol Televisión | |||
| 2007-2008 | Montecristo | Teresa Lezama / Venus Sáenz Cervantes / Cecilia Cervantes de Sáenz | Caracol Televisión | 150 episodes |
| 2009-2010 | Las detectivas y el Víctor | María Isabel "Chabela" Rodríguez Gutiérrez | RCN Televisión | 145 episodes |
| 2012-2013 | Pobres Rico | Mariela Siachoque | RCN Televisión | 120 episodes |
| 2015-2016 | Sala de urgencias | Carolina Hernández | RCN Televisión | 131 episodes |
| 2019 | The Mafia Dolls | Brenda Navarrete | Caracol Televisión / Netflix | 118 episodes |
| Year | Movie | Character | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Como el gato y el ratón | Giovanna Cristancho | Rodrigo Triana |
| 2014 | Espejos | Inga | César Manzano |
| 2017 | La Man Cave | Pao | Riccardo Gabrielli R. |
| 2019 | Sofía | Sofía | Famor Botero |