Paola Rey Explained

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.

Biography

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. .

Personal life

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.

Career

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]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleCharacterChannelNotes
1996-1998Fuego verdeGracielaCanal 1 / Canal A
1998Sin límitesCamila
1998-1999Corazón prohibido Paola AndreaCanal A185 episodes
1999-2000¿Por qué diablos? Jazmín "Jaz" Cordero Canal 1126 episodes
2000-2001La Baby Sister Fabiana Estrella Rivera ChitivaTelemundo160 episodes
2003–presentPasión de Gavilanes Jimena Elizondo Acevedo Telemundo / Caracol Televisión
2004-2005La mujer en el espejoJuliana Soler / Maritza Ferrer / Bárbara MontesinosTelemundo / Caracol Televisión155 episodes
2006-2007Amores de mercadoLucía Savater Martínez de LeyraTelemundo123 episodes
DecisionesTelemundo / Caracol Televisión
2007-2008MontecristoTeresa Lezama / Venus Sáenz Cervantes / Cecilia Cervantes de Sáenz Caracol Televisión150 episodes
2009-2010Las detectivas y el Víctor María Isabel "Chabela" Rodríguez GutiérrezRCN Televisión145 episodes
2012-2013Pobres RicoMariela SiachoqueRCN Televisión120 episodes
2015-2016Sala de urgencias Carolina HernándezRCN Televisión131 episodes
2019The Mafia DollsBrenda NavarreteCaracol Televisión / Netflix118 episodes

Movies

YearMovieCharacterDirector
2002Como el gato y el ratón Giovanna CristanchoRodrigo Triana
2014EspejosIngaCésar Manzano
2017La Man CavePaoRiccardo Gabrielli R.
2019SofíaSofíaFamor Botero

Notes and References

  1. Morales, Magaly, "New Telemundo novela has a modern feel", South Florida Sun-Sentinel (April 4, 2001)
  2. Morales, Magaly, "The beauty of Telemund's Pasion is only skin deep", South Florida Sun-Sentinel(October 22, 2003) p 3E
  3. Morales, Magaly "Magic Mirror's on the wall", South Florida Sun-Sentinel (November 29, 2004) p 3E
  4. O'Hara, Lilia, "When one makes art, one can't please everyone", San Diego Union-Tribune (June 10, 2004)p Night D.
  5. Gates, Anita (September 9, 2004) "Hagiography of a Drug Lord". The New York Times.
  6. "Magazines aiming at minority men", Philadelphia Inquirer (November 3, 2005) Features, D01
  7. http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/news/article_3702.php/Kelly_Preston_Fronts_Neutrogena Wray, James, "Kelly Preston fronts Neutrogena", Monsters & Critics (January 20, 2005)