| Paulina Gálvez | |
| Birth Date: | September 14, 1965 |
| Birth Place: | Santiago de Chile, Chile |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Spouse: | Alexis Valdés (divorced) |
| Website: | https://www.paulinagalvez.com/ |
Paulina Gálvez (born September 14, 1969) is a Chilean-Spanish actress.
She was born in Santiago to a Spanish mother and a father, both economists. She was raised in Madrid from the age of eight and started her artistic career as a flamenco dancer in several companies in Spain (Carmen Cortes, Zambra). She later moved to film, getting the lead role in her first audition for the film Bazar Viena alongside Alfredo Landa. After few years working in film and television, Paulina worked in theatre with the famous experimental Catalan group Els Joglars, from Barcelona. Since then she has played more than 90 different characters ranging from comedic to dramatic in theater, films and television, with renowned directors and actors such as Carlos Saura, Javier Bardem, Federico Luppi, Mel Gibson, James Spader, among many others.
In 2000, she played Marta, the Gypsy servant in the American series Queen of Swords for Paramount Television and, along with Tessie Santiago, was one of only two actors to appear in all 22 episodes of the TV series filmed at Texas Hollywood, Almería, Spain. She later appeared in the series Dueños del Paraíso for Telemundo, starring Kate del Castillo, and in the production for Atresmedia, La embajada. In 2018 she was cast as Catalina in the television series based on the film The Purge, produced by Blumhouse for the USA Network. She was a regular character in the TV series Panhandle and appears in the gran finale episode of The Blacklist.
Arts and Entertainment Critics Awards, Chile
2004 NominatedAPES Award Best Actress (Mejor actriz)Sub terra (2003)
Biarritz International Festival of Latin American Cinema
2003 WonBest Actress Sub terra (2003)
Goya Awards
1998 NominatedGoya Best New Actress (Mejor Actriz Revelación)Retrato de mujer con hombre al fondo (1997)
Lleida Latin-American Film Festival
2004 WonBest Actress Sub terra (2003)