María Elisa Camargo

María Elisa Camargo (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈɾi.a eˈlisa kaˈmaɾɣo]; born in Guayaquil, Ecuador) is an Ecuadorian actress and activist.[1] She began her career competing in The X Factor Colombia. From that moment she knew she would devote her life to entertainment. Having studied theatre during her childhood, she decided to knock on doors and began participating in musical telenovelas. This led to her first star role in Latin America, Maria Alegria for "Mark of Desire" (Telefutura/Univision).

Maria Elisa Camargo
Maria Elisa Camargo in press conference for "El Baron"
Born	Maria Elisa Camargo Ardila December 21, 1985 Guayaquil, Ecuador
Occupation	Actress singer model
Years active	2006–present

When Maria moved to Mexico her international acting career took off, obtaining many villain roles in Televisa's primetime shows. She was invited as a star competitor in Univision's “Mira Quien Baila” and got featured in People en Español's “50 Most Beautiful”.

Telemundo signed her as their primetime star, where her series created a new record for the network, beating its direct competitor Univision. Maria's career has evolved to cinema, starring in Dominican movie “Los Leones” alongside Ozuna. She recently moved to LA and got her first shot in an American role playing a guest star for Cinemax's “Warrior”, and starred in the Dominican movie “Infatuation”.

She played the character of Patricia Teheran in the Colombian telenovela "Tarde lo Conocí".[1] She also appeared in the 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: Monica Serrano and Adriana Aguilar. Her last participation with Telemundo was on the series "El Baron", where she starred as Isabel.

Career

In 2005 she auditioned for El factor X (Colombia's version of The X Factor). After several months of auditions and bootcamp, she reached the main program, under the guidance of Jose Gaviria. She played tracks from artists Lara Fabian, David Bisbal and Shakira.

After El Factor X, Maria Elisa appeared on various RCN programs, eventually landing a role on the telenovela Floricienta playing Natalia. After Floricienta, she was hired to play Mary Joy in the telenovela La Marca del Deseo (The Mark of Desire) with Stephanie Cayo and Alfonso Baptista. This was her first exposure on American television, as La Marca del Deseo was made by RCN for Univision.

In 2009, she participated in the remake of Verano del '98 (Endless Summer) called Verano de amor (Summer of Love) alongside Dulce María in which she plays Isabella Roca the villain of the story. She also played Monica Ledesma in Hasta Que el Dinero Nos Separe (For Love or Money).

Maria Elisa Camargo during premiere of "Los Leones" in 2019.

In 2010 she portrayed Kristel Ruiz y de Teresa Curiel in the telenovela Llena de Amor (Fill Me With Love) as one of the villains alongside Altair Jarabo and Azela Robinson. In 2013, she portrayed Patricia "Patricia Zorrilla" in Porque el Amor Manda (Because Love rules).

In 2011 she worked in the Telemundo telenovela, Flor Salvaje (Wild Flower) alongside Gregorio Pernia, Carolina Gaitán, Geraldine Zivic, Pedro Palacio, Indhira Serrano, Roberto Manrique, Norkys Batista.

In 2013 she played "Natalie" in the Mexican film "Flying Low" directed by Beto Gomez.

In 2014 she participated as a Protagonist of Telemundo telenovela En Otra Piel (Part Of Me) along with David Chocarro, Jorge Luis Pila, Vanessa Villela and Laura Flores. In 2015-2016 she became a protagonist of Bajo el mismo cielo (Under the same sky) another telenovela of telemundo along with Gabriel Porras, Erika de la Rosa, Luis Ernesto Franco and Julio Bracho.[3]

In 2015-2016 she starred in Telemundo telenovela "Bajo el Mismo Cielo" which got Telemundo a record for beating the ratings of Univisión during 9pm primetime.

In 2017 she played the vallenato legend Patricia Teheran in the Caracol bio-series "Tarde Lo Conocí" in which she sang live. She also participated in the Ecuadorian film "Thin Walls" alongside Roberto Manrique.

In 2018 she was the protagonist of Telemundo's super series "El Barón", playing Isabel Garcia, the wife of the rising drug lord Nacho Montero. She also participated in HBO Access' shortfilm "Unimundo".

In 2019 she played "Elvira", the crazy psychologist that caused big conflict in Caribbean Cinemas/Bou Group film "Los Leones" alongside Ozuna and Clarissa Molina. She also landed her first American role, guest starring in HBO/Cinemax "Warrior" as Marisol Rooker.

Filmography

Film roles

Year	Title	Roles	Notes
2014	Volando bajo	Natalie Johnson
2016	Traslúcido	Celeste
2018	Unimundo 45	María Alejandra	Short film
2019	Los Leones	Elvira

Television roles

Year	Title	Roles	Notes
2006	Floricienta	Natalia
2007–2008	La marca del deseo	María Alegria	Main role; 123 episodes
2009	Verano de amor	Isabela Roca	Main role; 120 episodes
2009–2010	Hasta que el dinero nos separe	Mónica Ledesma	Recurring role; 25 episodes
2010–2011	Llena de amor	Kristel Ruiz y de Teresa Curiel
2011–2012	Flor Salvaje	Catalina Larrazabal de Urrieta
2012–2013	Porque el amor manda	Patricia Zorrilla	Main role; 182 episodes
2014	En otra piel	Mónica Serrano / Mónica Arriaga / Adriana Aguilar	Main role; 154 episodes
2015–2016	Bajo el mismo cielo	Adela Morales	Main role; 122 episodes
2017–2018	Tarde lo conocí	Patricia Teherán	Main role; 105 episodes
2019	El Barón	Isabel García	Main role; 58 episodes
2020	Warrior	Marisol Rooker	Guest Star

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

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2014	Premios Tu Mundo[4]
		Favorite protagonist	En otra piel	Nominated[4]
		Soy Sexy and I know it	Herself	Nominated[4]

Accolades

Year	Accolade	Category
2014	People en Español[5]
		Los 50 Más Bellos del 2014 de la revista People en Español[5]

References

1. "Caracol TV Tarde lo Conoci" (in Spanish).
2. "Bajo El Mismo Cielo Capítulo 122" (in Spanish).
3. "María Elisa Camargo: "Nunca me había sentido tan deseada profesionalmente"". Fucsia. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
4. Terra Network. "Lista de finalistas a los Premios Tu Mundo 2014" (in Spanish). Entretenimiento Terra. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
5. "María Elisa Camargo entre los 50 Más Bellos de 'People'" (in Spanish). El Universo. Retrieved August 15, 2014.