Catalina Sandino Moreno

Infobox actor


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birthname = Catalina Sandino
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birthplace = Bogotá, Colombia
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yearsactive = (2004-Present)
spouse = David Elwell (2006-present)
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academyawards = Nominated: Best Actress
2004 "Maria Full of Grace"
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sagawards = Nominated: Best Actress - Motion Picture
2004 "Maria Full of Grace"
awards = Silver Berlin Bear for Best Actress
2004 "Maria Full of Grace"

Catalina Sandino Moreno (born April 19, 1981) is an Academy Award-nominated Colombian actor.

Sandino was born in Bogotá, Colombia to a pathologist mother and a cattle breeder/veterinarian father. [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/main.jhtml?xml=/fashion/2007/04/29/stcatalina12.xml Breaking the mould - Telegraph ] ] [ [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-8785950_ITM `Maria Full of Grace' star came from out of nowhere. | Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) (August, 2004) ] ] Before becoming an actress, she studied advertising at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá. She relocated to New York City in 2004, after she was "discovered" at the Rubén Di Pietro acting school in Bogotá. She was then referred to a casting audition for the 2004 film "Maria Full of Grace" where she beat over 900 girls for the lead role. Sandino's role in this movie made her the first Colombian nominated for an Academy Award and 3rd Latin American Actress.

Sandino has lived with motion picture electrician David Elwell from 2004 to the present, whom she met working on "Maria Full of Grace". She married him on April 15, 2006 in a small ceremony held in Cartagena de Indias. [ [http://www.caracol.com.co/noticias/276707.asp http://www.caracol.com.co/noticias/276707.asp] "Caracol.com" Retrieved on 05-14-07 ] She was in New York when she heard on TV that she was nominated for Best Actress in the 2004 Oscar race for her role in "Maria Full of Grace".

Filmography

*"Maria Full of Grace" (2004) as María Álvarez
*"Journey to the End of the Night" (2006) as Angie
*"Fast Food Nation" (2006) as Sylvia
*"Paris, je t'aime" (2007) as Ana
*"The Hottest State" (2007) as Sarah
*"Heart of the Earth" (2007) as Blanca Bosco
*"Love in the Time of Cholera" (2007) as Hildebranda Sanchez
*"The Argentine" (2008) as Aleida Guevara
*"Guerrilla" (2008) as Aleida Guevara

Awards & nominations

* Sandino received a nomination for Best Actress at the 77th Academy Awards.
* 2005 Best Female Lead Award in the Independent Spirit Awards.
* 2004 Silver Berlin Bear for Best Actress in the Berlin International Film Festival.
* 2004 Most Promising Performer in the Chicago Film Critics Association Awards.
* 2004 Breakthrough Award in the Gotham Awards.
* 2004 New generation Award in the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards.
* 2005 Golden Space Needle Award for Best Actress in the Seattle International Film Festival.

References

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title= Silver Bear for Best Actress
years=2004
for "Maria full of Grace"
(tied with Charlize Theron for "Monster")
before=Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore
for "The Hours"
after=Julia Jentsch
for "Sophie Scholl - The Final Days"