Ana Claudia Talancón (born Ana Claudia Talancón Ortiz Tirado; 1 May 1980), is a Mexican actress, TV host, and philanthropist. She first started acting in her home town, Cancún, Quintana Roo.

Early life and career

Talancón first started studying acting in Cancún with the Cuban professor Albio Paz. She later went to Mexico City to continue her studies at the Acting Workshop of Héctor Mendoza and Raúl Quintanilla. Since then, she has starred in various soap operas such as ''Al norte del Corazón'', ''Señora'' and ''Amor Latino Romántica obsesión'' for which she won the Sol de Oro award in 1999 for Best New Actress. Talancón's big-screen acting debut was with the film ''El Cometa'' by Marisa Sistach, playing the character Valentina, for which she was nominated for the Ariel award for Best New Actress. Her biggest role was alongside Gael García Bernal in ''

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'' (2002) in the role of Amelia, a girl who is impregnated by a Catholic priest and then dies after a backstreet abortion.

Career

In 2006, Talancón appeared in

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'' as Coco, a Mexican immigrant forced to work in a meatpacking plant. In the same year, she starred in the big-screen film '' Alone with Her'' as the main character. She appeared in other movies such as ''The Virgin of Juarez'', in which she received the award for the Best Supporting Actress at the BendFilm Festival and ''Mujer Albastrina''. Talancón mostly spent time filming big screen films such as '' Love in the Time of Cholera'' and ''El Ultimo Justo'', rather than Latin soap operas. One year later in 2008, she starred in '' One Missed Call'', which was nominated at the Teen Choice Awards, ''

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Modeling

Talancón has also posed for various lingerie and swimsuit ads such as Intimissimi, as well as the

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magazine.

Filmography

*El Sueño De Ivan (2011) *La Venta Del Paraiso (2012) *Tercera Llamada (2013) *Enter The Dangerous Mind (2013)

Television

* ''Al norte del corazón'' (1997) * '' Señora'' (1998) * ''Romántica Obsesión'' (1999) * ''Amor Latino'' (2000) * ''

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'' (2001) * ''Vale todo'' (2002) * ''Tiempo Final'' (2004) * ''Terminales'' (2008) * '' Dollhouse'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2010) * '' Covert Affairs'' (2012) *palabra de ladron (2014) *Top Chef Mexico Host- (2017) *El Recluso (2018)

References

External links

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1980 births Living people Mexican film actresses Mexican television actresses Mexican female models Actresses from Quintana Roo People from Cancún 21st-century Mexican actresses {{mexico-tv-actor-stub