María Catalina Pulido Anker (born 14 September 1974) is a Chilean actress, model, and television presenter.
Career
In 1993, she debuted in the video clip of the song "Fe" by
Jorge González. Her outrageous look,
red hair
Red hair (also known as orange hair and ginger hair) is a hair color found in one to two percent of the human population, appearing with greater frequency (two to six percent) among people of Northern or Northwestern European ancestry and ...
ed, 1.76m (5 ft 9 in) height, and her particular facial features, made her stand out in the Chilean modeling business.
She studied theater at the Fernando González Mardones Theater Club Academy. She began her television career on the TV series ''Playa Salvaje'' and later other successful telenovelas such as ''Marparaíso'', ''Cerro Alegre'', and the all time audience record ''
Amores de mercado''. The last telenovelas in which she participated were ''
La sexóloga'' and ''Bim Bam Bum''.
She also has participated in four feature films, most notably a minor supporting role in
Pablo Larraín
Pablo Larraín Matte (; born 19 August 1976) is a Chilean filmmaker. He has directed nine feature films and co-directed one television series, including the Academy Award-nominated films ''No (2012 film), No'' (2012), ''Neruda (film), Neruda'' ...
's critically acclaimed
The Club (2015).
Since 2001 she has also worked as a TV presenter. In 2004 she was the host of the Chilean adaptation of
The Weakest Link
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produced by
Channel 13. From 2016 to 2019 she hosted the program ''Intrusos'' en
La Red, where she got fired after a controversy involving a physical aggression against
Carabineros de Chile
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for being fined for not fastening the seat belt while driving.
In 2008, she performed the monologue "Being famous is a chub" for the Chilevisión program ''El club de la comedia''.
After her departure from television, she has participated with
Patricia Maldonado Patricia Maldonado may refer to:
* Patricia Maldonado (singer) (born 1950), Chilean television presenter and singer
* Patricia Maldonado (writer) (born 1956), Argentine-Brazilian television writer
* Patricia Maldonado (swimmer) (born 1991), Ven ...
in the online program "Las Indomables".
In 2020, she announced her candidacy for councilor of
Las Condes for the right
Chilean Republican Party. She was not elected.
Filmography
Films
*''Santos'' (2005)
*
''Drama'' (2010)
*''Maknum González'' (2013)
*''
The Club'' (2015)
Telenovelas
Television conduction
References
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1974 births
Living people
Chilean television actresses
Chilean television presenters
Chilean women television presenters
Chilean film actresses
Chilean female models
Actresses from Santiago
20th-century Chilean actresses
21st-century Chilean actresses
Chilean anti-communists
Republican Party (Chile, 2019) politicians