Isabel Cristina Estrada Cano (born 21 January 1980) is a Colombian actress, model, and presenter.
Biography
Isabel Cristina Estrada was born in
Medellín
Medellín ( or ), officially the Municipality of Medellín ( es, Municipio de Medellín), is the second-largest city in Colombia, after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central re ...
in 1980.
In her adolescence she began to work as a model, and played volleyball at a professional level. She studied Systems Engineering at
EAFIT University
EAFIT University (originally the acronym in Spanish language, Spanish: Escuela de Administración, Finanzas e Instituto Tecnológico, «School of Administration, Finance and Technological Institute») is a private Colombian university located in ...
.
In 2001, she represented
Antioquia Department
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in the
Miss Colombia pageant.
[ A year later, she became the World Banana Queen in a contest held in Ecuador.
She began her career on Colombian television with an appearance in the reality show ''Nómadas'' in 2005. Two years later, she made her acting debut in the ]Caracol Televisión
Caracol Televisión (known as Caracol and previously as Canal Caracol) is a Colombian free-to-air television network owned by Caracol Medios, a unit of Grupo Valorem. It is one of the leading private TV networks in Colombia, alongside Canal RCN ...
telenovela '' Newly Rich, Newly Poor'', playing the role of Lizeth. For this, she won a TVyNovelas Awards a year later in the category of Best Actress Revelation.[ In 2009, she appeared in the series '']Victorinos
''Victorinos'' is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo. It debuted on June 23, 2009, replacing Sin Senos no hay Paraíso and concluded February 5, 2010.
The telenovela is a remake of the ...
'' and '' Bermúdez''.[
In the 2010s, she acted in television productions such as '']La Teacher de Inglés
''La teacher de inglés'' was a Colombian soap opera produced in 2011 for Caracol Television. It was at first broadcast at 8 pm, was off air for a week when the soap opera La Reina del Sur (The Queen of the South) was shown, returned May 23–27 ...
'', ''El Joe, la leyenda
''The Joe, the leyend'' (Spanish: ''El Joe, la leyenda'') is a 119-episode Colombian television biopic. It is inspired by the life and works of singer Joe Arroyo. Jair Romero starred as Joe Arroyo. Mauro Castillo and Estefanía Borges also star ...
'', '' La suegra'', ''¿Quién mató a Patricia Soler?
''¿Quién mató a Patricia Soler?'' is a 2015 Spanish-language telenovela produced by RTI Producciones for Colombia-based television network RCN Televisión. The program is fifth in a series of remakes of the 1981 Chilean telenovela '' La madra ...
'', and '' Yo soy Franky''. At the end of the decade, she moved away from television to dedicate herself mainly to theater and sports literature.Win Sports
Win Sports is a Colombian pay television sports channel that was launched on 29 November 2012. The channel's programming consists of news reporting, live programs and broadcasts of the Colombian football Categoría Primera A, Categoría Prim ...
channel.
Personal life
In 2009, Estrada married the Colombian musician and composer Lucas Arnau
Lucas Arnau (born May 16, 1979 in Medellín, Antioquia), is a Colombian singer-songwriter.
Arnau's first album, "Un Poco Más" was produced by Jose Gaviria and Andres Munera in Miami, Florida and was released in Latin America in April 2004.
...
. The couple divorced in 2015.[
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Filmography
TV series
Presenter
* 2008 – '' NotiCentro 1 CM&'' (show business segment)
* 2021 – ''Go Ciclismo Para Todos''
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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1980 births
Colombian stage actresses
Colombian telenovela actresses
Colombian television presenters
Colombian women television presenters
Living people
Actors from Medellín
Models from Medellín