Marcela Gallego (born October 4, 1971) is a Colombian actress, born in

Tunja Tunja () is a city on the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes, in the region known as the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, 130 km northeast of Bogotá. In 2018 it had a population of 172,548 inhabitants. It is the capital of Boyacá department an ...

. Most of her work has been in Colombian

telenovela A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include '' teleserye'' ...

s including '' Celia'', some of which have appeared in the U.S. She is also known for acting in the film ''

Satanás ''Satanás'' (Spanish for ''Satan'') is a 2007 Colombian film written and directed by Andi Baiz. It is adapted from the novel of the same title by Mario Mendoza Zambrano which is based on the spree killing committed by Campo Elías Delgado that ...

''. She studied acting in

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...

and then in

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

where she also took courses in direction and dance, and participated in a film and several plays. In

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

, she has been on the charts for more than thirty years. She has participated in plays such as Llevados por el deseo, Monólogos de la vagina, Y se armó la mojiganga, La siempre viva and La honesta persona de Sechuán. She has also appeared in films such as Satan, Losing is a matter of method, The strategy of the snail and the half-film Forbidden Games. In the world of television, she made her debut in the novel Por amor in 1986. She played the role of La pereirana in the series Fronteras del regreso in 1992.

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*http://imdb.com/name/nm0302719/ Living people Colombian telenovela actresses 1971 births Colombian film actresses 21st-century Colombian actresses {{tv-actor-stub