María Paz Bascuñán Aylwin (, 2 June 1975), commonly known as Paz Bascuñán, is a

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and

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. Daughter of politician Mariana Aylwin and granddaughter of

's former president

Patricio Aylwin Patricio Aylwin Azócar (; 26 November 1918 – 19 April 2016) was a Chilean politician from the Christian Democratic Party, lawyer, author, professor and former senator. He was the first president of Chile after dictator Augusto Pinochet, a ...

, and has more than two descents, her

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descent being recognized in 2002.

Biography

She studied theatre in

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and made her debut in

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from canal 13 (1999). In 2001, she made an appearance in the telenovela ''

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'' (2001) from canal 13 together with the protagonist Benjamin Vicuña. In 2003, she switched to TVN (Chile), TVN with the telenovela ''Puertas Adentro'' (2004). She took the role of the daughter of a businessman, Javiera Martinez, who falls in love with a normal guy Jonathan Cárdenas (Ricardo Fernández (actor chileno), Ricardo Fernández) and she becomes pregnant, ''Los Pincheira'' (2004), ''Los Capo'' (2005), ''Cómplices (telenovela chilena), Cómplices'' (2006), ''Corazón de María'' (2007) and more recently in ''Viuda Alegre'' (2008). In theater she became famous with the show ''Esa relación tan delicada'' (2002–2005) from the French author Loleh Bellon. Her cinema appearances have been: ''Pretendiendo'' (2006) directed by Claudio Dabed, ''Santos'' (2007) directed by Nicolás López and ''Normal con Alas'' (2007) directed by Coca Gómez.

Filmography

Telenovelas

* 1999 – ''

'' (canal 13 (Chile), Canal 13) - Heidi Astudillo * 2001 – ''

'' (canal 13 (Chile), Canal 13) - Marcela Moreno * 2003 – ''Puertas Adentro'' (Televisión Nacional de Chile, TVN) - Javiera Martínez * 2004 – ''Los Pincheira'' (Televisión Nacional de Chile, TVN) - Trinidad Molina * 2005 – ''Los Capo'' (Televisión Nacional de Chile, TVN) - Millarhaü * 2006 – ''Cómplices (telenovela chilena), Cómplices'' (Televisión Nacional de Chile, TVN) - Francisca Durán * 2007 – ''Corazón de María (telenovela), Corazón de María'' (Televisión Nacional de Chile, TVN) - Yasna Ceballos * 2008 – ''Viuda Alegre'' (Televisión Nacional de Chile, TVN)- Sofia Valdevenito * 2009 – ''Los exitosos Pells (Chile), Los exitosos Pells'' (Televisión Nacional de Chile, TVN) - Daniela Caminero * 2010 – ''Martín Rivas (2010 TV series), Martín Rivas'' (Televisión Nacional de Chile, TVN) - Mercedes Rivas * 2012/2014 – ''Soltera otra vez'' (Canal 13 (Chile), Canal 13) - Cristina Moreno * 2016/2017 – ''Preciosas'' (Canal 13 (Chile), Canal 13) - Frida Segovia / Estrella Anís * 2020 – ''S.O.S. MAMIS'' - Trini * 2021 – ''Demente (telenovela chilena), Demente'' - Teresa Betancourt

Films

* 2006 – Pretendiendo - Fernanda * 2007 – Santos (película), Santos - Presentadora telediario * 2007 – Normal con Alas - Pascuala Cortazar * 2010 – Que pena tu vida - Mariana Vargas * 2012 – Aftershock (2012 film), Aftershock - Pregnant woman * 2013 – The Green Inferno (film), The Green Inferno - Lucia * 2016 – No Filter (film), Sin Filtro - Pía Vargas * 2018 – No estoy loca (película) - Carolina * 2019 – Dulce familia - Ale * 2020 – Cosas de Hombres - Nati

Series

* 2004 – Loco Por Ti (Televisión Nacional de Chile, TVN) * 2004 – La Vida es una Lotería (Televisión Nacional de Chile, TVN) - Mechita * 2009 – Una pareja dispareja (Televisión Nacional de Chile, TVN) - Cassandra

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bascunan, Paz 1975 births Living people Actresses from Santiago Chilean stage actresses Chilean film actresses Chilean telenovela actresses Chilean television actresses Chilean people of Basque descent Chilean people of Croatian descent Chilean people of Irish descent Chilean people of Italian descent Chilean people of Welsh descent Pontifical Catholic University of Chile alumni Aylwin family