Sarah Amalia Jorge León (born 27 November 1982) is an actress, writer and producer from the

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Life and career

Jorge León was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She is the oldest of three children, with siblings Marcos Jorge León and actress Nina Jorge León. Her parents are María Amalia León Cabral, arts patron, philanthropist, and director of the Eduardo León Jimenes Foundation – the elder of two daughters of businessman

José León Asensio José Augusto César León Asensio (21 February 1934 – 4 March 2024) was a Dominican businessman. León was the President of Grupo León Jimenes. According to ''Forbes'', León Asensio was among the ten largest fortunes in the Dominican Re ...

–, and civil engineer, Marcos Augusto Jorge Elías. She is great-greanddaughter of businessmen

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and Eduardo León Jimenes; she is also descended from Dominican presidents

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Ulises Espaillat Ulises Francisco Espaillat Quiñones (February 9, 1823 – April 25, 1878) was a 19th-century Dominican Republic liberal statesman and author. He served as president of the Dominican Republic from April 29, 1876, to October 5, 1876. Espaillat ...

, and Marco Antonio Cabral. Miss Jorge León is a psychology graduate (concentration: drama / communications) (cum laude) from Manhattanville College and also holds a Master of Fine Arts (acting) from the ART / MXAT program at Harvard University; this program requires a six-month residency at the MXAT theater (Moscow, Russia), founded by Stanislavski. Some of her roles include classics such as Suki from the play ''Celebration'' by Harold Pinter; Hermia in ''Midsummer Night's Dream'' by Shakespeare and Kleopatra in ''Diary of a Scoundrel'' by Astrovsky. She participated as part of the cast of the Spanish Repertoire of New York, where she acted in classics such as: ''Rosita the Solterona'' and ''Bodas de Sangre'' directed by René Buch, as well as the role of “La Brasileña” in ''Pantaleón and its Visitors'', among others. Her film credits include starring roles in shorts such as ''729'' and ''In the Face of Madness'', as well as in feature films such as ''Women'', ''Lotoman'', ''Lotoman 2.0'', ''South of Innocence'', ''Beast of Cardo'', ''The Seven Deaths'', etc. Sarah starred in television roles such as Sofia in the mini-series ''The Don'', Sara in the pilot ''Dumped'', Karina in the pilot ''Slit NYC'', Adriana for the American series ''Jane The Virgin'' (currently on the digital platform Netflix). Miss Jorge León just wrapped a leading performance on the film Candela directed by Andrés Farías (which project was selected at the Fabrique Du Cinema Du Monde in Cannes 2018, as well as selected winner of the IBERMEDIA development fund 2016 and Sundance Screenwriters Lab 2016 and Sundance Editing Lab 2019), where she played the role of Sera Peñablanca. Miss Jorge León co-starred in the international box office hit film ''

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'', led by

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and

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. Jorge was nominated in 2015 for the La Silla Awards and the

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in the "Best Leading Actress" category, for her role in ''Al Sur de la Inocencia''.

Filmography

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