Yadhira Carrillo Villalobos (born May 12, 1973) is a Mexican

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and

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Early career

Yadhira Carrillo was chosen

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in 1994, the state qualifier for the national

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, to determine Mexico's contestant for the

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competition. Carrillo finished as first-runner-up at the

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. After this, Carrillo entered the

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(CEA), planning for a career in performing arts.

Acting career

After a "special appearance" in the

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'', producer

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offered Carrillo the supporting role of Teresa in the telenovela ''Te Sigo Amando'' (''I still love you''). She worked with Estrada again playing Josefina in ''

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.'' After appearing in several episodes of '' Mujer, casos de la vida real'', and portraying a villain in the TV-special '' Mas allá de la Usurpadora'', she received her first co-starring role in ''El Niño que vino del mar'' (''The Boy Who Came From The Sea''). Producer

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hired Carrillo for the role of the antagonist in ''El precio de tu amor'' (''The Price of Your Love''). This was followed by a duo-role in the 2002 telenovela ''

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'' (''The Other Woman''), where she played two characters who are polar opposites; Carlota Guillen, a good natured daughter who is abused, subjugated and manipulated by her mother, and Cordelia Portugal, a manipulative gold digger. In addition to her career in Mexico, Carrillo debuted abroad with a role in the

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telenovela ''El Secreto'' (''The Secret''), in which she plays a perverse ex fiancée of the protagonist, played by fellow Mexican actor

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. In 2004 Carrillo was the protagonist in '' Amarte es mi Pecado'' (''Loving You is My Sin''), and also played a special guest star role in '' Rubí'', as Elena Navarro. In 2005 she starred in '' Barrera de Amor'' (''Barrier of Love''). Carrillo retired from acting in 2008.

Personal life

She was married to Michael Kuhn. In 2012 she married Juan Collado, ex-husband of

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Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carrillo, Yadhira 1972 births Living people Mexican telenovela actresses Mexican television actresses Mexican stage actresses Mexican female models Mexican television presenters Actresses from Aguascalientes 20th-century Mexican actresses 21st-century Mexican actresses People from Aguascalientes City Mexican women television presenters