María Alexandra Catherine Siachoque Gaete (born 21 January 1973) is a Colombian actress best known for her (mostly

villain A villain (also known as a " black hat" or "bad guy"; the feminine form is villainess) is a stock character, whether based on a historical narrative or one of literary fiction. '' Random House Unabridged Dictionary'' defines such a charact ...

ess) roles in numerous

telenovelas 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'' (P ...

Early life

Siachoque was born in Bogota,

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 ...

Career

Siachoque has appeared in

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produced series such as '' Pecados ajenos'', ''

Tierra de Pasiones ''Tierra de Pasiones'' (''Land of Passions'') is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by Telemundo which is owned by NBC Universal The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial broadcast televisio ...

'', ''

Te voy a enseñar a querer ''Te Voy a Enseñar a Querer'' (English title: ''Learning to Love''), is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo and RTI Colombia. This limited-run series ran for 129 episodes from August 31 ...

'', '' La Venganza'', ''

Amantes del Desierto ''Amantes del Desierto'' (''Desert Lovers''), is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo, RTI Colombia RTI Colombia, also known as Radio Televisión Interamericana (Inter-American Radio an ...

'', and the TV anthology series ''

Decisiones ''Decisiones'' (, ''Decisions'') is a Telemundo-produced Spanish-language television anthology of steamy melodramas about passion and sex in the modern world. The hour-long series features impassioned people thrust into amorous adventures and pus ...

''. Though she has become type cast as villainess, some would consider her a sympathetic character as Doña Hilda de Santana in Telemundo telenovela ''

Sin Senos no hay Paraíso ''Sin senos no hay paraíso'' (Without Breasts There Is No Paradise) is a RTI Colombia–Telemundo telenovela remake and loose adaptation of the original Colombian series '' Sin tetas no hay paraíso''. The series is based on investigativ ...

.'' In 2010, she reverted to villainess as Cecilia Altamira in the Telemundo remake of '' ¿Dónde Está Elisa?''. In 2011, she later played a complex character in another telenovela remake produced by

, ''

La Casa de al Lado ''La casa de al lado'' (''The House Next Door'') is an American Spanish-language black comedy telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo. This mystery is a remake of the Chilean telenovela '' La familia de al lado'' ...

'' wherein she was the mistress (amante) of a character portrayed by her real-life husband

Miguel Varoni Miguel Américo Belloto Gutiérrez (born 11 December 1964), known professionally as Miguel Varoni, is a Colombian-Argentinian host, actor and director. He is married to Colombian actress Catherine Siachoque. He is the son of the actress Teresa ...

, wherein she interacted with

Maritza Rodríguez Sarah Mintz (born Maritza Rodríguez Gómez; September 1, 1975 in Barranquilla, Colombia) is a Colombian telenovela actress and model. In January 2018, she announced that she had changed her name to Sarah Mintz. She is best known for her roles ...

Gabriel Porras Gabriel Porras (born Carlos Gabriel Porras Flores, February 13, 1968 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actor. He began his acting career working for TV Azteca in telenovelas like "Tres Veces Sofia" along with Mexican diva Lucía Méndez and " ...

, and

Karla Monroig Karla Monroig (; born March 5, 1979 in Guayama, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican actress, model and television host. Early years Karla Monroig was born in Guayama, Puerto Rico, located on the southern coastal valley region of the island of Puerto ...

. In 2014, she marked her villainess return in '' Reina de Corazónes'', starring

Paola Núñez Paola Núñez Rivas (born April 8, 1978) is a Mexican actress and producer. Personal life Núñez was born in Tecate, Baja California, Mexico. She started acting in theater at the age of 12. At the age of 16, she began her full-time career as ...

, Eugenio Siller and

Juan Soler Juan Soler Valls Quiroga (born January 19, 1966) is an Argentine- Mexican actor and former model and rugby union footballer. He was married to Argentine actress Magdalena "Maki" Moguilevsky with whom he has two daughters. Biography Personal lif ...

. Since 2016, she has been playing the character of Hilda Santana in ''

Sin senos sí hay paraíso ''Sin senos sí hay paraíso'', also known as ''Sin tetas sí hay paraíso'' in Colombia, is a Spanish-language telenovela that premiered on Telemundo on 19 July 2016, and ended on 10 September 2018. The telenovela is created by Gustavo Bolívar ...

''.

Personal life

She has been married to Argentine-Colombian producer, actor and director

since 1999 but they have been together since 1996. They acted together in a series called “Te voy a ensenar a querer”, “La Casa de Al Lado”. They met each other during Las Juanas, in which telenovela they both had parts.People en español

Filmography

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Siachoque, Catherine Colombian television actresses Colombian telenovela actresses 1972 births Living people