Flora Martinez (born 1 November 1977) is a Colombian actress and singer, known for her title role in the 2005 film '' Rosario Tijeras''.

Biography

Martinez was born in

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to a Canadian mother and a Colombian father, and raised in

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and North Vancouver. She began her career in television in Colombia appearing in

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s such as ''Mambo'' (1994), '' María Bonita'' (1995), and ''La Otra Mitad del Sol'' (1995). She is a Canadian citizen and speaks fluent French, Spanish and English. She studied at the Actors Conservatory in

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from 1997 through 1999. In 1999, she appeared in her first feature film, ''Soplo de Vida'', for which she won the Best Actress Award at the

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Film Festival in

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. She has worked in the theater in the staging of ''Herat'' by Daniel Berardi. Martinez starred in '' Lolita's Club'' (2007), ''I'm With Lucy'' (2002) and ''Violet of a Thousand Colors'' (2005). In 2011, she starred as the lead of the television series '' La Bruja'' (''The Witch'').

Filmography

References

External links

Flora Martinez Website
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Martinez, Flora 1977 births Colombian film actresses Colombian television actresses Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses Canadian people of Colombian descent Actresses from Montreal Living people 20th-century Colombian actresses 21st-century Colombian actresses