Mariana Sirvat Derderián Espinoza (born January 15, 1980) is a

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an actress. She is best known for her protagonistic role in Floribella, the Chilean version of the Argentinian TV serie Floricienta (Flinderella).

Biography

Mariana Derderián was born in

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, daughter of Chilean

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parents. She arrived in

in the early 1990s with her older sister. She accomplished her secondary studies in San Pedro Nolasco school in the community of Las Condes, and then was accepted at the Universidad Mayor to study business engineering. During her third year of study, Mariana found out that her professional vocation was the theatre and decided to take evening workshop, first in the municipalities of

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and

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, and then in the Academy of Fernando González. At the end of 2004, Derderián and a classmate showed up at an audition at Canal 13, where she got selected to participate in the TV series ''Brujas'' where she interpreted Macarena Altamirano, an emotional immature girl, hardheaded, flirty, happy, innocent and very good friend, that falls in love with Byron, the role interpreted by Héctor Morales. Mariana egressed of the University and started with the recordings, that combined with the elaboration of her thesis. After Brujas, Derderián participated in the TV serie ''Gatas & Tuercas''. On that production, she had a minor role as Carolina "Caco" Ulloa. Derderián finished her thesis and obtained her professional title. In 2006 she starred in ''Floribella'', and she appeared in ''Los ángeles de Estela'' in 2009.Mariana Derderian vuelve como una alcohólica a las teleseries
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Filmography

Movies

* Malta con huevo (2007) - Mónica

Telenovelas (tv series)

* Brujas (Canal 13, 2005) - Macarena Altamirano * Gatas y Tuercas (Canal 13, 2005) - Carolina 'Caco' Ulloa * Floribella (TVN, 2006) - Florencia González * Amor por accidente (TVN, 2007) - Britney Urrutia * Los Ángeles de Estela (TVN, 2009) - Alejandra Andrade

Series & Unitarios

* El Día Menos Pensado (El cuadro) (TVN, 2007) - Valentina

References

External links

* 1980 births Living people Actresses from Caracas 21st-century Chilean actresses Chilean people of Armenian descent Chilean film actresses Chilean television actresses Chilean telenovela actresses Venezuelan people of Armenian descent Venezuelan emigrants to Chile Chilean people of Syrian descent Naturalized citizens of Chile {{Chile-actor-stub