Mariana Gajá (born 3 April 1976) is a Mexican television, film and stage actress.
Career
Gajá was born in
Mexico City
Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...
on 3 April 1976 and started her career in 1982 appearing in the
telenovela
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 (film and television), drama genres around the w ...
''
Vanessa Vanessa may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Vanessa'' (Millais painting), an 1868 painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais
* ''Vanessa'', a 1933 novel by Hugh Walpole
* ''Vanessa'', a 1952 instrumental song written by Bernie W ...
'', three years later, she appeared in ''
Esperándote Esperándote may refer to:
* Esperándote (TV series), a 1985 Mexican telenovela
* Esperándote (Tito Rojas song), 1995
* Esperándote (Manuel Turizo song), 2017
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''. Gajá appeared in short film during the 1990s and graduated from the Centro Universitario de Teatro, the theater school of the
National Autonomous University of Mexico
The National Autonomous University of Mexico (, UNAM) is a public university, public research university in Mexico. It has several campuses in Mexico City, and many others in various locations across Mexico, as well as a presence in nine countri ...
in 2000. In 2003, Gajá made her feature film debut in ''
Sin ton ni Sonia''.
Gajá appeared in popular TV series such as ''
Capadocia'' and ''
Soy tu fan
''Soy tu fan'' (English: ''I'm your fan'') is a Mexican romantic comedy television series produced by Canana Films, Fox Television Studios and Once TV México, and is an adaptation of the Argentina series of the same name created by Dolores Fonz ...
'' in the early 2010s. In 2010, Gajá joined the
National Theatre Company of Mexico, becoming part of the recurrent cast of the company.
In 2014, at the
56th Ariel Awards, Gajá was nominated for the
Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress
The Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress (Spanish: Premio Ariel a Mejor Coactuación Femenina) is an award presented by the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas (AMACC) in Mexico. It is given in honor of an actor who has del ...
for his performance in ''
She Doesn't Want to Sleep Alone''.
Selected filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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Living people
Actresses from Mexico City
Mexican film actresses
Mexican stage actresses
Mexican television actresses
1976 births
National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni