Maria Cristina Pimiento
Acting
Biography
Maria Cristina Pimiento is a Colombian actress with over 20 years of experience in television, film, and theatre. She earned her MFA in Acting at the Actors Studio in New York and is a recipient of the India Catalina Award for Best New Actress at the Cartagena International Film Festival, the highest acting recognition in Colombia.
Known For
Un parcero en Nueva York
Armando Pulido, a construction master, simple, good-hearted, hard-working, industrious, and a good friend, tired of the serious economic crisis in Colombia, decides to go to New York in search of the so-called "American dream".
Broken Kingdom
Four separate narratives weave their way together in this impactful drama, from the harrowing slums of Bogotá to the hills of Hollywood. A 14-year-old street girl and an American writer discover an uncommon union, a day-care teacher in Los Angeles does everything she can to fight the weight of a tragic secret and a university student invites a terrible danger into her world. Starring Rachel Leigh Cook, Daniel Gillies and Seymour Cassell.
Te voy a enseñar a querer
The Mendez family owns a cattle farm, breeding horses and bulls of Lydia and a construction company. The family is composed of Alejandro Méndez and Isabel Garrido, with his sons Pablo and Helena.Félix Garrido, the Isabel's father also lives with them. The Mendez family is very respected and beloved in the region, although they have a declared enemy, Milciades Contreras, a wealthy cattle rancher, who is also its nearest neighbour. The reason for the enmity with Milciades is due to that it was always in love with Elizabeth, who refused and preferred to Alejandro. Since then, Milciades has dedicated to commit all kinds of outrages in the people and also against the Méndez, who have remained on the sidelines to promote peace.
Dios los Junta y Ellos se Separan
A mid-class Colombian family get into chaos when it's found out that the "Lord of the house", Benjamín, has been cheating on his wife for 20 years and has another son.
Mujeres asesinas
The series tells of cases based on real events, which show how a woman is able to be at peace and end her suffering in the most lethal way, killing. In each episode, the protagonist tries to find a way to get rid of her problems, motivated by love, revenge, pain, desperation, resentment, contempt, hatred, beatings, addiction or frustration.
El baile de la vida
Filmography
as Carmen
as Karmen
as Virginia Restrepo
as Jéssica Ortiz
as Estefanía Ángeles