Catalina Sandino Moreno Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Catalina Sandino Moreno was born on April 19, 1981 in Bogotá, Colombia. She is an actress and producer, known for Maria Full of Grace (2004), Che: Part Two (2008) and Fast Food Nation (2006). She has been married to David Elwell since April 15, 2006.
I know! It's crazy. I would never even in my wildest dreams thought of being nominated for an Oscar for the first movie. I thought it was going to be on cable, not on the movies, not in the theaters...you know it's just insane.
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It was kind of like a big thing for me to just go for it, to take my clothes off and be me. It was something that I really thought about, to do or not to do. Then I just said ... I'll do it. I'm normal, it's not a big deal. On doing nudity for the first time in The Hottest State.
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I feel I have a responsibility, as an actress, as a Colombian immigrant, and just as a person, to show people reality. It would be nice to be an actress who loves action movies, but I'm not that kind of actress.
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Maria had such an impact on me that I didn't want to do something so light. I wanted to do something with power. Anyone can be a beautiful girl. Any girl can be that. So I didn't do anything for three years. I was waiting for the right roles.
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"It's the story of this girl and at the end of the movie she's a woman." - on Maria Full of Grace.
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I love theater. I want to keep learning and I think that by doing as much theater as I can, it will make me a better actress for film.
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It is amazing. None of us ever expected ['Maria Full of Grace'] to be so big. It was a film that was made with all the love in the world and it is being so well received. We would have never expected it.
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Gave birth to her 1st child at age 27, a son in January 2009. Child's father is her husband, David Elwell.
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(April 15, 2006) Married her boyfriend of 4 years David Elwell.
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One of very few actors to receive an Academy Award nomination for their screen debut.
Won Best Actress at the 2004 Cartagena Film Festival in her home country Colombia.
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Became the first actress ever to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Performance that was spoke entirely in Spanish throughout the entirety of the film.
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Became interested in theater and stage at a very young age.
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Invited to join AMPAS in 2005.
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Was one of People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" in 2005.
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Attended Saint George's School in Bogotá, Colombia.
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Was in New York when she heard on television that she was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress for her role in Maria Full of Grace (2004).
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Mother is a pathologist.
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She is the first Colombian to be nominated for an Academy Award.
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Reads Spanish-language books because she misses hearing the language as she did when living in Colombia.
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Studied advertising at a college in Colombia before moving to New York City around 2003.
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Took acting classes at a Bogotá (Colombia) theater before getting "discovered" by an anonymous supporter who referred her name to the casting agent for Maria Full of Grace (2004).
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