Mariana Peñalva
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Biography
Actress Mariana Dominguez Peñalva was born in Mexico CityMexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, daughter of Mexican Painter and Mexican Opera Singer.
At an early age she moved to Cuernavaca
Cuernavaca
Cuernavaca is the capital and largest city of the state of Morelos in Mexico. It was established at the archeological site of Gualupita I by the Olmec, "the mother culture" of Mesoamerica, approximately 3200 years ago...
, where she first studied acting with Esther Orozco
Esther Orozco
María Esther Orozco Orozco is a Mexican biologist, researcher and politician. She has received the UNESCO/Institut Pasteur Medal , the L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science and has run for governor of Chihuahua representing the Party of the Democratic Revolution .Orozco received a bachelor's...
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By the age of 17 she started her Professional Acting Career with the Mexican
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
Telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
Mirada de mujer
Mirada de mujer
Mirada de mujer is a Mexican telenovela, which was produced by and broadcast on TV Azteca in 1997, based in the Colombian telenovela of 1994 " Señora Isabel". It is considered one of the best Telenovelas in the history of the television industry in Mexico...
as Andrea, which was a complete success in Mexican television.
Later she studied acting in Centro de formacion Actoral with Hector Mendoza y Raul quintanilla.
She got her first approach to films, when she was asked to be Angeline Jolie camera double at Original Sin
Original sin
Original sin is, according to a Christian theological doctrine, humanity's state of sin resulting from the Fall of Man. This condition has been characterized in many ways, ranging from something as insignificant as a slight deficiency, or a tendency toward sin yet without collective guilt, referred...
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In 2000 she travels to Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and establish in France to finish her degree in Arts
ARts
aRts, which stands for analog Real time synthesizer, is an audio framework that is no longer under development. It is best known for previously being used in KDE to simulate an analog synthesizer....
, in the almost 4 years she spent in Europe she got the opportunity to work in some Independent Films such as Girl with a Pearl Earring
Girl with a Pearl Earring (film)
Girl with a Pearl Earring is a 2003 drama film directed by Peter Webber. The screenplay was adapted by screenwriter Olivia Hetreed based on the novel by Tracy Chevalier. The film stars Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson, and Cillian Murphy. The film is named after a painting of the same...
with Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett Johansson is an American actress, model and singer.Johansson made her film debut in North and was later nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for her performance in Manny & Lo . She rose to further prominence with her roles in The Horse Whisperer and Ghost World...
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At her return to México
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
she worked in some Mexican Television programs like La vida es una Cancion, Heredera, Tormenta en el paraíso y El Pantera
El Pantera
El Pantera is a Mexican television series released by Canal 5. It is based on a comic book of the same name. It narrates the life of Gervasio, a young man who fights crime in Mexico City...
.
She also worked in nine short films, some of theme participated in renamed International Film Festivals around the world.
She won an Award as Best Actress for the short film 1956 in the Proyeccion Corta Film Festival in 2010.
On 2007 she got the opportunity to make her first role in the blockbuster Mexican Film Tear this heart out as Mercedes, working with the renowned Mexican actor Daniel Giménez Cacho
Daniel Giménez Cacho
Daniel Giménez Cacho is a Spanish-born Ariel award winner Mexican actor who has starred in several Mexican films such as Solo con tu pareja, Cronos, Midaq Alley and Arráncame la Vida, among others as well as in Spanish Films and TV shows.He is known for having worked with some of the most...
and Ana Claudia Talancon
Ana Claudia Talancón
Ana Claudia Talancón is a Mexican actress and model. She first started acting in her home town, Cancún, Quintana Roo.- Early life :...
with whom she worked again recently at the Mexican TV Series Terminales as Vanessa.
In 2008 she obtained her first starring role in the Independent Film
Independent film
An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...
Written in blood
Written In Blood
Written in Blood is the third and final album from Cheap Sex, recorded with Punk Core Records.- Track listing :# "Worst Enemy" - 3:01# "War's No Game" - 2:11# "Excuses" - 2:53# "Psychopath" - 1:46# "No Time for You" - 1:49# "Rage and Revenge" - 2:04...
as Nina, where she co-starred with Carlos Ortega
Carlos Ortega
Carlos Alfonso Ortega Carvajal is a former union and political leader in Venezuela. Ortega, then head of Fedepetrol, the oil workers union, was elected leader of the Confederación de Trabajadores de Venezuela union federation in 2001...
and the Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
an actress Cecilia Cósero.
In the present she is support actress in the Feature Film Return
Return
-In business, economics, and finance:* Rate of return, the financial term for the profit or loss derived from an investment* Tax return , various meanings relating to taxation...
, produced and directed by Mexican Film Director Alejandro Gonzalez Padilla, where she will be sharing credits along the renown Actor Jaime Camil
Jaime Camil
Jaime Federico Said Camil de Saldaña da Gama is a Mexican actor, singer and host.-Biography:Born in Mexico City, Mexico, Camil is the son of Jaime Camil Garza, a very successful Mexican businessman, and Cecilia Saldaña Da Gama, a Brazilian singer...
, Blanca Soto
Blanca Soto
Blanca Delfina Soto Benavides is a Mexican actress, model and former beauty queen. She competed in the national beauty pageant Nuestra Belleza Mexico in 1997. Representing the state of Morelos, in which she was raised, Soto became Miss Mexico World. She represented her country in the Miss World...
, Daniela Schmidt, Victor Huggo Martin and the Spanish Actor Javier Tolosa, this film is actually contesting in the 2010 Edition of the New York International Latino Film Festival
New York International Latino Film Festival
The New York International Latino Film Festival is a major Hispanic film festival located in New York City. The festival features over sixty films, shorts, and documentaries over the course of six days, along with other events focused on Latino culture....
and earned the Award of the Best Entertaining Picture at the Monaco Charity Film Festival in its 2010 edition.
Mariana Peñalva is on talks for the proyect called The Wardrobe's Cabinetmaker and my friend The Death for 2011 and 2 more projects in the female leading role character, one to be partially shoot at Paris.
Filmography
- Regresa (2008) .... Isabel
- Written in bloodWritten In BloodWritten in Blood is the third and final album from Cheap Sex, recorded with Punk Core Records.- Track listing :# "Worst Enemy" - 3:01# "War's No Game" - 2:11# "Excuses" - 2:53# "Psychopath" - 1:46# "No Time for You" - 1:49# "Rage and Revenge" - 2:04...
(2008) .... Nina - Arrancame la vida (2007) .... Mercedes
- Girl with a Pearl EarringGirl with a Pearl Earring (film)Girl with a Pearl Earring is a 2003 drama film directed by Peter Webber. The screenplay was adapted by screenwriter Olivia Hetreed based on the novel by Tracy Chevalier. The film stars Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson, and Cillian Murphy. The film is named after a painting of the same...
(2002) .... Girl at the church - Original Sin (2000) .... Angeline Jolie double
Television
- Bienes Raíces (2010) TV Series .... School Director
- Terminales (2008) TV Series .... Vanessa
- El PanteraEl PanteraEl Pantera is a Mexican television series released by Canal 5. It is based on a comic book of the same name. It narrates the life of Gervasio, a young man who fights crime in Mexico City...
(2008) TV Series .... Restaurant Manager - Tormenta en el paraísoTormenta en el paraíso__FORCETOC__ Tormenta en el Paraíso is a telenovela that was made by Televisa. This telenovela has a blend of new talents and with figures of extense experience in the television, and it began filming scenes in locations in the states of Quintana Roo and Veracruz on September 20, 2007...
(2008) Telenovela ....Joven Micaela - La vida es una cancion (2004) TV Series .... Veronica, Julieta, Angeles, etc.
- Heredera (2004) Telenovela .... Enfermera
- Perla (1997–1998) Telenovela .... Regina
- Mirada de mujerMirada de mujerMirada de mujer is a Mexican telenovela, which was produced by and broadcast on TV Azteca in 1997, based in the Colombian telenovela of 1994 " Señora Isabel". It is considered one of the best Telenovelas in the history of the television industry in Mexico...
(1997) Telenovela .... Andrea