Portrait of Catalina Sandino Moreno

Catalina Sandino Moreno

Acting

Biography

Catalina Sandino Moreno (born 19 April 1981) is a Colombian actress. She is most notable for receiving the Academy Award for Best Actress nomination and sharing the Silver Bear with Charlize Theron for her performance as the lead role in Maria Full of Grace (2004).  Other credits include Fast Food Nation (2006), Love in the Time of Cholera (2007), Che (2008), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010), Roa (2013), A Most Violent Year (2014), Falling Skies (2014), American Gothic (2016), Custody (2016), The Affair (2015–2019),  The Quarry (2020, Barbarians (2021), From (2022), Silent Night (2023), and Ballerina (2024).

Born: April 19, 1981

Place of Birth: Bogotá, Colombia

Filmography

2025
Ballerina

as Lena

2023
2022
FROM

as Tabitha Matthews

2021
2020
The Quarry

as Celia

2017
Room 104

as Maria

2016
Incarnate

as Camilla

2016
Custody

as Sara Diaz

2014
The Affair

as Luisa Leon

2014
Swelter

as Carmen

2013
Medeas

as Christina

2013
Magic Magic

as Barbara

2013
The Bridge

as Alma Ruiz

2013
Roa

as María

2011
2010
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

as Maria (uncredited)

2008
Che: Part Two

as Aleida March

2008
Che: Part One

as Aleida March

2007
Love in the Time of Cholera

as Hildebranda Sanchez

2007
2007
The Heart of the Earth

as Blanca Bosco

2006
2006
Paris Je T'aime

as Ana (Loin du 16e)

2004
Maria Full of Grace

as María Álvarez

1953
The Oscars

as Self