Paulina Gaitán Ruíz
Born
Paulina Gaitan Ruiz

(1991-07-23) July 23, 1991
Mexico City, Mexico
OccupationActress
Years active2004–present

Paulina Gaitán Ruíz (born July 23, 1991) is a Mexican actress. She is best known throughout Mexican television and movies. She is more recently known for her role in the popular Netflix series, Narcos, as the devoted young wife of Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar.

Biography

Paulina Gaitán was born in Mexico City.[1] Gaitán started acting at age 9[2] and at the age of 12 had an important role in Mexican director Luis Mandoki's Innocent Voices, a tale about the civil war in El Salvador.[3]

She was the female lead in the Cary Joji Fukunaga film Sin Nombre, where she played the character of Sayra, who joins her father and uncle when they try to migrate from Honduras to the United States, and ends up travelling with El Casper, a gang member, played by actor Edgar Flores.[4]

Gaitán also played a girl kidnapped by sex traffickers in the 2007 movie Trade alongside Kevin Kline. She portrayed Sabina, a lead role in the Mexican horror drama We Are What We Are (Somos Lo Que Hay) in 2010.[5] In addition, she has played the role of Zuvely in the short film En Tus Manos, which was also released in 2010.

In 2012, Gaitán starred in the ensemble cast of the ABC Steven Spielberg series The River. Since 2015, she has starred in the Netflix original series Narcos as Tata, the wife of narcoterrorist Pablo Escobar. In 2018, she began starring as Violetta, the female lead in the Amazon Prime Original Series Diablo Guardián.

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004Animales en peligroVoice
Voces inocentesAngelita
2006Morirse en domingoIsabel
2007TradeAdriana
Cuando las cosas sucedenFernanda
CieloCieloTelevision film
2008Insignificant ThingsEsmeraldaNominated – Ariel Award for Best Actress
2009Sin nombreSayra
CodiciaJuliaShort film
La mitad del mundoPaulina
2010En tus manosZuvelyShort film
We Are What We AreSabina
2011La cebraValentina
InocenciaGabyShort film
Días de graciaCamila
El BukanasAshley
2012MatildeGabyShort film
Las paredes hablanLupe
HermanasLuzShort film
2013DeseoAdolescente
Ni aquí ni alláShort film
2014Cuatro lunasRosita in TelenovelaVoice
Eddie Reynolds y los ángeles de aceroNatalia
2015Crossing pointLucilleAssociate producer
Las AparicioRafaela Primera
Ruta MadreColette
2018The Good GirlsAna PaulaNominated – Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress[6]
2019SouvenirIsabel
2020TerritorioLupe
2022Me Casé Con Un IdiotaFlor
2024City of DreamsTBA

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992Mujer, casos de la vida real Episode: "Los pasos de mamá"
2010Las AparicioIleana Delacroix
2010CapadociaAndrea Marín
2012The RiverJahel Valenzuela
2013Sr. ÁvilaJuliana Rivas
2015Señorita PólvoraNoemí "Beretta"Co-lead role
2015-16NarcosTata Escobar
2018Señora Acero (season 5)Leticia Moreno
2018Diablo GuardiánViolettaMain role; 18 episodes
2020El PresidenteMaría Inés "Nené" FacuseMain role; 8 episodes
2021Before I ForgetMain role
2022 Belascoarán Irene

References

  1. "Paulina Gaitán – Biografia". Biosstars International. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012.
  2. "Paulina Gaitán". Glamour.
  3. New York Daily News article: Paulina Gaitán's crossing over in 'Sin Nombre'. Nydailynews.com (2009-03-17); retrieved on 2011-06-04.
  4. Blu-ray Review: Sin Nombre, Heyuguys.co.uk (2010-01-28); retrieved on 2011-06-04.
  5. Cannes Video Day 4: Jorge Michel Grau's We Are What We Are (Somos lo que hay). Ioncinema.com (2010-05-15); retrieved 2011-06-04.
  6. Magaña, Arturo (April 23, 2019). "Ariel 2019: Lista completa de nominados". Cine Premiere (in Spanish). G21 Comunicación Entertainment. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
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