Life and career

Sandino Moreno was born in Bogotá, Colombia. Before becoming an actress, she studied advertising at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá. Casting calls for Maria Full of Grace were conducted in both New York and Colombia where she was initially noticed for her talent at the acting school in Bogotá. She was then referred to a casting audition where she beat over 900 girls for the lead role. Sandino Moreno's role in this movie made her the first Colombian, the second South American, and third Hispanic actress nominated for an Academy Award.

She is the current CEO of El Delirio Productions, a production company based in Los Angeles and Bogotá. Catalina Sandino Moreno is now working in the pre production of El Delirio's first feature film called "Gratitude", written and directed by Nicolás Sandino Moreno; her business partner and brother.

In 2006, she played roles in Fast Food Nation and Paris, je t'aime. In 2008, she appeared alongside Benicio del Toro in Steven Soderbergh's Che, playing the role of Aleida March de Guevara. She played the role of female Vampire Maria in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010), based on the novel of the same name by Stephenie Meyer.

In November 2013, it was announced she would play the title role in the forthcoming biopic Castro's Daughter, based on Alina Fernández’s autobiography of the same name.

On October 20, 2014, it was announced that she would be joining the final season of Falling Skies in a recurring role as Isabella.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2004	Maria Full of Grace	María Álvarez	Silver Bear Berlin Film Festival Award for Best Actress (Tied with Charlize Theron for Monster) Independent Spirit Award for Best Actress Breakthrough Award Gotham Awards New Promessing Actress OFCS Award Online Film Critics Society Awards New Generation Award Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Golden Space Needle Award Seattle International Film Festival Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated - Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
2006	Journey to the End of the Night	Angie
2006	Paris, je t'aime	Ana	(Segment "Loin du 16e")
2006	Fast Food Nation	Sylvia
2006	The Hottest State	Sarah
2007	Heart of the Earth	Blanca Bosco
2007	Love in the Time of Cholera	Hildebranda Sanchez
2008	Che Part One: The Argentine	Aleida March de Guevara
2008	Che Part Two: Guerrilla	Aleida March de Guevara
2010	La Siguiente Estación	Eva	Short, executive producer
2010	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Maria	Uncredited
2012	For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada	Adriana
2013	Magic Magic	Barbara
2013	Roa	María de Roa
2013	A Stranger in Paradise	Jules
2013	Medeas	Christina
2014	At the Devil's Door	Leigh
2014	Swelter	Carmen
2014	A Most Violent Year	Luisa
2015	Incarnate		Post-production
2015	Gratitude		Pre-production
2015	Custody	Sarah	Filming
2016	The Godmother		Filming
2016	The Mystery of Casa Matusita	Lucy	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	The Bridge	Alma Ruiz	9 episodes
2014	Red Band Society	Eva Palacios	3 episodes
2015	East Los High	Eddie's Mom	4 episodes
2015	Falling Skies	Isabella	6 episodes
2015	The Affair	Luisa	7 episodes

Performer

• "Que Linda Manita" - 2006 (Paris, je t'aime Soundtrack)

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Catalina Sandino Moreno

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