Biography

Cynthia Klitbo was born on March 11, 1967, in Zacatecas, Zacatecas, to a Danish father and a Mexican mother. She began her television career in 1987 playing a secondary character in the telenovela Como Duele Callar Amor en Silencio, Mi Segunda Madre, Yo Compro Esa Mujer, and Cadenas de Amargura soon followed.

After a brief hiatus in the mid-1990s, she returned to the small screen in La Dueña, once again playing a villainess. Notable performances in Alguna vez Tendremos alas, El Privilegio de Amar, and La Casa en la Playa established Cynthia as one of the best known actresses of her generation.

Klitbo's work in telenovelas made her recognizable internationally. Although she has starred as a protagonist, she is best known for her performances as a villain. An example is Klitbo's portrayal of the envious and psychotic Laura in La Duena opposite Angelica Rivera. Her portrayal in El Privilegio de Amar as Tamara won her a prize in Premios TvyNovelas as best antagonist. In the said telenovela, Klitbo had to shave her head in a scene to portray her character's defeat and insanity.

In 2005 Klitbo also worked as director of the telenovela Alborada produced by Carla Estrada. However, the two television personalities conflicted and Klitbo left the production days later. Later in the year she participated in the reality show Bailando por un sueño ("Dancing for a dream"), the Mexican version of Strictly Come Dancing, (the United States version is Dancing with the Stars).

On Tuesday, August 1, 2006 she gave birth to an 8.5 pound baby girl via caesarian section. She named her Elisa Fernanda. On Saturday, September 29, 2012 Cynthia married the sculptor David Gerstein in a civil ceremony. The religious ceremony took place in February 2013. She currently lives in Mexico City.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Ellos trajeron la violencia		Film debut
1991	Asalto	Elena
1995	Morena	María
1996	El amor de tu vida S.A.	Eugenia
1999	La paloma de Marsella
2003	Ladies' Night	Victima
2004	Desnudos	Berta

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Cómo duele callar	Cristina Cisneros	Co-Protagonist
1988	Amor en silencio	Aurora	Supporting Role
1989	Mi segunda madre	Leticia	Antagonist
1990	Yo compro esa mujer	Efigenia	Supporting Role
1990	Mi pequeña Soledad		Special Appareance
1991	Cadenas de amargura	Sofía Gastélum	Antagonist
1991	Vida robada	Leticia Avelar	Main Antagonist
1993	Videoteatros: Véngan corriendo que les tengo un muerto	Various roles
1993	Sueño de amor	Ana Luisa	Main Antagonist
1995	La dueña	Laura Castro Villarreal	Main Antagonist
1996	Mujer, casos de la vida real	Various roles	"Un problema para dos" (Season 12, Episode 19) "Si pudiera amarte" (Season 12, Episode 28)
1997	Alguna vez tendremos alas	Rosaura Ontiveros	Antagonist
1998-1999	El privilegio de amar	Tamara de la Colina	Main Antagonist
2000	La casa en la playa	Paulina Villarreal de Rojo	Protagonist
2000	Mi destino eres tú	Amara Trujillo	Antagonist
2003	Velo de novia	Raquela Villaseñor	Main Antagonist
2005	Peregrina	Abigaíl Osorio	Antagonist
2007	Sexo y otros secretos	Laura	"Sexo y más secretos" (Season 1, Episode 12) "Amigas por siempre" (Season 1, Episode 13)
2007-2008	Palabra de mujer	Delia Ibarra	Main Antagonist
2008	La rosa de Guadalupe	Elisa	Episode: "A la orilla del cielo"
2009-2010	Atrévete a soñar	Bianca Peña	Main Antagonist
2010	Locas de amor	Doctora Ayala	Supporting Role
2010	Mujeres asesinas	Mercedes	"Luz, Arrolladora" (Season 3, Episode 12)
2010-2011	Teresa	Juana Godoy	Co-Protagonist
2012	Por ella soy Eva	Mujer Borracha	Special Appareance
2012	Cachito de cielo	Adela Silva	Antagonist
2013-2014	De que te quiero, te quiero	Carmen Garcia	Co-Protagonist
2014-2015	La sombra del pasado	Prudencia Mendoza de Zapata	Antagonist

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Country	Category	Work	Result
1988	TVyNovelas Awards	Mexico	Best Female Revelation	Como duele callar	Nominated
1990	Palmas de oro		Best New Stage Actress	La desconfianza	Won
1991	Estrellas de plata		Best Female Villain	Cadenas de amargura
	TVyNovelas Awards		Best Female Antagonist
1992	Estrella de plata		Best New Stage Actress	La desconfianza
1993	UCCT Award
1995	APT award		Best New Actress	Juicio suspendido
	Palmas de oro		Best Female Villain	La Dueña
	Estrella de plata
	El Heraldo		Best New Film Actress	El amor de tu vida, S.A.
	Amistad Award		Best Actress	La Dueña
1996	Framingo Award	United States
	ACCA Award
	ACE Award		Best Actress in a Supporting Role
	TVyNovelas Awards	Mexico	Best Female Antagonist		Nominated
1999	Gran águila Award	Venezuela	Best Actress	El privilegio de amar	Won
	TVyNovelas Awards	Colombia		Alguna vez tendremos alas
	El Heraldo	Mexico	Best Antagonist	El privilegio de amar
	TVyNovelas Awards		Best Female Villain
	Ace Awards	United States	Best Film Actress	El amor de tu vida, S.A.
	Estrella Awards	Venezuela	Best Actress	El privilegio de amar
	Mara Awards
	Bravo Awards	Mexico	Best Female Villain
	Quetzal Awards
	El sol de oro		Best Actress
	Palmas de oro		Best Antagonist
2000	El Sol de oro		Best Actress	Rosa de dos aromas
	Las palmas de oro
	Ace Awards	United States	Best Actress in a Telenovela	La casa en la playa
2004	TVyNovelas Awards	Mexico	Best Female Antagonist	Velo de novia	Nominated
2006				Peregrina
2009				Palabra de mujer
2010				Atrévete a soñar
2014			Best Co-star Actress	De Que Te Quiero, Te Quiero	Won
			Best First Actress		Nominated

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