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Paola Volpato
Paola Volpato
	Volpato in 2014
Born	Paola Volpato Martín; 5 August 1969 (age 55); Santiago de Chile
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1994–present
Spouse	Felipe Castro
Children	2

Paola Volpato Martín^[1] (born August 5, 1969, in Santiago de Chile) is a Chilean actress.

Personal life

Volpato is married to Chilean actor Felipe Castro with whom she has two children, Simón and Manuel. She is of Italian descent; her grandfather, Gaetano Volpato, was an Italian immigrant from Venice.^[2]

Career

In 1986, she graduated from Scuola Italiana and pursued acting studies at the University of Chile.

She began her career as an actress with a small appearance in Rojo y miel (1994) on Televisión Nacional de Chile. During the following years, she took part in various roles in the cast of María Eugenia Rencoret in productions such as Tic Tac (1997), Aquelarre (1999), Amores de mercado (2001) and Destinos cruzados (2004).

In November 2002, she obtained the prize for best actress, voted by the judges of the international festival of Viña del Mar, for her acting in the movie Tres noches de un sábado.

Volpato has done as many roles in comedy as in dramas. In 2007, she became detective Eva Zanetti in Alguien Te Mira, while in the latter half of the same year she played Blanca del Bosque in Amor por Accidente. In 2008, Paola took part in the soap opera Viuda Alegre, where she played Mariana, ex-wife of the character played by Francisco Reyes. As of 2009, her career took off in the soap opera format, due to her role as "Consuelo Domínguez" in ¿Dónde está Elisa?, the antagonist. She later played "Paloma Subercaseaux" in Los Ángeles de Estela. Since 2014, she established her popularity on television with Pituca sin lucas and became the main actress of the Mega network. In 2022 she won a Produ Award as best supporting actress in a telenovela for Hijos del desierto.^[3]

Filmography

Telenovela Roles
Year	Title	Role	Other notes
1994	Rojo y Miel	Isabel Andrade
1995	Juegos de Fuego	Javiera Spencer
1996	Loca Piel	María Olivia Carter
1997	Tic Tac	Jocelyn Miranda
1998	Borrón y Cuenta Nueva	María Elena Izquierdo
1999	Aquelarre	Gustava Patiño
2001	Amores de Mercado	Vicky Tapia
2002	Purasangre	Matilde Godoy
2003	Pecadores	Aída Echeverría / Elisa Cienfuegos
2004	Destinos Cruzados	Cecilia Zamudio
2005	Versus	María Elsa Pereira
2006	Disparejas	Florencia Aguilar
2007	Alguien Te Mira	Eva Zanetti
2007	Amor por Accidente	Blanca del Bosque
2008	Viuda Alegre	Mariana Huidobro
2009	¿Dónde Está Elisa?	Consuelo Domínguez
2009	Los Angeles de Estela	Paloma Subercaseaux
2010	40 y Tantos	Loreto Estévez
2011	El Laberinto de Alicia	Rebeca Brethauer
2011	Su Nombre es Joaquín	Lola Briceño
2012	Reserva de Familia	Paula Risopatrón
2013	Socias	Monserrat Silva
2014	Pituca Sin Lucas	María Teresa "Tichi" Achondo Amunategui	First Role on Mega
2016	Pobre Gallo	Patricia Flores
2017 - 2018	Perdona nuestros pecados	Angela Bulnes
2019	Isla Paraíso	Carolina Miranda / Celeste Miranda
2021	Edificio Corona	Ágata Cárdenas
2022	Hijos del desierto	Antonia Williams