María Adelaida Puerta

María Adelaida Puerta Restrepo
Born	(1982-11-11) November 11, 1982 (age 42) Medellín, Colombia
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2000 – present
Notable work	Sin tetas no hay paraíso
Awards	Best Antagonistic Actress in a Telenovela, Series or Miniseries (India Catalina Awards, 2010) Best New Actor or Actress of the Year (India Catalina Awards, 2007) Best Antagonistic Actress in a Telenovela (TVyNovelas Awards Colombia, 2010)

María Adelaida Puerta Restrepo (born 11 November 1982, Medellín, Colombia) is a Colombian actress known for her role as 'Catalina' in the Colombian television series Sin tetas no hay paraíso of the Caracol Televisión network and in El Capo of Canal RCN. Both of these roles earned her India Catalina Awards.^[1]

Life

María Adelaida Puerta Restrepo was born on 11 November 1982 in Medellín, Colombia.

At 19 years old, she left her birth city of to live in Bogotá. There, she studied at the Teatro Libre de Bogotá and La Casa del Teatro Nacional. During this time, she also traveled to multiple countries, where she acquired more tools for her work as an actress.

She worked at Mapa Teatro, under directors Heidi Abderhalden and Rolf Abderhalden. In film, she worked with Felipe Aljure, Ricardo Gabrielli, Klych Lópezn, and Jaime Escallón.

Currently, she is based in México City,^[2] where she continues her career as an actress.

For the past 12 years, she has been interested in and has practiced yoga and meditation, which she has said helps her physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. Before leaving Colombia, she spent a year and a half teaching classes in yoga at women's prisons in Bogotá. She continues to teach yoga when she has the time.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Television

Among her works in Colombian television, she has acted in Todos quieren con Marilyn (RCN Televisión) as Lina, El vuelo de la cometa as Victoria, and La mujer en el espejo.

Sin tetas no hay paraíso

In 2006, Caracol acquired the rights to produce the novel Sin tetas no hay paraíso by Colombian screenwriter and novelist Gustavo Bolívar as a television series of the same name. María Adelaida Puerta tried out for the main character of the novel, Catalina. Initially, she was denied the role, with the reasoning that she lacked the necessary qualities. But, when she was going to sign onto another project with RCN, they called her via Caracol and gave her the role.^[3]

Puerta's role in Sin tetas no hay paraíso earned her India Catalina Awards’ ‘New Actress of the Year’ award at the 2007 Cartagena de Indias Festival, one of Colombia's most prestigious awards for film and television.

Las profesionales

In 2007, she participated in Las profesionales from Caracol, in which she played Cassandra, an ambitious, calculating, and latter-climbing professional very different from the naive Catalina.^[4]

Montecristo

By the end of 2007, Caracol launched the telenovela Montecristo, in which Puerta played Victoria Sáenz.

Tiempo final

In 2008, she starred in the sixth episode of the second season of Fox Latin America's Tiempo final as Viviana. In which she worked alongside David Carradine.

El capo

In 2009, she was in El capo of RCN Televisión, where she played La Perrys, a faithful lieutenant in the service of 'El Capo Pedro Pablo León Jaramillo' (Marlon Moreno). Thanks to this production, she won Best Antagonistic Actress at the 2010 India Catalina Awards. She also received a Favorite Villain award at the 2010 TVyNovelas awards.

La Mariposa

In 2012, she starred in La Mariposa, a Fox Telecolombia production for the MundoFox channel in the United States that is broadcast in Colombia by the RCN Channel.

Film

In film, she worked for Felipe Aljure in El colombian dream and Klych López in the short film Collar de perlas, winner of 'Proyecto 48' Award of the TNT cable channel, and shot in her native Medellín. There, she played Laura, a young woman who earns money working with her voice, leaving phone messages. At one point, she tries to leave this bizarre trade, but it is extremely difficult for her. With Klych López, she played the character Mónica Yamhure in the docufilm Correr o Morir. She was also in the film Cuando Rompen Las Olas by director Riccardo Gabrielli, and starred in the film El Caso Watson by Jaime Escallón.

Roles

Television

Year	Title	Role	Channel
2024	Klass 95	Gisella Sepúlveda[5]	Caracol Televisión
2022	A grito herido	Camila[6]	Prime Vídeo
2019-2022	El Inquisidor	Aura Bardot[7][8][9]	Señal Colombia
2017-2018	La hija pródiga	Beatriz Castellanos / Delia Castellanos	Azteca Uno
2017	¡Ay Güey!	Kiki de los Monteros	Blim
	Guerra de ídolos	Bárbara Montoya	Telemundo
2016	Drunk History: El lado borroso de la historia	Wife Llorente	Comedy Central
	Mujeres asesinas (Colombia)	Carmen, the daughter	RCN Televisión
	La viuda negra 2	Denisse	UniMás
2012-2013	El capo 2	Pilar Monroy 'La Perrys'	Canal RCN
2012	La Mariposa [es]	Alicia Benítez 'La Mariposa'
2011	Mentes en shock	Clara	Star Channel
2009-2010	El capo	Pilar Monroy 'La Perrys'	Canal RCN
2008	Sin retorno [es]	Manuela, Ep: Humo
	Tiempo final	Viviana, Ep: Lesbianas	Star Premium
2007-2008	Montecristo	Victoria Sáenz	Caracol Televisión
2006-2007	Las profesionales	Kassandra García
2006	Sin tetas no hay paraíso	Catalina Santana
2004-2005	La mujer en el espejo	Altamira	Telemundo
2004-2005	El vuelo de la cometa	Victoria Durán	Caracol Televisión
	Todos quieren con Marilyn	Lina	Canal RCN
2001-2002	Ecomoda	Andrea
2001	Francisco, el Matemático	Aurora

Programs

Year	Title	Role
2008	Proyecto 48	Host
2005	La Guerra de los Sexos	Participant
2004	One night Costa Rica	Host

Film

Year	Title	Role
2017	El Caso Watson	Lieutenant Mariana Prieto
2008	Correr o morir
2007	Collar de perlas	María
2006	Cuando rompen las olas	Sofía (young)
2005	El colombian dream	La súper Nena
2001	Sudadera Doble Faz
2000	Posesión extraterrestre

Theater

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2012	Habitación 3.3.3		Casa Esamble
2010	Cuatros secretos		Performance
2007	The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry	Heidi and Rolf Abderhalden
2004	Historia de amor by Jean Luc Lagarce	Heidi Abderhalden
2002	Muelle Oeste by Bernard-Marie Koltès	Rolf Abderhalden	Ibero-American Theater Festival of Bogotá
2001	The Imaginary Invalid byMolière	Tito Ochoa
2000	Marat-Sade	Charlotte Corday	Teatro Libre
	Bernarda Alba	María Josefa

Awards and nominations

TVyNovelas Awards

Year	Category	Telenovela/Series	Result
2013	Best Leading Actress in a Series	La Mariposa	Nominated
	Best Antagonistic Actress in a Telenovela	El Capo 2	Nominated
2010	Best Antagonistic Actress in a Telenovela	El Capo	Won
2007	Best Leading Actress in a Telenovela	Sin tetas no hay paraíso	Nominated

India Catalina Awards

Año	Categoría	Telenovela/Serie	Resultado
2013	Best Leading Actress in a Series or Miniseries	La Mariposa	Nominated
2010	Best Antagonistic Actress in a Telenovela, Series or Miniseries	El Capo	Won
2007	Best New Actor or Actress of the Year	Sin tetas no hay paraíso	Won

References

1. "Maria Adelaida Puerta". Diana Camacho Artistas (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
2. "Qué pasó con María Adelaida Puerta, la primera Catalina Santana de Sin tetas no hay paraíso | FAMA". Mag. (in Spanish). 26 January 2021. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
3. ""Mi estética es plana. No me operaría"". Semana.com Últimas Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo. 2006-08-19. Archived from the original on 2021-08-28. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
4. "María Adelaida Puerta habla sobre su trabajo". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
5. "Este es el elenco de lujo de 'Klass 95', la nueva serie de Caracol que recrea los años 90". pulzo.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2024-08-22. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
6. "Prime Video estrena este viernes 11 A grito herido, serie de Caracol TV que le apuesta al género musical". PRODU.COM (in Spanish). 2022-11-10. Retrieved 2022-11-15.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
7. "El Inquisidor". RTVCPlay (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
8. "¿Quién es el verdadero inquisidor?". Señal Colombia (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
9. "Sumérgete en la nueva experiencia inmersiva de El Cubo Inquisidor". RTVC Sistema de Medios Públicos (in Spanish). 2022-05-02. Archived from the original on 2022-05-03. Retrieved 2022-06-05.

External links

• María Adelaida Puerta on Biografías
• María Adelaida Puerta on 123 Mujer
• María Adelaida Puerta on Colarte
• María Adelaida Puerta at IMDb