Paz Bascuñán

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birthname = María Paz Bascuñán Aylwin
birthdate = June 2nd of 1975
birthplace = Santiago de Chile, CHI
occupation = Actress

María Paz Bascuñán Aylwin (June 2nd of 1975) Known for her artistic name of Paz Bascuñán, is a chilean theater, movies and television actress. She is the grand-daughter of former chilean president Patricio Aylwin.

She studied theater in Universidad Católica de Chile and made her debut in Cerro Alegre from canal 13 (1999). In 2001, she made an appearance in the Soap Opera Piel Canela(2001) from canal 13 together with the protagonist Benjamin Vicuña.

In 2003, she switched to TVN, with the Soap Opera Puertas Adentro (2004) she took the role of the daughter of a businessman, Javiera Martinez, who falls in love with a normal guy Jonathan Cárdenas (Ricardo Fernández) and she becomes pregnant, Los Pincheira (2004), Los Capo (2005), Cómplices (2006) Corazón de María (2007) and more recently on Viuda Alegre (2008).

In theater she became famous in extraordinary fashion with the show "Esa relación tan delicada" (2002-2005) from the French author Loleh Bellón.

Her cinema appearances have been: "Pretendiendo" (2006) directed by Claudio Dabed, "Santos" (2007) directed by Nicolás López and "Normal con Alas" (2007) directed by Coca Gómez.

Soap Operas

* 1999 – Cerro Alegre (Canal 13) - Heidi Astudillo
* 2001 – Piel Canela (Canal 13) - Marcela Moreno
* 2003 – Puertas Adentro (TVN) - Javiera Martínez
* 2004 – Los Pincheira (TVN) - Trinidad Molina
* 2005 – Los Capo (TVN) - Millarhaü
* 2006 – Cómplices (TVN) - Francisca Durán
* 2007 – Corazón de María (TVN) - Yasna Ceballos
* 2008 – Viuda Alegre (TVN)- Sofia Valdevenito

Movies

* 2006 – Pretendiendo - Fernanda
* 2007 – Santos - Presentadora telediario
* 2007 – Normal con Alas - Pascuala Cortazar

Series, miniseries and TV

* 2004 – Loco Por Ti (TVN)
* 2004 – La Vida es una Lotería (TVN) - Mechita