- Angie Cepeda
Infobox actor
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birthname = Angélica María Cepeda Jiménez
birthdate = birth date and age|1974|8|2
birthplace =Cartagena de Indias ,Colombia Angie Cepeda (born Angélica María Cepeda Jiménez;
August 2 ,1974 ) is aColombia nactress .Biography
Early life
Cepeda was born to José Cepeda and Yadhira Jiménez in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, and raised in
Barranquilla . After her parents divorced she lived with her mother and two older sisters (one of whom is actressLorna Paz ).Career
There was a time she thought of studying publishing, however she discovered her vocation in drama and moved out to
Bogotá and stayed with an aunt. Angie began her drama courses, then she was contracted by a beer company and made some advertisements for it. Next, she played some bit parts in several soap operas and movies in Colombia.Cepeda's lucky break was when she got a role in the soap opera "Las Juanas", opposite
Susana Torres , getting the attention of some TV producers who offered her interesting jobs in prime time shows; most memorable of them was her leading role in "Luz Maria " (1998), co-starring Christian Meier and Rosalinda Serfaty, and her leading role as Fiorella Morelli Flores de Mejia Guzman in "Pobre Diabla " (2000), oppositeSalvador del Solar andSantiago Magill . In the cinematic world, Peruvian directorFrancisco Lombardi convinced her to portray aprostitute called "La Colombiana" in "Pantaleon y las Visitadoras " (released in English as "Captain Pantoja and the Special Services"). It was a smash hit in Colombia,Spain ,Peru andArgentina and got good reviews for her performance. She also got got huge compliments to her beauty and sensuality due to the nudity and steamy sex scenes in the movie withSalvador del Solar .Cepeda starred in "Suddenly, Paradise" (2004), "Sammy and Me" (2003), and "Captain Pantoja and the Special Services" (1999), for which she received rave reviews. Before she jumped into film, Angie was a successful soap opera actress in "Luz María" and "Pobre Diabla". "Love for Rent" is Angie's premiere English speaking feature.
Personal life
Cepeda had a long-term relationship with her boyfriend, singer
Diego Torres . She tries to spend as much times with her niece and nephew as possible. She is 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) in height [imdb name|id=0148382] and prefers to live alone.Filmography
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Ilona llega con la lluvia (1996)
*Pantaleón y las visitadoras (2000)
*Leyenda de Fuego (2001)
*El destino no tiene favoritos (2002)
*Sammy and me (2003)
*Il paradiso all´improvviso (2004)
*Love for Rent (2005)
*Oculto (2005)
*El Muerto (2007)
*Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)
*Passing by (2008)Telenovelas and TV series
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La Maldición del Paraíso (1993)
*Solo una mujer (1995)
*Candela (1996)
*Las Juanas (1997)
*Luz María (1998)
*Pobre Diabla (2000)
*Vientos de Agua (2005)References
External links
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