Alejandra Barros

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Alejandra Barros
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Born
Alejandra Barros del Campo

(1971-08-11) August 11, 1971 (age 53)
OccupationActress
Years active1996 - present
Spouse
Luis Manuel Peralta
(m. 2000;div. 2003)
Children1

Alejandra Barros (born Alejandra Barros del Campo on August 11, 1971) is a Mexican actress. She is best known for her role in Televisa's telenovela Mariana de la Noche (2003).

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Biography

Barros studied in New York in The Lee Strasberg Theater Institute to study acting; she later transferred over to Actors Studio Film & T.V School where she studied film and television, and in the Broadway Dance Center , tap and jazz. After living a couple of years in New York City, Barros moved back to Mexico City and enrolled in an acting school to brush-up her acting skills.[ citation needed ]

After having studied acting and film, Barros received her first opportunity to act in the telenovela Huracán, sharing credits with Alejandro Camacho and Rebecca Jones. She later came to act in telenovelas such as Locura de Amor, a production led by Roberto Gómez Fernández.[ citation needed ]

Her first stage role was Malcom y su lucha contra los Eunucos, by director Alejandro Bichir, presented at the festival of theater in Málaga, Spain. Other stage work includes the Mexican adaptation of Patrick Marber's play, Closer alongside Bruno Bichir. In 2009/2010, Barros co-starred with Tony Dalton in Bernard Slade's Same Time Next Year .[ citation needed ]

After working in Mexican television for several years, Barros was given her first starring role in the 2003 telenovela Mariana de la Noche where she essayed the title character with Jorge Salinas as her leading man. In 2006, Barros co-starred in the Mexican telenovela remake of 1986's El Camino Secreto , now titled La Verdad Oculta opposite Eduardo Yáñez. Both versions were written by Jose Rendon. In 2008/2009, she appeared with Alejandro Camacho in Alma de Hierro . She teamed up with Camacho and Jones once again in 2010's critically acclaimed Para Volver a Amar by Gómez Fernández and Giselle González, where she portrayed Bárbara Mantilla, the suffering, yet flighty and carefree wife of an abusive alcoholic. For her efforts, Barros won the award for Best Actress in a Co-Starring Role given by Revista TV y Novelas in their annual Premios gala on March 6, 2011.[ citation needed ]

Also in 2010, Alejandra Barros co-starred with Eugenio Derbez in the romantic comedy No Eres Tu, Soy Yo which went on to become one of the highest-grossing films in Mexican cinema history.[ citation needed ]

In 2013, Alejandra Barros acted in Carlos Moreno Laguillo's telenovela: Quiero Amarte . [1] A year later, she joined the production of Mapat Lopez Zatarain in La sombra del pasado , giving life to the main antagonist Candela Rivero de Mendoza. In 2015, she joined the production of Carlos Moreno Laguillo's A que no me dejas , again as the main antagonist Julieta Olmedo Rodriguez de Cordova.[ citation needed ]

In 2016, she won the lead role in the series Mujeres de negro .[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Telenovelas, Series, TV Show, Films
YearTitleRoleNotes
1985-07 Mujer casos de la vida real AraceliEpisodio: Entre Abrismos & Mala Reputacion
1996Confidente de SecundariaLauraSupporting role
1997-98 Huracán Rocío MedinaSupporting role
2000Locura de AmorBeatriz SandovalSupporting role
2000-01 Por un beso ThelmaGuest star
2001 Atrévete a Olvidarme Olga Bocker de Rivas-MontañoSupporting role
María Belén Valeria Montaño de SanzSupporting role
2001-02Navidad Sin FinAngelitaTV Mini-series
2002-03 Clase 406 Adriana Pineda Suarez/Angela Pineda SuárezLead role
2003-04 Mariana de la Noche Elisa Madrigal/Mariana Montenegro Madrigal/Mariana Lugo-Navarro MadrigalLead role
2004 Matando Cabos Líder ExtraterrestreFilm
2005Fear Factor VIPHerself/co-hostessTV show
VibeHerself/ContestantTV show
La MadrastraDianaGuest star
2006 La Verdad Oculta Alejandra Balmori GenovesLead role
Mejor es que Gabriela no se mueraFilm
2007 Sultanes del Sur Turista en AvionFilm
El viaje de la NonnaCreativa AnaFilm
13 Miedos IntercambioCristina31 episodes
2007-08 Yo amo a Juan Querendón SusanaGuest star
2008S.O.S.: Sexo y otros secretos
Mujeres Asesinas 1 Jessica SuarezEpisode: "Jessica, tóxica"
2008-09 Alma de Hierro Mariana Camargo de HierroMain role
2009AmarVirginiaFilm
2009-10 Hasta Que El Dinero Nos Separe Lic. Alicia Ávila del VillarGuest star
2010Seres: GenesisDoctora MarielFilm
No eres tu, soy yo MariaFilm
Para Volver a Amar Bárbara Mantilla de EspinosaMain role
2011Viento en ContraSofía NavarreteFilm
2012Sueños del CaribeFlorina de DiosFilm
2013-14 Quiero Amarte Juliana Montesinos Carmona de la ParraMain role
2014-15 La sombra del pasado Candela Rivero de MendozaMain role
2015-16 A que no me dejas Julieta Olmedo Rodriguez de CórdovaMain role
2016 Mujeres de negro Jacqueline "Jackie" Acosta de RiveraLead role
2018 Hijas de la luna Rosaura NietoGuest star
2018 Y mañana será otro día Diana Alcántara Lazcano de SarmientoLead role
2020 La Doña Eleonora Rojas de NavarreteRecurring role (season 2)
2021 Buscando a Frida Rafaela Pons de TeránMain role
2022 Los ricos también lloran Daniela MontesinosMain role
2022 Vencer la ausencia Celeste MachadoMain role
2023 Nadie como tú [2] Teresa Arreola VillaseñorMain role
2024 El precio de amarte [3] Eduarda FerreiraMain role
2025 Juegos de amor y poder [4] Mariana Avendaño

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryTelenovelaResult
2007 Premios TVyNovelas Best Lead Actress La Verdad Oculta Nominated
2009Best Co-star Actress Alma de Hierro
2011 Para Volver a Amar Won
2009Premios A.P.TBest Couple RevelationEl próximo año a la misma hora

References

  1. "Alejandra Barros ingresa a la nueva versión de 'Imperio de Cristal'". Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  2. González, Moisés (28 March 2023). "¡Entrevista! Productor Ignacio Sada nos presenta al elenco de su telenovela Nadie como tú". People en Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  3. Pereda Maldonado, Armando (26 July 2024). "Celos y abusos serán "El precio de amarte"". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  4. "Juegos de Amor y Poder: ¿quiénes son los personajes y quiénes integran el elenco de la novela?". univision.com (in Spanish). 7 March 2025. Retrieved 10 March 2025.