Livia Brito

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Livia Brito
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Born
Livia Pestana

(1986-07-21) 21 July 1986 (age 37)
Nationality
  • Cuban
  • Mexican
Occupation(s)Actress, model
Years active2010–present
Parents
  • Rolando Brito Rodríguez
  • Gertrudis Pestana

Livia Brito Pestana (born 21 July 1986) is a Cuban and Mexican actress and model who gained popularity after making her acting debut in Televisa's telenovela Triunfo del amor . She is also best known for portraying characters that are mostly heroic in all telenovelas she starred in.

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Biography

Brito was born on 21 July 1986 in Ciego de Avila, Cuba. The daughter of actor Rolando Brito Rodríguez and Gertrudis Pestana, her family immigrated to Mexico in the year 2000. Brito was between 13 and 14 years of age at the time. A year after settling in Mexico City, her father opened a restaurant called La Cubana, which offered traditional Cuban dishes. Brito worked as a waitress at the family restaurant, and later as a model, to help pay for her studies in Business Administration. [1] She represented Mexico in the 2009 edition of the Reina Mundial del Banano, finishing as first runner-up and awarded Miss Photogenic. [2] She later enrolled in Televisa's Centro de Educación Artística (CEA). Her talents attributed to heredity, coming from an artistic family. Her father was a leading actor in Cuba, while her mother was a major ballet dancer.[ citation needed ]

Career

In 2010, she made her debut as Fernanda Sandoval Gutierrez in Triunfo del amor , produced by Salvador Mejía. [3] In 2012, she starred (in a supporting role) as Paloma Gonzalez in Abismo de pasión , produced by Angelli Nesma Medina. [4] She starred in Lucero Suárez's telenovela: De Que Te Quiero, Te Quiero , marking the first time she stars as the protagonist. [5] She then starred as the protagonist once more in Pedro Damian's new telenovela Muchacha italiana viene a casarse alongside Jose Ron. She starred as Maribel Guardia in the Mexican series Por Siempre Joan Sebastian. She starred in the first and second season of La Piloto as Yolanda Cadena, Medicos, linea de vida as Regina Villaseñor, and La desalmada as Fernanda Linares. [6] In 2022, she starred in Mujer de nadie as Lucía Arizmendi.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRolesNotes
2013 No sé si cortarme las venas o dejármelas largas Chantal
2014 Volando bajo Ana Bertha Miranda
2014 La dictadura perfecta Jazmín
2016 Juan Apóstol, el más amado Mary, mother of Jesus [7]
2023 Infelices para siempre Carmen Pelusi [8]

Television

YearTitleRolesNotes
2010–2011 Triunfo del amor Fernanda SandovalRecurring role; 158 episodes
2012 Abismo de pasión Paloma GonzálezMain role; 135 episodes
2013–2014 De que te quiero, te quiero Natalia GarcíaMain role; 187 episodes
2014–2015 Muchacha italiana viene a casarse Fiorella BianchiMain role; 177 episodes
2016 Por Siempre Joan Sebastian Maricruz GuardiaMain role; 18 episodes
2017–2018 La Piloto Yolanda CadenaMain role (season 1-2); 162 episodes
2017 La doble vida de Estela Carrillo Yolanda CadenaEpisode: "Final: Part 2"
2019–2020 Médicos Regina VillaseñorMain role; 87 episodes
2021 La desalmada Fernanda LinaresMain role; 85 episodes
2022 Mujer de nadie Lucía ArizmendiMain role; 45 episodes
2023 Minas de pasión Emilia SánchezMain role [9]

Awards and nominations

Premios TVyNovelas

YearCategoryTelenovelaResult
2012 [10] Best Young Lead Actress Triunfo del Amor Won
2013 [11] Abismo de Pasión
2016 Best Lead Actress Muchacha italiana viene a casarse Nominated

Premio de la Asociación de Críticos y Periodistas Teatrales (ACPT)

YearCategoryNominatedResult
2012Best Revelation in TheaterEl carteroWon

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