María Cecilia Botero Cadavid (Medellín, Antioquia, May 13, 1955) is a Colombian actress , presenter and journalist.
Biography[]
She studied anthropology long before becoming an actress . She is the daughter of the teacher Jaime Botero Gómez . She is the niece of Dora Cadavid, she began with The Canterville Ghost , in 1971, alongside Carlos Benjumea , Maruja Toro , Enrique Pontón and Franky Linero . She replaced Mariela Hijuelos, who died during the recording of La Vorágine (1975). She was Manuela Saénz in the series Bolívar, the man of difficulties in 1981. She was María Candia in La Pezuña del Diablo (1983), Yadira La Ardiente in Old Horse (1988) and Sándalo Daza in Maestro Music (1990). His brothers Óscar Botero and Ana Cristina Botero are also actors.
She made her debut as an actress 42 years ago, when she starred in the film María , alongside Fernando Allende . María Cecilia Botero has assumed the passing of the years with professionalism, dignity and strength, thus becoming one of the most beloved figures in Colombian entertainment.
His first television role was in 1971, in The Canterville Ghost . She then participated in Lunes de Comedia, La Vorágine, Caminos de Gloria, Lejos del Nido, Los Novios, La Pezuña del Diablo, La Rosa de los Vientos, Dos Mujeres and Ama la Academia , just to mention a few productions.
Perhaps his most remembered characters are Yadira la Ardiente, from the telenovela Caballo viejo , and Sándalo Daza, from Música maestro . I study at the Venice District Educational Institution.
In 2005, she was invited to be part of the telenovela Lorena, produced by RCN Television , where she played her first antagonistic role, giving life to the evil Rufina de Ferrero, where she radically changed her look and showed her great histrionic capacity.
Parallel to her career as a telenovela actress , María Cecilia produced and starred in several musical comedies directed by her husband, the Argentine David Stivel (with whom she married in 1982), now deceased. Her dream of popularizing musical theater in Colombia led her to perform productions as important as Peter Pan , Sugar and La Mujer del Año.
The restless and versatile artist also stood out as the presenter of Noticieros CM& and de las 7 and as host of the talk shows Maria C, Contigo and Las Tardes de Maria C. María Cecilia has not neglected her vocation as a teacher and she directs the Charlot Academy , the acting school created by her father, Jaime Botero. She had a son with her husband David Stivel , Mateo Stivelberg.
He presented the program Día a Día on the Caracol Televisión channel , together with Catalina Gómez and Agmeth Escaf.
Filmography[]
Television[]
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | La venganza de Analía | Eugenia Márquez de la Torre |
| 2019-2021 | Enfermeras | Beatriz |
| 2019 | La cuadra | Ella misma |
| 2018 | La ley secreta | Bertha |
| 2016-2017 | Hilos de sangre azul | Sonia Diaz |
| 2015-2016 | Las hermanitas Calle | Isabel. |
| 2014 | La suegra | Beatriz Eugenia Espitia |
| 2013 | La hipocondríaca | Maruja Maldonado de Pulido |
| 2011 | La bruja | Carmen Escobar |
| 2010 | Secretos de familia | Mercedes Romero Vda de San Miguel |
| 2008-2009 | Muñoz vale por 2 | Victoria de Castellanos |
| 2007-2008 | Nuevo rico, nuevo pobre | Antonia de Ferreira |
| 2005 | Lorena | Rufina De Brigard de Ferrero |
| 2003 | A.M.A La Academia | Victoria Giraldo |
| 1997 | Dos Mujeres | Laura Blanco de Urdaneta |
| 1990-1991 | Música maestro | Soledad "Sándalo Daza" |
| 1989 | La rosa de los vientos | Rosario |
| 1988 | Caballo viejo | Yadira La Ardiente |
| 1987 | Por amor | |
| Cuando llega la noche | ||
| Mi sangre aunque plebeya | ||
| 1986 | Los dueños del poder | |
| 1985 | Gloria | (Cuento del domingo) |
| 1984 | Camino cerrado | |
| Amalia | Amalia | |
| 1983 | La pezuña del diablo | Maria Cándida. |
| 1982 | El hombre de negro | La Frívola |
| 1981 | La tía Julia y el escribidor | |
| 1980 | Bolívar, el hombre de las dificultades | Manuela Sáenz. |
| 1979 | Córdova | Manuela Morales |
| 1979 | Los novios | |
| 1978 | Lejos del nido | Filomena |
| 1975 | La vorágine | Alicia |
| La feria de las vanidades | ||
| 1973 | Caminos de Gloria | |
| 1972 | María | |
| Episodios de Los cuentos del domingo | ||
| Episodios de Suspenso 7:30 | ||
| Lunes de comedia (episodios) | ||
| 1971 | El fantasma de Canterville |
Cinema[]
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Encanto | Abuela Alma Madrigal |
Presenter[]
| Year | Program |
|---|---|
| 2019 | La gran carpa |
| 2005-2009 | Día a día |
| 2002-2004 | Protagonistas de Novela |
| 2000-2001 | Las tardes de Maria C |
| 1998-2000 | Maria C contigo. |
Musical theater[]
- La Mujer del año
- Sugar
- La Invencible Molly Brown
- Peter Pan
- Música maestro (1990)
- Los caballeros las prefieren rubias