Blanca Lewin

Blanca Esperanza Lewin Gajardo (born 7 August 1974) is a Chilean actress. She studied at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She is best known for her role as Lola Padilla in the soap opera Lola by Canal 13. She has won awards including the Altazor for Best Actress three times and Festival de Cine Internacional de Palm Springs.

Career Lewin began her career in 1996, right after graduating from the theater program at the Pontifical Catholic University. At that time, she was a promising yet unknown actress when a casting director from a modeling agency offered her an audition at the cable music channel, Vía X. Impressed by her talent, she was immediately recruited as a VJ. Simultaneously, she received an offer from TVN to act in the TV series Tic Tac, and from that moment on, her career took off like a whirlwind. She went on to participate in successful and memorable soap operas such as Iorana, La fiera, Romané, Pampa ilusión, Puertas adentro, Los Pincheira, and Cómplices, among others.

Lewin made her debut in the film industry as a lead actress in the horror movies Ángel negro (2000) and Sangre Eterna (2002), both directed by Chilean filmmaker Jorge Olguín. Her exceptional performance in the movie Sábado by Matías Bize earned her the Best Actress award at the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival in Germany. She further showcased her acting prowess in the film En la cama, where she played the leading role alongside Gonzalo Valenzuela. Additionally, she co-hosted the program La liga, which was broadcast on Mega.

In 2007, Lewin achieved significant success in her career with the TV series Lola on Canal 13, where she obtained her first leading role. This role established her as one of the prominent female faces in the drama department of the channel and solidified her position as one of the most important actresses in Chile. She also ventured into the English-language film industry, traveling to New York to shoot her first English-language film, New Brooklyn, directed by Christopher Cannucciari, alongside actor Pablo Cerda. In 2008, she portrayed Clara in Rubén Alonso's debut film Extrañamente íntimos, filmed in Valladolid, Spain, marking her entry into the Spanish film industry.

Since 2003, Lewin has also been a columnist for the magazine El Periodista, where she shares her insights on national and international events every two weeks. In 2010, she co-starred in the soap opera Feroz, playing the role of Ángela Carrera. This was followed by her appearances in nighttime soap operas Peleles (2011) and Secretos en el jardín (2014) on Canal 13. She also played Ana, the art teacher, in the successful TVN series El reemplazante for two seasons. In 2015, she returned to TVN and secured one of the leading roles in Matriarcas, portraying Chantal Chávez, the main antagonist. Finally, in 2018, she made another return to Canal 13 to participate in the highly successful soap opera Pacto de sangre.

Filmography

Film

Television TitleYearRoleNotes Oro Verde 1997 Consuelo Tic Tac 1997 Macarena Mendizábal Iorana 1998 Tiare Tepano La Fiera 1999 Tránsito "Tato" Catrilaf Romané 2000 Milenka California Vigías del Sur 2000 Lorena (season 2) Pampa Ilusión 2001 Clara Montes Rojo Fama Contrafama 2002 Herself/ Judge TV shows (season 1) Puertas Adentro 2003 Déborah Castro Los Pincheira 2004 Samira Abu Kassem Los Capo 2005 Beatrice Capo Cómplices 2006 Emilia Pedraza La Liga 2007 Host TV shows (season 1) Lola 2007-2008 Lola Padilla / Pepa Galindo Locos por el Baile 2008 Herself/Guest Judge TV shows (season 2, episode 1) Feroz 2010 Ángela Carrera Peleles 2011 Mónica Dávila Prófugos 2011-2013 Laura Ferragut Prófugos Macking-of 2011 Herself Documentary film El Reemplazante 2012 Ana Matriarcas 2015 Chantal Chavez Antagonist in Soap Opera

Theatre Edipo - 2003 Roberto Zucco - 2006 Desafección - 2006 Las Tres Hermanas - 2008