Margarita Muñoz

María Margarita Muñoz Parra (September 18, 1987 in Pitalito, Huila, Colombia) is a Colombian model and actress who has participated in soap operas for television networks like Caracol TV, RCN, TV Azteca, Televisa and Telemundo.

Biography She lived in her farm in Pitalito, in this city she studied primary in the School of Presentation and part of her secondary education at the Liceo Andaki. Her dream of becoming a Colombian television made from 13 years for the city of Bogotá. She studied at the school of Julio César Luna.

Personal life On February 23, 2013 she married the Argentine actor Michel Brown in the Archipelago of San Bernardo, Cartagena, Colombia.

Career She began her career in television commercial recording, her manager is John Ceballos. She joined the cast of the Caracol TV soap opera El auténtico Rodrigo Leal in 2004 at age 16, playing Valentina Manzur. The production also starred Martin Karpan and Carolina Gómez, along with Juan Pablo Llano.

In 2005 she joined the cast of the RCN telenovela Los Reyes, playing Pilar Valenzuela, known as La Pilarica, a young woman of high social class whose engagement to Santiago Iriarte (Daniel Arenas) is complicated when she falls in love with Leo Reyes (Julián Román). That year she was named among the most beautiful figures in Colombian television by the magazine TV y Novelas.

In October 2007 she starred in the co-production between RCN Television and Televisa, The Clan of the Deceived, filmed in Miami. The cast also included Peruvian actresses Maricielo Effio and Alexandra Grana. The series aired simultaneously in the United States, Mexico and Colombia.

In 2009 she played the villain Isabella Dominguez in the RTI Colombia–Telemundo soap opera Niños ricos, pobres padres, a teenage girl from a wealthy family. The cast included Fabiola Campomanes, Aylin Mujica, Didier van der Hove, Gabriel Valenzuela, Carmen Villalobos, Juan Sebastian Caicedo, Margarita Vega and Javier Jattin.

In 2010 she starred in the Caracol TV production Secretos de familia, playing Victoria "Vicky" San Miguel, a college student caught between two men. She shared the cast with Raquel Ercole, Germán Patiño, Luciano D'Alessandro and Marcela Carvajal.

In 2011 she appeared in the Telemundo telenovela Los Herederos del Monte, playing the antagonist Julieta Millán. The cast included Ezequiel Montalt, Marlene Favela, Mario Cimarro, Diana Quijano and Jose Luis Resendez, among others.

In 2013 she starred in the Mexican adaptation of Gossip Girl, Gossip Girl Acapulco, produced by Warner Brothers, The Mall and Televisa, playing Vanessa Garcia. She shared the cast with Vadhir Derbez, Jon Ecker, Sofia Sisniega, Diego Amozurrutia and Macarena Achaga. She received the Palma de Oro award for best actress in a leading debut role, presented by the National Circle of Journalists AC in Mexico.

In 2014 was the villain of the soap opera Amor sin Reserva of Cadenatres where she played Renata. In this she worked with her husband Michel Brown who was the protagonist.

In 2015 she was the villain of the soap opera Dueños del paraíso of Telemundo, where she played Gina Bianchi. In this she worked with Mexican actress Kate del Castillo, who was the protagonist.

In 2017, she was the protagonist of two different novels in two different countries: Venganza of RCN Televisión in her home country, Colombia and Nada personal of TV Azteca in Mexico. In the first (which is a remake of the American series Revenge), she played Amanda Santana/Emilia Rivera (in the original series her role was played by Emily VanCamp and whose name in the original was Amanda Clarke-Porter/Emily Thorne). In the second (which is an adaptation of the original 1996 version, also from TV Azteca), she played Mariana Aragón (in the original version, the character was called Camila de los Reyes and was played by two different actresses, Ana Colchero and Christianne Gout).

Filmography + Television roles Year Title Roles Notes 2003 El auténtico Rodrigo Leal Valentina Mansur 2005 Los Reyes Pilar "Pilarica" Valenzuela 2007 Pocholo Susana 2008 La quiero a morir Andrea Rico 2009 Niños ricos, pobres padres Isabella Domínguez 2010 El cartel María Luisa Higuera 2010 Secretos de familia Victoria Hidalgo San Miguel 99 episodes 2011 Los herederos del Monte VJulieta Millán Recurring role; 126 episodes 2013 Gossip Girl: Acapulco Vanessa García Recurring role; 22 episodes 2013–2014 Sr. Ávila Magda "Maggie" Muñoz Recurring role (seasons 1–2); 9 episodes 2014 Amor sin reserva Renata Compeán 2015 Dueños del paraíso Gina Bianchi Main cast; 53 episodes 2017 Venganza Emilia Rivera / Amanda Santana Main role 2017 Nada personal Mariana Aragón Main role; 72 episodes 2018 La Piloto Andrea 2022–present Pálpito Valeria Duque 2022 Dejémonos de Vargas Valentina Restrepo 2022 Entre sombras Magdalena Arbeláez 2024 Marea de pasiones Helena