María Elena Swett

María Elena Swett Urquieta is a Chilean actress.

Early life She was born in Santiago on April 11, 1979. She studied at Colegio Nuestra Señora del Pilar and later at the Academia de Humanidades de Recoleta. Later, she studied theater at DUOC.

Acting career She debuted on television in 1999, in the series La otra cara del espejo on the Mega chain after being discovered by the director .

In 2002 he signed a contract with the dramatic section of Canal 13, and was a participant in five telenovelas produced by Verónica Saquel. In this period of popularity with his role in Machos and Brujas, positioning herself alongside Jorge Zabaleta as the leading duo of the private channel. At the same time, he participated in the feature film , where he shared roles with the Argentine actor Fabián Mazzei.

In 2008 he signed an exclusive contract with the Dramatic Area of Televisión Nacional de Chile, starring in eight telenovelas, five of them being a duo with Zabaleta. In the state channel, she consolidated her television career, positioning herself as the main actress of the public channel in 2012. In 2018, after 10 years, the channel decided not to renew her contract. In 2016, according to the publication Primer plano, she was one of the actresses paid between 2011 and 2015 with better earnings calculated at $15 million pesos, only surpassed by Claudia Di Girolamo, Paz Bascuñán and Sigrid Alegría.

In 2019 she wrote a six-month contract with Mega to star in 100 days to fall in love.

In 2020, she premiered the previously recorded microseries S.o.s mamis , in which she stars alongside Paz Bascuñán, Loreto Aravena, Tamara Acosta and Jenny Cavallo. She also, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she began to do works online by Zoom for The Cow Company together with renowned Chilean actors. On December 1, 2020, she launches her first book S.o.s Mamis: el libro based on the microseries.

On November 1, 2021, joined "Who is the mask?" in Chilevisión where she was part of the jury / investigation team together with , Macarena Pizarro and Cristián Sánchez for 3 seasons.

Personal life Formerly married to the Chilean actor Felipe Braun. She is also known as "Mane" by friends and family.

Filmography + Film Year Title Role Director 2003 XS: The Worst Size Pamela Jorge López The Chosen One Sara Nacho Argiro & Gabriel Lopez 2006 Mirageman Karol Valdivieso Ernesto Díaz 2007 Rojo intenso Laura Javier Elorrieta 2022 S.O.S. Mamis: La películaJuliaGabriela Sobarzo Mierzo 2023S.O.S. Mamis 2: Mosquita muerta

Television Year Title Role Other notes 1999 La Otra Cara del Espejo1 Episode 2002 Mas que Amigos Barbara 2003 Machos Fernanda Garrido 2004 Hippie Magdalena Arrieta 2005 Brujas Cassandra Garcia 2006 Descarado Verena Garreton 2007 Papi Ricky Catalina Rivera 2007 Héroes Francisca de Paula Segura y Ruiz 1 Episode 2008 Hijos del Monte Paula Del Monte 2009 Los Angeles de Estela Margarita Bobadilla 2010 La Familia de al lado Pilar Echenique 2011 Aqui Mando Yo Sofia Kunkar 2013 Socias Ines Ventura 2014 El Amor Lo Manejo Yo Victoria Duque 2015 Dueños del Paraíso Vanessa Esparza 2015 La Poseída Olimpia Ruiz 2016 El Camionero Ema Kaulen 2017 Wena profe Bárbara Fernández 2020 100 días para enamorarse Laura 2023 Dime con quién andas Karina Ayala

TV shows La Ruta de Asia (2009) - Host