Marina Baura

Julia Pérez (born November 1, 1941), known professionally as Marina Baura, is a Spanish former telenovela actress.

Early life Born as Julia Pérez in Galicia, Spain, she moved with her parents and brother Jesús to Venezuela when she was 15 years old, in 1956. She started her professional career in the early 1960s as a model in El Show de Renny, a popular variety show hosted by Renny Ottolina and aired on Radio Caracas Televisión.

During the same period, she starred in miniseries based on Gallegos's novels as Canaima (1976) and Sobre la misma tierra (1976), as well as in Guillermo Meneses's La Balandra Isabel llegó esta tarde (1978). Later she co-starred with Doris Wells in Gallegos's La hora menguada (1984).

Baura voluntarily retired in 1984. Eventually, she returned to acting in 1990 at the invitation of Cabrujas to embody the central role of Emperatriz Jurado in Emperatriz, produced by Marte TV and aired by RCTV. Then, in 2003 she made a special guest appearance in the successful Venevisión soap opera Cosita Rica.

Her film credits include Yo, el gobernador (1965), co-starred by humorist Joselo, and El reportero (1968), teaming up along with Amador Bendayán. She later played a supporting part for Amparo Rivelles and Julio Alemán in La viuda blanca (1970), and co-starred with José Bardina in Bodas de papel.

Private life Baura married Hernán Pérez Belisario, with whom she had one daughter, Mónica Pérez Pérez, before retiring from RCTV. They divorced in 1992.

She currently lives in Caracas.

Filmography Films Year Title Role Notes 1965 Yo, el gobernador Unknown role Fìlm debut 1968 El reportero Unknown role 1970 La viuda blanca Carlota Castelar 1979 Bodas de papel Wife

Television