Paulina Gaitán

Paulina Gaitán Ruiz (born 19 February 1992) is a Mexican actress. She is best known throughout Mexican television and movies. She is more recently known for her role in the popular Netflix series, Narcos, as the devoted young wife of Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar.

Biography Paulina Gaitán was born in Villahermosa. Gaitán started acting at age 9 and at the age of 12 had an important role in Mexican director Luis Mandoki's Innocent Voices, a tale about the civil war in El Salvador.

She was the lead in the Cary Joji Fukunaga film Sin Nombre, where she played the character of Sayra, who joins her father and uncle when they try to migrate from Honduras to the United States, and ends up travelling with El Casper, a gang member, played by actor Edgar Flores.

Gaitán also played a girl kidnapped by sex traffickers in the 2007 movie Trade alongside Kevin Kline. She portrayed Sabina, a lead role in the Mexican horror drama We Are What We Are (Somos Lo Que Hay) in 2010. In addition, she has played the role of Zuvely in the short film En Tus Manos, which was also released in 2010.

In 2012, Gaitán starred in the ensemble cast of the ABC Steven Spielberg series The River. Since 2015, she has starred in the Netflix original series Narcos as Tata, the wife of narcoterrorist Pablo Escobar. In 2018, she began starring as Violetta, the lead in the Amazon Prime Original Series Diablo Guardián.

Filmography

Films Year Title Role Notes 2004 Animales en peligro Voice Voces inocentes Angelita 2006 Morirse en domingo Isabel 2007 Trade Adriana Cuando las cosas suceden Fernanda Cielo Cielo Television film 2008 Insignificant Things Esmeralda Nominated – Ariel Award for Best Actress 2009 Sin nombre Sayra Codicia Julia Short film La mitad del mundo Paulina 2010 En tus manos Zuvely Short film We Are What We Are Sabina 2011 La cebra Valentina Inocencia Gaby Short film Días de gracia Camila El Bukanas Ashley 2012 Matilde Gaby Short film Las paredes hablan Lupe Hermanas Luz Short film 2013 Deseo Adolescente Ni aquí ni allá Short film 2014 Cuatro lunas Rosita in Telenovela Voice Eddie Reynolds y los ángeles de acero Natalia 2015 Crossing point Lucille Associate producer Las Aparicio Rafaela Primera Ruta Madre Colette 2018 The Good Girls Ana Paula Nominated – Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress 2019 Souvenir Isabel 2020 Territorio Lupe 2022 Me Casé Con Un Idiota Flor 2024 City of Dreams Maria 2024 Turno nocturno Rebecca García

Television Year Title Role Notes 2005 Mujer, casos de la vida real Episode: "Los pasos de mamá" 2010 Las Aparicio Ileana Delacroix 2010 Capadocia Andrea Marín 2012 The River Jahel Valenzuela 2013 Sr. Ávila Juliana Rivas 2015 Señorita Pólvora Noemí "Beretta" Co-lead role 2015-16 Narcos Tata Escobar 2018 Señora Acero Leticia Moreno Season 5 2018 Diablo Guardián Violetta Main role; 18 episodes 2020 El Presidente María Inés "Nené" Facuse Main role; 8 episodes 2021 Before I Forget Main role 2022 Belascoarán, PI Irene 2025 Coyotl, Hero and Beast Jenni The Dead Girls Serafina Baladro Lead role2026 El Mochaorejas Lucía La Banda Marcela