Sara Maldonado

Biography Maldonado was born in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico to parents Sara Fuentes and Mario Maldonado. She has two older brothers, Mario and Jesús, and one sister, Fabiola. She studied acting at the Centro de Educación Artística of Televisa for two years. In 2004, Maldonado also studied English and acting while residing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She participated in the Mexican beauty contest "El Rostro del Heraldo", which was organized by newspaper El Heraldo de México, and won first place.

Career Maldonado made her acting debut as the protagonist in the Televisa telenovela El juego de la vida (2001) as the role of Lorena "Lore" Alvarez. From 2002 to 2003, she starred in the teen telenovela hit Clase 406 as Tatiana "Tatis" del Moral. In April 2004, she was chosen again to the leading role as Diana Antillón de la Reguera in the Televisa telenovela Corazones al límite. She played the role as Paulina Cervantes Bravo in another Televisa telenovela Mundo de fieras. In 2008, she played the lead role as Aymar Lazcano Mayú in another Televisa telenovela Tormenta en el paraíso.

From November 2010 to May 2011, she played the title role in the Telemundo telenovela Aurora for the first 103 episodes, before her character was killed off, following her dismissal from the show. She also had a part La Reina del Sur (2011) as "La Verónica". She also starred in the telenovelas El octavo mandamiento as Camila San Millán (one episode, 2011) and Camelia la Texana (2014–15).

Filmography

+ Television roles Year Title Roles Notes 2001–2002 El juego de la vida Lorena "Lore" Álvarez Main role; 165 episodes 2002–2003 Clase 406 Tatiana "Tatis" del Moral Main role (seasons 2-4); 50 episodes 2004 Corazones al límite Diana Antillón de la Reguera Main role; 145 episodes 2006–2007 Mundo de fieras Paulina Cervantes Bravo Main role; 120 episodes 2006 Amor mío Paulina Episode: "Dramón telenovelero" 2007 El Pantera La Monja Episode: "La Monja" 2007 Trece miedos Vanessa Episode: "Vive" 2007–2008 Tormenta en el paraíso Aymar Lazcano Mayú Main role; 185 episodes 2010 El octavo mandamiento Camila San Millán Main role; 130 episodes 2010–2011 Aurora Aurora Ponce de León Main role; 103 episodes 2010 Capadocia Monserrat "Monse" Olmos Recurring role (season 2); 9 episodes 2011 La Reina del Sur Verónica Cortés / Guadalupe Romero Main role (season 1); 25 episodes 2014 Camelia la Texana Camelia Pineda "La Texana" Main role; 60 episodes 2016–2017 Perseguidos Patricia Arévalo "La Perris" Main role; 30 episodes 2017–2018 Las Malcriadas Laura Espinosa Urrutia / Laura González Ruiz Main role; 103 episodes 2019 Los elegidos Jimena García Main role; 34 episodes 2019 +Noche María 1 episode 2022 El Galán Sofía 2022 Mujeres asesinas Alejandra Episode: "La condena" 2023–present Lotería del crimen Ariel Aragón Main role (season 2-present) 2024 ¿Quién es la máscara? Orni Season 6 contestant

+ Film roles Year Title Roles 2022 MexZombies Mamá Cronos

+ Theatre Year Title Roles 2003–2004 El Graduado Elaine Robinson

+Music videos Year Title Singer 2003 "Quién te dijo" Luis Fonsi

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Works Result 2011 Premios People en Español Best Actress Aurora