Ximena Vidal

Ximena Leonor Vidal Lázaro (born 1 January 1955) is a Chilean actress and politician of the Party for Democracy.

She has had an extensive career in theater and television, and also worked in various cultural management positions. She was a member of the Chamber of Deputies for the 25th District – comprising the communes of La Granja, Macul, and San Joaquín – for three consecutive legislative terms, from 2002 to 2014. During that period, she participated in the permanent commissions on family; work and social security; education, culture, and sports; and human rights, nationality and citizenship.

Since 2014, she has held the position of cultural attaché at the Chilean embassy in Mexico.

Biography Ximena Vidal was born in the port of San Antonio on 1 January 1955, the daughter of Spanish immigrants Antonio Vidal and Libertad Lázaro.

She completed her secondary studies at the Ñuñoa Girls' High School No. 9, and studied sociology at the University of Chile. Later, she graduated as an actress from the Pontifical Catholic University. She was a member of the permanent family commission, and presided over commissions for work and social security, and education, culture, and sports. Likewise, she participated in special commissions for the development of tourism, on citizen security, and in the investigative commission on the rights of workers. She was a member of the permanent commissions for work and social security, education, sports, and recreation, and human rights, nationality and citizenship. In addition, she participated in special commissions on electoral intervention, freedom of expression and the media, and tourism. She was a member of the permanent commissions for culture and the arts, and labor and human rights. She participated in the Chilean-Spanish interparliamentary group and, in addition, was a representative of her party before the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat). She decided not to run for a fourth term in November 2013.

Artistic career In the 1970s and 1980s, Vidal devoted herself to acting, on stage and on television. At age 9, she made her debut on the Canal 13 series Esta es mi familia. Subsequently, she appeared in various shows on that channel, and on Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN). In theater, she acted in the comedies Juani se Casa, Sainetes, Cosa de dos, and Cuéntale que lo hiciste conmigo. She has also worked in commercial cinema, radio drama, dubbing, and in commercials, both for radio and television in Chile and Ecuador.

Television roles Year Series Role Channel 1964 Esta es mi familia Canal 13 1966 Ana de los Milagros Hellen Keller 1970 Mi mamá y mi papá TVN 1972 Magdalena 1975 Canal 13 Maiga 1976 María Teresa TVN 1978 Alejandra 1982 Clara Romero Echenique Canal 13 Uka Tarongo 1984 Los títeres Margarita Ana María TVN 1985 Canal 13 Irma Núñez TVN 1986 Ximena Canal 13 1987 Camila González 1997 Ester del Río Mega 1999 Dr. Paula Silva 2014 Chipe libre Alcaldesa Bonilla Canal 13