Juliana Betancourth

Juliana Betancourth (Medellín, July 1986) is a Colombian actress, appearing in films and television.[1]

Biography

Colombian actress who was born in Antioquia, Colombia, in July 1986. At a very young age, she moved with her family to Ibagué, where she attended junior high and high school. She was part of the theatrical group in the San Simon school always playing a complex characters which were her favorite, like the time she was offered the role of a princess, but she preferred to be a beggar.

In 2003, she went to Bogotá to study Social Media with an emphasis in organizations at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, but her passion for acting grew stronger day by day. She sacrificed her free-time to prepare herself professionally as an actress. She enrolled in the acting school of the Director Alfonso Ortiz, Taller Caja de Herramientas. In 2006, she started taking part in the acting studio Tao Sierra where she stayed for three years. Then, she took classes in Studio Babel directed by Juan Pablo Felix as also in The Varasanta Theater where she took classes with the voice trainer Carlota Llano.

During these years of preparation, she became part of a number of theater plays such as El Festín de los Cabrones, Morir, Las Rubayatas. She also participated in TV productions such as Amor sincero y Tu Voz Estereo, and in a substantial amount of shortfilms for Javeriana University, Unitec, and independent films, in which Impoluto, Con Mis Perros, Día de los inocentes, Madre en tierra, stood out among others.

In 2010, she traveled to Spain where she settled for two years, she took a film master class with directors of Spanish films Imanol Uribe, José Luis Cuerda, Gracia Querejeta y Miguel Albadalejo, as well as with the directors of casting Amado Cruz, and Carlos Manzanares. As also for comedy on television with the director Carla Revuelta and Juan León. She traveled to Colombia many times for television projects La Reina del Sur and Tres Milagros, then participated in the film between Colombia and Venezuela Patas Arriba. Later, she took private classes with the voice trainer Concha Doñaque, which has prepared actors such as Gael García Bernal and Angie Cepeda, to speak with Spanish accent naturally. In 2013, she traveled to London to improve her English and there she starred in the music video for singer Casso Blax ́s "How to Treat a Woman". She has also been part of a campaign of shortfilms to prevent cancer.

Early in 2015, Juliana came back to Colombia to star in the movie Virginia Casta, released in 2017.[2] She shares scenes with the Colombian actor Aldemar Correa and with the Mexican actor José Ángel Bichir, as well as with other Colombian celebrities such as Majida Issa, Marcela Carvajal, Cristina Umaña, and Patricia Castañeda.

Filmography

Films

  • Virginia Casta (Post Producción) – Virginia Casta
  • Patas Arriba (2011)

TV Series

References

  1. Staff, VoyageLA. "Life and Work with Juliana Betancourth - Voyage LA Magazine | LA City Guide". Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  2. "Las aventuras de 'Virginia Casta' llegan a los cines". El Tiempo. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2019.

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