María Gabriela de Faría

María Gabriela de Faría Chacón
María Gabriela de Faría Chacón
	María Gabriela de Faría in 2017
Born	María Gabriela de Faría Chacón; Caracas, Venezuela
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2002–present
Spouse(s)	Christian McGaffney (since 2020)
Website	mariagabrieladefaria.com

María Gabriela de Faría Chacón is a Venezuelan-Portuguese actress, singer, model, and dancer known for appearing in television series across Latin America. She has starred as Isabela "Isa" Pasquali in Nickelodeon's Isa TKM,[1] as Mia Novoa in Nickelodeon's Grachi, and as Franky Andrade in Nickelodeon's Yo soy Franky. In 2019 she starred in Deadly Class as Maria Salazar, and in "A Very Moody Christmas" as Cora.

In January 2020, María Gabriela married the actor Christian McGaffney.

Career

De Faría began her acting career with the Venezuelan telenovela Ser bonita no basta, the teen drama Túkiti, crecí de una, and the soap opera Toda una dama. In 2007, she was a co-host of the children's program La merienda from RCTV.

Her first major film, El paseo 2, with John Leguizamo, was released in December 2012. Her second film (and first in English), was Crossing Point. In 2012, de Faría participated on an album by P9, which was recorded in the United States. In 2013, she appeared in La virgen de la calle as Juana Pérez, with Juan Pablo Llano as Mauricio Vega.

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	El paseo 2	Natalia Calvo	Short film
2016	Pacifico	Erika
2016	Crossing Point	Olivia Durán
2018	Plan V	Fernanda
2019	The Exorcism of God	Esperanza
2020	R#J	Nancy

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Trapos íntimos	María Lobo Andueza	Recurring role
2003	La señora de Cárdenas	—	Television film
2005	Ser bonita no basta	Andreína Márquez	Recurring role
2006	Túkiti, crecí de una	Wendy	Lead role
2007	Toda una dama	Helena Trujillo Laya	Co-lead role
2008–2009	Isa TKM	Isabella "Isa" Pasquali	Lead role
2009–2010	Isa TK+	Isabella "Isa" Pasquali	Lead role
2011–2013	Grachi	Mia Novoa	Co-lead role
2014	La virgen de la calle	Juana Pérez	Lead role
2015–2016	Yo soy Franky	Franky Andrade	Lead role
2017	Vikki RPM	Francesca Ortíz	Recurring role
2018	Besieged	Zaita	Lead role
2019	Deadly Class	Maria Salazar	Main role
2019	The Moodys	Cora	Guest Starring

AWARDS
Year	Award Entity	Award	Status
2020	Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards	Inspiration of the Year	Nomination
2016	Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards (US)	Favorite Latin Star	Nomination
2016	Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Actress ("Yo Soy Franky")	Winner
2016	Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Series ("Yo Soy Franky")	Winner
2015	Kids' Choice Awards (Mexico)	Favorite Star ("Yo Soy Franky")	Nomination
2013	Kids' Choice Awards (Mexico)	Favorite Villain ("Grachi")	Winner
2013	Kids' Choice Awards (Mexico & Arg)	Favorite Villain ("Grachi")	Nomination
	7 ADDITIONAL AWARDS

References

Caramnica, Jon (30 June 2009). "The Gloomy, Cocky and Traditional". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 October 2013.

External links

María Gabriela de Faría at IMDb

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[1] Caramnica, Jon (30 June 2009). "The Gloomy, Cocky and Traditional". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 October 2013.