Catalina Sandino Moreno (born 19 April 1981) is a Colombian actress. She gained recognition for her leading titular performance in Maria Full of Grace (2004), which earned her the Silver Bear for Best Actress and a nomination for the Academy Award in the same category.

Moreno's subsequent film and television credits include Fast Food Nation (2006), Love in the Time of Cholera (2007), Che (2008), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010), Roa (2013), A Most Violent Year (2014), Falling Skies (2014), American Gothic (2016), Custody (2016), The Affair (2015–2019), The Quarry (2020), Barbarians (2021), From (2022–present), Silent Night (2023), and Ballerina (2025).

Early life

Catalina Sandino Moreno was born 19 April 1981 in Bogotá, Colombia. She grew up in a middle-class family; her father is a veterinarian and her mother a pathologist. She attended an English-taught school, For her performance, she also won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival, shared with Charlize Theron for Monster. She elaborated in an interview with V magazine and Paris, je t'aime, where she starred as Ana, a young immigrant mother in the segment "Loin du 16e". She starred in films Roa (2013),

In 2016, Sandino Moreno starred in the TV series American Gothic as a recurring character, Christina Morales.

In December 2022, Sandino Moreno was announced to join the John Wick spin-off film Ballerina as Lena Macarro. In 2023, she played Saya Godluck in the John Woo action thriller Silent Night.

Personal life

Sandino Moreno was one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful Women" in 2005.

Sandino Moreno met motion picture electrician David Elwell while working on Maria Full of Grace. The couple married on 15 April 2006 in a small ceremony held in Cartagena de Indias.

Filmography

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! Year

! Film

! class="unsortable" | Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

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| 2004 || Maria Full of Grace || María Álvarez ||Berlin Film Festival Award for Best Actress (Tied with Charlize Theron) <br>Independent Spirit Award for Best Actress <br>Golden India Catalina for Best Actress <br>Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Actor <br>Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough Performance <br>Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards New Generation Award <br>Chicago Film Critics Association Awards <br>Golden Space Needle Award <br>Seattle International Film Festival Best Actress <br>Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actress

| 4 episodes

|-

| Falling Skies

|29 episodes

|-

|2016

|American Gothic

|Christina Morales

|6 episodes

|-

|2019

|Room 104

|Maria

|Episode: "Rogue"

|-

|2022–present

|From

| Tabitha Mathews

|Main role

|}

Performer

  • "Que Linda Manita"&nbsp;– 2006 (Paris, je t'aime Soundtrack)

Awards and nominations

See also

  • List of actors with Academy Award nominations

References

  • Photos "Cristiada": Catalina Sandino filming in Durango, México