Eduardo Santamarina

Eduardo Santamarina (Spanish pronunciation: [eˈðwaɾðo santamaˈɾina]; born Eduardo Hernández García Santamarina on July 9, 1968) is a Mexican film, theater, and television actor.[1] Santamarina is a very famous actor in Mexico and Latin America and he is recognized such as one of the most popular actors of telenovelas. Mostly of his roles are leading roles in many famous telenovelas. Santamarina is also Primer Actor. Beside Televisa telenovelas, Santamarina appeared in some famous Telemundo telenovelas. He is married with famous Mexican telenovela actress Mayrín Villanueva. They live in Mexico City with children.

Eduardo Santamarina
Born	Eduardo Hernández García Santamarina July 9, 1968 Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico
Occupation	Actor
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Spouse(s)	Itatí Cantoral ​ ​ (m. 1999; div. 2004)​ Mayrín Villanueva ​ (m. 2009)​
Children	3
Website	http://www.eduardosantamarina.net

Acting career

Santamarina took acting classes at the Centro de Educación Artística (CEA) in Mexico City from 1989–1991. He made his acting debut in 1992 on the set of the telenovela De frente al sol, produced by Carla Estrada. His more notable roles to date were in the telenovelas Marisol in 1996 and Rubí in 2004.[2][3] He made his feature film debuts in the Mexican films Baño de Mujeres and Ya No Los Hacen Como Antes, both released in 2002. He will star as the antagonist in Emilio Larrosa's telenovela: Libre para amarte.[4]

Personal life

Eduardo married actress Itatí Cantoral in 2000. She gave birth to the couple's twin boys José Eduardo and Roberto Miguel in August 2000.[5] Both Santamarina and Cantoral filed for divorce in 2003 and the marriage was formally dissolved in 2004. While still married to Cantoral, he began an on-and-off relationship with actress Susana González until their well-publicized separation in November 2007.[6]

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Currently, he is married to his Yo amo a Juan Querendón co-star, actress Mayrín Villanueva. She gave birth to their daughter Julia on July 18, 2009, via Caesarean section.[8]

Filmography

Year	Title
2002	Baño de Mujeres
2002	Ya No Los Hacen Como Antes
2004	La Sombra del Sahuaro
2005	Seguridad Nacional

Telenovelas

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	De frente al sol	Luis Enrique	Co-protagonist
1993-1994	Más Allá del Puente	Luis Enrique	Co-protagonist
1994	Prisionera de Amor	Rodrigo Miranda	Supporting Role
1994-1995	El Vuelo del Águila	Dr. Ortega	Special Appearance
1995	La Dueña	Mauricio Padilla	Antagonist
1996	Marisol	José Andrés Garcés del Valle	Protagonist
1996	La antorcha encendida	Félix	Special Appearance
1997-1998	Salud, Dinero y Amor	Jorge Miguel Fontanot	Protagonist
1998	Rencor apasionado	Mauricio Gallardo Del Campo	Protagonist
1999	Serafin	Miguel Armendariz	Protagonist
1999-2000	Cuento de Navidad	Angel
2000-2001	El Precio de tu Amor	Antonio Ríos	Protagonist
2001	Amigas y rivales	José Alcántara	Protagonist
2003-2004	Velo de novia	José Manuel del Alamo/Jorge Robleto	Protagonist
2004	Rubí	Alejandro Cárdenas Ruíz	Protagonist
2007-2008	Yo amo a Juan Querendón	Juan Dominguez	Protagonist
2010	Triunfo del amor	Octavio Iturbide	Special Appearance
2011	Ni contigo ni sin ti	Leonardo Cornejo Fernández	Protagonist
2012	Por ella soy Eva	Diego Fonticoda	Supporting Role
2013	Libre para amarte	Ramón Sotomayor	Protagonist
2015-2016	Antes muerta que Lichita	Augusto de Toledo y Mondragón	Main Antagonist
2017-2018	Sin tu mirada	Don Luis Ocaranza	Main Antagonist
2018-2020	El Señor de los Cielos	Balthazar Ojeda
2018	El secreto de Selena	Dr. Ricardo Martinez
2019	La Reina de sur 2	Mariano Bravo
2021	Buscando a Frida	Abelardo Pons	Protagonist

References

1. The World's Best Celebrities by Jonathan Harchick
2. Marisol at IMDb
3. Biografía de Eduardo Santamarina en esmas
4. Eduardo Santamarina será el villano en 'Libre para amarte'
6. Aranguez, Teresa (17 January 2020). "Itatí Cantoral cuenta por primera vez cómo fue su encuentro con Susana González tras el divorcio con Eduardo Santamarina". People en español. Meredith Latino Network. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
7. Eduardo Santamarina and Susana González
8. Biography of Mayrín Villanueva