Fernanda Castillo

Fernanda Castillo (born María Fernanda Castillo García; 24 March 1982)[2] is a Mexican actress.[2] She is best known for her roles as Daniela Montalvo in Destilando amor, Luisa Barrera in Teresa, co-starring Angelique Boyer and Sebastián Rulli,[2] and more recently as Mónica Robles in El Señor de los Cielos.

Fernanda Castillo
Castillo at the 2019 Metropolitan Theatre Awards
Born	María Fernanda Castillo García 24 March 1982 Hermosillo, Sonora
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2000–present
Partner(s)	Erik Hayser (2014–present)[1]

Career

Castillo since she was small she became interested in acting, which led her to be a classical and jazz dancer at a young age.[2] She studied at the Centro de Educación Artística of Televisa for three years and graduated in 2003,[2] almost immediately was named "Chica E! Entertainment" which earned her being known in the medium.[3] In 2003 it she was named "El rostro de El Heraldo" and it was the image of the Acapulco Festival.[3] That same year she plays Camila in the telenovela Clap, el lugar de tus sueños,[3] although previously she had already appeared in other telenovelas as Mi destino eres tú, Las vías del amor, and in the series Mujer, casos de la vida real.[3] After finishing Clap, el lugar de tus sueños, she dedicated herself to doing musical theater.[3]

In 2005, she acted in the film Corazón marchito, which ends up premiering until 2007.[3] In 2006, she joined Cabaret as a dancer,[2] and later she did casting for Nacho Cano's musical work, Hoy no me puedo levantar, staying with the lead role, giving life to the character of María.[2] She had a short participation in the telenovela La fea más bella.[2] In 2007, she alternates her work in theater when she joins the cast of the telenovela Destilando amor.[4] In 2008 she had a small participation in Gael García's first film as director, Déficit.[4] In that same year, after finishing the season of Hoy no me puedo levantar, she is invited to participate in the Spanish production of the same staging, so she goes to live in Spain.[3] After being away from Mexico for several years and away from telenovelas, in 2010 she participated in the series Mujeres asesinas in the episode "Eliana, Cuñada",[4] and later joined the cast of Teresa, version of the telenovela of 1959.[5] In this project she played Luisa de la Barrera Azuela, sister of the protagonist.[5]

Castillo as Alejandra in the 2018 Mexican film Ya veremos.

In 2011 she appeared in the series Como dice el dicho in the episode "No todo lo que brilla es oro...",[5] and later concluded his contract with Televisa participating in the telenovela Amor bravío.[5] In 2013 she joined the Spanish-speaking network Telemundo,[6] where she joins the cast of the telenovela El Señor de los Cielos,[6] where she played Mónica Robles,[6] after which she was nominated for several awards and won 2 Premios Tu Mundo as Favorite Lead Actress.[7] [8] In 2016 she has a special participation in the series El Chema, where she played again Mónica Robles.[9] In 2017 she had a special participation in the telenovela La Fan, and in that same year concludes her participation in the series El Señor de los Cielos.[10][11]

In 2018 she gets her first leading role in the film Una mujer sin filtro, a Mexican adaptation of the Chilean film No Filter.[12] Later in that same year, she gets her first leading role in the telenovela Enemigo íntimo, which she starred with Raúl Méndez,[13] with whom she previously worked in El Señor de los Cielos.[13] And subsequently, she appears in the films Sacúdete las penas,[14] and Ya veremos, where she shares credits with Mauricio Ochmann.[15] And finally to end the year she starred with Jorge Salinas the film Mi pequeño gran hombre.[16] In 2019, she starred in the film Dulce familia, where she had to gain weight to play the main character.[17]

Filmography

Film roles

Year	Title	Roles	Notes
2007	Corazón marchito	Karina
2007	Déficit	Unknown role
2007	Shakespeare tuvo una hermana	Marcela	Short film
2013	El huésped	Unknown role	Short film
2016	Rumbos paralelos	Adriana
2016	No manches Frida	Caro
2016	Qué pena tu vida	Úrsula
2018	Una mujer sin filtro	Paz López
2018	Sacúdete las penas	María
2018	Ya veremos	Alejandra
2018	Mi pequeño gran hombre	Ivana Cornejo
2019	Día de muertos	Salma
2019	No manches Frida 2	Caro
2019	En las buenas y en las malas	Theatre actress
2019	Dulce familia	Tamy

Television roles

Year	Title	Roles	Notes
2000	Mi destino eres tú	Extra in Wedding
2002	Las vías del amor	Mónica Loyola
2002–2005	Mujer, casos de la vida real	Various characters	7 episodes
2003	Clap, el lugar de tus sueños	Camila
2006	La fea más bella	Mónica
2007	Destilando amor	Daniela Montalvo	Recurring role; 162 episodes
2010	Mujeres asesinas	Joana Palacios	Episode: "Eliana, Cuñada"
2010–2011	Teresa	Luisa de la Barrera Azuela	Recurring role; 134 episodes
2011	Como dice el dicho	Aura	Episode: "No todo lo que brilla es oro..."
2012	Amor bravío	Viviana del Valle	Recurring role; 144 episodes
2013–2017	El Señor de los Cielos	Mónica Robles	Recurring role (season 1); main role (seasons 2–5); 420 episodes
2016	El Chema	Mónica Robles	Episode: "Narco en la TV"
2017	La Fan	La Parka	2 episodes
2018–present	Enemigo íntimo	Roxana Rodiles	Main role (season 1); 53 episodes
2020	Monarca	Sofia Carranza	Main role (season 2)[18]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	works	Result
2013	2nd Your World Awards[19][20]	The Best Bad Girl	El Señor de los Cielos	Nominated[19]
2014	3rd Your World Awards[21][22]			Nominated[21][22]
		The Perfect Couple (with (Rafael Amaya)		Nominated
2015	4th Your World Awards	Favorite Lead Actress		Won
2016	5th Your World Awards			Won
2017	6th Your World Awards[23][24]			Nominated[23][24]

References

1. "Fernanda Castillo y Erik Hayser, un amor a prueba de todo". 20minutos.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 April 2018.
2. "Fernanda Castillo". 2.esmas.com (in Spanish). Esmas.com. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
3. "Fernanda Castillo". teleprograma.diezminutos.es (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
4. González, Moisés. "10 cosas que no sabías de Fernanda Castillo, protagonista de El señor de los Cielos (FOTOS)". peopleenespanol.com (in Spanish). People en Español. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
5. "Fernanda Castillo de 'Teresa' a 'ESDLC' ¡Qué cambio!". revistacosas.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 April 2018.
6. "Así se despide Fernanda Castillo de El Señor de los Cielos". espectaculos.televisa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 April 2018.
7. "Conoce a los ganadores de "Premios Tu Mundo 2015" de Telemundo". tvboricuausa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved August 21, 2015.
8. Oyola, Michelle. "Premios Tu Mundo 2016: Lista de Nominados y Ganadores". ahoramismo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2016.
9. "Fernanda Castillo, encariñada con "El Señor de los Cielos"". eluniversal.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 April 2018.
10. "Así fue la despedida de Fernanda del Castillo de El Señor de los Cielos ¡Mira!". la.eonline.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 April 2018.
11. "El Señor de los Cielos: Fernanda Castillo se despide con nostalgia y agradecimiento de 'Mónica Robles' [VIDEO y FOTOS]". trome.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 April 2018.
12. Díaz, Carlos. "Fernanda Castillo, "Una mujer sin filtro" que no pide perdón". vanguardia.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 May 2018.
13. "El reto de Fernanda Castillo en 'Enemigo Íntimo' es no ser Mónica Robles". laopinion.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 May 2018.
14. Sosa, Roberto. ""Sacúdete las penas" historia de amor en los años cincuenta". radioformula.com.mx (in Spanish). Grupo Fórmula. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
15. "Fernanda Castillo y Mauricio Ochmann ruedan 'Ya veremos'". teleprograma.diezminutos.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 May 2018.
16. Lomelí, Jassel. "Jorge Salinas y Fernanda Castillo protagonizan Mi pequeño gran hombre, cinta libre de prejuicios". El Sol de México (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 September 2019.
17. Tirado, Mónica. "Fernanda Castillo se sincera sobre el desafío de subir varias libras para una película". hola.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 September 2019.
18. "Fernanda Castillo y Alejandro de la Madrid se suman a Monarca 2". todotvnews.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 February 2020.
19. "Listado completo de finalistas Premios Tu Mundo 2013" (in Spanish). Hola Ciudad. July 31, 2013. Archived from the original on December 10, 2013. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
20. "Premios Tu Mundo 2013: lista de ganadores (FOTOS)" (in Spanish). Huffingtonpost. July 31, 2013. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
21. Terra Network. "Lista de finalistas a los Premios Tu Mundo 2014" (in Spanish). Entretenimiento Terra. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
22. "¡Conoce a los ganadores de "Premios Tu Mundo 2014"!" (in Spanish). TVBoricuausa. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
23. "Lista completa de nominados a Premios Tu Mundo 2017". laopinion.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2017.
24. "Lista de todos los ganadores de Premios Tu Mundo 2017". laopinion.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 August 2017.

External links

• Fernanda Castillo at IMDb