Katherine Vélez
Katherine Vélez
Katherine Vélez Huertas (Bogotá, Colombia, April 4, 1971) is a film, theatre and television actress.[1] A teaching by training, she decided to launch herself into acting. She has become popular thanks to her role as "Isabel" in the soap opera Hasta que la plata nos separe, and also for playing "Isabel Cristina" in the series El capo, a performance won her the India Catalina Award for best female lead in 2010.
In 2019, after the "Actor's Law" was approved by the Congress of the Republic of Colombia, she graduated - along with more than 35 actors - as a teacher in dramatic art from the University of Antioquia.[2]
Filmography
Television
(2021) Cafe con aroma de mujer as Carmenza Suarez
(2020) Operación pacífico as Helena Restrepo
(2020) El robó del siglo as Romina "Romy" Bustamante
(2019-2020) El general Naranjo as Amparó de Naranjo
(2018) Paraíso Travel as María Raquel "Raquelita" Zuluaga
(2018) La ley secreta Coronel as María Emma Maldonado Vargas
(2018) Garzón vive as Gabriela Másmela de Cifuentes
(2017-2018) Hermanos y hermanas as Consuelo Álvarez
(2017) La luz de mis ojos as Guillermina "Mema" Chadid de Bula
(2016-2017) La ley del corazón as Irma de Ruiz
(2016) The Girl as Gladys Rivera de Manjarrés
(2014) El capo 3 as Isabel Cristina Marín de León Jaramillo
(2013) Amo de casa as Bertha Hernández "La Vecina"
(2013) Retrato de una mujer as María Luisa Caicedo de Suárez/ de Bernald
(2012-2013) El capo 2 as Isabel Cristina Marín de León Jaramillo
(2010-2011) Un sueño llamado salsa as Amparo de La Oz
(2009-2010) El capo as Isabel Cristina Marín de León Jaramillo
(2008-2009) Aquí no hay quien viva as Clarissa Fuentes de Guerra "La Avioneta"
(2008) Mujeres asesinas as Helena
(2006-2007) Hasta que la plata nos separé as Isabel María Duarte "La generala"
(2005-2006) Merlina, mujer divina as Loreta Rodríguez
(2004-2005) La Saga, Negocio de Familia as Josefina Zárate de Manrique
(2003) Sofía dame tiempo as Adela Salazar Vda. De Rodríguez
(2002-2003) Pecados capitales as Silvana Valencia
(2000) Francisco el matemático as Ángela Suárez
(1999) Marido y mujer as Rosario "Charito" Méndez
(1998-1999) Amores como el nuestro as Juliana Estrada
(1997) Las Juanas as Yolanda Ex de Cabrales
(1996-1997) Guajira as Mónica de Fajardo
(1996) Las ejecutivas as Eloisa Calderón
(1995-1996) María Bonita as Josefina Cáceres
(1994) Amanda, Tortas y Suspiros as Amanda
Theatre
Third Timbre Productions: Contussas 2007-2008
Fundación Índice Teatro, montajes: Se Necesita Gente Con Desitos De Progresar - Muchacho no salgas- Quién dijo miedo 1998-2008
Aquelarre Theatre Group: The Night of the Assassins - "Malinche" - "Antigona" 1991-1996
Awards
2010 Best Actress in a Series El capo
2007 Best Supporting Actress Till Silver Do Us Part
1997 Best Supporting Actress Las Juanas
1996 Best Supporting Actress Guajira
Other prizes
Order "Honor to the merit SAYCO"; Senate of the Republic of Colombia: For the work done in theater and television.
October 2004.
ACPE Award: Best supporting actress, Guajira, 1997