Catalina Sandino Moreno
Biography
Catalina Sandino Moreno is a Colombian actress who studied advertising before she turned to acting. Her breakthrough came in 2004 with the lead in Maria Full of Grace (2004), chosen from a large group of candidates to play a flower plantation worker who becomes a drug mule. The role earned her the best actress Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, shared with Charlize Theron, and an Academy Award nomination in the same category. She later moved to New York City and studied dramatic arts there, going on to appear in Fast Food Nation (2006), Love in the Time of Cholera (2007), Steven Soderbergh's Che (2008), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, A Most Violent Year (2014), Custody (2016), The Quarry (2020), Barbarians (2021), Silent Night (2023) and Ballerina (2025). On television she has been in Falling Skies, American Gothic, The Affair and From.
45years old
Turns 46 on April 19in 159 days
- Born Bogotá
- Star sign: AriesLast day of the sign, on the Taurus cusp
Movie Career
- Films
- 19
- Career span
- 22 years2004 to 2026
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Behind the award
At the Berlin International Film Festival, Sandino Moreno took the Silver Bear for Best Actress, a prize she shared with Charlize Theron, who won for Monster.
Early training
Sandino Moreno relocated to New York City in 2005, where she pursued dramatic arts studies and kept building on her career success. That same year, she received an invitation to join AMPAS.
A role that slipped away
In November 2013, after a career break, Sandino Moreno was announced for the title role in Castro's Daughter, a biopic drawn from Alina Fernandez's autobiography of that name, but the movie was never made.
Catalina Sandino Moreno movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Four actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Box office
What Catalina Sandino Moreno's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$197 million
10 of the 19 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 19 films: 10 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 5 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 5Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$137M69.7% of the total
- 2$12M6.3% of the total
- 3$12M6.1% of the total
- 4$10M5.2% of the total
- 5$9.4M4.8% of the total
- 6$8.6M4.4% of the total
- 7$4.6M2.3% of the total
- 8$2.2M1.1% of the total
$147,873from the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
Awards
Two awards and honors, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin Film Festival | |||
| 2004 | Silver Bear for Best Actress | Won | |
| Other honors | |||
| 2004 | Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead | Maria Full of Grace | Won |
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