Maria Cristina Pimiento
Biography
Maria Cristina Pimiento is a Colombian actress with over 20 years of experience in television, film, and theatre. She earned her MFA in Acting at the Actors Studio in New York and is a recipient of the India Catalina Award for Best New Actress at the Cartagena International Film Festival, the highest acting recognition in Colombia.
Known For & Full Filmography10 Titles
Drama Series - 2012, 16 episodes • as Silvia Lizcano Penagos
Helena and her best friends have very different life experiences, but they all seek happiness. They call themselves the "Most Holy Ones," since they have the names of saints or martyrs. These women will be forced to confront the opposition of those determined to obstruct their path to fulfillment and happiness.
Drama Series - 2005, 16 episodes • as Jéssica Ortiz
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • as Radio Hostess
On the outskirts of Medellín, Colombia in the late 1980s, local residents report strange lights descending from the sky. When a reporter arrives to investigate, a ragtag group of teens from a lawless neighbourhood storm the scene and steal his camera. In the hands of its new owners, the device records a mesmerising plunge into their frantic existence.
Drama Series - 2004, 16 episodes • as Estefanía Ángeles
The Mendez family owns a cattle farm, breeding horses and bulls of Lydia and a construction company. The family is composed of Alejandro Méndez and Isabel Garrido, with his sons Pablo and Helena.Félix Garrido, the Isabel's father also lives with them. The Mendez family is very respected and beloved in the region, although they have a declared enemy, Milciades Contreras, a wealthy cattle rancher, who is also its nearest neighbour. The reason for the enmity with Milciades is due to that it was always in love with Elizabeth, who refused and preferred to Alejandro. Since then, Milciades has dedicated to commit all kinds of outrages in the people and also against the Méndez, who have remained on the sidelines to promote peace.
Movie - 2012, 2h 15m • as Karmen
Four separate narratives weave their way together in this impactful drama, from the harrowing slums of Bogotá to the hills of Hollywood. A 14-year-old street girl and an American writer discover an uncommon union, a day-care teacher in Los Angeles does everything she can to fight the weight of a tragic secret and a university student invites a terrible danger into her world. Starring Rachel Leigh Cook, Daniel Gillies and Seymour Cassell.
Drama Series - 2010, 16 episodes • as Carolina Castillo
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2007, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
The series tells of cases based on real events, which show how a woman is able to be at peace and end her suffering in the most lethal way, killing. In each episode, the protagonist tries to find a way to get rid of her problems, motivated by love, revenge, pain, desperation, resentment, contempt, hatred, beatings, addiction or frustration.
Drama Series - 2016, 16 episodes • as Doña Mercedes
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2006, 2h 15m • as Virginia Restrepo
A mid-class Colombian family get into chaos when it's found out that the "Lord of the house", Benjamín, has been cheating on his wife for 20 years and has another son.
Movie - 2022, 2h 15m • as Carmen
Armando Pulido, a construction master, simple, good-hearted, hard-working, industrious, and a good friend, tired of the serious economic crisis in Colombia, decides to go to New York in search of the so-called "American dream".