| Alejandra Barros del Campo | |
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 Alejandra Barros del Campo |
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| Born | August 11, 1971  Mexico City, Mexico |
Alejandra Barros del Campo (born August 11, 1971) is a Mexican actress.
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Biography
Barros studied in New York in The Reads Strasberg Theater Institute to study acting; she later transferred over to Actor's Studio Film & T.V School where she studied film and television, and in the Broadway Dance Center, tap and jazz. After living a couple of years in New York, Barros moved back to Mexico City and enrolled in an acting school to brush-up her acting skills.
After having studied acting and film, Barros received her first opportunity to act in the telenovela Huracán, sharing credits with Alejandro Camacho and Rebecca Jones. She later came to act in telenovelas such as Locura de Amor, a production led by Roberto Gómez Fernández.
Her first stage role was Malcom y su lucha contra los Eunucos, by director Alejandro Bichir, presented at the festival of theater in Málaga, Spain. Other stage work includes the Mexican adaptation of Patrick Marber's play, Closer alongside Bruno Bichir. In 2009/2010, Barros co-starred with Tony Dalton in Bernard Slade's Same Time Next Year.
After working in Mexican television for several years, Barros was given her first starring role in the 2003 telenovela Mariana de la Noche where she essayed the title character with Jorge Salinas as her leading man. In 2006, Barros co-starred in the Mexican telenovela remake of 1986's El Camino Secreto now titled La Verdad Oculta opposite Eduardo Yáñez. Both versions were written by Jose Rendon. In 2008/2009, she appeared with Alejandro Camacho in Alma de Hierro. She teamed up with Camacho and Jones once again in 2010's critically acclaimed Para Volver a Amar by Gómez Fernández and Giselle González, where she portrayed Bárbara Mantilla, the suffering, yet flighty and carefree wife of an abusive alcoholic. For her efforts, Barros won the award for Best Actress in a Co-Starring Role given by Revista TV y Novelas in their annual Premios gala on March 6th, 2011.
Also in 2010, Alejandra Barros co-starred with Eugenio Derbez in the romantic comedy No Eres Tu, Soy Yo which went on to become one of the highest-grossing films in Mexican cinema history.
Filmography
Telenovelas
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 2010 | Para Volver a Amar | Bárbara Mantilla |
| 2009 | Hasta Que El Dinero Nos Separe | |
| 2008 | Alma de Hierro | Mariana |
| 2007 | Yo Amo a Juan Querendón | Susana |
| 2006 | La Verdad Oculta | Alejandra Balmori |
| 2005 | La esposa virgen | Cecilia |
| 2005 | La Madrasta | Diana |
| 2003 | Mariana de la Noche | Mariana Montenegro |
| 2002 | Clase 406 | Adriana Pineda y Ángela Pineda |
| 2001 | Atrévete a Olvidarme | Olga Bocker |
| 2001 | María Belén | Valeria Montaño de Sanz |
| 2001 | Navidad Sin Fin | Angelita |
| 2000 | Locura De Amor | Beatriz Sandoval |
| 1998 | Huracán | Rocío |
| 1996 | Confidente De Secundaria | Laura |
TV Specials
- Mujeres Asesinas (2008) as Jessica Toxica (Jessica Suárez)
- Trece Miedos (2007) as Cristina
- Fear Factor VIP (2005) as Herself/Contestant
- Vibe (2005) as Herself/Co-Hostess
Movies
- Sueños del Caribe (2012) as Florina de Dios
- Viento en Contra (2011) as Sofía Navarrete
- Seres: Genesis (2010) as Doctora Mariel
- No eres tu, soy yo (2010) as Maria
- Amar (2009) as Virginia
- Sultanes del Sur (2007) as Turista en Avion
- El viaje de la Nonna (2007) as Creativa Ana
- Mejor es que Gabriela no se muera (2006) as La Protagonista
- Matando Cabos (2004) as Lider Extraterrestre
External links
- Alejandra Barros at the Telenovela Database
- Alejandra Barros at the Internet Movie Database.
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