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Livia Brito
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Livia Pestana
21 July 1986 Ciego de Avila, Ciego de Ávila, Cuba
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Occupation | Actress, model |
Years active | 2010–present |
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Livia Brito Pestana (born 21 July 1986) is a Cuban and Mexican actress and model who gained popularity after making her acting debut in Televisa's telenovela Triunfo del amor. She is also best known for portraying characters that are mostly heroic in all telenovelas she starred in.
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Biography
Brito was born on 21 July 1986 in Ciego de Avila, Cuba. The daughter of actor Rolando Brito Rodríguez and Gertrudis Pestana, her family immigrated to Mexico in the year 2000. Brito was between 13 and 14 years old at the time. A year after settling in Mexico City, her father opened a restaurant called La Cubana, which offered traditional Cuban dishes. Brito worked as a waitress at the family restaurant, and later as a model, to help pay for her studies in Business Administration. She represented Mexico in the 2009 edition of the Reina Mundial del Banano, finishing as first runner-up and awarded Miss Photogenic. She later enrolled in Televisa's Centro de Educación Artística (CEA). Her talents attributed to heredity, coming from an artistic family. Her father was a leading actor in Cuba, while her mother was a major ballet dancer.
Career
In 2010, she made her debut as Fernanda Sandoval Gutierrez in Triunfo del amor, produced by Salvador Mejía. In 2012, she starred (in a supporting role) as Paloma Gonzalez in Abismo de pasión, produced by Angelli Nesma Medina. She starred in Lucero Suárez's telenovela: De Que Te Quiero, Te Quiero, marking the first time she stars as the protagonist. She then starred as the protagonist once more in Pedro Damian's new telenovela Muchacha italiana viene a casarse alongside Jose Ron. She starred as Maribel Guardia in the Mexican series Por Siempre Joan Sebastian. She starred in the first and second season of La Piloto as Yolanda Cadena, Medicos, linea de vida as Regina Villaseñor, and La desalmada as Fernanda Linares. In 2022, she starred in Mujer de nadie as Lucía Arizmendi.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Roles | Notes |
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2013 | No sé si cortarme las venas o dejármelas largas | Chantal | |
2014 | Volando bajo | Ana Bertha Miranda | |
2014 | La dictadura perfecta | Jazmín | |
2016 | Juan Apóstol, el más amado | Mary, mother of Jesus | |
2023 | Unhappily Ever After | Carmen Pelusi |
Television
Year | Title | Roles | Notes |
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2010–2011 | Triunfo del amor | Fernanda Sandoval | Recurring role; 158 episodes |
2012 | Abismo de pasión | Paloma González | Main role; 135 episodes |
2013–2014 | De que te quiero, te quiero | Natalia García | Main role; 187 episodes |
2014–2015 | Muchacha italiana viene a casarse | Fiorella Bianchi | Main role; 177 episodes |
2016 | Por Siempre Joan Sebastian | Maricruz Guardia | Main role; 18 episodes |
2017–2018 | La Piloto | Yolanda Cadena | Main role (season 1-2); 162 episodes |
2017 | La doble vida de Estela Carrillo | Yolanda Cadena | Episode: "Final: Part 2" |
2019–2020 | Médicos | Regina Villaseñor | Main role; 87 episodes |
2021 | La desalmada | Fernanda Linares | Main role; 85 episodes |
2022 | Mujer de nadie | Lucía Arizmendi | Main role; 45 episodes |
2023 | Minas de pasión | Emilia Sánchez | Main role |
Awards and nominations
Premios TVyNovelas
Year | Category | Telenovela | Result |
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2012 | Best Young Lead Actress | Triunfo del Amor | Won |
2013 | Abismo de Pasión | ||
2016 | Best Lead Actress | Muchacha italiana viene a casarse | Nominated |
Premio de la Asociación de Críticos y Periodistas Teatrales (ACPT)
Year | Category | Nominated | Result |
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2012 | Best Revelation in Theater | El cartero | Won |
See also
In Spanish: Livia Brito para niños