Magdyel Ugaz

Magdyel Olibama Ugaz del Castillo is a Peruvian actress and television presenter. Among her several works, she is best known for her starring role as Teresa Collazos in the Al Fondo Hay Sitio television series.[1]

Magdyel Ugaz
Born
Magdyel Olibama Ugaz del Castillo

(1984-07-13) July 13, 1984
 PER Lima, Peru
OccupationActress and TV Presenter
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Ugaz and the second or maternal family name is del Castillo.

Career

At age thirteen, she entered a theater workshop at the National University of Engineering, presented by actor Reinaldo Arenas. Years later, after passing a casting, she joined the cast of Mil Oficios. In 2004 she played the folk singer Dina Páucar in the bio-miniseries Dina Páucar, the fight for a dream.[2]

In 2006 she starred in Black Butterfly, directed by Francisco José Lombardi. For her participation in this film she won the Best Actress award at the International Iberoamerican Festival of Ceará. This film won the Glauber Rocha Award for the best Latin American film at the Montreal World Film Festival,[3] and Best Peruvian Film at the Lima Film Festival. In addition, she was nominated as Best Foreign Film at the 22nd Goya Awards.[4]

Since 2009 she has made appearances appears in the television series Al Fondo Hay Sitio as "Teresita".[1]

In 2010 she participated in the musical La Cage aux Folles, as Jacqueline, under the direction of Juan Carlos Fisher.[5] At the beginning of 2012 she filmed in Buenos Aires the Peruvian-Italian-Argentinean film Diamond Santoro and the Rope of the Dead.

She debuted as a presenter in the third season of Minute to Win it in 2012 for América Televisión.[1]

Ugaz joined the jury of the Peruvian version of Pequeños Gigantes.[6] In theater, she participated in the comedy work The Blackout. She acted in the movie The Vanished Elephant in 2014.

Ugaz was a guest judge in 2016 for the dancing reality show El Gran Show. On December 8, 2016, the Guerrero movie premiered, in which she played the role of Doña Peta, the mother of Paolo Guerrero, the top scorer of the Peru national football team with 28 goal.[7] For this role she won Best Supporting Actress at the Premios Luces in 2016.[8]

Personal life

In 2011, Ugaz admitted that in her desire to lose weight, she suffered from anorexia and bulimia, also caused by the comments of the press about her weight.[9][10]

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References
  1. "Magdyel Ugaz, la popular 'Teresita', conducirá 'Un minuto para ganar" [Magdyel Ugaz, the popular 'Teresita', will present 'A Minute to Win It']. La República (in Spanish). 1 April 2012. Archived from the original on 12 April 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  2. Alexander, Michelle (10 July 2012). "Secretos de TV: Dina Páucar pensó que era una broma cuando le propusieron hacerle una novela" [TV Secrets: Dina Páucar thought it was a joke when they suggested making a novella]. El Comercio. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  3. "Película de Lombardi triunfa en Festival de Montreal" [Lombardi Movie Triumphs at Montreal Festival] (in Spanish). Terra Perú. 6 September 2006. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  4. "Mariposa Negra entre las candidatas a los Premios Goya" [Black Butterfly among candidates for Goya Awards] (in Spanish). Perú.21. 2 February 2008. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  5. "Magdyel Ugaz debuta en "La jaula de las locas": "Me ha costado cantar"" [Magdyel Ugaz makes her debut in "La Cage aux Folles": "It has been hard for me to sing"]. El Comercio. 18 August 2010. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  6. ""Pequeños gigantes": conoce a su diversificado jurado" ["Small giants": meet its diverse jury]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 13 March 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  7. Post, Colin (5 January 2017). "Paolo Guerrero biopic has successful premiere in Peru". Perureports.com. Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  8. Premios Luces 2016: conoce a todos los ganadores del trofeo
  9. "En Portada: Magdyel Ugaz" [In Profile:Magdyel Ugaz]. Gisela (in Spanish) (December 2010 ed.). 3 January 2011.
  10. "Magdyel Ugaz contó el drama que vivió con la anorexia y la bulimia" [Magdyel Ugaz told the drama he experienced with anorexia and bulimia]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 17 January 2011. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
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