Angélica María Cepeda Jiménez (born 2 August 1974), professionally known as Angie Cepeda, is a Colombian actress. She is best known for her roles in the telenovela Pobre Diabla and the films Captain Pantoja and the Special Services and Love in the Time of Cholera. She is the younger sister of actress Lorna Cepeda.
Early life Cepeda was born in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, and raised in Barranquilla. After her parents divorced she lived with her mother and two older sisters (one of whom is actress Lorna Paz).
Career When she discovered her vocation in drama, she moved out to Bogotá. After starting her drama courses, she was contracted by a beer company and made some advertisements for it. Next, she played some bit parts in several soap operas and movies in Colombia.
Cepeda got a role in the soap opera Las Juanas, getting the attention of some TV producers who offered her jobs in prime time shows, such as the leading role in Luz Maria (1998), co-starring Christian Meier and Rosalinda Serfaty, and that as Fiorella Morelli Flores de Mejía Guzmán in Pobre Diabla (2000), opposite Salvador del Solar and Santiago Magill.
In the cinematic world, Peruvian director Francisco Lombardi convinced her to portray a prostitute called "La Colombiana" in Pantaleón y las Visitadoras (released in English as Captain Pantoja and the Special Services). In 2021, she voiced Julieta Madrigal in the English, Spanish and Italian language versions of the Disney animated musical film Encanto.
Filmography Year Title Format Role Notes 1993 La maldición del paraíso TV series Laura Crónicas de una generación trágica Miniseries Merceditas Nariño 1995 Sólo una mujer TV series Carolina Altamirano Candela TV series Candelaria Daza 1996 Ilona llega con la lluvia Film Zulema Cartagena Film Festival Award for Best Newcomer 1997 Las Juanas TV series Juana Valentina Salguero 1998 Luz María TV series Luz María Camejo 1999 Pantaleón y las visitadoras Film La Colombiana 2000 Pobre diabla TV series Fiorella Morelli 2001 Leyenda de Fuego Film Cecilia 2002 El destino no tiene favoritos Film María 2003 Sammy y yo Film Mary Viña del Mar Film Festival Award for Best Actress 2004 Suddenly Paradise Film Amaranta/Anna 2005 Love for Rent Film Sofía García Vientos de agua TV series Mara Oculto Film Natalia 2006 El muerto Film María Love in the Time of Cholera Film Widow Nazareth 2007 De paso Short Film Marina 2008 Fuera de lugar TV series Luz 2009 Privateer Short film Catherine 2010-2012 Los protegidos TV series Jimena García Cabrera 2010 With or Without Love Film Claudia2011 Heleno Film Diamantina 2012 Pablo Escobar, El Patrón del Mal TV series Regina Parejo Exposados TV series Vera 2013 A Night in Old Mexico Film Patty Wafers 2014 The Vanished Elephant Film Mara de Barclay 2015 Wild Horses Film Maria Gonzales 2016 The Seed of Silence Film María del Rosario Durán 2091 TV series Lila 2019 Kobiety mafii 2 Film AidaKill ChainFilmThe Very Bad Woman2021EncantoFilmJulieta MadrigalEnglish, Spanish & Italian versions2022HaloTV seriesVioletta Franco2025AstronautaFilmClaudia
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result 1996 Cartagena Film Festival Best Newcomer Ilona llega con la lluvia 2004 Viña del Mar Film Festival Best Actress Sammy y yo 2017 Platino Awards Best Actress The Seed of Silence
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