Ingrid Elena Cruz Toro (born 1 July 1975 in Antofagasta) is a Chilean actress, known for her roles in Brujas (2005), Somos los Carmona (2013–2014), Pituca sin lucas (2014–2015) and Demente (2021).
Biography Born as Ingrid Elena Cruz Toro, in Antofagasta, on 1 July 1975, she is the daughter of Norman Cruz, a notary and real estate conservator in the city, and Sara Toro, a secretary. Her father is from El Salvador, he came to Chile after the war. He studied as a lawyer in Antofagasta.
Her studies were carried out at the Experimental Artistic Lyceum and at the Colegio Instituto Santa María Antofagasta. She later moved to Santiago to study acting at the Fernando González Mardones Theater Club Academy, graduating in 1998. In 2007, she had her first daughter with Leo Scheinffelt, Emilia Scheinffelt. In 2014, she separated from Leo, staying alone with Emilia.
Career Ingrid Cruz made her television debut with the telenovela Marparaíso (1998) on Canal 13, sharing credits with Cristián Campos and Jorge Zabaleta. Next, she worked for ten years at Canal 13, under the orders of Verónica Saquel.
During this period, she appeared in commercially successful telenovelas such as Machos in 2003, Brujas in 2005 and Lola in 2007, in which she became known despite not having a leading role. In 2009, Canal 13 decided not to renew Cruz's contract, because they preferred to promote actresses with greater prominence in the television industry, as was the case with Tamara Acosta and Blanca Lewin.
After a time without many appearances on television, María Eugenia Rencoret gives her the opportunity to antagonize the daytime soap opera Esperanza (2011), with great success. Since then, she has been directing her career towards a more commercial side, becoming an advertising face. She would continue on TVN in the evening Reserva de familia (2012) and with the evening show Somos los Carmona (2013).
In 2014, Cruz emigrated to Mega together with Rencoret, who forms a new dramatic area for the channel. Íngrid gets the main antagonist in the evening show Pituca sin lucas (2014), which ends up being a hit for the timeslot. She would continue to be linked to Mega in various productions; She also served as a judge on the show The Switch on the same channel. She recently starred in Mega's Demente, as Javiera Cáceres alongside Patricia Rivadeneira, who played Flavia Betantcourt.
Personal life Ingrid has a daughter, Emilia.
Filmography
Series +YearTitleRoleChannel2007Dinastía Sa SáCanal 132007HéroesAgustinaCanal 132020Historias de cuarentenaMega
Programs +YearTitleRoleChannel2000Sin mochilaDriverCanal 132015; 2017–2018The SwitchJuryMega2021Sana TentaciónConductorMega
Films Year Title Role Director 2003 The Chosen One Inés Nacho Argiró & Gabriel López2013 VideoClub Wanda Pablo Illanes Barrio Universitario Ejecutiva Esteban Vidal El vuelo del Manutara 2016 Prueba de actitud Cecilia
Television
Telenovelas Year Title Role Channel1998MarparaísoSofía CarrascoCanal 131999Cerro AlegreKarina AstudilloCanal 132001Corazón PirataCynthia CáceresCanal 132003MachosBelén CruchagaCanal 132004HippieCatalina VillalobosCanal 132005BrujasGretel SchmidtCanal 132006DescaradoCaroline MartínezCanal 132007–2008LolaGrace FernándezCanal 132009Cuenta ConmigoLídia PeñaCanal 132011EsperanzaBeatriz SoloveraTVN2012Reserva de familiaEma Ruiz-TagleTVN2013Los CarmonaIsabel DuránTVN2014Pituca Sin LucasStella GonzálezMega2016Pobre GalloCarola García del RíoMega2017Tranquilo papáPamela MoralesMega2019Juegos de poderKaren FrancoMega2021DementeJaviera CáceresMega2024Nuevo amores de mercadoAlicia "Pastora" RubilarMega
Music Videos +YearTitleArtistDirector2013Es muy tardeJorge GonzalezEsteban Vidal
Theatre
Un dios salvaje (2013)
Advertising
Tottus ( 2012–present), along with Iván Zamorano (2014–2015) and Álvaro Rudolphy (2015–2016).
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Production Result 2005 APES Awards Best Supporting Actress Brujas Nominated 2008 APES Awards Best Supplementary Performance Lola Nominated2015 Reina Guachaca Most Popular Actress Pituca sin lucasNominatedGolden Copihue Best Popular Actress Winner 2016 Premios Caleuche Best Leading Actress Nominated2018 Golden CopihueBest Popular Actress Tranquilo papáNominated 2019 Golden Copihue Best Popular Actress Juegos de poder Nominated2022 Premios Caleuche Best Supporting Actress DementeNominated
Acknowledgements
1994 – Queen of the City of Antofagasta .
Sources
External links
Ingrid Cruz on Twitter Ingrid Cruz on Instagram