Livia Brito

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.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Brito and the second or maternal family name is Pestana.
Livia Brito
Born
Livia Pestana

(1986-07-21) 21 July 1986
Ciego de Avila, Ciego de Ávila, Cuba
Nationality
  • Cuban
  • Mexican
Occupation(s)Actress, model
Years active2010–present
Parents
  • Rolando Brito Rodríguez
  • Gertrudis Pestana

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 of age 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.[1] She represented Mexico in the 2009 edition of the Reina Mundial del Banano, finishing as first runner-up and awarded Miss Photogenic.[2] 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.[3] In 2012, she starred (in a supporting role) as Paloma Gonzalez in Abismo de pasión, produced by Angelli Nesma Medina.[4] She starred in Lucero Suárez's telenovela: De Que Te Quiero, Te Quiero, marking the first time she stars as the protagonist.[5] 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.[6] In 2022, she starred in Mujer de nadie as Lucía Arizmendi.

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRolesNotes
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 [7]
2023 Unhappily Ever After Carmen Pelusi [8]

Television
YearTitleRolesNotes
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[9]

Awards and nominations

Premios TVyNovelas
YearCategoryTelenovelaResult
2012[10]Best Young Lead ActressTriunfo del AmorWon
2013[11]Abismo de Pasión
2016Best Lead ActressMuchacha italiana viene a casarseNominated

Premio de la Asociación de Críticos y Periodistas Teatrales (ACPT)
YearCategoryNominatedResult
2012Best Revelation in TheaterEl carteroWon

References
  1. "Livia Brito no olvida su origen - TVNotas ¡Irresistible!". tvnotas.com.mx. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  2. EL UNIVERSO (25 September 2009). "Venezolana ganó reinado del banano". El Universo. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  3. "Livia Brito debuta como actriz". EL INFORMADOR. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  4. "Livia Brito participará en la nueva versión Cañaveral de Pasiones". starMedia. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  5. Televisa Televisión. "us". Televisa Televisión. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  6. "La piloto con Livia Brito tiene fecha de estreno". peopleenespanol.com. Archived from the original on 21 January 2017.
  7. "Cubana Livia Brito será la Virgen María en filme "Juan Apóstol, el más amado"". cibercuba.com (in Spanish). 27 May 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  8. "Infelices para Siempre". avclub.com. 2 April 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  9. González, Moisés (26 May 2023). "Destapan las primeras imágenes de la telenovela Minas de pasión". People en Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  10. "Lista de ganadores de los Premios TVyNovelas 2012". starMedia. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  11. "Lista de ganadores de los Premios TVyNovelas 2013 en México". starMedia. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
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