Catalina Sandino Moreno

Birthday: 19 April 1981, Bogotá, Colombia

Height: 169 cm

Catalina Sandino Moreno was born on April 19, 1981 in Bogotá, Colombia. She is an actress and producer, known for Maria Full of Grace (2004), Che: Part Two (2008) and Fast Food Nation (2006). She has been married to David Elwell since April 15, 2006. They have one child.

I love theater. I want to keep learning and I think that by doing as much theater as I can, it will ...Show more »

I love theater. I want to keep learning and I think that by doing as much theater as I can, it will make me a better actress for film. Show less «

I know! It's crazy. I would never even in my wildest dreams thought of being nominated for an Oscar ...Show more »

I know! It's crazy. I would never even in my wildest dreams thought of being nominated for an Oscar for the first movie. I thought it was going to be on cable, not on the movies, not in the theaters...you know it's just insane. Show less «

It was kind of like a big thing for me to just go for it, to take my clothes off and be me. It was s...Show more »

It was kind of like a big thing for me to just go for it, to take my clothes off and be me. It was something that I really thought about, to do or not to do. Then I just said ... I'll do it. I'm normal, it's not a big deal. On doing nudity for the first time in The Hottest State. Show less «

I feel I have a responsibility, as an actress, as a Colombian immigrant, and just as a person, to sh...Show more »

I feel I have a responsibility, as an actress, as a Colombian immigrant, and just as a person, to show people reality. It would be nice to be an actress who loves action movies, but I'm not that kind of actress. Show less «

It is amazing. None of us ever expected ['Maria Full of Grace'] to be so big. It was a film that was...Show more »

It is amazing. None of us ever expected ['Maria Full of Grace'] to be so big. It was a film that was made with all the love in the world and it is being so well received. We would have never expected it. Show less «

"It's the story of this girl and at the end of the movie she's a woman." - on Maria Full of Grace.

Maria had such an impact on me that I didn't want to do something so light. I wanted to do something...Show more »

Maria had such an impact on me that I didn't want to do something so light. I wanted to do something with power. Anyone can be a beautiful girl. Any girl can be that. So I didn't do anything for three years. I was waiting for the right roles. Show less «