María Elisa Camargo
In 2005 she auditioned for "El factor X" (Colombia's version of "The X Factor"). After several months of auditions and bootcamp, she reached the main program, under the guidance of Jose Gaviria. She played tracks from artists Lara Fabian, David Bisbal and Shakira. After "El Factor X", Maria Elisa appeared on various RCN programs, eventually landing a role on the telenovela "Floricienta" playing Natalia. After "Floricienta", she was hired to play Mary Joy in the telenovela "La Marca del Deseo" ("The Mark of Desire") with Stephanie Cayo and Alfonso Baptista. This was her first exposure on American television, as "La Marca del Deseo" was made by RCN for Univision. In 2009, she participated in the remake of "Verano del '98" ("Endless Summer") called "Verano de amor" ("Summer of Love") alongside Dulce María in which she plays Isabella Roca the villain of the story. She also played Monica Ledesma in "Hasta Que el Dinero Nos Separe" ("For Love or Money"). In 2010 she portrayed Kristel Ruiz y de Teresa Curiel in the telenovela "Llena de Amor" ("Fill Me With Love") as one of the villains alongside Altair Jarabo and Azela Robinson. In 2013, she portrayed Patricia "Patricia Zorrilla" in "Porque el Amor Manda" ("Because Love rules"). In 2011 she worked in the Telemundo telenovela, "Flor Salvaje" ("Wild Flower") alongside Gregorio Pernia, Carolina Gaitán, Geraldine Zivic, Pedro Palacio, Indhira Serrano, Roberto Manrique, Norkys Batista. In 2013 she played "Natalie" in the Mexican film "Flying Low" directed by Beto Gomez. In 2014 she participated as a Protagonist of Telemundo telenovela "En Otra Piel" ("Part Of Me") along with David Chocarro, Jorge Luis Pila, Vanessa Villela and Laura Flores. In 2015-2016 she became a protagonist of "Bajo el mismo cielo" ("Under the same sky"), another telenovela of Telemundo along with Gabriel Porras, Erika de la Rosa, Luis Ernesto Franco and Julio Bracho. In 2015-2016 she starred in Telemundo telenovela "Bajo el Mismo Cielo" which got Telemundo a record for beating the ratings of Univisión during 9pm primetime. In 2017 she played the vallenato legend Patricia Teheran in the Caracol bio-series "Tarde Lo Conocí" in which she sang live. She also participated in the Ecuadorian film "Thin Walls" alongside Roberto Manrique. In 2018 she was the protagonist of Telemundo's super series "El Barón", playing Isabel Garcia, the wife of the rising drug lord Nacho Montero. She also participated in HBO Access' short film "Unimundo". In 2019 she played "Elvira", the crazy psychologist, in Caribbean Cinemas/Bou Group film "Los Leones" alongside Ozuna and Clarissa Molina. She also landed her first American role, guest-starring in HBO/Cinemax "Warrior" as Marisol Rooker.
Career
She began her career competing in "The X Factor Colombia". This led to her first star role in Latin America, Maria Alegria for "Mark of Desire" (Telefutura/Univision). Telemundo signed her as their primetime star, where her series created a new record for the network, beating its direct competitor Univision. Maria's career has evolved to cinema, starring in Dominican movie "Los Leones" alongside Ozuna. She recently moved to LA and got her first shot in an American role playing a guest star for Cinemax's "Warrior", and starred in the Dominican movie "Infatuation". She played the character of Patricia Teheran in the Colombian telenovela "Tarde lo Conocí". She also appeared in "Bajo el Mismo Cielo" (as Adela Morales, the star in the series). She starred in Telemundo's hit show "En Otra Piel" as a double character: Monica Serrano and Adriana Aguilar. Her last participation with Telemundo was on the series "El Baron", where she starred as Isabel.