María Elena Swett Urquieta is a Chilean actress.[1]

María Elena Swett
In 2006
Born
María Elena Swett Urquieta

(1979-04-11) 11 April 1979 (age 45)
Occupation(s)Actress, TV presenter
Years active1999 – present
Spouse(s)Felipe Braun (2006-2010)

Early life

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She was born in Santiago on April 11, 1979. She studied at Colegio Nuestra Señora del Pilar and later at the Academia de Humanidades de Recoleta. Later, she studied theater at DUOC.

Acting career

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She debuted on television in 1999, in the series La otra cara del espejo on the Mega chain after being discovered by the director Herval Abreu [es].

In 2002 he signed a contract with the dramatic area] of Canal 13, a participant in five telenovelas produced by Verónica Saquel. In this period of popularity with his role in Machos and Brujas , positioning herself alongside Jorge Zabaleta as the leading duo of the private channel. At the same time, he participated in the feature film Rojo intenso [es], where he shared roles with the Argentine actor Fabián Mazzei.

In 2008 he signed an exclusive contract with the Dramatic Area of Televisión Nacional de Chile, starring in eight telenovelas, five of them being a duo with Zabaleta. In the state channel, she consolidated her television career, positioning herself as the main actress of the public channel in 2012. In 2018, after 10 years, the channel decided not to renew her contract.[2] In 2016, according to the publication Primer plano, she was one of the actresses paid between 2011 and 2015 with better earnings calculated at $15 million pesos, only surpassed by Claudia Di Girolamo, Paz Bascuñán and Sigrid Alegría.[3]

In 2019 she wrote a six-month contract with Mega to star in 100 days to fall in love.

In 2020, she premiered the previously recorded microseries S.o.s mamis , in which she stars alongside Paz Bascuñán, Loreto Aravena, Tamara Acosta and Jenny Cavallo. She also, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she began to do works online by Zoom for The Cow Company together with renowned Chilean actors. On December 1, 2020, she launches her first book S.o.s Mamis: el libro based on the microseries.

On November 1, 2021, joined "Who is the mask?" in Chilevisión where she was part of the jury / investigation team together with Cristian Riquelme [es], Macarena Pizarro and Cristián Sánchez for 3 seasons.

Personal life

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Formerly married to the Chilean actor Felipe Braun.[4] She is also known as "Mane" by friends and family.

Filmography

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Film
Year Title Role Director
2003 XS: The Worst Size Pamela Jorge López
The Chosen One Sara Nacho Argiro & Gabriel Lopez
2006 Mirageman Karol Valdivieso Ernesto Díaz
2007 Rojo intenso Laura Javier Elorrieta
2022 S.O.S. Mamis: La película Julia Gabriela Sobarzo Mierzo
2023 S.O.S. Mamis 2: Mosquita muerta


Television

Year Title Role Other notes
1999 La Otra Cara del Espejo 1 Episode
2002 Mas que Amigos Barbara
2003 Machos Fernanda Garrido
2004 Hippie Magdalena Arrieta
2005 Brujas Cassandra Garcia
2006 Descarado Verena Garreton
2007 Papi Ricky Catalina Rivera
2007 Héroes Francisca de Paula Segura y Ruiz 1 Episode
2008 Hijos del Monte Paula Del Monte
2009 Los Angeles de Estela Margarita Bobadilla
2010 La Familia de al lado Pilar Echenique
2011 Aqui Mando Yo Sofia Kunkar
2013 Socias Ines Ventura
2014 El Amor Lo Manejo Yo Victoria Duque
2015 Dueños del Paraíso Vanessa Esparza
2015 La Poseída Olimpia Ruiz
2016 El Camionero Ema Kaulen
2017 Wena profe Bárbara Fernández
2020 100 días para enamorarse Laura
2023 Dime con quién andas Karina Ayala

TV shows

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References

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  1. ^ "María Elena Swett Urquieta". teleseries.tvn.cl. Archived from the original on 2009-01-30. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
  2. ^ "Mane Swett breaks the silence after not renewing with TVN". www.radioagricultura.cl. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
  3. ^ "Este Es El Top Ten de los Sueldos Que Ganan Los Actores Chilenos" [These are the top ten salaries earned by Chilean actors] (in Spanish). Archived from the original on December 10, 2018. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  4. ^ "María Elena Swett - Fans Club || Un fans club diferente, un fans club que promete". Archived from the original on 2009-02-04. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
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