Sandra Pareja (born 1966/1967) is an Ecuadorian actress, best known for her role in the Ecuavisa television series Mis adorables entenados [es]. She began her acting career at age 16 in the theater group El Juglar [es], and has appeared at Teatro El Ángel with the group La Mueca. She has also appeared on TV series such as Súbete a mi taxi on RTS.

Sandra Pareja
Born1966/1967
Guayaquil, Ecuador
EducationNational University of Cuyo
OccupationActress
SpouseJorge Ballesteros

Early life

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Sandra Pareja was born in Guayaquil in 1966 or 1967.[1] She took acting classes at age 16 with El Juglar [es]. She remained with the group for 15 years.[2]

Career

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She took courses in biochemistry and pharmaceutical chemistry before completing her 5-year studies of dramatic arts at the National University of Cuyo in Mendoza, Argentina.[1] She began teaching acting in schools, colleges and universities, in addition to teaching physical expression for companies and institutions.[2][3]

Throughout her career, Pareja has taken part in productions by La Mueca theater group, together with Oswaldo Segura [es], Amparo Guillén, Héctor Garzón [es], and Andrés Garzón [es], at Teatro El Ángel.[4]

She made her television debut in 1987, in the Ecuavisa costumbrista series, Mis adorables entenados [es]. Her character, Maribel la Virola, is the neighbor who is madly in love with Felipe Vera, played by Oswaldo Segura.[4] She reprised this role in 1995 on Mis adorables entenados con billete, a continuation of the previous series but for RTS. On the same channel, she appeared in the series Súbete a mi taxi and Rosendo Presidente, again playing Maribel in the latter.[4] In the early 2000s, she was in Ecuavisa's comic series Visa para un sueño.[4] She was also part of La escuelita sketches on the show business program Vamos con todo [es].[1]

In 2008, she played Yuli Bajaña in El Garañón del Millón [es] on TC Televisión. The same year she appeared in the play Ovarios.[1]

From 2010 to 2020, Pareja was part of the RTS morning magazine El club de la Mañana, where she played a reporter named Sarota, as well as the character Sarita "Doña Sari" Piedad, an outgoing elderly woman.[4]

Personal life

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Sandra Pareja is married to Jorge Ballesteros, with whom she has one daughter.[1]

Filmography

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TV series and telenovelas

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  • Mis adorables entenados [es] (1989-1991) ... Maribel "La Virola"
  • Mis adorables entenados con billete (1995–1997) ... Maribel "La Virola"
  • Súbete a mi taxi (1997–1999) ... Maribel "La Virola"
  • Visa para un sueño (2001)
  • Rosendo Presidente (2006) ... Maribel "La Virola"
  • El Garañón del Millón [es] (2008) ... Yuli

TV programs

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  • El Show de Felipe (1999)
  • Vamos con todo [es] (2004-2008)
  • El club de la mañana (2010-2020) ... Sarita Piedad "Doña Sari"

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Sandra Pareja, una actriz identificada por la comedia" [Sandra Pareja, an Actress Identified With Comedy]. El Universo (in Spanish). July 14, 2008. Retrieved July 18, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Sandra Pareja comenzó a los 16 años en el teatro El Juglar" [Sandra Pareja Started at El Juglar Theater at Age 16]. El Universo (in Spanish). June 7, 2012. Retrieved July 18, 2021.
  3. ^ "Sandra Pareja más de 30 años vigente" [Sandra Pareja Active More Than 30 Years]. La Hora (in Spanish). Guayaquil. August 12, 2017. Retrieved July 18, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e "'Mis adorables entenados', 25 años después" ['Mis adorables entenados’, 25 Years Later]. El Comercio (in Spanish). March 30, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2021.