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 Turbay in 2016 | |
| Born | Paola Turbay Gómez (1970-11-29) November 29, 1970 (age 54) Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Los Andes (BP) |
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| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | Miss Bogota 1991 Miss Colombia 1991 |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Eye color | Green |
| Major competition(s) | Miss Colombia 1991 (Winner) Miss Universe 1992 (1st Runner-Up) |
Paola Turbay Gómez (born November 29, 1970) is a Colombian-American actress, model, TV host and beauty pageant titleholder. She was a regular in season 3 of the TV series Bosch.
Related to Colombian former president Julio César Turbay Ayala, Turbay represented Bogotá in the Miss Colombia beauty pageant and won in 1991. She was the first runner-up in the 1992 Miss Universe competition.
After finishing her studies in psychology at the Universidad de los Andes, Turbay focused on her career as a model and presenter in entertainment news segments on Noticias QAP and Noticiero C newscasts, as well as an actress. In 2005 she was the official presenter, with Miguel Varoni, of the National Beauty Pageant. She has also made cameo appearances in several Colombian series like O todos en la cama, Ecomoda (sequel to Betty la fea) and Leche ("Milk").
After studying acting in Hollywood, Florida, Turbay became the main character of the RCN TV comedy Noticias calientes ("Hot News") in 2002. Two years later she would star the telenovela Las noches de Luciana ("The Nights of Luciana") and in 2006 would present the Colombian version of Dancing with the Stars, Bailando por un Sueño. Paola has also made brief appearances in films such as Lenny the Wonder Dog and Love in the Time of Cholera.
In 2007, Turbay played Isabel Vega on the CBS series Cane, which was canceled in May 2008 after only one season. In 2008 she has been participating as a recurring guest star on the ABC series The Secret Life of the American Teenager. She also guested on the Showtime series Californication (Season 2, ep. 8, "Going Down and Out in Beverly Hills") and had a recurring role as an LAPD detective during the fifth season of TNT's The Closer.
On January 6, 2010, she played the role of Beatriz on the CBS series The Mentalist (Season 3, ep. 11, "Bloodsport").
Paola played the role of Antonia Gavilán de Logroño for the fourth season of the HBO series True Blood.
Starting in 2010, she had a recurring role on Royal Pains as Marissa Cassaras, Boris' love interest, and mother of his son.
In 2014 she founded IndieBo, the Bogotá Independent Film Festival, of which she is the executive director.
In 2017, she played Dr. Sophia Gallup in blacklist season 4 episode 16 “Dembe Zuma (No. 10)”
She married Alejandro Estrada in 1994. They have two children.
References
- "Paola Turbay, Miss Colombia 1991" (in Spanish). November 11, 1991. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- "Height of Paola Turbay" (in Spanish). November 11, 1991. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- Tendencias, Redacción (2023-04-25). "Así luce Michelle McLean, quien le ganó Miss Universo a Paola Turbay en 1992". ELHERALDO.CO (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-08-08.
- "Wet Paint". Archived from the original on 2014-07-05. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
External links
- Paola Turbay at IMDb
- Paola Turbay's official website
- (in Spanish) Profile at Colarte (includes several magazine articles)
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Preceded by Pauline Huizinga
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Miss Universe 1st Runner-Up 1992 |
Succeeded by Paula Andrea Betancur
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| Preceded byMaribel Gutiérrez | Miss Colombia 1991 |
Succeeded byPaula Andrea Betancur |
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- 1970 births
- American actresses
- American people of Colombian descent
- American people of Lebanese descent
- Colombian people of Lebanese descent
- Colombian actresses
- Colombian female models
- Colombian television presenters
- Living people
- Miss Colombia winners
- Miss Universe 1992 contestants
- Turbay family
- Colombian women television presenters
- 21st-century American women
- Colombian diaspora in the United States
- Colombian actors