Julieth Restrepo (born December 19, 1986) is a Colombian model and actress.
Career
Restrepo began her acting career with the 2006 Colombian horror film At the End of the Spectra. She has also acted in live theater. She was nominated for Premios India Catalina in best actress category. She acted in the Colombian films La semilla del silencio and Malcriados. As her roles varied from religious to a prostitute, Colombian newspaper La Opinión described her as a versatile actress. She had portrayed Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena on screen in the Colombian show Laura, una vida extraordinaria.
In 2022, it was announced that Restrepo would star as the late Colombian suffragist and Senator Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid in a film titled Estimados Señores (Dear Gentlemen).
In 2023 she started acting in the Netflix miniseries Griselda alongside Sofía Vergara, as Marta Ochoa, cousin of the Ochoa brothers, who are both high-ranking members of the Medellín Cartel. The miniseries was released on January 25, 2024.
Personal life
Her hometown is Medellín. She moved to Los Angeles to shoot her first English short movie, Do Not Lose.
References
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- "'La plata no hace mejor a nadie': Julieth Restrepo - Cine y TV". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2016-06-21. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
- "Julieth Restrepo y la nueva generación de actrices en la TV colombiana" (in Spanish). Caracol Radio. 2016-02-12. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
- "Julieth Restrepo: de religiosa a prostituta". confidencialcolombia.com. Archived from the original on 2017-03-28. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
- "Julieth Restrepo, una actriz 'camaleónica'". La Opinión (in Spanish). 2016-08-15. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
- "Ella es Julieth Restrepo, la actriz que interpreta a la santa colombiana Laura Montoya". El Pais. Archived from the original on 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
- "Julieth Restrepo, la descomplicada y sexy 'Madre Laura'". colombia.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
- Wiseman, Andreas (2022-06-07). "'Loving Pablo' Actress Julieth Restrepo To Lead Story Of 'Colombian Suffragette' Esmeralda Arboleda". Deadline. Archived from the original on 2022-06-07. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
- "'Griselda' star Julieth Restrepo on Sofía Vergara's 'impressive' transformation and the allure of drug cartel stories". Yahoo News. 2024-01-25. Archived from the original on 2024-01-28. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
- "Julieth Restrepo es Lina en la nueva película de Felipe Cano". Vanguardia Liberal. Archived from the original on 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
- "Julieth Restrepo: 'El cine no tiene límites y eso es lo más bonito'". cromos.com.co. Archived from the original on 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2016-08-15.