
Acting
Tatiana Astengo
Born
1967-06-07 (59)
Place of birth
Lima, Peru
Known for
Acting
Credits
30 titles
Tatiana Astengo (born June 7, 1967) is a Peruvian actress. She studied Communication Sciences at the University of San Martín de Porres and began her career as a dancer and singer in the 1980s. She made her film debut in Captain Pantoja and the Special Services (1999), a role that catapulted her to fame. She has appeared in various television series in Peru and Spain, including Al fondo hay sitio (2011-2016) and De vuelta al barrio (2018-2019). Astengo has also worked in theatre and has received awards for her performances in cinema. She has had a versatile career, excelling in different media and genres.
Known for
8.1La que se avecina is a Spanish television comedy created by Alberto Caballero, Laura Caballero and Daniel Deorador. The TV-series focusing around the inhabitants of Mirador de Montepinar, a fictional building located on the outskirts of a big city. Both its storylines and cast are heavily based on Aquí no hay quien viva, which ended when Telecinco bought Miramón Mendi, the series production company. The episodes debuted on the Telecinco network, and were later rerun by the same network as well as cable/satellite channels FactoríaDeFicción and Paramount Comedy. The series debuted in 22 April 2007 and became popular thanks to its funny characters, witty script, use of catchphrases and capacity to integrate and poke fun at contemporary issues; the program presents a caustic satire of many of the 'types' found in Spanish society. The name of the show involves wordplay, as "vecina" is the Spanish word for neighbour.
La que se avecina
2007
5.0Different stories about people having more luck than usual...
La vida es una lotería
2002
6.9Barbara is a criminal psychologist who becomes the victim of an express kidnapping. After her abduction, she works as a negotiator in cases like hers to find the people who almost took her life.
Express
2022
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Pataclaun
1997
7.6Magallanes sees his humdrum life turn upside down the day Celina, a women he met in the violent years when he was a soldier with the Peruvian Army, jumps into his taxi in a Lima street. This unexpected re-encounter after 25 years with the dark past that unites them prompts Magallanes to embark on a daring plan to help Celina get money and find his own redemption.
Magallanes
2015
7.2The Peruvian army captain Pantaleon Pantoja, a very serious and efficient officer, is chosen by his superiors to set up a special service of 'visitors' to satisfy the sexual needs of the soldiers posted on remote jungle outposts.
Captain Pantoja and the Special Services
1999
Film credits
2020s · 5 titles
7.4Surrounded by social and political chaos in Lima during the summer of 1992, Lucia, Aurora, and their mother, Elena, plan to leave and seek opportunities in the United States. Their farewell involves reconnecting with their estranged father, Carlos, adding turbulence to the regrets, hopes, and fears of their emotional departure.
Queens
2024
8.3Amidst the uncertainty caused by the alleged suicide of former president Alan García, journalist Carmen Ríos initiates an intense search aiming to unravel the mystery surrounding the case and answer the pressing question still lingering in the minds of all of Peru: Is Alan García alive or dead?
Vivo o muerto: El expediente García
2024
5.5Luzmila and Peta are two sisters who come from a modest environment and work as housemaids for Alicia and Carmen, two aristocratic ladies of Peru. They are almost considered a part of the families or, at least, that’s what it seems… But one day, as the city is taken over by violent protests, a birthday celebration gathers all the members of both families together. A long-held secret involving both households — upstairs and downstairs — is suddenly revealed, blowing up the bubble of their perfect aristocratic world forever.
The Best Families
2020
NRObsessed with having a child, a couple devoted to a religious cult decides to bring a pregnant young woman, into their home until the baby is born, intending to adopt the child afterwards.
Redención
2023
NRManuela and her mother have different ways of perceiving the world they live in. They discuss masculinity, love, and, as if that were not enough, the importance of a sofa.
La importancia de un sofá
2023
2010s · 7 titles
7.6Magallanes sees his humdrum life turn upside down the day Celina, a women he met in the violent years when he was a soldier with the Peruvian Army, jumps into his taxi in a Lima street. This unexpected re-encounter after 25 years with the dark past that unites them prompts Magallanes to embark on a daring plan to help Celina get money and find his own redemption.
Magallanes
2015
6.0A crime novelist receives a vital clue to the whereabouts of his long-missing fiancée.
The Vanished Elephant
2014
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Django: Sangre de mi sangre
2018
6.7Follows the adventures of Carlos Alcántara on his way to fame from his childhood in the "Unidad Vecinal Mirones".
¡Asu Mare!
2013
7.2No synopsis available yet.
Django: En el nombre del hijo
2019
10.0In a party, Fico bumps into Manolo, an old friend from school, a rascal who is running away from the mob who is after him. To take shelter in his friend house, Manolo fakes a desease that will start a series of entanglements that will change their lives. Soon they will find out that everything but friendship is an illusion.
Friends in a hurry
2018
5.8No synopsis available yet.
La herencia
2015
2000s · 13 titles
7.3A married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town's rigid traditions.
Undertow
2009
5.8In Madrid, a petty thief who cannot adjust to life outside of jail puts together a theater troupe her friends -- a prostitute, a gypsy, and a Colombian immigrant -- in an attempt to make a go at a relatively straight life.
My Prison Yard
2008
6.9Based on true events, this crime drama chronicles the wanderings of the thief Orlando González -alias Django- during his brief years of glory. After spending a time in the province, Django returns to Lima with his family, trying to escape the criminal circuit. But the appearance of the woman of a dead partner will unleash Django's ambition, and his libido.
Django: La otra cara
2002
7.2Through out six different and yet parallel stories that take place during the corrupted goverment during the 90s in Peru, Lombardi tells the moral decomposition that ran through all classes and generations of the peruvian society.
What the Eye Doesn't See
2003
3.5¿Bastan 7 minutos para enamorarse? Los protagonistas de esta comedia coral y romántica no lo tienen claro. Pero lo van a intentar. Por eso acuden a una sesión de "citas rápidas", encuentros entre hombres y mujeres que quieren conocer gente, huir de la soledad y encontrar el amor.En estas veladas, cada uno tiene siete minutos para hablar con cada una, y viceversa. Luego, todos se van a casa y votan por Internet a aquellas personas que les han gustado. Si el voto es coincidente, la empresa que organiza los encuentros remite a los interesados los e-mails respectivos, y a partir de ahí, puede surgir o no una historia...
Seven Minutes
2009
6.0Ana is a rich, repressed housewife. Much to her annoyance, her husband rents out their garden to a soap-opera production, and goes away on a business trip. In her dull solitude, Ana follows the shooting from her window, and soon becomes just as engrossed in the soap-opera as her two maids. When accidentally mistaken for an actress, she ends up being cast for a role -to the great dismay of the other actresses and her maids. The set soon becomes dominated by gossiping, intrigues and blackmail, while the boundary between her real world and the make believe world of soap-operas begins to blur. Ana finds herself entangled in a real life soap-opera all of her own when she tries to get everything back to normal before her husbands comes home.
Destiny Has No Favorites
2003
6.7Peru, early 2000s. Alfonso wants to be a writer, but he decides to work first as a journalist. He is assigned to the crime section of a newspaper, a job from which he can know the nasty guts of tabloid publications.
Red Ink
2000
4.8Nerdy comic book aficionado Roberto Rodriguez battles low self-esteem, loser friends and vicious high school bullies as he vies for the heart of Cristina, the hot new girl from Madrid.
Promedio rojo
2004
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Animales de compañía
2009
Short film.
Mirada Líquida
2002
6.0Juan, a young man convicted of terrorism, is given amnesty from a Lima prison; he boards a bus to return home and, in his mind's eye, recalls events in his village near Huaraz when he was 10 or 12. His father is long dead, his mother lives with Fermin, secretly a sympathizer with the Communist guerrillas in the hills. Town leaders are assassinated at night. When Juan discovers Fermin's secret, Juan is spirited away to the guerrillas to learn Marxist slogans and how to fight. When the band decides to attack the town to avenge the death of a comrade, Juan must choose.
Paper Dove
2003
NRA mysterious perfume offers Estela the chance to become the assured woman she always wanted to be. But when her desires start to come true she discovers something about her real essence.
Essence
2007
4.3As two families celebrate the engagement of their children, one of the lovers unearths a family secret.
Fiestapatria
2007
Series credits
8.1La que se avecina is a Spanish television comedy created by Alberto Caballero, Laura Caballero and Daniel Deorador. The TV-series focusing around the inhabitants of Mirador de Montepinar, a fictional building located on the outskirts of a big city. Both its storylines and cast are heavily based on Aquí no hay quien viva, which ended when Telecinco bought Miramón Mendi, the series production company. The episodes debuted on the Telecinco network, and were later rerun by the same network as well as cable/satellite channels FactoríaDeFicción and Paramount Comedy. The series debuted in 22 April 2007 and became popular thanks to its funny characters, witty script, use of catchphrases and capacity to integrate and poke fun at contemporary issues; the program presents a caustic satire of many of the 'types' found in Spanish society. The name of the show involves wordplay, as "vecina" is the Spanish word for neighbour.
La que se avecina
2007
5.0Different stories about people having more luck than usual...
La vida es una lotería
2002
6.9Barbara is a criminal psychologist who becomes the victim of an express kidnapping. After her abduction, she works as a negotiator in cases like hers to find the people who almost took her life.
Express
2022
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Pataclaun
1997
