Acting

Margalida Castro

Born — Died

1943-11-19 — 2024-12-19

Place of birth

San Gil, Colombia

Known for

Acting

Credits

24 titles

Maria Margalida Castro Rueda (San Gil, Santander, November 19, 1941 - Bogotá, December 19, 2024) was a Colombian actress who stood out for her appearances in numerous Colombian soap operas, films and plays. In 2015 she was awarded the Víctor Nieto Lifetime Achievement Award. Margalida Castro grew up in the city of Bogotá. Coming from a family from Santander, her father was a renowned lawyer and her mother was a governess. She studied at the Colegio Departamental de la Merced where she deepened her knowledge of music. She entered the National University of Colombia to study architecture; she also studied flute and was part of the university orchestra. She never thought of becoming an actres…

Known for

2.5

A culinary competition featuring celebrity contestants.

Masterchef Celebrity: Colombia

2018

7.9

Yo amo a Paquita Gallego is a Spanish language television drama series from Colombia which aired in 1998 and 1999. The drama is loosely based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. It features the typical love-hate scenarios found in television soap operas. The drama starred Cristina Umaña, Andres Juan and Victoria Gongora.

I love Paquita Gallego

1998

No artwork available

9.0

Camila Falcón, daughter of the ruthless landowner Eloísa Falcón, better known as "La Coronela," is an authoritarian widow capable of anything, even killing, to prevent any man from getting close to her daughter, condemning her to a life of loneliness.

Prisioneros del amor

1996

7.2

La Venganza, is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo and RTI Colombia. This limited-run series ran for 127 episodes from November 4, 2002 to May 16, 2003. The soap opera was starred by Gabriela Spanic, José Ángel Llamas and Catherine Siachoque.

La Venganza

2002

No artwork available

9.0

No synopsis available yet.

A donde va Soledad

2000

Soledad is blind, and her dream is to be a famous singer. She falls in love with Vicente, and although fate seems determined to separate them, they will fight to be together.

The Light of My Eyes

2017

Film credits

2010s · 4 titles

6.3

Viviana and Alicia have never met, but they're about to get intimately acquainted. One day, while tipping drinks back in a bar, the two women strike up a conversation that quickly turns personal, Viviana is locked in an abusive marriage, and Alicia's female lover, Lorena, has recently fallen for another woman. As the two women strangers find common ground in their lives, they enter into a secret pact to kill the people who have made their lives a living hell. Seductive, bloody and shocking events send them both plummeting down a destructive path from which there is no escape.

Sex, Lies and Death

2011

5.5

Teresa is an artificial intelligence device that comes from the United States to Colombia to be tested in a real world and with a very particular family: Los Rico. Teresa arrives just at Christmas time, where between novenas, fritters and custard, she will discover deep connections with her new family.

Teresa's Trip

2017

5.6

At the end of the vacations Alvaro Crespo plans the best return home with his peculiar family, but instead of being a quiet and pleasant trip, it becomes an odyssey when the family is involved in a robbery and will have to flee from the police, while they manage to prove their innocence.

The Trip 3

2013

6.0

Five strangers on the brink of despair agree to meet and bet large in a poker game.

Poker

2011

2000s · 2 titles

6.6

In Colombia just after the Great War, an old man falls from a ladder; dying, he professes great love for his wife. After the funeral, a man calls on the widow - she dismisses him angrily. Flash back more than 50 years to the day Florentino Ariza, a telegraph boy, falls in love with Fermina Daza, the daughter of a mule trader.

Love in the Time of Cholera

2007

4.8

No synopsis available yet.

El ángel del acordeón

2008

1990s · 1 titles

5.0

Three different stories, one only true name: they born the same day, at the same time and on the same city... When they found each other at 18, an unexpected fate awaits them. (Video Resume shown in two videocassetes)

Los Victorinos

1992

1970s · 1 titles

6.0

Jose, a taxi driver in Bogotá suffers from the condition of his old vehicle and is almost unable to work.

El taxista millonario

1979

Series credits

2.5

A culinary competition featuring celebrity contestants.

Masterchef Celebrity: Colombia

2018

7.9

I love Paquita Gallego

1998

No artwork available

9.0

Prisioneros del amor

1996

7.2

La Venganza

2002

No artwork available

9.0

No synopsis available yet.

A donde va Soledad

2000

Soledad is blind, and her dream is to be a famous singer. She falls in love with Vicente, and although fate seems determined to separate them, they will fight to be together.

The Light of My Eyes

2017

7.6

Juan's life changes when he discovers his best friend sleeping with his wife, the mother of his children. Unwilling to accept losing everything, he puts into practice the 50 daily tips from a manual that offers advice on how to be happy.

Manual Para Ser Feliz

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6.0

On Isla Fuerte, singer María "Bonita" arrives for a party and finds herself caught in a web of passion, betrayal, and dark family secrets. Her love for José Santos, the president's unrecognized son, unleashes tragedy, revenge, and a crime that will change their lives.

María Bonita

1995

5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Dr. Mata

2014

2.0

Digging for Love is a fun story for all the family. It narrates the life of two neighbor families: The Murcia and the Otero family, who have had the best relationship until one day they fight, and as destiny would have it, that same day something unexpected occurs: The Murcia family discovers a treasure in the garden of their house, a giant golden statue buried in the ground between both of their houses. From that moment on, a series of failed attempts to try to unearth it will make way for a countless number of entertaining and dramatic situations. What both families are unaware of, is that the original owner of the desired treasure is about to be released from jail and will come back to recover his fortune at any price.

Digging for Love

2016

The series tells of cases based on real events, which show how a woman is able to be at peace and end her suffering in the most lethal way, killing. In each episode, the protagonist tries to find a way to get rid of her problems, motivated by love, revenge, pain, desperation, resentment, contempt, hatred, beatings, addiction or frustration.