Magdyel Ugaz
Born
Magdyel Olibama Ugaz del Castillo

(1984-07-13) July 13, 1984
 PER Lima, Peru
Occupation(s)Actress and TV Presenter
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)

Magdyel Olibama Ugaz del Castillo is a Peruvian actress and television presenter. Among her several works, she is best known for her starring role as Teresa Collazos in the Al Fondo Hay Sitio television series.[1]

Career

At age thirteen, she entered a theater workshop at the National University of Engineering, presented by actor Reinaldo Arenas. Years later, after passing a casting, she joined the cast of Mil Oficios. In 2004 she played the folk singer Dina Páucar in the bio-miniseries Dina Páucar, the fight for a dream.[2] That same year she joined the sitcom Asi Es La Vida playing the role Milagros.

In 2006 she starred in Black Butterfly, directed by Francisco José Lombardi. For her participation in this film she won the Best Actress award at the International Iberoamerican Festival of Ceará. This film won the Glauber Rocha Award for the best Latin American film at the Montreal World Film Festival,[3] and Best Peruvian Film at the Lima Film Festival. In addition, she was nominated as Best Foreign Film at the 22nd Goya Awards.[4]

Since 2009 she has made appearances in the television series Al Fondo Hay Sitio as "Teresita".[1]

In 2010 she participated in the musical La Cage aux Folles, as Jacqueline, under the direction of Juan Carlos Fisher.[5] At the beginning of 2012 she filmed in Buenos Aires the Peruvian-Italian-Argentinean film Diamond Santoro and the Rope of the Dead.

She debuted as a presenter in the third season of Minute to Win it in 2012 for América Televisión.[1]

Ugaz joined the jury of the Peruvian version of Pequeños Gigantes.[6] In theater, she participated in the comedy work The Blackout. She acted in the movie The Vanished Elephant in 2014.

Ugaz was a guest judge in 2016 for the dancing reality show El Gran Show. On December 8, 2016, the Guerrero movie premiered, in which she played the role of Doña Peta, the mother of Paolo Guerrero, the top scorer of the Peru national football team with 28 goal.[7] For this role she won Best Supporting Actress at the Premios Luces in 2016.[8] She is currently working on the sitcom De Vuelta Al Barrio for which she was nominated for Best Actress at the Premios Luces 2020.[9][10]

Personal life

In 2011, Ugaz admitted that in her desire to lose weight, she suffered from anorexia and bulimia, also caused by the comments of the press about her weight.[11][12] In 2020 she had some of her eggs cryogenically frozen stating that she is not ready to be a mom since she hasn't found the right man yet, but wants to make sure when she does find the right partner it's not too late.[13]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role
2001-2002[14] Mil Oficios Mariana Roca Palacios #1
2003 Habla barrio Sara
2004 Dina Páucar, la lucha por un sueño Dina Páucar
2004-2006/2008 Así es la vida Milagritos
2007 Los Jotitas Lola
Vírgenes de la cumbia 2 Lourdes
Yuru: La princesa amazónica Magdalena "Maki"
2008 Calle en llamas Tonka
2009-2016 Al fondo hay sitio Teresa "Teresita" Collazos Camacho
2012 Minuto para ganar Host
América espectáculos Invited Guest Host
2013Pequeños gigantesJudge
2014La hora de los pequesHost
2015El Gran ShowContestant (Withdrew week 7)
2017-2018 Colorina Colorina / Fernanda Méndez Quiñones / Fabiola Almazán
2018 Yo soy Judge
2019 Mujeres al mando Host
2020-present De vuelta al barrio Susana Chafloque

Movies

Year Title Role
2006 Black Butterfly Ángela García
2008 Mañana te cuento 2 Kidnapper
2009 El premio Teresa
2012 Diamond Santoro y la soga de los muertos
2014 The Vanished Elephant
2016 Guerrero Dona Peta
2017 Cebiche de tiburón
2018 Friends in trouble
2020 Sí, mi amor Ceci
2021 Medias hermanas Marita
2022 Busco novia Lucía
Encintados Sofía
¿Nos casamos? Sí, mi amor Ceci

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Magdyel Ugaz, la popular 'Teresita', conducirá 'Un minuto para ganar" [Magdyel Ugaz, the popular 'Teresita', will present 'A Minute to Win It']. La República (in Spanish). 1 April 2012. Archived from the original on 12 April 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Alexander, Michelle (10 July 2012). "Secretos de TV: Dina Páucar pensó que era una broma cuando le propusieron hacerle una novela" [TV Secrets: Dina Páucar thought it was a joke when they suggested making a novella]. El Comercio. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Película de Lombardi triunfa en Festival de Montreal" [Lombardi Movie Triumphs at Montreal Festival] (in Spanish). Terra Perú. 6 September 2006. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Mariposa Negra entre las candidatas a los Premios Goya" [Black Butterfly among candidates for Goya Awards] (in Spanish). Perú.21. 2 February 2008. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Magdyel Ugaz debuta en "La jaula de las locas": "Me ha costado cantar"" [Magdyel Ugaz makes her debut in "La Cage aux Folles": "It has been hard for me to sing"]. El Comercio. 18 August 2010. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  6. ↑ ""Pequeños gigantes": conoce a su diversificado jurado" ["Small giants": meet its diverse jury]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 13 March 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  7. ↑ Post, Colin (5 January 2017). "Paolo Guerrero biopic has successful premiere in Peru". Perureports.com. Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  8. ↑ Premios Luces 2016: conoce a todos los ganadores del trofeo
  9. ↑ Premios Luces 2020: conoce la lista completa de nominados y vota por tus favoritos
  10. ↑ Premios Luces 2020: la lista completa de ganadores | FOTOS y VIDEO
  11. ↑ "En Portada: Magdyel Ugaz" [In Profile:Magdyel Ugaz]. Gisela (in Spanish) (December 2010 ed.). 3 January 2011.
  12. ↑ "Magdyel Ugaz contó el drama que vivió con la anorexia y la bulimia" [Magdyel Ugaz told the drama he experienced with anorexia and bulimia]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 17 January 2011. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  13. ↑ Magdyel Ugaz congeló sus óvulos para convertirse en madre: “Sin presiones, ya no quiero correr más”
  14. ↑ "Magdyel Ugaz: un repaso a su vida con fotos de su archivo personal" (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 February 2020.
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