Biography
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Angie Cepeda was born to José Cepeda and Yadhira
Jiménez in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, and raised in
Barranquilla. After her parents divorced she lived with
her mother and two older sisters (one of whom is actress
Lorna Paz).
There was a time she thought of studying publishing,
however she discovered her vocation in drama and moved
out to Bogotá and stayed with an aunt. Angie began her
drama courses, then she was contracted by a beer company
and made some advertisements for it. Next, she played
some bit parts in several soap operas and movies in
Colombia.
Angie Cepeda's lucky break was when she got a role in
the soap opera Las Juanas, opposite Susana Torres,
getting the attention of some TV producers who offered
her interesting jobs in prime time shows; most memorable
of them was her leading role in Luz Maria (1998),
co-starring Christian Meier and Rosalinda Serfaty, and
her leading role as Fiorella Morelli Flores de Mejia
Guzman in Pobre Diabla (2000), opposite Salvador del
Solar and Santiago Magill.
In the cinematic world, Peruvian director Francisco
Lombardi convinced her to portray a prostitute called
"La Colombiana" in Pantaleon y las Visitadoras (released
in English as Captain Pantoja and the Special Services).
It was a smash hit in Colombia, Spain, Peru and
Argentina and got good reviews for her performance. She
also got got huge compliments to her beauty and
sensuality due to the nudity and steamy sex scenes in
the movie with Salvador del Solar.
Angie Cepeda starred in Suddenly, Paradise (2004), Sammy
and Me (2003), and Captain Pantoja and the Special
Services (1999), for which she received rave reviews.
Before she jumped into film, Angie was a successful soap
opera actress in Luz María and Pobre Diabla. Love for
Rent is Angie's premiere English speaking feature.