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Alejandra Borrero

Acting Born Apr 25, 1962 Popayan, Cauca, Colombia 24 credits

Biography

María Alejandra Borrero Saa (born April 25, 1962) is a Colombian actress of film, stage and television.

Born of a traditional family from Popayán, Borrero establishes a liberal life, where she manifests to be very different from the traditional standards which involved her in the world of acting.

In 1998, after years of work in Colombian television, she came out as lesbian, an issue that according to her was not well accepted by the country and caused her depression for four years. She decided to move to the United States, questioning how in Colombia there was no respect for difference. Four years after announcing her homosexuality, she returned to her homeland and agreed to interview her sexual orientation, concluding that little by little, society was already accepting sexual diversity. In 2015, she stated that she had a relationship with Katrin Nyfeler, is engaged to get married.

While occasionally described as an atheist by the Colombian media, Borrero has publicly stated that while she is against organized religion, she does believe in God.

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Known for

La hija del Mariachi

as Raquel Santana de Guerrero

Full filmography

  • La hija del Mariachi (2006) as Raquel Santana de Guerrero
  • The Lethal Tele (2017)
  • Café con Aroma de Mujer (1994) as Lucia Sandoval de Vallejo
  • A Corazón Abierto (2010) as Helena Cavalier
  • Pura Sangre (Col) (2007) as Genoveva de Lagos
  • Amor en custodia (2009) as Actriz
  • Rosario Tijeras (2005) as Doña Ruby
  • Merlina, mujer divina (2006) as Soledad Carbó
  • Love in the Time of Cholera (2007) as Doña Blanca
  • Azúcar (2016) as Raquel Vallecilla Cucalón
  • Escalona (1991) as Consuelo
  • Mujeres asesinas (2007)
  • El Último Matrimonio Feliz (2008) as Antonia Palacio Muñoz de González
  • Allá te espero (2013) as Magnolia Jaramillo
  • Towards Darkness (2007) as Marta Gutierrez
  • Gente de bien (2014) as María Isabel
  • Virus Tropical (2018) as Hilda (voice)
  • Azúcar (1989) as Claridad Solaz
  • La maldición del paraíso (1992) as Amanda
  • Bolivar Is Me (2002) as Vice President
  • Breath of Life (1999) as Woman on stairs
  • Crónicas de una generación trágica as Doña Francisca Villanova
  • The Debt (1997)
  • Un caballo en la alcoba (2024)