---
name: "Catalina Sandino Moreno"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/catalina-sandino-moreno"
fi1m_id: "catalina-sandino-moreno"
imdb_id: "nm1503432"
tmdb_id: 5887
wikidata_id: "Q229972"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 April 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-05T11:42:24.559060+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Catalina Sandino Moreno

## Identity

Catalina Sandino Moreno

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/catalina-sandino-moreno
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** catalina-sandino-moreno
- **IMDb ID:** nm1503432
- **TMDB ID:** 5887
- **Wikidata ID:** Q229972
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_Sandino_Moreno, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q229972, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1503432/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5887

Actor. Born 19 April 1981 in Bogotá, Colombia.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 April 1981, Bogotá, Colombia
- **Active:** 2008–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 7: 6 acting, 1 other
- **Berlin International Film Festival:** 1 Berlin prize (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as actor, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 74 (2), 2010s 66 (2), 2020s 63 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 68 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 4 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Crime 3, Thriller 3, Action 2, History 2, War 2
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $158m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_Sandino_Moreno, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q229972, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1503432/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5887

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*A Most Violent Year*](https://film.one/film/a-most-violent-year.md) (77), [*Ballerina*](https://film.one/film/ballerina.md) (58)
- **Netflix:** [*The Rip*](https://film.one/film/the-rip.md) (65)
- **Apple TV:** [*FROM*](https://film.one/tv/from.md) (65)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Catalina Sandino Moreno (born 19 April 1981) is a Colombian actress. She made her screen debut in the lead role of *Maria Full of Grace* (2004). For the performance she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and shared the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival.

She studied advertising at the Pontifical Xavierian University before training at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. Subsequent credits include *Paris, je t'aime* (2006), *Che* (2008), *The Twilight Saga: Eclipse* (2010), *A Most Violent Year* (2014), *Silent Night* (2023) and the television series *From* (2022–present). In 2025 she played Lena in *Ballerina*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

### Performed in (6) — the average rests on these

- *The Rip* (2026), Fi1m 65, as Detective Lolo Salazar — [page](https://film.one/film/the-rip.md)
- *Ballerina* (2025), Fi1m 58, as Lena — [page](https://film.one/film/ballerina.md)
- *FROM* (2022), Fi1m 65, as Tabitha Matthews — [page](https://film.one/tv/from.md)
- *A Most Violent Year* (2014), Fi1m 77, as Luisa — [page](https://film.one/film/a-most-violent-year.md)
- *Che: Part One* (2008), Fi1m 72, as Aleida March — [page](https://film.one/film/che-part-one.md)
- *Che: Part Two* (2008), Fi1m 76, as Aleida March — [page](https://film.one/film/che-part-two.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *The Twilight Saga: Eclipse* (2010), Fi1m 55, as Maria (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-twilight-saga-eclipse.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Rip* (2026), as Detective Lolo Salazar — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-rip.md)
- *Ballerina* (2025), as Lena — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/ballerina.md)
- *Silent Night* (2023), as Saya
- *FROM* (2022), series, as Tabitha Matthews — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/from.md)
- *Barbarians* (2021), as Eva
- *The Quarry* (2020), as Celia
- *Salvage* (2018), as Kate Collins
- *Room 104* (2017), series, as Maria
- *Incarnate* (2016), as Camilla
- *Custody* (2016), as Sara Diaz
- *A Most Violent Year* (2014), as Luisa — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/a-most-violent-year.md)
- *The Affair* (2014), series, as Luisa Leon
- *Red Band Society* (2014), series, as Eva
- *Swelter* (2014), as Carmen
- *At the Devil's Door* (2014), as Leigh
- *Medeas* (2013), as Christina
- *Magic Magic* (2013), as Barbara
- *The Bridge* (2013), series, as Alma Ruiz
- *A Stranger in Paradise* (2013), as Jules
- *Roa* (2013), as María
- *Outlaws - For Greater Glory* (2012), as Adriana
- *The Next Season* (2011), as Eva · Executive Producer
- *Portraits in Dramatic Time* (2011), Actor
- *The Twilight Saga: Eclipse* (2010), as Maria (uncredited) — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-twilight-saga-eclipse.md)
- *Che: Part Two* (2008), as Aleida March — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/che-part-two.md)
- *Che: Part One* (2008), as Aleida March — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/che-part-one.md)
- *Love in the Time of Cholera* (2007), as Hildebranda Sanchez
- *The Hottest State* (2007), as Sarah
- *The Heart of the Earth* (2007), as Blanca Bosco
- *Fast Food Nation* (2006), as Sylvia
- *Paris Je T'aime* (2006), as Ana (Loin du 16e)
- *Journey to the End of the Night* (2006), as Angie
- *Maria Full of Grace* (2004), as María Álvarez
- *The Mystery of Casa Matusita*, as Lucy

## Gallery

- ![Actors from the movie on the life of Che presented at Cannes 2008. From left to right: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Jon Lee Anderson, Benicio del Toro, Cristian Mer](https://film.one/media/person/8408/gallery-f626bf07c51a.jpg) Actors from the movie on the life of Che presented at Cannes 2008. From left to right: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Jon Lee Anderson, Benicio del Toro, Cristian Mer — Étienne ANDRÉ, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/2008-05-21_%C3%89quipe_du_film_Che.jpg/1280px-2008-05-21_%C3%89quipe_du_film_Che.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Catalina Sandino Moreno](https://film.one/media/person/8408/gallery-20863a24b563.jpg) Catalina Sandino Moreno — AMFM STUDIOS LLC, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Catalina_Sandino_Moreno_2022.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Catalina Sandino Moreno](https://film.one/media/person/8408/gallery-eac81c20eef7.jpg) Catalina Sandino Moreno — Image via TMDB
- ![Catalina Sandino Moreno](https://film.one/media/person/8408/gallery-3fdec9ac9495.jpg) Catalina Sandino Moreno — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2005: Best Actress (nominated), for *Maria Full of Grace*

### Berlin International Film Festival — 1 won

- 2004: Best Actress (won)

### Other awards — 1 won

- Independent Spirit Awards 2004: Best Female Lead (won), for *Maria Full of Grace*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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