--- name: "María Conchita Alonso" canonical: "https://film.one/person/maria-conchita-alonso" roles: ["Actor"] born: "29 June 1955" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-19T16:58:48.043981+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." --- # María Conchita Alonso Actor. Born 29 June 1955 in Cienfuegos, Cuba. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 29 June 1955, Cienfuegos, Cuba - **Also known as:** Maria Conchita, Maria Concepcion Alonso Bustillo, 마리아 콘치타 알론소, ماریا کونچیتا آلونسو - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Conchita_Alonso, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q271145, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000744/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2051 ## Biography María Conchita Alonso is a Cuban-born Venezuelan-American actress and singer. Born María Concepción Alonso Bustillo on 29 June 1955 in Cienfuegos, Cuba, she was raised in Venezuela and began her career as a singer and beauty pageant contestant, winning Miss Teenager World in 1971 and placing as a runner-up in Miss Venezuela 1975. She appeared in ten telenovelas and Venezuelan films before emigrating to the United States in 1982. Her Hollywood debut came in Moscow on the Hudson (1984). Subsequent film roles include The Running Man (1987), Extreme Prejudice (1987), Colors (1988), Predator 2 (1990) as Leona Cantrell, and The House of the Spirits (1993). She received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Female Lead for Caught (1996) and has three Grammy Award nominations for her music. In 1995 she starred in the Broadway musical Kiss of the Spider Woman, the first Latin American actress not born in the United States to do so. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Predator 2* (1990), Fi1m 63, as Leona Cantrell — [page](https://film.one/film/predator-2.md) ## Complete filmography (90) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Kill 'em All 2* (2024), as Agent Sanders - *Sallywood* (2024), as Venetia Boyd - *Vampiras: The Brides* (2024), Actor - *Coffee Wars* (2023), as Isabella - *Jezabel* (2022), as Mamá Alain - *Take Me to Tarzana* (2021), as Juanita - *Good Boy* (2020), as Bea - *The I-Land* (2019), series, as Chase's Mother - *I'd Like to Be Alone Now* (2019), as Matti - *¡He matado a mi marido!* (2018), as Remedios Grande - *Off the Menu* (2018), as Cordelia Torres - *Beyond Brotherhood* (2017), as Puchy - *Kill 'em All* (2017), as Agent Linda Sanders - *The Secret of Joy* (2016), as Lady Elisabeth - *November Rule* (2015), as Ms. Luisa - *The Journey of a Female Comic* (2014), Actor - *The Brentwood Connection* (2013), as Veronica Pronto - *Return to Babylon* (2013), as Lupe Velez · Producer - *The Lords of Salem* (2013), as Alice Matthias - *El Señor de los Cielos* (2013), series, as Fiscal Nora Requena - *Art of Submission* (2012), as Maria Sanchez - *Without Men* (2011), as Lucrecia - *Tranced* (2010), as Libra - *Dark Moon Rising* (2009), as Sheriff Sam Pantoja · Co-Producer - *Los Gatos Black on Halloween* (2009), Actor - *Maneater* (2009), series, as Alejandra Alpert - *Spread* (2009), as Ingrid - *¡Viva Hollywood!* (2008), series, Actor - *The Art of Travel* (2008), as Mrs. Layne - *Richard III* (2007), as Queen Elizabeth - *The Condor* (2007), as Maria Valdez (voice) - *Saints & Sinners* (2007), series, Actor - *The Dead One* (2007), as The Nun - *Material Girls* (2006), as Inez - *ESL: English as a Second Language* (2005), as Consuelo - *Desperate Housewives* (2004), series, as Lucia - *Chasing Papi* (2003), as Maria - *Heart of America* (2003), as Mrs. Jones - *Kingpin* (2003), series, Actor - *CSI: Miami* (2002), series, as Marisela Gonzalez - *Blind Heat* (2002), as Adrianna Scott - *The Code Conspiracy* (2002), as Rachel - *The Princess and the Barrio Boy* (2000), as Minerva Rojas - *High Noon* (2000), as Helen - *Chain of Command* (2000), as Vice President Gloria Valdez - *Best Actress* (2000), as Maria Katarina Caldone - *A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle* (2000), as Gloria - *Knockout* (2000), as Carmen Alvarado - *Twice in a Lifetime* (1999), series, as Kat Lopez / Gloria Rodriguez - *My Husband's Secret Life* (1998), Actor - *Shout Out* (1998), as Miranda Vega - *Exposé* (1998), as Nancy Drake - *Blackheart* (1998), as Annette - *Acts of Betrayal* (1997), as Eva Ramirez - *Catherine's Grove* (1997), as Charley Vasquez - *Gun* (1997), series, as Marti - *Sudden Terror: The Hijacking of School Bus #17* (1996), as Marta Caldwell - *FX: The Series* (1996), series, as Elena Serrano - *For Which He Stands* (1996), as Theresa Rochetti - *Caught* (1996), as Betty - *Texas* (1995), as Lucia - *The Outer Limits* (1995), series, as Marie Alexander - *Touched by an Angel* (1994), series, as Dr. Sandra Peña - *Chicago Hope* (1994), series, as Emma Scull - *MacShayne: Final Roll of the Dice* (1994), as Cindy Evans - *Alejandra* (1994), series, as Alejandra Martínez - *The Nanny* (1993), series, as Concepcion Sheffield - *The House of the Spirits* (1993), as Transito Soto - *Roosters* (1993), as Chata - *Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story* (1992), as Carmen - *McBain* (1991), as Christina Santos - *Cuerpos clandestinos* (1991), as Claudia - *Predator 2* (1990), as Leona Cantrell — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/predator-2.md) - *Vampire's Kiss* (1989), as Alva Restrepo - *One of the Boys* (1989), series, Actor - *Con el Corazón en la Mano* (1988), Actor - *Colors* (1988), as Louisa Gomez - *The Running Man* (1987), as Amber Mendez - *Extreme Prejudice* (1987), as Sarita Cisneros - *Blood Ties* (1986), as Caterina Ammirati - *Touch and Go* (1986), as Denise DeLeon - *A Fine Mess* (1986), as Claudia Pazzo - *Fear City* (1984), as Silver Chavez - *Moscow on the Hudson* (1984), as Lucia Lombardo - *Knight Rider* (1982), series, as Marie Elena Casafranca - *Angelito* (1981), series, Actor - *Solón* (1979), as Aurora Ávila - *Savane - Sex and Diamonds* (1978), as Margaret Johnson - *Downtown Bus*, as Maria - *The Portrait’s Secret*, Actor ## Gallery - ![María Conchita 2023](https://film.one/media/person/1222277/gallery-44bf88554818.jpg) María Conchita 2023 — Maria Conchita Alonso Bustillo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Mar%C3%ADa_Conchita_Alonso_2023.jpg/1280px-Mar%C3%ADa_Conchita_Alonso_2023.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Maria Conchita Alonso at the premiere of Polanski Unauthorized (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/1222277/gallery-293a2592dc16.jpg) Maria Conchita Alonso at the premiere of Polanski Unauthorized (2008) — Credit to lukeford.net (permission statement at en:User:Tabercil/Luke Ford permission), CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Maria_Conchita_Alonso.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Maria Conchita Alonso at LA Pride 2011 (June 12)](https://film.one/media/person/1222277/gallery-cc1e0fb25a04.jpg) Maria Conchita Alonso at LA Pride 2011 (June 12) — Danlev / Dan Leveille, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Maria_Conchita_Alonso_LA_Pride_2011.jpg/1280px-Maria_Conchita_Alonso_LA_Pride_2011.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - 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