---
name: "Paola Turbay"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paola-turbay"
fi1m_id: "paola-turbay"
imdb_id: "nm1168174"
tmdb_id: 211891
wikidata_id: "Q1991258"
roles: []
born: "29 November 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T14:40:33.616119+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."
---

# Paola Turbay

## Identity

Paola Turbay

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paola-turbay
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paola-turbay
- **IMDb ID:** nm1168174
- **TMDB ID:** 211891
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1991258
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paola_Turbay, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1991258, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1168174/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/211891

Actor. Born 29 November 1970 in Houston, Texas, USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 29 November 1970, Houston, Texas, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paola_Turbay, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1991258, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1168174/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/211891

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Californication*](https://film.one/tv/californication.md) (63)

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

## Biography

Paola Turbay is a Colombian-American actress. Born in Houston, Texas, she was raised in Bogotá, Colombia, where she earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from the Universidad de los Andes before studying acting in Hollywood, Florida.

She first gained prominence in Colombia as Miss Colombia 1991 and first runner-up at Miss Universe 1992, later working as a model, television host and actress in telenovelas such as *Las noches de Luciana* (2004). In the United States she has appeared in series including *Cane* (2007) as Isabel Vega, *Californication* (2008) as Rosario, *The Secret Life of the American Teenager* (2008–2010) as Cindy Lee, *True Blood* (2011) as Antonia Gavilán, *The Closer* (2009) as Detective Mikki Mendoza, *The Mentalist* (2011) as Beatriz, *Royal Pains* (2010–2016) as Dr Marisa Casseras, *The Blacklist* (2017) as Dr Sofia Gallup and *Bosch* (2017) as Anita Benitez. Film credits include *Love in the Time of Cholera* (2007).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Californication* (2007), Fi1m 63, as Rosario — [page](https://film.one/tv/californication.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Delirium* (2025), series, as Eugenia
- *Ana de nadie* (2023), series, as Ana Ocampo Franco de Valenzuela
- *Los Oriyinales* (2017), Actor
- *Bosch* (2015), series, as Anita Benitez
- *The Blacklist* (2013), series, as Dr Sofia Gallup — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md)
- *Mamá tómate la sopa* (2011), as Cristina
- *Meteor* (2009), series, as Nurse Huxley
- *Royal Pains* (2009), series, as Dr. Marisa Casseras
- *The Mentalist* (2008), series, as Beatriz — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mentalist.md)
- *True Blood* (2008), series, as Antonia Gavilán — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/true-blood.md)
- *The Secret Life of the American Teenager* (2008), series, as Cindy Lee
- *Love in the Time of Cholera* (2007), as Mujer Atractiva
- *Cane* (2007), series, as Isabel Vega
- *Californication* (2007), series, as Rosario — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/californication.md)
- *Lenny The Wonder Dog* (2005), as Mrs. Ripley
- *The Closer* (2005), series, as Det. Mikki Mendoza
- *Luciana's Nights* (2004), series, as Luciana Rivas
- *Leche* (1996), series, as Presentadora del telediario

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