Livia Brito

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Brito and the second or maternal family name is Pestana.

Livia Brito (born Livia Brito Pestana on 21 July 1986) is a Cuban-Mexican actress and model best known for her intense performances in telenovelas. She gained recognition for her portrayal of Fernanda Linares, the lead character on the Televisa revenge drama television series La desalmada.

Livia Brito
Born	Livia Brito Pestana (1986-07-21) 21 July 1986 (age 38) Ciego de Ávila, Ciego de Ávila Province, Cuba
Occupations	Actress model
Years active	2010–present

Biography

Brito was born on July 21, 1986 in Ciego de Ávila Province, Cuba. The daughter of actor Rolando Brito Rodríguez and Gertrudis Pestana, her family immigrated to Mexico in the year 2000. Brito was between 13 and 14 years old at the time. A year after settling in Mexico City, her father opened a restaurant called La Cubana, which offered traditional Cuban dishes. Brito worked as a waitress at the family restaurant, and later as a model, to help pay for her studies in Business Administration.^[1] She represented Mexico in the 2009 edition of the Reina Mundial del Banano, finishing as first runner-up and awarded Miss Photogenic.^[2] She later enrolled in Televisa's Centro de Educación Artística (CEA). Her talents attributed to heredity, coming from an artistic family. Her father was a leading actor in Cuba, while her mother was a major ballet dancer.^{[citation needed]}

Career

In 2010, Brito gained popularity after making her acting debut as Fernanda Sandoval in the telenovela Triunfo del amor, produced by Salvador Mejía, and starring William Levy, Maite Perroni and Victoria Ruffo.^[3] In 2012, she portrayed the role of Paloma González in the telenovela Abismo de pasión, produced by Angelli Nesma Medina, and starring Angelique Boyer, David Zepeda and Mark Tacher.^[4]

Brito's first lead role was in Lucero Suárez's De que te quiero, te quiero (2013) with Juan Diego Covarrubias.^[5] In her second lead role, Brito was paired with José Ron in Muchacha italiana viene a casarse (2014), produced by Pedro Damián, and also filmed in Italy.^[6] In 2016, Brito portrayed as Maribel Guardia in the biographical miniseries Por siempre Joan Sebastian, produced by Carla Estrada, and starring José Manuel Figueroa.^[7] Later on, Brito starred as Yolanda Cadena, the lead character of the action drama series La Piloto (2017–2018), created by W Studios, produced by Lemon Films Studios, and co-starring Arap Bethke and Juan Colucho.^[8]

In 2021, Brito landed her most breakthrough role as Fernanda Linares in her most noted telenovela to date, the phenomenal revenge drama La desalmada, produced by Jose Alberto Castro, and featuring a large ensemble cast headed by José Ron, Eduardo Santamarina, Marlene Favela, Marjorie de Sousa, Kimberly Dos Ramos, Gonzalo García Vivanco, Laura Carmine, Daniel Elbittar and many more.^[9]

In the recent years, she has maintained starring roles on the telenovelas Mujer de nadie (2022)^[10] and Minas de pasión (2023).^[11]

Filmography

Film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	No sé si cortarme las venas o dejármelas largas	Teibolera
2014	Volando bajo	Ana Bertha
	La dictadura perfecta	Jazmín
2017	Juan Apóstol, el más amado	Mary, mother of Jesus[12]
2023	Infelices para siempre	Carmen Pelusi[13]

Television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010–2011	Triunfo del amor	Fernanda Sandoval
2012	Abismo de pasión	Paloma González
2013–2014	De que te quiero, te quiero	Natalia García
2014–2015	Muchacha italiana viene a casarse	Fiorella Bianchi
2016	Por siempre Joan Sebastian	Maricruz Guardia
2017	La doble vida de Estela Carrillo	Yolanda Cadena	Special guest
2017–2018	La Piloto	Yolanda Cadena
2018	Descontrol	Eugenia
2019–2020	Médicos, línea de vida	Regina Villaseñor
2021	La desalmada	Fernanda Linares[14]
2022	Mujer de nadie	Lucía Arizmendi
2023–2024	Minas de pasión	Emilia Sánchez[15]
TBA	Amanecer	Alba[16]	Filming

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue
2012–2013	El cartero	Beatriz González	Several locations
2015–2016	Los Bonobos	Ángeles

Awards and nominations

Premios TVyNovelas

Year	Association	Category	Nominated works	Result
2012	30th TVyNovelas Awards[17]	Best Young Lead Actress (Mejor Actriz Juvenil)	Triunfo del amor	Won
2013	31st TVyNovelas Awards[18]		Abismo de pasión
2016	34th TVyNovelas Awards	Best Actress (Mejor Actriz Protagónica)	Muchacha italiana viene a casarse	Nominated

Premio de la Asociación de Críticos y Periodistas Teatrales (ACPT)

Year	Category	Nominated	Result
2012	Best Revelation in Theater	El cartero	Won