Mayrín Villanueva

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

Mayrín Villanueva Ulloa (born 8 October 1970)^[1] is a Mexican actress and model.

Mayrín Villanueva
Villanueva in 2019
Born	Mayrín Villanueva Ulloa (1970-10-08) 8 October 1970 (age 54) Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico
Occupations	Actress model
Years active	1997–present
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Spouses	Jorge Poza ​ ​ (m. 1997; div. 2008)​ Eduardo Santamarina ​ (m. 2009)​
Children	3

She starred as the protagonist of several telenovelas, including the 2013 telenovela Mentir para vivir.^[2][3]

Filmography

Film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Prax: un niño especial	Herself	Short film

Television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Preciosa	Claudia Ortiz
1998	La mentira	Nicole Belot	32 episodes
1999	Alma rebelde	Paula
2000	Siempre te amaré	Berenice Castellanos Paragas
2001	Amigas y rivales	Georgina Sánchez
2003	Niña amada mía	Diana Soriano
2004	Mujer de madera	Mariana Rodríguez
2005–present	Vecinos	Silvia Olvera de San Román	Main role; 119 episodes
2006	La fea más bella	Jacqueline Palacios	Guest role
2007	Yo amo a Juan Querendón	Paula Dávila Escobar	Main role
2007	Amor sin maquillaje	Paula Dávila	25 episodes
2011–2012	Una familia con suerte	Rebeca Treviño	Main role; 266 episodes
2013	Mentir para Vivir	Oriana Caligaris	Main role; 102 episodes
2014–2015	Mi corazón es tuyo	Isabela Vázquez de Castro	Main role; 176 episodes
2016	Corazón que miente	Lucía Castellanos de Ferrer	Guest role; 7 episodes
2016	Mujeres de negro	Vanessa Leal Vda. de Zamora	Main role; 52 episodes
2017–2018	Me declaro culpable	Alba Castillo	Main role; 62 episodes[4]
2018	Mi marido tiene familia	Rebeca Treviño	Guest role
2019–2020	Soltero con hijas	Gabriela García De del Paso	Main role
2020	Rubí	Refugio Ochoa de Perez	Guest role
2021–2022	Si nos dejan	Alicia Montiel de Carranza	Main role
2022	Vencer la ausencia	Esther Noriega	Main role
2023	¿Es neta, Eva?	Eva Cordero	Main role[5]
2023	Golpe de suerte	Lupita Flores de Pérez	Main role[6]
2025	Juegos de amor y poder	Inés Avendaño[7]

Awards and nominations

Year	Awards	Category	Nominee	Result
2003	TVyNovelas Awards	Best Female Revelation	Niña Amada Mía	Won
2007		Best Comedic Performance	Vecinos	Nominated
2008		Best Lead Actress	Yo Amo a Juan Querendón
2012			Una familia con suerte
2014			Mentir para vivir
2015		Best Female Antagonist	Mi corazón es tuyo
2017		Best Actress in Series	Mujeres de negro

Notes

In late 2007 it was reported by several newspapers that Mayrín Villanueva had landed the role of "Bond girl" in the 2008 James Bond film Quantum of Solace.^[8] A press release later issued by a representative of the official casting agency for the film, Ricardo Hernández, stated that Mayrín had not been cast.^[9]