Magdyel Olibama Ugaz del Castillo is a Peruvian actress and television presenter. Among her several works, she is best known for her starring role as Teresa Collazos in the Al Fondo Hay Sitio television series.
Career At age thirteen, she entered a theater workshop at the National University of Engineering, presented by actor Reinaldo Arenas. Years later, after passing a casting, she joined the cast of Mil Oficios. In 2004 she played the folk singer Dina Páucar in the bio-miniseries Dina Páucar, the fight for a dream. That same year she joined the sitcom Asi Es La Vida playing the role Milagros.
In 2006 she starred in Black Butterfly, directed by Francisco José Lombardi. For her participation in this film she won the Best Actress award at the International Iberoamerican Festival of Ceará. This film won the Glauber Rocha Award for the best Latin American film at the Montreal World Film Festival, and Best Peruvian Film at the Lima Film Festival. In addition, she was nominated as Best Foreign Film at the 22nd Goya Awards.
Since 2009 she has made appearances in the television series Al Fondo Hay Sitio as "Teresita".
In 2010 she participated in the musical La Cage aux Folles, as Jacqueline, under the direction of Juan Carlos Fisher. At the beginning of 2012 she filmed in Buenos Aires the Peruvian-Italian-Argentinean film Diamond Santoro and the Rope of the Dead.
She debuted as a presenter in the third season of Minute to Win it in 2012 for América Televisión.
Ugaz joined the jury of the Peruvian version of Pequeños Gigantes. In theater, she participated in the comedy work The Blackout. She acted in the movie The Vanished Elephant in 2014.
Ugaz was a guest judge in 2016 for the dancing reality show El Gran Show. On December 8, 2016, the Guerrero movie premiered, in which she played the role of Doña Peta, the mother of Paolo Guerrero, the top scorer of the Peru national football team with 28 goal. For this role she won Best Supporting Actress at the Premios Luces in 2016.Premios Luces 2016: conoce a todos los ganadores del trofeo She is currently working on the sitcom De Vuelta Al Barrio for which she was nominated for Best Actress at the Premios Luces 2020.Premios Luces 2020: conoce la lista completa de nominados y vota por tus favoritosPremios Luces 2020: la lista completa de ganadores | FOTOS y VIDEO
Personal life In 2011, Ugaz admitted that in her desire to lose weight, she suffered from anorexia and bulimia, also caused by the comments of the press about her weight. In 2020 she had some of her eggs cryogenically frozen stating that she is not ready to be a mom since she hasn't found the right man yet, but wants to make sure when she does find the right partner it's not too late.Magdyel Ugaz congeló sus óvulos para convertirse en madre: “Sin presiones, ya no quiero correr más”
Filmography Television Year Title Role 2001-2002 Mil Oficios Mariana Roca Palacios #1 2003 Habla barrio Sara 2004 Dina Páucar, la lucha por un sueño Dina Páucar 2004-2006/2008 Así es la vida Milagritos 2007 Los Jotitas Lola Vírgenes de la cumbia 2 Lourdes Yuru: La princesa amazónica Magdalena "Maki" 2008 Calle en llamas Tonka 2009-2016 Al fondo hay sitio Teresa "Teresita" Collazos Camacho 2012 Minuto para ganar Host América espectáculos Invited Guest Host 2013 Pequeños gigantes Judge 2014 La hora de los peques Host 2015El Gran Show Contestant (Withdrew week 7) 2017-2018 Colorina Colorina / Fernanda Méndez Quiñones / Fabiola Almazán 2018 Yo soy Judge 2019 Mujeres al mando Host 2020-2021 De vuelta al barrio Susana Chafloque 2026 Señora del destino Belén
Movies Year Title Role 2006 Black Butterfly Ángela García 2008 Mañana te cuento 2 Kidnapper 2009 El premio Teresa 2012 Diamond Santoro y la soga de los muertos 2014 The Vanished Elephant2016 Guerrero Dona Peta 2017 Cebiche de tiburón 2018 Friends in trouble2020 Sí, mi amor Ceci2021 Medias hermanas Marita2022 Impregnated Sofía Let's Tie the Knot, Honey! Ceci Where's The Right Girl Lucía
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