Zharick Andrea León Villalba (born 17 November 1974) is a Colombian actress and model. She is known for her modeling work and portrayal of characters in Doña Bella, Pasión de Gavilanes, and for her leading role in Los Ajenos Fútbol Club and Decisiones: Unos ganan, otros pierden.
Biography Zharick Andrea León Villalba was born on 17 November 1976 in Cartagena, Colombia. Her father is part of the United States Marine Corps. She grew up in a house with military discipline. From a young age, she became familiar with weapons, self-defense movements, Martial arts, and Kung fu. At the age of 17, she left Cartagena to move to Bogotá, combining modeling with studies in Social Communication and Journalism at the Pontifical Xavierian University.
Personal life In 2008, she gave birth to the couple's first child Luciano Karpan León with the Argentine Actor, Martín Karpan, whom she met in the recordings of La viuda de Blanco in 2007. They took separate ways in 2009.
In 2010, she married the Colombian commercial television producer, Nicolás Reyes. The ceremony was a shamanic ritual, on the grounds of the Tayrona National Natural Park in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. The celebration lasted 15 days and only twelve people were invited. The couple divorced in February 2011.
Upon completion of her work in Graduados she decided to take a break and travel continuously with her son Luciano. In this period, León decided to attend a Yoga workshop in the Tayrona National Natural Park in the Magdalena Department, Colombia, where she met the Mexican yoga instructor and businessman, José Rodrigo Bonilla. In 2014, she gave birth to her second child and first child with Bonilla, whom they called Levana Bonilla León. The couple broke up in 2016.
Career Modeling career She started out as a model in her teenage years. Felipe Eljach convinced her to compete in La Chica Águila, where she obtained first place.
The opportunity on television came when she was part of a modeling agency, and she was chosen to present the Non Plus Ultra magazine.
In 2004, she appeared on the cover of Colombian magazine SoHo.
By the end of 2005, she traveled to Spain again, and posed on the cover of the men's magazine Interviú.
Television career They proposed to her the interpretation of a character in the series Hombres. Later, she went to a casting in which she was requested and got the role of Carolina in Dos mujeres.
In 2003, she went to Miami, Florida to audition for the role of the provocative singer Rosario Montes in the Colombian series Pasión de Gavilanes.
In 2004, she starred in the novel Dora, la celadora.
In 2005, she co-starred in El baile de la Vida. In April of the same year, it was presented at the Plaza de Artes y Oficios of the Parque Forestal of Guayaquil, Ecuador, where thousands of people came to observe it.
Frontera 2006 to 2007, she was the antagonist of the television series La viuda de Blanco with Itatí Cantoral and Francisco Gattorno.
From 2007 to 2008, she was the protagonist of the television series Sobregiro de amor.
In 2010, she was the protagonist of the television series Doña Bella with Fabián Ríos, Marcelo Buquet and Stephanie Cayo.
From 2010 to 2011, she was part of the cast of the television series La Pola.
In 2021, it is confirmed that the actress will give life to Rosario Montes in Pasión de Gavilanes 2.
Filmography Television Year Title Character Channel Notes1997-1998Dos mujeresCarolina UrdanetaCanal 1200 episodes1998-1999Amor en formaVictoria3 episodes1999-2000Me llaman Lolita Margarita "Margara"RCN Televisión198 episodes 2000-2001Adónde va SoledadSoledad Rivas117 episodes 2003No renuncies SaloméLaura140 episodes 2003–2022Pasión de Gavilanes Rosario MontesTelemundo / Caracol TelevisiónMain cast2004Dora, la celadoraDora "La celadora" LaraCaracol Televisión122 episodes2005-2006El baile de la vidaLina Forero171 episodes 2006-2007La viuda de BlancoIluminada UrbinaTelemundo158 episodes 2007-2008Sobregiro de amorLiliana HerreraCaracol Televisión78 episodes 2010Doña BellaBella "Doña Bella" de Santa Lucía CepedaRCN Televisión88 episodes 2010-2011La Pola Catarina Salavarrieta112 episodes 2012La ruta blancaSara MendozaCadenatres92 episodes 2013La promesaLuz Miriam / Alias IndiraCaracol Televisión60 episodes 2013-2014GraduadosJimena Rocha Rosales / Patricia Delgado de VallejoRCN Televisión257 episodes 2016-2017La ley del corazónMarcela de SeguraSpecial Guest2018Garzón viveYolanda "Tuto" Meneses 90 episodes 2019Decisiones: Unos ganan, otros pierdenMargaritaTelemundoEpisode 12: "Regalo de vida"2020Operación pacífico FabiolaSpecial GuestVidas posiblesJuana Hernández2023Romina poderosaVirginia VélezCaracol Televisión53 episodes2024-presentBetty, la fea: la historia continúaMaría José "Majo" Arriaga LópezAmazon Prime Video30 episodes
Movies Year Movie Character Director 2009Alborada carmesíNatalia BustamanteLuis Hernán Reina2019Los Ajenos Fútbol ClubMartina IbáñezJuan Camilo Pinzón2022Que Las Hay... Las HayGonzalo Londono
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