Flora Martinez (born November 1, 1977) is a Canadian-Colombian film
and television actress and singer, best known for her title role in
the film Rosario Tijeras. Martinez was nominated for Goya Award for
Best Spanish Language Foreign Film in 2005.Martinez was born in
Montreal to a Canadian mother and a Colombian father, and raised in
Bogotá and North Vancouver. She began her career in television in
Colombia appearing in telenovelas such as Mambo (1994), MarÃa Bonita
(1995), and La Otra Mitad del Sol (1995). She is a Canadian citizen
and speaks fluent French, Spanish and English.She studied at the
Actors Conservatory in New York City from 1997 through 1999. In 1999,
she appeared in her first feature film, Soplo de Vida, for which she
won the Best Actress Award at the Biarritz Film Festival in France.
She has worked in the theater in the staging of Herat by Daniel
Berardi.Martinez starred in Lolita's Club (2007), I'm With Lucy (2002)
and Violet of a Thousand Colors (2005). In 2011, she starred as the
lead of the television series La Bruja (The Witch).
and television actress and singer, best known for her title role in
the film Rosario Tijeras. Martinez was nominated for Goya Award for
Best Spanish Language Foreign Film in 2005.Martinez was born in
Montreal to a Canadian mother and a Colombian father, and raised in
Bogotá and North Vancouver. She began her career in television in
Colombia appearing in telenovelas such as Mambo (1994), MarÃa Bonita
(1995), and La Otra Mitad del Sol (1995). She is a Canadian citizen
and speaks fluent French, Spanish and English.She studied at the
Actors Conservatory in New York City from 1997 through 1999. In 1999,
she appeared in her first feature film, Soplo de Vida, for which she
won the Best Actress Award at the Biarritz Film Festival in France.
She has worked in the theater in the staging of Herat by Daniel
Berardi.Martinez starred in Lolita's Club (2007), I'm With Lucy (2002)
and Violet of a Thousand Colors (2005). In 2011, she starred as the
lead of the television series La Bruja (The Witch).
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