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Nathalie Kelley is an actress of Indigenous Quechua descent, most recently starring in the hit series Dynasty and The Baker and the Beauty, which is now on Netflix. With a background in social science and policy, Nathalie strives to use her gifts as a storyteller to tell stories that educate and inspire. She is a graduate of Kiss The Ground's Soil Advocacy program, and on the board of the Fungí Foundation. She is passionate about using her IG platform of 1.6 million followers to highlight the threats against Indigenous communities around the world while elevating Indigenous wisdom and technologies as means of coming back into harmony with our ecosystem. Her life mission is to give a voice to the voiceless: namely the soil, the water, the fungí, the forest and to dedicate her life to preserving bio and Myco-diversity on the planet.

Vanessa Benavente was born on 8 December 1979 in San Isidro, Lima, Peru. She is an actress, known for The Chosen (2017), At the Gates (2022) and Hold for Applause (2020).

Stephanie Cristina Cayo Sanguinetti (born 8 April) is a Peruvian actress, singer and songwriter.

Actress Stephanie Cayo born in Lima, Perú on April 08, 1988 captured audiences' hearts at age 9 with her role in Travesuras del Corazón. She later appeared in several TV series, particularly gaining international exposure playing the lead female character in the internationally-broadcast Besos Robados. Still very young she moved to NYC by herself to study acting and dancing in schools such as The Actors Studio, The New York film Academy and The Broadway Dance Center. She calls this time in her life as "one of the most important stages in my life, discovering myself and art"

At the age of 18 she moved to Colombia following a successful career as an actress with Tv series such as El Secretario and The Hypochondriac which launched her career gaining many recognitions for her work and important awards such as the India Catalina for Best Female Actress in a Tv show for her work in El Secretario, In 2012.

She pursued dancing as well as musical theater from early years. In 2012, while finishing shooting El Secretario, she landed the lead role of Roxie Hart in the famous musical Chicago in Colombia with more than 1,500 spectators a night per three months straight.

Music Career

She started singing and writing songs at early years in her family school Dance Studio, an Art School that focuses in Dance, music, and acting for young talents.

In 2011, she released her first music album Llegaré, with Colombian producer Jose Gaviria.

Lead Roles: 'El Secretario' and 'The Hypochondriac'

In 2011, Cayo landed the lead role in the Colombian sitcom "El Secretario", portraying a strong and smart CEO of a toilet paper corporation, The boss of The Secretary.

Cayo captured audiences hearts and launched her career in Colombia and other countries in South America. The following year she received the India Catalina award for best female actress in a TV series. Then in 2012, she starred as Macarena, a young, crazy and sensitive hypochondriac. A patient who got mistakenly diagnosed her with a terminal illness and says she has six months to live. Laced with humor, the series follows the life of our protagonist through the mistaken diagnosis and the subsequent revelation that she is fine. Ultimately, she resolves to fake her own death... and then has to deal with life."

The Adaptation of the show will be executive produced by Emmy-winning Modern Family star Julie Bowen for Fox in the USA.

Recent Projects

In 2015 she landed the role Mary Luz, in the first Netflix Spanish series, a naive, but surprisingly savvy young woman, who gets pregnant from the now dead owner of the Mexican soccer team, staying completely unprotected from Isabel and Chava, the actual owners of the soccer team and most important of the family heritage.

Club de Cuervos, a Mexican dramedy - Netflix's first Spanish-language original series- chronicles the inner workings of a wealthy family that owns a beloved but struggling soccer team.

She released her first single in English called "Let Me Go", a collaboration with Sebastian Llosa and produced by Renzo Bravvo and Raúl Chirinos. Recorded at Interscope Studios In Los Angeles, California. The song is available worldwide in different platforms such as Itunes, Spotify, Youtube from April 15th 2016.

La Hermandad:

This psychological thriller on FOX Life Latam has people talking about her role as a Milena, a very hurt girl lost in Mexico city working as a stripper in this 13 episodes series.

First movie

Yucatán, her first movie, was under the direction of the very talented Spanish director Daniel Monzón (Celda 211, El Niño) and next to the well known talented actors Luis Tosar (Celda 211, El Niño) and Rodrigo de la Serna (Motorcycle's diaries) She plays the lead female role Verónica, in this big Spanish production.

Luis Llosa was born in 1951 in Lima, Peru. He is a producer and director, known for Anaconda (1997), The Specialist (1994) and Sniper (1993). He is married to Roxana Valdivieso. They have two children. He was previously married to Patricia Pinilla Cisneros.

Director of Photography Bio

Checco Varese, ASC recently wrapped It: Chapter Two for director Andy Muschietti, the sequel to last year's box office hit. He also shot the first season of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, Amazon's new take on Tom Clancy's beloved fictional CIA agent, with John Krasinski starring in the titular role.

Previously, he shot the pilot for Fox's upcoming legal drama Proven Innocent and director Jeffrey Nachmanoff's sci-fi thriller, Replicas, with Keanu Reeves and Thomas Middleditch starring, in theaters January 11, 2019. Working with his longtime collaborator director Patricia Riggen, Varese lensed Miracles From Heaven, as well as Riggen's The 33, based on the extraordinary real-life story of 33 miners trapped in a Chilean mine. His other feature credits include Riggen's Girl in Progress, and second unit on Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim.

Thanks to his prolific body of work, Varese has established a reputation as the unofficial 'pilot guy.' He has lensed nearly two dozen season starters which, more often than not, go on to be picked up to series: FX's The Strain; A&E's The Returned; ABC Family's The Fosters; Melrose Place for the CW; and The Defenders for CBS. And who can forget the True Blood pilot? This iconic series went on for seven seasons.

In the mid-90s, Varese established himself as a leading director of photography, shooting hundreds of music videos, including Dave Matthew's Band's "Crash" and Prince's "Black Sweat," for which he was nominated for Best Cinematography at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards.

Born in Peru, Varese began his career in the mid-1980's, spending nearly a decade shooting news coverage and documentaries in major zones of conflict: Latin America (Chiapas Uprising, Salvador and Nicaragua Wars, Panama Invasion, Colombia Drug War, Shining Path, Chile's Military Junta); The Caribbean (Haiti Crisis); Europe (Bosnia Crisis, Chechnya Crisis); the Middle East (Gulf War, West Bank and Gaza Strip Crisis) and Africa (South African Riots and the Rwanda Crisis).

Varese speaks six languages, lives in Los Angeles and is represented by DDA.

Roxana Brusso is an actress known for her unique raspy voice. Roxy, was born in Lima, Peru to a mother of Italian/Peruvian descent and a father of Spanish/Peruvian descent. At the age of 4, she moved to Los Angeles and grew up in North Hollywood, CA. It wasn't until her college years that she got bitten by the acting bug. Once getting into classes and studying the art, she fell in love with it and never looked back. Roxy has made numerous guest appearances in prime time over the years. From the original "Beverly Hills, 90210" and "Melrose Place" to "NYPD Blue", "NCIS", "Criminal Minds", "Bones", "Desperate Housewives", & The Mentalist. In 2007, she recurred as Maria on the short lived ABC series Dirty Sexy Money. Following the series' cancellation after two seasons, Roxy landed another recurring role on the critically acclaimed TNT cop drama "Southland" where she has played Regina King's boss, Detective Alicia Fernandez. Roxy also landed another recurring role as the evil Sheri Strepling on the FOX's "Touch" starring Kiefer Sutherland. "Touch" made television history by being the first original show to have a worldwide premiere in over 100 countries. Roxy is now playing FBI agent Serena Sanguillen on ABC's "Betrayal".

Spanish actor and director of cinema and theater. Son of the actress Carola Fernán Gómez. When he was three years old he returned to Spain from Argentina. He wrote comedies, novels and poetry, and played a wide repertoire of roles from comedy to drama. He was a prolific actor and director, and received numerous awards in various countries. Married twice, he had a son and a daughter.

Jaime Zevallos was born in Lima, Peru and was raised in Queens and Great Neck, NY.

Jaime's artistic side was evident from an early age, and he spent his teenage years as an infamous street artist. He started his acting career in New York while studying acting at HB Studio and film at C.W. Post Long Island University, and he got his first 'break' in Spike Lee's "Summer of Sam."

While on vacation in Los Angeles, Jaime auditioned for Michael Eisner, and ended up booking a Series Regular role on the show, "Sam Has 7 Friends." Needless to say, Jaime's vacation turned into an official relocation, as he continued to book roles in films and various television shows, including "House M.D.", "Leverage", "Southland", "Sons of Anarchy", "American Horror Story", "The Bridge", and "Animal Kingdom." "Law and Order SVU" and "Blue Bloods".

Jaime also wrote, directed, and starred in "Me You and Five Bucks" which had a limited theatrical run and won numerous film festival awards.

His work on the stage has been featured in the LA Times, including his roles at the Sacred Fools Theatre Company, The Actor's PlayPen, and CASA0101, run by Josefina Lopez. Off Broadway he's been on stage at the Cherry Lane Theatre and The Symphony Stages.

Jaime Zevallos was in the for your consideration Emmy nomination for best supporting actor in a drama series for his role as Father Delgado in Marvel's Cloak and Dagger.

Jaime was named "one of the 25 most influential Latinos in Los Angeles" by Latino Leaders Magazine.

Jason Day-Del Solar can next be seen starring in the Movistar+/ Telemundo/ Peacock limited series El Inmortal. He has starred in the Telemundo/ Netflix limited series Jugar con Fuego (Playing With Fire), as well as starring in RCN/ Vista Spanish Language series Revenge, based on the hit ABC American series, and in FOX Latin America's 2091.

He is known to American audiences for his starring role opposite Elsa Pataky in the independent film Mancora, directed by Ricardo de Montreuil. The film was nominated for a Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Day also starred opposite Lee Pace, Justin Kirk, Jennifer Tilly and Thomas Sadoski in the independent film 30 Beats. His first starring role was in the Peruvian independent film Manana Te Cuento, when he was only 17. The film was a huge box office hit and rapidly catapulted him into being one of the most promising Peruvian actors of his generation.

He also starred on TV in Latin America in the hit series Esta Sociedad (Seasons 1 & 2), La Tayson Corazon Rebelde, El Capo 2 for Fox and RCN and in Decisions: Some Win and Others Lose for Telemundo.

As a humanitarian activist, he has participated in great efforts to help improve the quality of life of people in his home country, Peru, through various initiatives with global NGOs such as Save the Children, UNICEF, V-Day, Operation Smile, Amnesty International and others. He was also a weekly columnist for a national newspaper for three years and has had an active voice in the complex social and political reality of his country.

Isabel Allende is one of today's most important voices of Southern America literature. She was born in Lima, Peru, in 1942, but at the age of 3 she moved to Chile with her mother and two brothers. She spent her childhood there, at her maternal grandparents'home, but she also traveled a lot and lived in different countries, because of the diplomatic career of her step-father. As an adult, she returned to Chile, where she married, had two children and worked as a journalist until 1973. After the military coup of Pinochet she moved to Venezuela and, later, to United States; now she lives in San Rafael, California, with her second husband. Her books are translated in many languages. She writes mostly narrative, but she also wrote short stories for children, humor books, theater plays. Among her books: "The house of the spirits" (adapted into the movie The House of the Spirits (1993)), "Of Love and Shadows" (adapted into the movie Of Love and Shadows (1994)), "Eva Luna", "the Infinite Plain", "Paula" (a book of memories, written during a tragic period, the illness and death of her daughter), and the trilogy of books for young adults, "The City of the Beasts", "Kingdom of the Golden Dragon" and "Forest of the Pygmies", which are in talks to be adapted for the big screen.

Roberta was born in Lima, Peru to a father of Italian-Peruvian descent and a mother of Indigenous, Spanish, & Afro-Peruvian descent. When people ask Roberta, "What are you?" -- the answer is always "I'm Peruvian." The youngest of four sisters, Roberta and her family immigrated to Miami, Florida when she was five years old. After suffering some economic setbacks over the following decade, the family was forced to retreat back to Peru when Roberta was sixteen. She finished high school in her native Lima, and returned to the US to attend Carnegie Mellon University where she earned a BFA in Acting. American dream still in tact, Roberta has been acting and writing in Los Angeles ever since.

Born in Perú, Christian Meier, originally graduated as a graphic designer, first started playing keyboards in a peruvian rock band in the late eighties. Then after six years making music he made the transition into acting to become one of the most successful actors in Latinamerica. In 2007 he landed the lead role of Diego de la Vega (El Zorro) for the Sony International Television/Telemundo production of "El Zorro, la espada y la rosa". Some of his works includes tv. series all over latin america and multi-awarded films like Salvador del Solar's "Magallanes" and Francisco Lombardi's "No se lo digas a nadie". He recently portrayed General Oscar Naranjo in the hit series for FOX "El General Naranjo. After almost twenty five years working as an actor, he wrote, produced and directed the multi awarded shor film "Terminal".

Claudia Llosa was born on 15 November 1976 in Lima, Peru. She is a director and writer, known for The Milk of Sorrow (2009), Madeinusa (2006) and Loxoro (2012).

Jorge Aravena was born on 1 October 1969 in Lima, Peru. He is an actor, known for Dear Enemy (2008), Girasoles para Lucía (1999) and The Revenge (2000). He has been married to Paola Toyos since 2009. They have one child. He was previously married to Yenny Martínez.

Juliane Koepcke was born on 10 October 1954 in Lima, Peru. She is a writer, known for Miracles Still Happen (1974), Planet Wissen (2002) and Der eine Moment: Glück (2021). She is married to Erich Diller.

Crayton Smith was born on 12 December 1942 in Lima, Peru. He was a talent agent and actor, known for The Wild Bunch (1969), The Green Berets (1968) and You've Got to Be Smart (1967). He died on 17 July 2017 in Ventura, California, USA.

His movie performance as Captain Pantoja in 'Pantaleon y Las Visitadoras' impressed audiences at cinemas and Salvador was acclaimed in several film festivals. After his co-star Angie Cepeda Salvador's role was the best thing of the movie. Salvador Del Solar born on May 1st, 1970 in Lima, Peru. His parents divorced when he was a boy, but their relationship still being good. As a enthusiastic sportman Salvador was a member of the peruvian waterpolo team since he was 14 until 21 years old and also he worked as a swimming teacher in summer academies. In 1988 Salvador started his studies at PUCP (Universidad Católica Del Perú) and majored in Laws 6 years later. Working on a legal practice, he looked forward to his life's expectations and realized that to become an actor was one of them. Salvador auditioned for a drama course managed by Alberto Isola (one of the most prestigious peruvian actors) and he was accepted there. Salvador worked in some plays, then, his TV brake came with a leading role in the soap opera 'Lluvia de Arena'. Next, female fans and critics acclaimed his character as Lalo Dupont in _"Escándalo (1997)_, a soap opera starring Christian Meier and Lorena Meritano. However, his next leading role in 'Apocalipsis' was not as successful as the first ones. In 1999 he cast in the Francisco Lombardi's blockbuster _Pantaleon y las Visitadoras (1999)_. His performance got awards as best actor in a leading role in Gramado Film Festival 2000 (in Brazil), Cartagena Film Festival (in Colombia), and Troia Film Festival (in Portugal). Salvador has been married to his long-term girlfriend Ximena Bellido Denegri since 1998 and both are parents of a beautiful girl, Manuela. As a family man, Salvador enjoy spending time with them. He also manages his own theater production company:'Se Va El Tren Producciones'. His first work as a producer was Calderon de la Barca's 'gran Teatro del Mundo, El', in which he also starred as 'the King'.

Carlos Carlín was born on 15 April 1971 in Lima, Peru. He is an actor and writer, known for Lusers, los amigos no se eligen (2015), Los de Arriba y los de Abajo (1994) and Locos de Amor (2016).

Alec Ledd was born on 23 September 1972 in San Isidro, Lima, Peru. He is an actor and producer, known for Experiment: Sorry (2018), Can't Hardly Wait (1998) and Being Bin Laden (2011).

Silvana Arias was born on 7 April 1982 in Lima, Peru. She is an actress and producer, known for Passions (1999), Cold Case (2003) and The Glades (2010).

Dakar was born in 1920 in Lima, Peru. He was an actor, known for Le tigri di Mompracem (1970), The Amazing Doctor G (1965) and I pirati della Malesia (1964). He died on 14 September 2004 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Nana de Herrera was born on 22 September 1905 in Lima, Peru. She was an actress and writer, known for Zora l'endiablée (1923), The Pride and the Passion (1957) and The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958). She died on 4 April 1991 in Paris, France.

Cielo Paoti is a Peruvian actress & model with a BFA in Theater from the University PUCP (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú) who officially moved to Los Angeles, CA. in 2023. She developed herself in the performing arts industry not only as an actress & model but also as a director, producer, teacher and dancer.

She fluently speaks both English & Spanish since she was born and raised in Perú. About the beginnings: Her first appearance on TV was at the age of 1 year old for a diaper commercial in Perú. But her journey with acting will officially start at the age of 5 with speaking roles in different theater plays for kids like "Cinderella" "The sleeping Beauty" "The little Prince" & "Aladdin" to mention some. She will continue with theater acting while growing up until she finished High School and then decided to pursue a BFA in order to open more doors for her in the industry of TV & Film. After finishing her career and obtaining her bachelor's degree she did some more acting for theater, commercials and TV in Perú and then she moved to the US and started to pursue her career in the city of Los Angeles, CA. So far, she had the chance to be model for the famous shoe brand "Dr. Martens", be image for Proactiv Skincare and get supporting roles in various vertical miniseries.

Klaudia Reynicke, a Swiss-Peruvian filmmaker, was raised in Peru, Switzerland, and the US. She holds a background in Fine Arts and Social Sciences. Her debut film, "Il Nido" (2016), competed at the Locarno film festival, followed by "Love Me Tender" (2019) at Locarno and TIFF. Her third feature, "Reinas," had its world premiere at Sundance 2024, participating in the World Cinema competition. Subsequently, it premiered in Europe at the Berlinale Film Festival, competing in the Generation Kplus category, where it won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature.

Born in Lima, Peru, De Montreuil is a feature film and commercial director residing in Los Angeles. In his youth, he studied painting at the Trujillo Fine Arts School and was trained by the renowned Peruvian painter Pedro Azabache. De Montreuil graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design with a BA in Graphic Design, an MA in Graphic Design, and a minor in Film and Art History. He later studied directing under Judith Weston in Los Angeles.

His debut feature film, La Mujer de mi Hermano (My Brother's Wife), based on a novel by the controversial Peruvian author Jaime Bayly, was acquired by distributors Twentieth Century Fox for distribution in Latin America and by Lionsgate for US theatrical distribution. La Mujer de mi Hermano is one of the most successful films in the history of Latin American exhibition and enjoyed both the largest release and the biggest opening weekend box office for a Spanish-language film in the US at the time.

His next film, Máncora, was selected for competition in the World Drama category at the Sundance Film Festival 2008 and screened at SXSW, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Mill Valley Film Festival, Stockholm International Film Festival, São Paulo International Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, Miami International Film Festival, and Bergen International Film Festival.

De Montreuil's 2010 science fiction short film The Raven gained significant industry attention and praise for its engaging storytelling and impressive visual effects, earning it the first position on that year's industry short form Black List, surpassing million-dollar spots such as Iñárritu's Nike commercial. De Montreuil, along with screenwriter Justin Marks and producer Mark Wahlberg, set up the feature version of the film at Universal Pictures.

De Montreuil directed the feature film Lowriders for Universal Pictures, which was produced by Brian Grazer and Jason Blum and starred Academy Award nominee Demián Bichir. More recently, he directed the pilot for Amazon's Once Upon a Time in Aztlan for Amazon Studios and STX.

His latest feature film, Mistura, had its U.S. premiere at the 2024 Mill Valley Film Festival. It then had its Latin American premiere at the Morelia International Film Festival, where it received the longest standing ovation of the festival. At the 2024 Newport Beach Film Festival, Mistura won the Jury Awards for Best Picture, Best Screenplay, and Best Actress. At the 2025 Durango Independent Film Festival, it received both the Jury Award for Best Picture and Best Actress, as well as the Audience Award for Best Picture.