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Pedro Pascal is a Chilean-born actor. He is best known for portraying the roles of Oberyn Martell in the fourth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011), Javier Peña in the Netflix series Narcos (2015), the titular character in the Disney+ series The Mandalorian (2019) and Joel Miller in the HBO series The Last of Us (2023).

He's long-time friends with Triple Frontier (2019) co-star Oscar Isaac.

Lorenza Francesca Izzo Parsons is a Chilean actress and model. She has appeared in films, including Aftershock (2012), The Green Inferno (2013), Knock, Knock (2015), and Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019). Izzo was born in Santiago, Chile, to Chilean model Rosita Parsons . She is of Italian descent on her father's side. She has a younger sister, Clara Lyon Parsons, who is a model as well. When she was twelve years old, she moved to Atlanta with her father, then working towards a Ph.D. at Georgia Institute of Technology. She was bullied over her strong Chilean accent as a child, but stated she "got over [her] accent pretty fast" after watching the 2002 sports film Blue Crush several times. Izzo recalls becoming "obsessed with [Blue Crush star] Kate Bosworth."

Multiple award winning Cristobal "Cristo" Tapia de Veer is a Chilean born, classically trained musician, producer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist and composer for film & TV based in Montreal, Canada.

Hailed as a "musical genius" by Paste Magazine and NME, Cristobal Tapia de Veer is recognized for creating some of the most memorable soundtracks in modern entertainment.

"Music is an essential chaperone in entertainment, intensifying the action on the screen as well as the emotions that audiences feel, and Cristobal Tapia de Veer's art reminded us of the vitality of the work of the composer in 2021," said Miami Film Festival Executive Director Jaie Laplante. "We are thrilled to be able to present him our Art of Light (Composer) Award at the 2022 Miami Film Festival."

The Art of Light Award is presented to cinematic artists whose exemplary work shines new wonders on the continuing evolution of motion pictures.

Cristo holds a Master's Degree in Classical Music (specialization: percussion) from the Conservatoire de Musique du Québec, CA.

In 2011 he scored his first mini-TV series "The Crimson Petal and the White" (dir: Marc Munden, BBC2), nominated at the BAFTA'S 2012 for Best mini-series.

2 years later Munden and Cristo teamed up again to work on C4's critically acclaimed cult series "Utopia". The 2 x 6 episode long conspiracy thriller won an International EMMY Award 2014 for best drama series. His music for Utopia won several awards (both seasons) and became an international milestone in the scoring world.

In 2013, he composed the music for ICI-Radio-Canada's new TV-drama "Série Noire", for which he won twice at the PRIX GEMEAUX (Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television) in 2014 and received a third trophy for the second season in 2016.

The following year, AMC / C4's co-production "Humans" became C4's biggest drama hit in 20 years and got nominated for best drama series at the BAFTAs 2016.

His first feature film "The Girl with all the Gifts" opened the Locarno Film Festival and was released in fall 2016 (distr: Warner UK). Cristo won in the best original music category at the 24th Festival International du Film Fantastique Gérardmer 2017, the film also won the public choice award.

The same year Cristo was awarded a Golden Fipa 2017 (Festival de Film de Biarritz) as well as a BAFTA for C4's mini-series "National Treasure", which was hailed among critics as the most powerful series of the year.

BBC-America's "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" has been released in fall 2016 and has gathered cult status amongst its fans on Netflix worldwide. "Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams - Crazy Diamond" (Amazon, C4), earned him an EMMY nomination in 2017. His music to the highly acclaimed season 4 finale of Netflix' dark sci-fi anthology series "Black Mirror - Black Museum" put him farther on the international scoring map.

SOCAN honoured Cristo with the prestigious International Achievement Award in fall 2017, marking the first time that a composer for film and television has been awarded the prize. Previous recipients of the award include bands such as Arcade Fire. He was named AV composer of the year 2021 and 2023.

Due to his monumental success, Cristo was invited to be part of the jury at the 1st edition of Canneseries in France in 2018. CANNESERIES aims to highlight series from all over the world and to give an international voice to this increasingly popular and fiercely creative new art form.

His music to HBO's limited drama series "The Third Day" (Plan B Entertainment, Punchdrunk International) earned him 6 nominations for best music including another BAFTA nom.

His outstanding tribal score for Mike White's "The White Lotus" (HBO), lightened up the days for audiences during the pandemic and has been widely acclaimed since. In 2022 Cristo received 2 EMMY's for it (for Best Television Score, Limited Series, and Best Main Title Theme) and received another EMMY nomination for the 2nd Season.

Paramount's surprise hit "Smile" made over 220M worldwide and held the #1 spot for over 2 weeks at the domestic box office. Cristo's music has been hailed by critics and fans once again!

Is the son of a Spanish mother and a Chilean father. His family moved back to Spain when he was 1 year old, and he grew up and studied in Madrid. He wrote, produced and directed his first short film La cabeza at the age of 19, and he was 23 when he directed his feature debut Thesis (1996). His film Open Your Eyes (1997) was a huge success in Spain and was distributed worldwide. It was remade in Hollywood by Cameron Crowe as Vanilla Sky (2001), starring Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz (also the star of the original version) and Cameron Diaz. The Others (2001) is Amenábar's first English language film.

Pablo Larraín was born in Santiago, Chile. He is a director, writer and producer, known for Spencer (2021), Jackie (2016), El Club (2015), NO (2012), among others. Together with his brother Juan de Dios Larraín, they founded Fabula in 2004, one of the most prolific production companies in Latin America.

Fernanda Urrejola has built her career playing strong, courageous women. She is originally from Santiago, Chile where she was an internationally competitive synchronized swimmer before she became an actress. In 2018 Fernanda will appear on Netflix's "Narcos" as María Elvira, wife of Diego Luna's character Miguel. She has three feature films set for release later this year, including "No Estoy Loca" (Nicolás López), "After Her" (Felipe Gon), and "Imprisoned" (Paul Kampf) opposite Juana Acosta, Juan Pablo Raba and Laurence Fishburne She lives and works between Los Angeles, Mexico and Chile, in both English and Spanish.

Mariana Di Girólamo is a Chilean film, theatre and television actress. In the movie "Ema", by the Chilean director Pablo Larraín, she plays a mother who, together with her partner, represented by the Mexican Gael García, lives the process of adopting a child.

Mariana studied theatre at the Catholic University of Chile and then did a theatre coaching in Spain. In 2019 she participated in the "Río Oscuro" series and will premiere during 2020 in the series La Jauría, produced by Fábula, where she shares cast with actresses Daniela Vega and Antonia Zegers.

Benjamín Vicuña Luco is a Chilean actor. He studied theatre at the University of Chile. He is a descendant of Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna, a Chilean historian and politician of Basque and Irish descent. He is the founder of Centro Mori and has been appointed as a goodwill ambassador of UNICEF Chile in 2008.

The Great Lady of Chilean theater, TV and cinema, Paulina García has garnered an impressive number of awards, among which the APES Award, the Altazor Award as well as the prestigious Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival. Paulina García studied drama at the Catholic University of Chile where she debuted in the play 'Donde estara la Jeanette?'. Since then, she has appeared in over thirty plays. Also a stage director and a playwright, the multi-talented García opened 'Asociacion de Directores de Teatro', a drama school where she was a teacher until 2001. Not the kind to rest on her laurels, Paulina García also performed on TV ('Los Titeres', a 1984 telenovela; 'Carcel de mujeres', a 2007 series) and of course on the silver screens of her country. Her shining hour came with the title role of Gloria (2013). She was indeed wonderful as the engaging 58-year-old office worker who still loves dancing in clubs, keeps follows her heart and goes through all the delights and pangs of a new romance. She quite deserved the aforementioned Silver Bear for this memorable performance.

Alfredo Castro Gómez was born in Santiago de Chile. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre Acting from Universidad de Chile. Presently, he works as a theatre director, actor, pedagogue, playwright, and founder of Teatro La Memoria, a theatre company that marks a milestone in the history of contemporary Chilean theatre. In 2006, the company founded the Centro de Investigación Teatral (Center for Theatrical Investigation) and the Sala de Teatro: Teatro La Memoria (anintimate 100-seat playhouse).

In 1989, Gómez received a grant from the French Government for advanced professional studies in Theatre Direction in Paris, Strasbourg, and Lyon. He then traveled to London in 1993, with a scholarship from the British Council for professional training in theatre acting at The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. In June of 2010, Gómez went to Italy to perform alongside distinguished actor Tony Servillo in the Italian film É stato il figlio, directed by Daniele Cipri.

As an actor and screenwriter, Alfredo Castro Gómez has participated in several films by Chilean director Pablo Larraín. These have included: Fuga (2006), Tony Manero (2008), and Post Mortem (2010), the last of which was selected to compete for the prestigious Golden Lion award in the 67th Venice International Film Festival, in the Best Film category.

María Ignacia Allamand Lyon is a Chilean actress who debuted in the movie Se Arrienda. She has also performed as a playwright in charge of the adaptation of Edmond and as the author of The 80s, The Musical. She is the daughter of the former Chilean Minister of Defense and former Presidential candidate Andrés Allamand Zavala and Bárbara Lyon, recognized for her work in the Alter Ego Foundation. . Due to the work of her father, she lived part of her adolescence in Washington D.C., and then returned to study theater at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She was also based in Buenos Aires, where she studied acting.

Her debut as an actress was in 2005's Se Arrienda by Alberto Fuguet. Two years later, she debuted on television with the role of teenager Eloísa Solé in Vivir con 10, the first TV series from Chilevisión, which won her an APES Award in 2008.

She married actor Tiago Correa on April 18, 2010. One year later, they confirmed their separation by mutual agreement.

In 2013, Allamand collaborated and participated in her father's presidential campaign.

In 2014, she translated and adapted the play Edmond by prominent US playwright David Mamet, and the following year she wrote The 80s, The Musical.

Since her debut on television she has done almost her entire career on the channel Chilevisión. On the film side, she is a stable part of almost all the films of her great friend Nicolás López, who even came to work with Eli Roth in several of them.

Chilean actress born in 2002, with a promising career. Sara began her career at the age of nine, participating in short films and advertising. At the age of eleven, she jumped to her first television role and from there, she took her first steps in theater and movies.

Her latest role was a co-starring role in the film "La Contadora de Películas", soon to be released, alongside Alondra Valenzuela, Antonio de la Torre, Berenice Bejo and Daniel Brühl. The feature film is directed by Danish Lone Scherfig, winner of the 2000 Berlinale Silver Bear. Based on the novel by Hernán Rivera Letelier, it is a Spain-Chile-France co-production, written by Walter Salles and Rafa Ruso.

Sara has also participated in films by notable Chilean directors such as Marialy Rivas "Princesita" (2017) and Gonzalo Justiniano "Damn Kids" (2017).

In television she has been part of the cast of recognized national series, such as "Martín, el Hombre y la Leyenda" (2018), "La Cacería: Las Niñas de Alto Hospicio" (2018) and "No nos Quieren Ver" (2021). Sara's versatility and above all her ability to play intense and dramatic roles place her among the female actresses with the greatest national and international projection. In theater, she was part of the creation process and cast of the play "Paisajes para no Colorear" (2018), directed by Marco Layera, a production of the prestigious Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral GAM and the theater company La Re-sentida, premiered in 2018 passing through the Santiago a Mil Festival and circulating successfully in countries such as Brazil, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Switzerland and Spain.

Paulina is an international actress born in Chile. As a child, she was brought by her parents to Spain and since then has lived in several countries including the US. She started her artistic career in Madrid, Spain, as a flamenco dancer and debuted as an actress after studying at the Cristina Rota Acting School, starring in the film Bazar Viena.

She has worked in more than 90 productions with renowned directors and actors in film, television, and on the stage. In the screen she has been recently seen alongside Luke Kirby in the TV series Panhandle, played Mel Gibson's girlfriend in the independent film Desperation Road, and appeared in the Gran Finale episode of The Blacklist besides James Spader in season 10.

On the stage she started with renowned company Els Joglars from Barcelona, and has since played in contemporary plays-both drama and comedy-in Europe, South America and the US.

This year we will see her starring in the new series Stags produced by Eleven Films for Paramount Plus.

Daniela Vega Hernández is a Chilean transgender actress and lyrical singer. She was born in San Miguel, Santiago, Chile. She was the first child of Igor Vega, a printing owner, and Sandra Hernández, a housewife. After a time, the family moved to Ñuñoa, where her brother Nicolás was born. At the age of eight, one of her teachers discovered her talent to sing opera. She began performing in small productions in Santiago, which developed in her a taste for arts.

After finishing high school, she started making a life as hair stylist. In her spare time and without any other formal education, she got involved with the local acting atmosphere. One her first plays was "La mujer mariposa" (The Butterfly Woman), where she starred.

In 2014 she got notoriety when she appeared in the video clip of the songwriter Manuel García's song "Maria". The same year she made her filming debut in The Guest (2014).

2017 has been a prolific year in her career. The play "Migrantes" was chosen as one of the best in the Festival Teatro a Mil. She also starred the Chilean movie A Fantastic Woman (2017). The film was released in the 67th edition of the Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Berlin International Film Festival) and was critically acclaimed, eventual winning Best Foreing Language Film at the 2018 Academy Awards (Oscars).

Antonia Zegers Oportot was born in Santiago, Chile. She is a well-known television actress in Chile. She has starred in TV movies and mini-series, and is one of the busiest actors in teleseries today. Of late she has been on stage in a long-running revival of Ariel Dorfman's "Death and the Maiden" at the National Theatre of Chile, a play that echoes the themes of "NO" and was written by one of the most famous exiles of the Pinochet dictatorship. Her films with Pablo Larraín have introduced her to cinephiles and film critics who recognize her range and depth, from her role as a TV producer in "Tony Manero" to the emaciated showgirl in "Post Mortem" to the strong-minded left-wing activist in "NO". Last year she starred in "La Vida de Los Peces" (The Life of Fish), directed by Matías Bize.

Born in Santiago, Chile, he made his debut 9 years ago with the film ultra low budget "Zombie Dawn." In 2015, he premiered "Sendero" at Sitges. The film was later acquired by Netflix for worldwide distribution. In 2018, he unveiled "Trauma," which can now be viewed on Prime Video. In 2020, he premiered "Ill. Final Contagium" and he is currently working in the post-production of the Chilean anthology film "Apps," which will premiere in 2021.

At age 19, Ariel Levy starred in 'Promedio Rojo,' the first feature film of director Nicolas Lopez. Promedio Rojo was a box office smash in Chile and Latin America, which helped to launch Levy's television career. Levy has starred in over ten Chilean television series including 'Vivir Con 10' and 'Mala Conducta.' While working in television Levy continued his film career, starring in the romantic comedy trilogy, 'Que Pena Tu Vida,' 'Que Pena Tu Boda,' and 'Que Pena Tu Familia.' Levy is beginning his international career with Aftershock, in which he stars along with Eli Roth.

Elisa Zulueta was born on 14 September 1981 in Santiago de Chile, Metropolitan Region, Chile. She is an actress and writer, known for Feroz (2010), In Her Place (2024) and Juana Brava (2015).

Paula Luchsinger Escobar (Santiago, December 24, 1994) is a Chilean film and television actress, recognized for her participation in the film El Conde (2023), the film Ema (2019), the series La jauría (2020) and many Chilean television series.

She studied Acting at the Theater School of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Subsequently, she completed a Diploma in Aesthetics and Philosophy at the same university, and a Diploma in Biology of Knowledge and Human Communication at the University of Chile.

In parallel with her university studies, at the age of 20 she debuted on television, beginning a prolific national and international career in film and television, which made her be considered by chilean actors as "one of the most promising talents of her generation", being highlighted as "A rising star" on the cover of Wiken Magazine on August 7, 2020. Subsequently, on May 7, 2022, she was honored as "Breakthrough Actress" in Chile by the newspaper El Mercurio, the country's main newspaper.

Alicia Rodríguez was born on 21 May 1992 in Santiago de Chile, Metropolitan Region, Chile. She is an actress and assistant director, known for Young & Wild (2012), La Poseída (2015) and Navidad (2009).

Mariana Loyola was born on 2 August 1975 in Santiago de Chile, Metropolitan Region, Chile. She is an actress and producer, known for Machos (2003), Cachimba (2004) and Rara (2016). She has been married to Rodrigo Pardow since 19 March 2011.

Chilean actress of extraordinary skills, proven throughout a long career in which she has starred in multiple productions of the most varied genres, demonstrating the versatility of her talent as an actress. In full maturity, she is positioned within the 50 most influential women in Chile. In addition to being one of the most outstanding actresses in her country, Claudia is a playwright and director of important plays and theatrical productions, and is positioned as one of the most relevant contemporary performing artists of her time.

Eugenio Francisco Reyes Morandé is a distinguished Chilean television, theatre and film actor. Made his debut in the year 1989 in the serie Sor Teresa de Los Andes of TVN, transforming himself in one of the elite actors from the television channel. From his debut, his career has been filled with success. Very notable performances alongside Chilean Actress Claudia di Girolamo who has become the perfect match for his persona. Francisco is married to Carmen Romero and has 3 children. In 2007 he appeared in the TVN program "El Baile" and he won the competition.

In 2017 he gained international recognition for his role as Orlando, the older boyfriend of Marina (Daniela Vega) in Sebastián Lelio's Oscar-winning film A Fantastic Woman.

Daniela Ramírez was born on 11 January 1987 in Santiago de Chile, Metropolitan Region, Chile. She is an actress, known for Amanda (2016), Secretos en el Jardín (2013) and La Poseída (2015).

Verónica Miriel (Santiago de Chile, March 23, 1955) is a retired film and television actress. After spending all her childhood and part of her adolescence in her native Chile, the future actress arrived in Madrid at the age of sixteen and began working in the boutique of a friend of her mother.

Throughout the second half of the seventies and until the beginning of the eighties, she acted in many films of the Spanish sub-genre called "Del destape" or S-rated, among which stand out especially The Young Dracula (1976) and El maravilloso mundo del sexo (1978), both with Susana Estrada, and 7 ragazze di classe (1979), or Bordello (1981), in which he coincided with other well-known stars of the "destape" as Nadiuska or Taida Urruzola.

She also worked in cult films such as Perros callejeros II (1979), or in Italian productions such as Do It with the Pamango (1980).

It is also worth mentioning her numerous covers in many of the "yellow press" and "adult only" magazines of the time, such as Fotogramas, Pronto, Interviú, Party, Reporter, Lib and many others.

But undoubtedly the event that triggered her incipient artistic fame was the broadcast in the series Original, the episode Cuando el pez se muerde la cola (1977) (aired by La 2 de TVE on Sunday afternoon, October 9, 1977), which made her the first actress to appear completely nude in a Spanish television program.

Once the shooting of the film De mica en mica s'omple la pica (1984) was finished in 1983, he moved to Peru where she lived for some time with an indigenous community, dedicating herself to the exercise of her pictorial vocation. Upon her return to Spain she settled in Andalusia where she has exhibited her paintings on different occasions alone or together with her sister, among which the exhibitions held in Seville in 2002 and Sotogrande in 2003 and 2006 are worth mentioning.