Beatriz Montañez

Colombian Actress

Profile
Popular name       Beatriz Montañez
Birth name            Beatriz Elena Montañez Lemus
Birth date             May 23, 1978
Birth place            Barranquilla, Colombia
Occupation          Actress
Height                  5' 6" (1.68 m)


Biography
Montañez was born in Barranquilla,Colombia and raised by her grandmother "Mami Sonia" in Valledupar, a small town 5 hours away. She then moved to Miami the age of nine to live with her mother. After High school she moved to New York for brief period to train at the Three of Us Studios; was offered a scholarship to Hofstra University, but instead trained over 5 years under Teresa Maria Rojas, a veteran theatre actress in Miami. Montañez started her professional career with great accomplishments. The Miami Herald referred to her "dazzling debut" as one of "Theatre's Top 10" in 2004. She also won "top break-through performance" by El Nuevo Herald later on that year for her work in the XIX International Hispanic Theatre Festival, and The Bill Hindman acting award for her World Premier of "Barrio Hollywood." Montañez has participated in productions such as "Real Women have Curves," at Venevision International and "The Merchant of Venice," and "Macbeth" which won Best Acting Ensemble in May 2006. After she finished a successful run of off-Broadway play "Paradise" at The New Theatre (Home of 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama), she packed her bags and tried her luck by moving to Los Angeles. There she is being represented by Samantha Botana of Scott Stander and Associates in Sherman Oaks, will premier her first movie "I love Miami" this fall and shoot "Detention" following that.