Ingrid Elena Cruz Toro (born 1 July 1975 in Antofagasta) is a Chilean actress, known for her roles in Brujas (2005), Somos los Carmona (2013–2014), Pituca sin lucas (2014–2015) and Demente (2021).

Íngrid Cruz
Cruz in 2018
Born
Ingrid Elena Cruz Toro

(1975-07-01) 1 July 1975 (age 49)
Alma materAcademy Theater Club
OccupationActress
Years active1998–present
Parent(s)Norman Cruz (Father)
Sara Toro (Mother)

Biography

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Born as Ingrid Elena Cruz Toro,[1] in Antofagasta, on 1 July 1975, she is the daughter of Norman Cruz, a notary and real estate conservator in the city, and Sara Toro, a secretary. Her father is from El Salvador, he came to Chile after the war. He studied as a lawyer in Antofagasta.

Her studies were carried out at the Experimental Artistic Lyceum and at the Colegio Instituto Santa María Antofagasta. She later moved to Santiago to study acting at the Fernando González Mardones Theater Club Academy, graduating in 1998.[2] In 2007, she had her first daughter with Leo Scheinffelt, Emilia Scheinffelt. In 2014, she separated from Leo, staying alone with Emilia.

Career

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Ingrid Cruz made her television debut with the telenovela Marparaíso (1998) on Canal 13, sharing credits with Cristián Campos and Jorge Zabaleta. Next, she worked for ten years at Canal 13, under the orders of Verónica Saquel.

During this period, she appeared in commercially successful telenovelas such as Machos in 2003, Brujas in 2005 and Lola in 2007, in which she became known despite not having a leading role. In 2009, Canal 13 decided not to renew Cruz's contract, because they preferred to promote actresses with greater prominence in the television industry, as was the case with Tamara Acosta and Blanca Lewin.

After a time without many appearances on television, María Eugenia Rencoret gives her the opportunity to antagonize the daytime soap opera Esperanza (2011), with great success. Since then, she has been directing her career towards a more commercial side, becoming an advertising face. She would continue on TVN in the evening Reserva de familia (2012) and with the evening show Somos los Carmona (2013).

In 2014, Cruz emigrated to Mega together with Rencoret, who forms a new dramatic area for the channel. Íngrid gets the main antagonist in the evening show Pituca sin lucas (2014), which ends up being a hit for the timeslot. She would continue to be linked to Mega in various productions; She also served as a judge on the show The Switch on the same channel. She recently starred in Mega's Demente, as Javiera Cáceres alongside Patricia Rivadeneira, who played Flavia Betantcourt.

Personal life

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Ingrid has a daughter, Emilia.

Filmography

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Series

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Year Title Role Channel
2007 Dinastía Sa Sá Canal 13
2007 Héroes Agustina Canal 13
2020 Historias de cuarentena Mega

Programs

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Year Title Role Channel
2000 Sin mochila Driver Canal 13
2015; 2017–2018 The Switch Jury Mega
2021 Sana Tentación Conductor Mega

Films

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Year Title Role Director
2003 The Chosen One Inés Nacho Argiró & Gabriel López
2013 VideoClub Wanda Pablo Illanes
Barrio Universitario Ejecutiva Esteban Vidal
El vuelo del Manutara
2016 Prueba de actitud Cecilia

Television

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Telenovelas

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Year Title Role Channel
1998 Marparaíso Sofía Carrasco Canal 13
1999 Cerro Alegre Karina Astudillo Canal 13
2001 Corazón Pirata Cynthia Cáceres Canal 13
2003 Machos Belén Cruchaga Canal 13
2004 Hippie Catalina Villalobos Canal 13
2005 Brujas Gretel Schmidt Canal 13
2006 Descarado Caroline Martínez Canal 13
2007–2008 Lola Grace Fernández Canal 13
2009 Cuenta Conmigo Lídia Peña Canal 13
2011 Esperanza Beatriz Solovera TVN
2012 Reserva de familia Ema Ruiz-Tagle TVN
2013 Los Carmona Isabel Durán TVN
2014 Pituca Sin Lucas Stella González Mega
2016 Pobre Gallo Carola García del Río Mega
2017 Tranquilo papá Pamela Morales Mega
2019 Juegos de poder Karen Franco Mega
2021 Demente Javiera Cáceres Mega
2024 Nuevo amores de mercado Alicia "Pastora" Rubilar Mega

Music Videos

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Year Title Artist Director
2013 Es muy tarde Jorge Gonzalez Esteban Vidal

Theatre

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Advertising

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Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Production Result
2005 APES Awards Best Supporting Actress Brujas Nominated
2008 APES Awards Best Supplementary Performance Lola Nominated
2015 Reina Guachaca Most Popular Actress Pituca sin lucas Nominated
Golden Copihue Best Popular Actress Winner
2016 Premios Caleuche Best Leading Actress Nominated
2018 Golden Copihue Best Popular Actress Tranquilo papá Nominated
2019 Golden Copihue Best Popular Actress Juegos de poder Nominated
2022 Premios Caleuche Best Supporting Actress Demente Nominated

Acknowledgements

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Sources

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  1. ^ "Biografía Ingrid Cruz". Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Academia de Actuación | EGRESADOS" (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 February 2022.
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Ingrid Cruz at IMDb