Lorna María Cepeda Jiménez, better known as Lorna Paz, is a Colombia

Colombia

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n actress. She was born on November 18, 1970 in the city of Cartagena, Colombia

Cartagena, Colombia

Cartagena de Indias , is a large Caribbean beach resort city on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region and capital of Bolívar Department...

. Best known for her role in the famous Colombian Soap Opera Yo soy Betty, La Fea (I'm Betty, the ugly one), also known as simply Betty la fea (Ugly Betty) from which more than a dozen versions have been made in other countries.

Biography

Lorna Paz's entrance to the show business started in Barranquilla at the age of 16. Lorna Paz started modeling in Diana de Biasse's academy. In 1993 she meets Viena Ruiz, Irma Aristizabal, and Tony Marquez, who were the owners of Stock Models Agency.

They predicted good perspectives for her in Bogota. A year later Lorna Paz moved to that city and a new stage of her life started. Lorna Paz worked in Bogota until 1997. In this year she started studying to become an actress. Her first appearance was in the sitcom "Padres e Hijos" interpreting Magaly. She also participated in the comedy "Dulce Martirio" where she assumed the principal role. In the series "El Dia de Hoy" she interpreted Catalina. In 1998, Lorna Paz joins the cast of "Castillo de Naipes".
In "El amor es mas fuerte" interprets Natalia and she becomes Juliana in "Amor en forma". "Yo soy Betty la fea" increased her popularity in 1999 and really broght her the fame.

She is the sister of the also actress Angie Cepeda

Angie Cepeda

Angélica María Cepeda Jiménez , professionally known as Angie Cepeda, is a Colombian actress. The younger sister of actress Lorna Paz, she is probably the best known for her roles in telenovela Pobre Diabla and films Captain Pantoja and the Special Services and Love in the Time of Cholera.- Early...

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Soap Operas

• Dulce martirio ... Martirio
• El día es hoy ... Catalina
• El amor es más fuerte ... Natalia
• Amor en forma ... Juliana
• Yo soy Betty, la fea ... Patricia Fernández
• Provócame ... Margarita
• Mi pequeña mamá ... Cassandra
• Bésame tonto
• Doctor amor
• La diva ... Victoria
• Amas de Casa Desesperadas (US TV series) ... Leonor Guerrero
• Chepe Fortuna

Series

• Padres e hijos
  Padres e Hijos
  Padres e Hijos was a long-running Colombian daytime series produced by Colombiana de Televisión. On August 21, 2009 the last Padres e Hijos episode of the series aired, due to the cancellation of its contract with Caracol TV.The program is mostly remembered for its longevity on Colombian...
  
    ... Magali
• Casados con hijos
  Casados con hijos (Colombia)
  Casados con hijos was the 2004 Colombian remake of U. S. situation comedy Married... with Children. It was produced by Caracol TV and Columbia Pictures filial CPT Holdings...
  
   ... Lola
• Guayoyo express
• Amor, Mentiras y Video (Serie) ... Angela

Television Ads

• Sprite
• Chiclets Adams
• Limonada Postobon
• Oster 2001-2002
• Alpina
• Cel Caribe, Barranquilla / 2001-2002.

External links

• Lorna Paz in IMDb
• Small biography (in Spanish)