Paulina Gaitán Ruíz is a Mexican

Mexican people

Mexican people refers to all persons from Mexico, a multiethnic country in North America, and/or who identify with the Mexican cultural and/or national identity....

 actress.

Biography

Gaitán started acting at age 9 and at the age of 12 had an important role in Mexican director Luis Mandoki

Luis Mandoki

Luis Mandoki is a Mexican film director working in Mexico and Hollywood.Luis Mandoki studied Fine Arts in Mexico and at the San Francisco Art Institute, the London College of Printing, and the London International Film School...

's Innocent Voices

Voces inocentes

Voces inocentes is a 2004 Mexican film directed by Luis Mandoki. The plot is set during the Salvadoran Civil War in 1980, and is based on writer Óscar Torres's childhood. The film serves as a general commentary on the military use of children. The movie also shows injustice against innocent...

, a tale about the civil war in El Salvador

El Salvador

El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...

. She was the female lead in the Cary Joji Fukunaga

Cary Joji Fukunaga

Cary Joji Fukunaga is an American film director, writer and cinematographer.-Early life:Fukunaga was born in Oakland, California, has lived in various places such as France and Japan, and now he resides in New York City. His father is Japanese and his mother is Swedish...

 film Sin Nombre

Sin Nombre (2009 film)

Sin Nombre is an American and Mexican film written and directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga.Filmed in Spanish, the film's name means "Nameless"...

, where she played the character of Sayra, who joins her father and uncle when they try to migrate from Honduras to the United States, and ends up travelling with El Casper, a gang member, played by actor Edgar Flores

Edgar Flores

Edgar Flores is a Honduran actor born in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.He starred in the Cary Joji Fukunaga movie Sin Nombre in the role of Willy, nicknamed El Casper, a Mara Salvatrucha gang member in Chiapas, Mexico....

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Gaitán also played a girl kidnapped by sex traffickers in the 2007 movie Trade

Trade (film)

Trade is a 2007 American film directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner and starring Kevin Kline. It was produced by Roland Emmerich and Rosilyn Heller. The film premiered January 23, 2007 at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and opened in limited release on September 28, 2007...

alongside Kevin Kline

Kevin Kline

Kevin Delaney Kline is an American theatre, voice, film actor and comedian. He has won an Academy Award and two Tony Awards, and has been nominated for five Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTA Awards and an Emmy Award.- Early life :...

. She portrayed Sabina, a lead role in the Mexican

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 horror drama We Are What We Are

We Are What We Are

We Are What We Are is a 2010 Mexican film directed by Jorge Michel Grau. The film is about a family of cannibals who, after the death of the father, try to continue a ritualistic tradition of kidnapping and eating other humans. The film stars Paulina Gaitán and Daniel Giménez Cacho in the...

(Somos Lo Que Hay). In addition, she has played the role of Zuvely in the short film En Tus Manos, which was released in 2010.

Films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2004	Animales en peligro		Voice
	Innocent Voices	Angelita
2006	Never on a Sunday	Isabel
2007	Trade Trade (film) Trade is a 2007 American film directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner and starring Kevin Kline. It was produced by Roland Emmerich and Rosilyn Heller. The film premiered January 23, 2007 at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and opened in limited release on September 28, 2007...	Adriana
	Cuando Las Cosas Suceden	Fernanda
2008	Insignificant Things Insignificant Things Insignificant Things is a 2008 Mexican drama film directed by Andrea Martínez.-Cast:*Paulina Gaitan ... Esmeralda*Carmelo Gómez ... Iván*Blanca Guerra ... Mara*Lucía Jiménez ... Eli*Fernando Luján ... Augusto Gabrieli*Bárbara Mori ... Paola...	Esmeralda
2009	Sin Nombre Sin Nombre (2009 film) Sin Nombre is an American and Mexican film written and directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga.Filmed in Spanish, the film's name means "Nameless"...	Sayra
	La Mitad del Mundo	Paulina
2010	En Tus Manos	Zuvely
	We Are What We Are We Are What We Are We Are What We Are is a 2010 Mexican film directed by Jorge Michel Grau. The film is about a family of cannibals who, after the death of the father, try to continue a ritualistic tradition of kidnapping and eating other humans. The film stars Paulina Gaitán and Daniel Giménez Cacho in the...	Sabina
	Days of Grace	Camila
	Las Paredes Hablan	Lupe
	Deseo
2011	Tres Cruzados

Television

Year	Show	Role	Notes
Lo Que Callamos Las Mujeres		Episode: "Los Pasos de Mamá"
2007	Cielo	Cielo
2010	Las Aparicio Las Aparicio Las Aparicio is a Mexican telenovela, the first one produced by Argos Comunicación for Cadena Tres. It was released on April 19, 2010 and ended on October 15 of that year, being composed of 120 episodes...	Ileana
2009	Capadocia season 2	Andrea marin

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