Livia Brito facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Livia Brito
Born	Livia Pestana (1986-07-21) 21 July 1986 (age 37) Ciego de Avila, Ciego de Ávila, Cuba
Nationality	Cuban Mexican
Occupation	Actress, model
Years active	2010–present
Parent(s)	Rolando Brito Rodríguez Gertrudis Pestana

Livia Brito Pestana (born 21 July 1986) is a Cuban and Mexican actress and model who gained popularity after making her acting debut in Televisa's telenovela Triunfo del amor. She is also best known for portraying characters that are mostly heroic in all telenovelas she starred in.

Biography

Brito was born on 21 July 1986 in Ciego de Avila, Cuba. The daughter of actor Rolando Brito Rodríguez and Gertrudis Pestana, her family immigrated to Mexico in the year 2000. Brito was between 13 and 14 years old at the time. A year after settling in Mexico City, her father opened a restaurant called La Cubana, which offered traditional Cuban dishes. Brito worked as a waitress at the family restaurant, and later as a model, to help pay for her studies in Business Administration. She represented Mexico in the 2009 edition of the Reina Mundial del Banano, finishing as first runner-up and awarded Miss Photogenic. She later enrolled in Televisa's Centro de Educación Artística (CEA). Her talents attributed to heredity, coming from an artistic family. Her father was a leading actor in Cuba, while her mother was a major ballet dancer.

Career

In 2010, she made her debut as Fernanda Sandoval Gutierrez in Triunfo del amor, produced by Salvador Mejía. In 2012, she starred (in a supporting role) as Paloma Gonzalez in Abismo de pasión, produced by Angelli Nesma Medina. She starred in Lucero Suárez's telenovela: De Que Te Quiero, Te Quiero, marking the first time she stars as the protagonist. She then starred as the protagonist once more in Pedro Damian's new telenovela Muchacha italiana viene a casarse alongside Jose Ron. She starred as Maribel Guardia in the Mexican series Por Siempre Joan Sebastian. She starred in the first and second season of La Piloto as Yolanda Cadena, Medicos, linea de vida as Regina Villaseñor, and La desalmada as Fernanda Linares. In 2022, she starred in Mujer de nadie as Lucía Arizmendi.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

Premios TVyNovelas

Premio de la Asociación de Críticos y Periodistas Teatrales (ACPT)

See also

In Spanish: Livia Brito para niños