# Catherine Siachoque

María Alexandra Catherine Siachoque Gaete (born 21 January 1972) is a Colombian actress best known for her (mostly villainess) roles in numerous telenovelas.

## Early life

Siachoque was born in Bogota, Colombia.

## Career

Siachoque has appeared in Telemundo produced series such as Pecados ajenos, Tierra de Pasiones, Te voy a enseñar a querer, La Venganza, Amantes del Desierto, and the TV anthology series Decisiones. Though she has become typecast as a villainess, some consider her a sympathetic character as Doña Hilda de Santana in Telemundo telenovela Sin Senos no hay Paraíso. In 2010, she reverted to villainess as Cecilia Altamira in the Telemundo remake of ¿Dónde Está Elisa?. In 2011, she later played a complex character in another telenovela remake produced by Telemundo, La Casa de al Lado wherein she was the mistress (amante) of a character portrayed by her real-life husband Miguel Varoni, wherein she interacted with Maritza Rodríguez, Gabriel Porras, and Karla Monroig. In 2014, she marked her villainess return in Reina de Corazónes, starring Paola Núñez, Eugenio Siller and Juan Soler. Since 2016, she has been playing the character of Hilda Santana in Sin senos sí hay paraíso.

## Personal life

She has been married to Argentine-Colombian producer, actor and director Miguel Varoni since 1999 but they have been together since 1996. They acted together in a series called “Te voy a ensenar a querer”, “La Casa de Al Lado”. They met each other during Las Juanas, in which telenovela they both had parts.

## Filmography

Television roles :
| Year | Title | Roles | Notes |
| 1995 | Sobrevivir | Perla | Main role |
| 1995–1996 | La sombra del deseo | Lorena Núñez | Supporting role; 110 episodes |
| 1997 | Las Juanas | Juana Caridad Galante / Salguero | Main role; 110 episodes |
| 1998 | La sombra del arco iris | Silvia Stella Graniani | Main cast; 63 episodes |
| 1998–1999 | Tan cerca y tan lejos | Laura | Main cast; 55 episodes |
| 1999–2000 | La guerra de las Rosas | Rosa Emilia Carrillo | Main role; 161 episodes |
| 2001 | Amantes del desierto | Micaela Fernández | Main cast; 110 episodes |
| 2002–2003 | La venganza | Grazzia Fontana | Main cast; 127 episodes |
| 2004–2005 | Te voy a enseñar a querer | Deborah Buenrostro | Main cast; 127 episodes |
| 2005–2006 | Decisiones | Gabriela Valencia / Mariana Valencia | Main role "Todo queda en la familia" |
| 2005–2006 | Decisiones | Alma | Main role "Marcada para siempre" |
| 2006 | Tierra de pasiones | Marcia Hernández | Main cast; 172 episodes |
| 2007–2008 | Pecados ajenos | Inés Vallejo | Main cast; 167 episodes |
| 2008–2009 | Sin senos no hay paraíso | Hilda Santana "Doña Hilda" | Main role; 105 episodes |
| 2010 | ¿Dónde está Elisa? | Cecilia Altamira | Main cast; 106 episodes |
| 2011–2012 | La casa de al lado | Ignacia Conde | Main cast; 141 episodes |
| 2014 | Reina de corazones | Estefanía Pérez de Hidalgo "La Reina de Diamantes" | Main cast; 140 episodes |
| 2016–2018 | Sin senos sí hay paraíso | Hilda Santana "Doña Hilda" | Main role (seasons 1–3); 240 episodes |
| 2017 | La Fan | Isabel Pinzón "La Directora" | Special participation; 2 episodes |
| 2019 | El final del paraíso | Hilda Santana "Doña Hilda" | Main role (season 4); 82 episodes |
| 2022 | Dark Desire | Lys Antoine | Main cast (season 2); 15 episodes |
| 2022 | Mujeres asesinas | Blanca | Episode: "Bodas de plata" |
| 2024 | Consuelo | Olga | Main cast |
| 2024 | La mujer de mi vida | Marcela Giménez Mello | Main cast; 105 episodes |
| 2024–present | Secretos de villanas | Herself | Main cast (since season 3) |