# Paola Volpato

Paola Volpato Martín (born August 5, 1969, in Santiago de Chile) is a Chilean actress.

## Personal life

Volpato is married to Chilean actor Felipe Castro with whom she has two children, Simón and Manuel. She is of Italian descent; her grandfather, Gaetano Volpato, was an Italian immigrant from Venice.

## Career

In 1986, she graduated from Scuola Italiana and pursued acting studies at the University of Chile.
She began her career as an actress with a small appearance in Rojo y miel (1994) on Televisión Nacional de Chile. During the following years, she took part in various roles in the cast of María Eugenia Rencoret in productions such as Tic Tac (1997), Aquelarre (1999), Amores de mercado (2001) and Destinos cruzados (2004).
In November 2002, she obtained the prize for best actress, voted by the judges of the international festival of Viña del Mar, for her acting in the movie Tres noches de un sábado.
Volpato has done as many roles in comedy as in dramas. In 2007, she became detective Eva Zanetti in Alguien Te Mira, while in the latter half of the same year she played Blanca del Bosque in Amor por Accidente. In 2008, Paola took part in the soap opera Viuda Alegre, where she played Mariana, ex-wife of the character played by Francisco Reyes. As of 2009, her career took off in the soap opera format, due to her role as "Consuelo Domínguez" in ¿Dónde está Elisa?, the antagonist. She later played "Paloma Subercaseaux" in Los Ángeles de Estela. Since 2014, she established her popularity on television with Pituca sin lucas and became the main actress of the Mega network. In 2022 she won a Produ Award as best supporting actress in a telenovela for Hijos del desierto.

## Filmography

Telenovela Roles :
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
| 1994 | Rojo y Miel | Isabel Andrade | |
| 1995 | Juegos de Fuego | Javiera Spencer | |
| 1996 | Loca Piel | María Olivia Carter | |
| 1997 | Tic Tac | Jocelyn Miranda | |
| 1998 | Borrón y Cuenta Nueva | María Elena Izquierdo | |
| 1999 | Aquelarre | Gustava Patiño | |
| 2001 | Amores de Mercado | Vicky Tapia | |
| 2002 | Purasangre | Matilde Godoy | |
| 2003 | Pecadores | Aída Echeverría / Elisa Cienfuegos | |
| 2004 | Destinos Cruzados | Cecilia Zamudio | |
| 2005 | Versus | María Elsa Pereira | |
| 2006 | Disparejas | Florencia Aguilar | |
| 2007 | Alguien Te Mira | Eva Zanetti | |
| 2007 | Amor por Accidente | Blanca del Bosque | |
| 2008 | Viuda Alegre | Mariana Huidobro | |
| 2009 | ¿Dónde Está Elisa? | Consuelo Domínguez | |
| 2009 | Los Angeles de Estela | Paloma Subercaseaux | |
| 2010 | 40 y Tantos | Loreto Estévez | |
| 2011 | El Laberinto de Alicia | Rebeca Brethauer | |
| 2011 | Su Nombre es Joaquín | Lola Briceño | |
| 2012 | Reserva de Familia | Paula Risopatrón | |
| 2013 | Socias | Monserrat Silva | |
| 2014 | Pituca Sin Lucas | María Teresa "Tichi" Achondo Amunategui | First Role on Mega |
| 2016 | Pobre Gallo | Patricia Flores |
| 2017 - 2018 | Perdona nuestros pecados | Angela Bulnes |
| 2019 | Isla Paraíso | Carolina Miranda / Celeste Miranda |
| 2021 | Edificio Corona | Ágata Cárdenas |
| 2022 | Hijos del desierto | Antonia Williams |

### TV series

* Soltero a la medida, (Canal 13, 1994) - Irma
* Infieles (TVN, 2004) - Daniela
* Loco Por Ti (TVN, 2005) - Lisa
* Tiempo Final "Simulacro" (TVN, 2005) - Sofía
* La Vida es una Lotería "El Trato" (TVN, 2005) - Amanda
* Herederos "El Intento" (TVN, 2007) - Trinidad

### Films

* Tres noches de un sábado (2002) - Quena
* The Prince (2019)

### Theater

* Marat/Sade
* Buenas Noches, Mamá - Mónica
* Frágil (2003) - Lía
* Cangrejas (2003)
* Balada (2003) - Assistante de dirección
* La Señorita Julia
* El Rey se Muere - la reina Margarita
* Confesiones de mujeres de 30 -
* Cuerpos Mutilados en el Campo de Batlla (2007) - Vera
* El Mercader de Venecia
* Noche de Reyes (2009) - Olivia