# Íngrid Cruz

Ingrid Elena Cruz Toro (born 1 July 1975 in Antofagasta) is a Chilean actress, known for her roles in Brujas (2005), Somos los Carmona (2013–2014), Pituca sin lucas (2014–2015) and Demente (2021).

## Biography

Born as Ingrid Elena Cruz Toro, in Antofagasta, on 1 July 1975, she is the daughter of Norman Cruz, a notary and real estate conservator in the city, and Sara Toro, a secretary. Her father is from El Salvador, he came to Chile after the war. He studied as a lawyer in Antofagasta.
Her studies were carried out at the Experimental Artistic Lyceum and at the Colegio Instituto Santa María Antofagasta. She later moved to Santiago to study acting at the Fernando González Mardones Theater Club Academy, graduating in 1998. In 2007, she had her first daughter with Leo Scheinffelt, Emilia Scheinffelt. In 2014, she separated from Leo, staying alone with Emilia.

## Career

Ingrid Cruz made her television debut with the telenovela Marparaíso (1998) on Canal 13, sharing credits with Cristián Campos and Jorge Zabaleta. Next, she worked for ten years at Canal 13, under the orders of Verónica Saquel.
During this period, she appeared in commercially successful telenovelas such as Machos in 2003, Brujas in 2005 and Lola in 2007, in which she became known despite not having a leading role. In 2009, Canal 13 decided not to renew Cruz's contract, because they preferred to promote actresses with greater prominence in the television industry, as was the case with Tamara Acosta and Blanca Lewin.
After a time without many appearances on television, María Eugenia Rencoret gives her the opportunity to antagonize the daytime soap opera Esperanza (2011), with great success. Since then, she has been directing her career towards a more commercial side, becoming an advertising face. She would continue on TVN in the evening Reserva de familia (2012) and with the evening show Somos los Carmona (2013).
In 2014, Cruz emigrated to Mega together with Rencoret, who forms a new dramatic area for the channel. Íngrid gets the main antagonist in the evening show Pituca sin lucas (2014), which ends up being a hit for the timeslot. She would continue to be linked to Mega in various productions; She also served as a judge on the show The Switch on the same channel. She recently starred in Mega's Demente, as Javiera Cáceres alongside Patricia Rivadeneira, who played Flavia Betantcourt.

## Personal life

Ingrid has a daughter, Emilia.

## Filmography
### Series

| Year | Title | Role | Channel |
| 2007 | Dinastía Sa Sá | | Canal 13 |
| 2007 | Héroes | Agustina | Canal 13 |
| 2020 | Historias de cuarentena | | Mega |

### Programs

| Year | Title | Role | Channel |
| 2000 | Sin mochila | Driver | Canal 13 |
| 2015; 2017–2018 | The Switch | Jury | Mega |
| 2021 | Sana Tentación | Conductor | Mega |

### Films

| Year | Title | Role | Director |
| 2003 | The Chosen One | Inés | Nacho Argiró & Gabriel López |
| 2013 | VideoClub | Wanda | Pablo Illanes |
| 2013 | Barrio Universitario | Ejecutiva | Esteban Vidal |
| 2013 | El vuelo del Manutara | | |
| 2016 | Prueba de actitud | Cecilia |

### Television
#### Telenovelas

| Year | Title | Role | Channel |
| 1998 | Marparaíso | Sofía Carrasco | Canal 13 |
| 1999 | Cerro Alegre | Karina Astudillo | Canal 13 |
| 2001 | Corazón Pirata | Cynthia Cáceres | Canal 13 |
| 2003 | Machos | Belén Cruchaga | Canal 13 |
| 2004 | Hippie | Catalina Villalobos | Canal 13 |
| 2005 | Brujas | Gretel Schmidt | Canal 13 |
| 2006 | Descarado | Caroline Martínez | Canal 13 |
| 2007–2008 | Lola | Grace Fernández | Canal 13 |
| 2009 | Cuenta Conmigo | Lídia Peña | Canal 13 |
| 2011 | Esperanza | Beatriz Solovera | TVN |
| 2012 | Reserva de familia | Ema Ruiz-Tagle | TVN |
| 2013 | Los Carmona | Isabel Durán | TVN |
| 2014 | Pituca Sin Lucas | Stella González | Mega |
| 2016 | Pobre Gallo | Carola García del Río | Mega |
| 2017 | Tranquilo papá | Pamela Morales | Mega |
| 2019 | Juegos de poder | Karen Franco | Mega |
| 2021 | Demente | Javiera Cáceres | Mega |
| 2024 | Nuevo amores de mercado | Alicia "Pastora" Rubilar | Mega |

## Music Videos

| Year | Title | Artist | Director |
| 2013 | Es muy tarde | Jorge Gonzalez | Esteban Vidal |

## Theatre

* Un dios salvaje (2013)

## Advertising

* Tottus ( 2012–present), along with Iván Zamorano (2014–2015) and Álvaro Rudolphy (2015–2016).

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Production | Result |
| 2005 | APES Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Brujas | Nominated |
| 2008 | APES Awards | Best Supplementary Performance | Lola | Nominated |
| 2015 | Reina Guachaca | Most Popular Actress | Pituca sin lucas | Nominated |
| 2015 | Golden Copihue | Best Popular Actress | Pituca sin lucas | Winner |
| 2016 | Premios Caleuche | Best Leading Actress | Pituca sin lucas | Nominated |
| 2018 | Golden Copihue | Best Popular Actress | Tranquilo papá | Nominated |
| 2019 | Golden Copihue | Best Popular Actress | Juegos de poder | Nominated |
| 2022 | Premios Caleuche | Best Supporting Actress | Demente | Nominated |

## Acknowledgements

* 1994 – Queen of the City of Antofagasta .

### Sources

* ↑ "Biografía Ingrid Cruz". Retrieved 9 February 2022.
* ↑ "Academia de Actuación | EGRESADOS" (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 February 2022.