Valentina Pollarolo
Chilean actress
Valentina Pollarolo Guiraldes (Santiago, February 20, 1971) is a Chilean actress and screenwriter.
She was a regular face on Chilean telenovelas of the '90s. Her most popular character was Paola Cárcamo in the TV series Playa Salvaje and its spin-off show Los Cárcamo.
Biography
In 1990, shortly after leaving school and while she was in her first year of Art, she appeared on the TV series Acércate más as Catalina Guerra's younger sister. Since then, she was a regular face of the dramatic productions of the decade like Estúpido Cupido and Sucupira on TVN. In 1997, she emigrated to Channel 13 where she participated in productions such as Playa salvaje, Marparaíso and Cerro Alegre.
Her role as Paola Cárcamo in Playa Salvaje was very popular as the rest of her fictional family were. This led to a family-based sitcom, Los Cárcamo, which ran for two seasons in 1998 and 1999. Due to the success, TVN, Channel 13's main rival, acquired the series to broadcast on its international signal. On her part, Pollarolo was even invited, characterized as Paola Cárcamo to the prime TV show of the time, Viva el Lunes, in a chapter where the then number one tennis player Marcelo Ríos also appeared.
In 2001, she gave him a break from the small screen to make her debut in theater with Tres noches de un sábado, under the direction of Andrés Céspedes.
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