Mariella Trejos

Mariella Trejos Benítez (22 July 1948 – 27 August 2023) was a Colombian-Peruvian actress. She participated in movies, musicals, recitals and theater, as well as in several Peruvian telenovelas, including Torbellino, Carmín, Simplemente María, Asi es la vida and Al fondo hay sitio.

With a career spanning more than fifty years, the Ministry of Culture recognized her as a Meritorious Personality of Culture for her valuable contribution to the Peruvian theater.

Career
After completing her studies, Trejos began to look for artistic works. She moved to Bogotá to live for a while with her cousin and try to get a role in plays. After a hectic period, she auditioned for an international Mexican comedy troupe and won. In doing so, he got the opportunity to travel through some Latin American countries. Due to problems and the delinquency of her own representative, her cast (with her inside) was stranded in Buenos Aires, where she was eventually convinced to go live in Peru. She moved there permanently in 1964.

Initially, Trejos worked as a model for contests in humorous sketches, sharing the set with characters such as Tulio Loza; she was also an actress in radionovelas. In 1965, she was hired by Panamericana Televisión, for four years she moved in complementary roles in series with modest success. Then in 1969, Trejos landed one of the main characters in the channel's new proposal, Simplemente María, a resoundingly successful telenovela on the South American continent, which increased her celebrity status.

In 1984, Trejos was part of the telenovela Carmín as Violeta Ramos. Three years later she participated in her second film, La fuga del Chacal, which was a Peruvian box office success.

Death
Trejos died on 27 August 2023, at the age of 75.

Selected filmography

 * Simplemente María (1969)
 * Without Compassion (1994)
 * Todo sobre Camila (2002)
 * Al fondo hay sitio (2011)