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Maria del Mar
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Maria del Mar del Castillo (who works as an actress under the name Maria del Mar) is a Canadian television actress, who has starred in series such as Street Legal, Tek War, Relativity, Mercy Point, Terminal City and Blue Murder.
She was born in Madrid, Spain in 1964, and grew up in Ottawa, Ontario.
She is sometimes mistakenly credited with having been the lead singer of the 1980s Canadian goth rock band National Velvet, which was in fact fronted by a different Maria del Mar. Her performance in A Touch of Grey (2009) earned her a Canadian Comedy Award in the 13th ceremony for the best female performance in a feature and nominated in 2001 to Gemini Award in the 16th edition for best performa…
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Maria del Mar del Castillo (who works as an actress under the name Maria del Mar) is a Canadian television actress, who has starred in series such as Street Legal, Tek War, Relativity, Mercy Point, Terminal City and Blue Murder. She was born in Madrid, Spain in 1964, and grew up in Ottawa, Ontario. She is sometimes mistakenly credited with having been the lead singer of the 1980s Canadian goth rock band National Velvet, which was in fact fronted by a different Maria del Mar. Her performance in A Touch of Grey (2009) earned her a Canadian Comedy Award in the 13th ceremony for the best female performance in a feature and nominated in 2001 to Gemini Award in the 16th edition for best performance by an actress in a continuing leading dramatic role for Blue Murder. Maria is the 2024 recipient of the ACTRA Award of Excellence, voted by her peers for her years of volunteerism with the union. She’s a two-term ACTRA Toronto Councillor, a former chair of the ACTRA Awards Committee and an alternate at the National Council table.
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An Ice Wine Christmas
as Sunny Ruiz
The Red Maple Leaf
as Maggie
No Deposit
as Maureen Ryan
Holidaze
as Jen
The Devil's Mile
as Cally
No Poster
Looking Is the Original Sin
as Helene
No Poster
A Touch of Grey
as Barb
Jekyll + Hyde
as Professor Poole
Engaged to Kill
as Abby Lord
For the Love of a Child
as Annie
The Skulls III
as Det. Valdez
El Contrato
as Narrator
The Pentagon Papers
as Carol Ellsberg
The Christmas Shoes
as Kate Layton
Diary of a Sex Addict
as Vita
RoboCop: Prime Directives
as Sara Cable
Price of Glory
as Rita Ortega
Unlikely Angel
as Allison
Moonshine Highway
as Ethel Miller
No Poster
Eclipse
as Sarah
Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead
as Melanie Quint
Cold Sweat
as Joanne
Montreal Stories
as Invitée
The Child Saver
as Lola