PROFILE
| Full name: Luz Estrella Velásquez Toro. |
| Nickname: Lights |
| Place of birth: Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia. |
| Birthdate: October 3, 1960 |
| Agency/Manager: (Talented People) |
BIOGRAPHY
Luces Velásquez is a Colombian actress born in the city of Medellín on October 3, 1960, internationally recognized for her role as Bertha de González in “Yo soy Betty la Fea”.
(See also: Biography of Paula Peña (Sofía from Yo soy Betty la fea))
Luces has managed to establish a long career in Colombian television, having participated in many of the country's biggest productions, among which stand out; “Los cuervos”, “Los victorinos”, “Romeo y buseta”, “Yo soy Betty la Fea”, “Without tits there is no paradise”, “Escobar the boss of evil”, among many others.
TELEVISION
- Yo soy Betty la Fea 2 (2024)
- Coffee with the aroma of a woman (2021)
- Nurses (2021)
- To love you (2020-2021)
- The Primipara (2019)
- The man is Germán (2019) — Bertha Muñoz de González (Episode 132)
- Beyond Time (2019) (1 episode)
- Crazy for you (2018-2019)
- Without breasts there is paradise (2016-2017)
- Search Block (2016)
- The Graduates (2013)
- Escobar, the patron of evil (2012)
- The Crowned Goddess (2010)
- Gabriela, twists of fate (2009)
- Bride for Two (2008)
- The Mariachi's Daughter (2006)
- Without tits there is no paradise (2006)
- The authentic Rodrigo Leal (2003)
- Ecomoda (2001-2002)
- I am Betty, the ugly one (1999-2001)
- Francisco the mathematician (1999)
- The Widow in White (1997)
- The Fountain (1995)
- Victory (1995)
- The Curse of Paradise (1993)
- 40, the street of love (1992)
- In another's body (1992)
- Los Victorinos (When I want to cry I don't cry) (1991)
- Music Maestro (1991)
- The House of Two Palms (1990)
- Romeo and the bus (1989)
- The Inn (1988)
- The sins of Inés de Hinojosa (1988)
- Zarabanda (1988)
- The Divine (1987)
- Gallito Ramírez (1986)
- Gold (1986)
- The owners of power (1986)
- The Crows (1984)
THEATER
- Betty in theater
AWARDS AND HONOURS
| Year | Prize | Category | Production | Result |
| 2020 | India Catherine Awards | Best supporting actress in a soap opera or series | The primiparous | Nominated |
| 2013 | TVyNovelas Awards | Best Antagonistic Actress in a Series | Escobar, the patron of evil | Nominated |
WEBSITE AND SOCIAL NETWORKS
