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Samantha Castillo, Venezuelan actress, was born on March 12th, 1980, in Los Teques, Venezuela.
With more than fifteen years of theater experience, Samantha has a Bachelors degree in Arts at Central University of Venezuela, and additional acting training in different techniques and schools in Venezuela and Cuba.
In the cinema field, she has been awarded numerous times for her performance in national and international festivals. The role that has given her most recognition was "Marta" in the film Pelo Malo by Mariana Rondon (winning film of La Concha de Oro at the San Sebastian Festival 2013). Samantha accompanied the film in a circuit of more than 15 international festivals, earning seven awards and two nominations for her role as Marta.
In Malquerido by Diego Risquez, she played La Lupe, an icon of Latin music, being recognized as best supporting actress at the Merida Film Festival and the Caracas Film Festival in Venezuela.
In the film El Amparo by Rober Calzadilla (winner film of the Public Award in Biarritz), Samantha had an additional challenge, along with the artistic team, being immersed in isolation in the Venezuelan plains for over 2 months. This enabled real acquisition of the physical and emotional subtleties required by the character. Samantha received a special mention as Supporting Actress at the Merida Film Festival in Venezuela.
In Le Badanti by Italian director Marco Pollini, Samantha played Lola, a Latin American immigrant in Italy. To excel in her interpretation, Samantha studied Italian intensively during the previous months and took Pole Dance lessons for a one-minute sequence in the film.
Samantha has also contributed to theater research and teaching in Venezuela, developing professional training programs for young actors, stressing both practical and theoretical work elements of the actor. These trainings have taken place in theater schools in Caracas, The Higher School of Performing Arts Juana Sujo and The School of Musical Theater of Caracas.
Most Popular Samantha Castillo Trailers
Total trailers found: 16
05 December 2020
Marta, a young Venezuelan mother, immigrates to Brazil. During her journey, she meets a struggling young couple.
10 March 2022
Four upper-class high school students live carefree between drugs, games and love until one of the girls, Eli, is brutally killed.
26 October 2025
While struggling to withstand the chaos of modern Venezuela, Adelaida sees a chance to survive—and takes it: leaving everything behind, even her own name.
05 September 2024
Roxana, a young Venezuelan woman exiled in Mexico City, defies the law when her father dies in a boarding house, and tries to convince Hilda, the landlady, not to report it to the authorities.
22 September 2022
Nala, a thirteen-year-old girl from the city, travels with her family to her grandmother's home in the countryside, to try to find a cure for her little sister's mysterious illness - But she'll soon find her granny is not exactly what she seems.
10 February 2023
Valeria's joy at becoming a first-time mother is quickly taken away when she's cursed by a sinister entity.
21 September 2016
On the border of Venezuela with Colombia, during the late 80's, two men survive an armed assault near the Arauca River, in which fourteen of their companions end up dead.
12 January 2016
Dazed by her mother's death, 9-year-old Hanali travels with her father to a remote town where she meets Rosa, a mother who recently lost her child.
23 April 2021
In a dystopian society, Albertini must face an abusive and indifferent administration just to complete a simple puzzle.
11 June 2015
Three women from different walks of life, all struggling with various personal issues, come together as caretakers at an elderly home.
02 April 2014
A nine-year-old boy’s preening obsession with straightening his hair elicits a tidal wave of homophobic panic in his hard-working mother, in this tender but clear-eyed coming-of-age tale.
23 December 2016
Willi premieres his own reality show and the first guest is the famous telenovela actress, Elsy Ferrer.
28 August 2025
In a small zoo, the arrival of the hippopotamus Zafari is celebrated by neighbours of opposing social classes.
18 December 2015
The film follows the rise to fame of venezuelan singer Felipe Pirela. From the beginnings when he worked alongside Billo Frometa and his band Billo's Caracas Boys to the days of his death at the hands of a drug dealer.
09 April 2026
Miguel, a 7-year-old boy, lives with three generations of estranged women in an old house. Among them is his mother who, after a traumatic divorce, distances herself from the boy.
15 April 2020
An aging self-proclaimed prophet who revisits his past as a spiritual guru after an eager young follower entices him to return to preaching.
