Karen Bethzabe

{{short description|Mexican actress|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox person

| name =Karen Bethzabe

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| birth_place = Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico{{cite web|title=Exclusive Interview: Actress Karen Bethzabe Talks Fear The Walking Dead|url=http://www.alienbee.net/exclusive-interview-actress-karen-bethzabe-talks-fear-the-walking-dead/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111194440/http://www.alienbee.net/exclusive-interview-actress-karen-bethzabe-talks-fear-the-walking-dead/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=November 11, 2016|website=Alien Bee Entertainment News|accessdate=7 January 2017}}

| occupation = Actress

| years active = 2007–present

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Karen Bethzabe is a Mexican actress,{{cite web|title=Karen Bethzabe Stars In AMC's "Fear the Walking Dead"|url=http://www.gasmaskmagazine.com/karen-bethzabe-stars-in-amcs-fear-the-walking-dead/|website=Gas Mask Magazine|accessdate=7 January 2017|archive-date=8 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108002854/http://www.gasmaskmagazine.com/karen-bethzabe-stars-in-amcs-fear-the-walking-dead/|url-status=dead}} best known for her role on Fear the Walking Dead.

Career

Bethzabe most notable role was on the AMC television show Fear the Walking Dead,{{cite web|title=Elena Is Another Season 2 Fear The Walking Dead Guest Character Making A Good Impression|url=http://previously.tv/fear-the-walking-dead/elena-is-another-season-2-fear-the-walking-dead-guest-character-making-a-good-impression/|website=previously.tv|accessdate=14 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141128/http://previously.tv/fear-the-walking-dead/elena-is-another-season-2-fear-the-walking-dead-guest-character-making-a-good-impression/|archive-date=12 June 2018|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Fear the Walking Dead Q&A – Karen Bethzabe (Elena)|url=http://www.amc.com/shows/fear-the-walking-dead/talk/2016/09/fear-the-walking-dead-qa-karen-bethzabe-elena|website=www.amc.com|accessdate=14 September 2016}} as Elena Reyes a zombie apocalypse survivor who had to make a terrible decision.

Television audiences first got to know Karen after landing the role of Paulette Vazquez in the CBS show CSI, and as Eufemia Garcia in the Freeform series Switched at Birth. She has also emerged in numerous indie films, including producing and starring in the film Death and Cremation{{cite web|title=Interview with "Fear The Walking Dead's" Karen Bethzabe|url=http://promotehorror.com/2016/09/28/interview-with-fear-the-walking-deads-karen-bethzabe/|website=PromoteHorror.com|accessdate=7 January 2017|date=28 September 2016}} alongside Oscar nominee Brad Dourif and in Erahm Christopher's debut feature film LISTEN.

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable"
Year

! Film

! Role

! Notes

2008

| Reward

| Rosa

| Short film

2009

| Murderabilia

| Louisa

| Short film

2010

| Death and Cremation

| Maria

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2014

| Sleeping with the Dead

| Karen Fuentes

| Short film

2016

| Listen

| Rosa Ramirez

|

2022

| Babylon

| Silvia Torres

|

=Television=

class="wikitable"
Year

! TV Show

! Role

! Notes

2007

| Secretos

| Camila Rodriguez

| Episode: Abandonada

2011

| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

| Paulette Vasquez

| Episode: Maid Man

2014

|Dead Men the Series

| Lady Walters

| Episode: Lady Waters

2015

| Switched at Birth

| Eufemia Garcia

| Episode: Instead of Damning the Darkness, It's Better to Light a Little Lantern

2016–2017

| Fear the Walking Dead

| Elena Reyes

| 7 episodes

2023

|Casa Grande

|Natalia Cortez

|5 episodes{{Cite web |title=Photo: Karen Bethzabe Attends the "Casa Grande" premiere in Los Angeles - LAP2023050115 - UPI.com |url=https://www.upi.com/News_Photos/view/upi/58e56adce0f26902347a61f14486f9f3/Karen-Bethzabe-Attends-the-Casa-Grande-premiere-in-Los-Angeles/ |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=UPI |language=en}}

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