Majida Issa

{{Short description|Colombian actress (born 1981)}}

{{family name hatnote|Issa|Bellotto|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox person

| image = Majida Issa in January 2020.jpg

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| caption = Issa in 2020

| birth_name = Majida Margarita Issa Bellotto

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|6|27|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = San Andrés, Colombia

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| occupation = Actress, singer

| years_active = 2005–present

| notable_works = Sin senos sí hay paraíso

| spouse = {{marriage|Mijail Mulkay|2010|2012}}

| parents = Waydi Issa
Ylia Bellotto

| relatives = Teresa Gutiérrez (grandmother)
Miguel Varoni (uncle)

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Majida Margarita Issa Bellotto (born June 27, 1981) is a Colombian actress, best known for her role as Yésica Beltrán "La Diabla") in Telemundo's telenovela Sin senos sí hay paraíso (2016–2018).

Early life and education

Issa studied acting in Escuela Nacional de Arte Teatral in Mexico.{{cite web|url=http://www.colarte.com/actores/IssaMajida/recuento.htm|title=ColArte - El Arte en Colombia|website=www.colarte.com|access-date=2010-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410143330/http://www.colarte.com/actores/IssaMajida/recuento.htm|archive-date=2010-04-10|url-status=dead}}

She is the granddaughter of Teresa Gutiérrez and the niece of Miguel Varoni.{{cite web|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.co/especiales/nueva/majida-issa-entre-rumores-y-segundas-temporadas-99360|title=Majida Issa: Entre rumores y segundas temporadas|date=24 November 2012|publisher=}}

She is of Italian and Lebanese descent.

Career

She is recognized for her role as Jessica Beltrán alias "La Diabla" in the three seasons of the successful series Sin senos sí hay paraíso, sequel to the also successful series Sin senos no hay paraíso.

Majida Issa was one of the guests at the eleventh edition of the 11th Platino Awards, held on the night of 20 April 2024, in the Riviera Maya in Mexico. During the gala, Majida sang in three voices with {{Interlanguage link|Mariaca Semprún|es|}} and Ana Guerra.{{cite journal |url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cultura/20240421/espana-16-23-premios-platino-101346486 |title=España se hace con 16 de los 23 premios en los Platino, y Bayona y 'La Sociedad de la Nieve' arrasan |access-date=21 April 2024 |language=es |journal=El Periódico |date=21 April 2024 }}

Personal life

In 2010, she married Mijail Mulkay. They dated for 2 years prior to wedding. The couple later divorced in 2012.{{Cite news |last=ESTUPIÑÁN |first=CRISTINA |date=November 7, 2022 |title=Majida Issa and Mijail Mulkay broke up in love |url=https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/CMS-12363078 |access-date=August 28, 2023}}

Filmography

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|+ Television roles

YearTitleRolesNotes
2008

| El cartel

| Soledad

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2008

| La quiero a morir

| Yuri

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2009–2010

| Niños ricos, pobres padres

| Martha Granados

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2010

| Amor sincero

| Mercedes Doval "Mechi"

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2010

| El Clon

| Rania Castañeda de la caridad

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2010

| Los caballeros las prefieren brutas

| Lili

| Episode: "Hay que matarlos, de ganas"

2012

| Las Santísimas

| Carmen Pulido

|

2012–2013

| Corazones blindados

| Diana Ochoa

| Main role; 139 episodes

2014

| La ronca de oro

| Sofía Helena Vargas Marulanda "Helenita"

| Main role

2015

| Lady, la vendedora de rosas

| Fátima Tabares

| Main role

2016–2018{{cite web|title=Majida Issa, 'La Diabla', sale de 'Sin senos sí hay paraíso'|url=https://laopinion.com/2018/03/27/majida-issa-la-diabla-sale-de-sin-senos-si-hay-paraiso/|website=laopinion.com|accessdate=30 April 2018|language=Spanish}}

| Sin senos sí hay paraíso

| Yésica Beltrán "La Diabla"

| Main role (seasons 1–3); 226 episodes

2017–2018

| La luz de mis ojos

| Faride Chadid

| Main role

2019

| La Guzmán

| Alejandra Guzmán

| Main role; 60 episodes{{cite web|title="La Guzmán", el nuevo proyecto de Sony Pictures e Imagen Televisión|url=https://revistasenal.com/contenidos/la-guzman-el-nuevo-proyecto-de-sony-pictures-e-imagen-television.html|website=revistasenal.com|accessdate=30 April 2018|language=Spanish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430183103/https://revistasenal.com/contenidos/la-guzman-el-nuevo-proyecto-de-sony-pictures-e-imagen-television.html|archive-date=30 April 2018|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Ella será Alejandra Guzmán|url=http://www.multimedios.com/telediario/tras-los-famosos/alejandra-guzman-bioserie-majida-issa.html|website=multimedios.com|date=27 April 2018 |accessdate=30 April 2018|language=Spanish}}

2020

| Operación pacífico

| Captain Amalia Ortega

| Main role

rowspan=3 | 2022

| Enfermeras

| Alex Luján

| Main role{{cite web |title=Enfermeras regresa con mujeres a las que nada las detiene |url=https://www.canalrcn.com/super-like/cine-y-tv/enfermeras-regresa-con-mujeres-a-las-que-nada-las-detiene-153378 |website=canalrcn.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |language=es |date=12 January 2022}}

Noticia de un secuestro{{cite web|url=https://www.rcnradio.com/entretenimiento/me-siento-afortunada-de-interpretar-a-diana-turbay-majida-issa-sobre-noticia-de-un|title=Actriz Majida Issa habla de su participación en 'Noticia de un secuestro'|access-date=17 June 2024|date=5 August 2022|website=RCN Radio|language=es}}

| Diana Turbay

|

Leandro Díaz

| Nellys Soto

| 9 episodes

2024

| La sustituta

| Eva Cortés

| Main role{{cite web |title=RCN estrena nueva novela, La sustituta: estos son los actores principales |url=https://www.elheraldo.co/entretenimiento/protagonistas-de-la-sustituta-la-nueva-novela-de-rcn-majida-issa-geraldine-zivic |website=El Heraldo |access-date=17 June 2024 |language=es |date=14 July 2023}}

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