Nina Caicedo
{{Short description|Colombian actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
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| birth_name = Nina Caicedo Vargas
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|02|03|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Quibdó, Colombia
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| occupation = Actress, model, lawyer
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| education = Universidad Externado de Colombia
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Nina Caicedo Vargas (born 3 February 1986) is a Colombian film and television actress, model, and lawyer, recognized for her appearances in productions such as {{ill|Las detectivas y el Víctor|es}}, {{ill|Azúcar (2016 TV series)|es|Azúcar (serie de televisión de 2016)|lt=Azúcar}}, The White Slave, The Girl, and Nurses.
Biography
Nina Caicedo was born in Quibdó on 3 February 1986, the daughter of musician, composer, and music producer Saturnino Caicedo Córdoba (known professionally as Nino Caicedo), and singer and psychologist Nimia Teresa Vargas Cuesta. She is the sister of singer and actor Anddy Caicedo.{{Cite web |url=https://www.canalrcn.com/enfermeras/novedades/nina-caicedo-enloquece-sus-fans-con-su-tonificado-cuerpo-42 |title=Nina Caicedo enloquece a sus fans con su tonificado cuerpo |trans-title=Nina Caicedo Drives Her Fans Crazy With Her Toned Body |publisher=Canal RCN |language=es |date=2019-10-25 |access-date=2023-08-10}} She studied law at the Universidad Externado de Colombia, and began working as an actress in the 2000s.{{Cite web |url=https://blogs.eltiempo.com/talento-chocoano/2014/02/15/nina-caicedo-una-abogada-con-el-arte-en-las-venas/ |title=Nina Caicedo, una abogada con el arte en las venas |trans-title=Nina Caicedo, a Lawyer With Art in Her Veins |website=Talento Chocoano |publisher=El Tiempo Blogs |language=es |date=2014-02-15 |access-date=2023-08-10}} Her first big break came in 2009 when she played Nelly in the television series {{ill|Las detectivas y el Víctor|es}}.{{Cite web |url=http://www.canalrcn.com/azucar/galerias/articulo-galeria/en-azucar-nina-caicedo-es-lola-azucar-5103 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315192649/http://www.canalrcn.com/azucar/galerias/articulo-galeria/en-azucar-nina-caicedo-es-lola-azucar-5103 |archive-date=2016-03-15 |title=En 'Azúcar' Nina Caicedo es Lola |publisher=Canal RCN |language=es |url-status=dead |access-date=2023-08-10}} In 2010, she had a brief appearance in Sergio Cabrera's telenovela La Pola.{{Cite news |url=https://www.laopinion.com.co/tendencias/nina-se-roba-la-mirada-de-los-televidentes-por-partida-doble |title=Nina se roba la mirada de los televidentes por partida doble |trans-title=Nina Steals the Eyes of Viewers Twice |first=Daniela |last=Sánchez Villamizar |newspaper=La Opinión |publication-place=Cúcuta, Colombia |language=es |date=2016-03-26 |access-date=2023-08-10}}
In the 2010s, she had more prominent television and film roles in her native country. In 2012, she joined the cast of the series {{ill|Bazurto|es}}, followed by an appearance in the telenovela {{ill|La selección|es}}. In 2016, Caicedo starred in the series The White Slave as Sara, {{ill|Azúcar (2016 TV series)|es|Azúcar (serie de televisión de 2016)|lt=Azúcar}} as Lola Ocoró, and The Girl as Vanessa Mosquera. In 2017, she returned to cinema with a supporting role in the Spanish film Loving Pablo. A year later, she starred with {{ill|Mario Duarte|es}} in the comedy film {{ill|Pelucas y Rokanrol|es}}, where she played a police sergeant.{{Cite web |url=https://www.caracoltv.com/cultura-caracol/cine/pelucas-y-rokanrol-reivindicara-a-las-mujeres-policias-y-a-los-rockeros-peludos |title='Pelucas y Rokanrol' reivindicará a las mujeres policías y a los rockeros peludos |trans-title="Pelucas y Rokanrol" Will Vindicate Policewomen and Hairy Rockers |publisher=Caracol Televisión |language=es |date=2018-07-30 |access-date=2023-08-10}}
In 2019, she starred in the series Nurses on Canal RCN, playing the role of Sol Angie Velásquez. She also appeared in the Telepacífico miniseries Leonor.{{Cite news |url=https://www.elpais.com.co/cultura/vea-aqui-en-exclusiva-el-primer-capitulo-de-leonor-serie-de-la-negra-grande.html |title=Vea en exclusiva el primer capítulo de 'Leonor', la serie sobre la 'Negra Grande de Colombia' |newspaper=El País |publication-place=Cali, Colombia |language=es |date=2019-06-02 |access-date=2023-08-10}}
Filmography
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| 2017 | Loving Pablo | Woman | Fernando León de Aranoa |
| 2018 | {{ill|Pelucas y Rokanrol|es}} | Gina | {{ill|Mario Duarte|es}} |
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Category:21st-century Colombian actresses
Category:Colombian film actresses