Luz Jiménez

Actor

Born: Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile

BIOGRAPHY

Luz Jiménez Ormeño (born 18 December 1934) is a Chilean actress, theater director, and teacher who gained recognition for her performances in the roles of Maruja in the play (1979) and Kiki Blanche in the telenovela (1988). She has developed a career spanning 50 years, in which she gained popularity mainly as a theater and television actress.She began acting theatrically in the 1950s, and during the 1980s became one of the first important figures of the then-emerging telenovela industry at Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN) centered around . Since then, she has been considered one of the countrys most respected figures in the performing arts.Among her most recognized collaborations are those she formed with director , appearing in important telenovelas such as (1984), (1985), (1989), (1997), (1999), Romané (2000), Pampa Ilusión (2001), (2002), (2007), Manuel Rodríguez (2010), and La Doña (2011).In 2015 she was recognized with a career award at the first .In 2017 she obtained a small role in the Rede Globo series Os Dias Eram Assim.

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