Jacqueline Arenal

Jacqueline Arenal is a celebrated and renowned Cuban actress with a long-standing career in the cinema and television of the island. She was born in Havana, Cuba, on April 10, 1968.

Her passion for acting began in her childhood. She is also the daughter of the late playwright and writer Humberto Arenal and actress Martha Farre, which means her love for the arts and the world of entertainment has been a part of her life since an early age.

He graduated in 1990 from the Higher Institute of Art in Cuba.

She began her artistic career in her native Cuba, where she achieved notable success and garnered public support for her appearances, particularly on television. Cubans will remember her for her roles in memorable telenovelas such as: Si me pudieras querer, where she portrayed Doctor Marcia; Tierra brava, as Verena Contreras; De tu sueño a mi sueño, as Mariana; and Ellas son así.

In the film "The Century of Lights," she met a very young Alexis Valdés, who would later become her first husband, in 1992. This was followed by "Plaff or Too Much Fear of Life" in 2001, "Miradas," "Belmonte" (1995), and "A Paradise Under the Stars" (1999).

In 2005, she settled in Colombia, where she continued her career as an actress and portrayed numerous characters in Colombian television series. She was selected in Havana by RCN Televisión to travel to Bogotá to play the antagonist in the series Los reyes, and from that moment on, she began living in the Central American country and became a well-known and regular actress in Colombian television series.

In 1995, she married the Cuban actor Mijayl Mulkay, the father of her only daughter, Camila Bordón Arenal. Ten years later, they divorced, and she married the renowned Colombian director, writer, and actor Enrique Carriazo, from whom she divorced in 2015.

Arenal currently resides in Cuba, while his daughter lives in Madrid, Spain.