Paola Turbay

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Turbay and the second or maternal family name is Gómez.
Paola Turbay
Paola Turbay in 2016
Turbay in 2016
Born
Paola Turbay Gómez

(1970-11-29) November 29, 1970 (age 54)
Houston, Texas, U.S.[1]
Alma materUniversity of Los Andes
(BP)
Occupations
  • Beauty pageant titleholder
  • model
  • actress
  • television personality
  • TV host
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMiss Bogota 1991
Miss Colombia 1991
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorGreen
Major
competition(s)		Miss Colombia 1991
(Winner)
Miss Universe 1992
(1st Runner-Up)

Paola Turbay Gómez (born November 29, 1970) is a Colombian-American actress, model, TV host and beauty pageant titleholder. She was a regular in season 3 of the TV series Bosch.

Related to Colombian former president Julio César Turbay Ayala, Turbay represented Bogotá in the Miss Colombia beauty pageant and won in 1991. She was the first runner-up in the 1992 Miss Universe competition.[3]

After finishing her studies in psychology at the Universidad de los Andes, Turbay focused on her career as a model and presenter in entertainment news segments on Noticias QAP and Noticiero C newscasts, as well as an actress. In 2005 she was the official presenter, with Miguel Varoni, of the National Beauty Pageant. She has also made cameo appearances in several Colombian series like O todos en la cama, Ecomoda (sequel to Betty la fea) and Leche ("Milk").

After studying acting in Hollywood, Florida, Turbay became the main character of the RCN TV comedy Noticias calientes ("Hot News") in 2002. Two years later she would star the telenovela Las noches de Luciana ("The Nights of Luciana") and in 2006 would present the Colombian version of Dancing with the Stars, Bailando por un Sueño. Paola has also made brief appearances in films such as Lenny the Wonder Dog and Love in the Time of Cholera.

In 2007, Turbay played Isabel Vega on the CBS series Cane, which was canceled in May 2008 after only one season. In 2008 she has been participating as a recurring guest star on the ABC series The Secret Life of the American Teenager.[citation needed] She also guested on the Showtime series Californication (Season 2, ep. 8, "Going Down and Out in Beverly Hills") and had a recurring role as an LAPD detective during the fifth season of TNT's The Closer.

On January 6, 2010, she played the role of Beatriz on the CBS series The Mentalist (Season 3, ep. 11, "Bloodsport").[citation needed]

Paola played the role of Antonia Gavilán de Logroño for the fourth season of the HBO series True Blood.[4]

Starting in 2010, she had a recurring role on Royal Pains as Marissa Cassaras, Boris' love interest, and mother of his son.

In 2014 she founded IndieBo, the Bogotá Independent Film Festival, of which she is the executive director.

In 2017, she played Dr. Sophia Gallup in blacklist season 4 episode 16 “Dembe Zuma (No. 10)”

She married Alejandro Estrada in 1994. They have two children.

References

  1. ^ "Paola Turbay, Miss Colombia 1991" (in Spanish). November 11, 1991. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  2. ^ "Height of Paola Turbay" (in Spanish). November 11, 1991. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  3. ^ Tendencias, Redacción (2023-04-25). "Así luce Michelle McLean, quien le ganó Miss Universo a Paola Turbay en 1992". ELHERALDO.CO (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  4. ^ "Wet Paint". Archived from the original on 2014-07-05. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Netherlands Pauline Huizinga
 Miss Universe 1st Runner-Up
1992 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Maribel Gutiérrez
 Miss Colombia
1991 		Succeeded by