Actor

Karent Hinestroza

Born 1986 · Timbiquí, Colombia

Colombian actress with a degree in drama from the Universidad del Valle. Her training as an actress was complemented by acrobatics, dance and singing. In 2009, she began her appearance on the big screen with the character Jazmín in the award-winning film El volco del cangrejo by the Caleño director Oscar Ruiz Navia; she later participates in El paseo de Dago García, the highest grossing film up to that time in Colombia, playing the character of Astrid. In Chocó, by Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza, premiered at the Berlinale 2012, she made her first leading role in film, receiving for this performance the award for best leading actress from the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Colombia, at the Macondo Awards of the 2013.