Margalida Castro

Acting

Maria Margalida Castro Rueda (San Gil, Santander, November 19, 1941 - Bogotá, December 19, 2024) was a Colombian actress who stood out for her appearances in numerous Colombian soap operas, films and plays. In 2015 she was awarded the Víctor Nieto Lifetime Achievement Award. Margalida Castro grew up in the city of Bogotá. Coming from a family from Santander, her father was a renowned lawyer and her mother was a governess. She studied at the Colegio Departamental de la Merced where she deepened her knowledge of music. She entered the National University of Colombia to study architecture; she...