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Filmmaking

The Leading Ladies, Men of Panamax

Bárbara Mori

Bárbara Mori[Photo: Capital Pictures]

The 30-year-old Mexican actress was 14 and working as a waitress when she was spotted by fashion designer Marcos Toledo and entered the world of modeling. She broke into television acting several years later and by 1998 landed her first leading role in the Mexican telenovela “Azul Tequila” and went on to appear in several other Latin American soap operas and films. Mori starred in the 2006 Panamax film La Mujer de Mi Hermano (My Brother’s Wife). She will play the leading female role in Panamax’s upcoming film tentatively named Violinchelo.

Ivonne Montero

Ivonne Montero
[Photo: Eileen Escarda]

The Mexican-born actress (cover photo) who appears in Ladrón Que Roba a Ladrón has starred in several telenovelas, including “Las Vias del Amor” and “Alma Rebelde.” She had a starring role in Telemundo’s “Amor Descarado,” played the title role in the 2004 soap “Anita No Te Rajes” and has appeared in the Mexican films Asesino en Serio and El Tigre de Santa Julia.


Fernando Colunga

Fernando Colunga
[Photo: Eileen Escarda]

Colunga, 41, has starred in eight consecutive No. 1-rated telenovelas in Mexico and the United States over the past decade. His first U.S. film role was playing Alejandro Toledo in Ladrón Que Roba a Ladrón, as a one-time thief who masterminds a robbery of a TV infomercial magnate using a crew of immigrants.

Miguel Varoni

Miguel Varoni
[Photo: Getty]

The 43-year-old Colombian film and TV actor is best known for his comedic acting in the 2001 Colombian telenovela “Pedro el Escamoso,” in which he plays Pedro Coral Tavera, a mullet-sporting Don Juan who is cast out of his hometown but finds adventure and love in the big city. In 2007, Varoni made a guest appearance on the hit NBC sitcom “My Name is Earl.” In Ladrón Que Roba a Ladrón, he plays Emilio Lopez, half of the con artist duo led by Colunga.


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