ACTORS from Venezuela

Top 10

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Venezuelan Actors of all time. This list of famous Venezuelan Actors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Venezuelan Actors.

1. Patricia Velásquez (1971 - )

With an HPI of 49.93, Patricia Velásquez is the most famous Venezuelan Actor.  Her biography has been translated into 31 different languages on wikipedia.

Patricia Carola Velásquez Semprún (born 31 January 1971) is a Venezuelan actress and model. As an actress, she is known for her portrayal of Anck-su-namun in the 1999 film The Mummy and its 2001 sequel The Mummy Returns.

2. Gabriela Spanic (1973 - )

With an HPI of 49.89, Gabriela Spanic is the 2nd most famous Venezuelan Actor.  Her biography has been translated into 28 different languages.

Gabriela Elena Španić Utrera (born December 10, 1973), known simply as Gabriela Spanic, is a Venezuelan actress, model, singer and beauty pageant titleholder. She's known for her roles in several Latin telenovelas, most notably her portrayal of twins in La usurpadora (1998), one of the most popular telenovelas in the Spanish-speaking world. Spanic has been signed to Televisa, Telemundo and TV Azteca.

3. Andrew Divoff (1955 - )

With an HPI of 47.46, Andrew Divoff is the 3rd most famous Venezuelan Actor.  His biography has been translated into 24 different languages.

Andrew Daniel Divoff (born July 2, 1955) is an American actor and producer. Divoff has played many villains in film and on television, including drug cartel leaders, terrorists, and organized crime bosses, though he is best known for playing the evil Djinn/Nathaniel Demerest in the first two Wishmaster films. Other noteworthy film and television roles include the villains Luis Cali in Toy Soldiers, Cherry Ganz in Another 48 Hrs., Ernesto Mendoza in A Low Down Dirty Shame, Boris Bazylev in Air Force One, M (short for as Mephistopheles) in Faust: Love of the Damned, Ivan Sarnoff in CSI: Miami, Mikhail Bakunin in Lost, and Karakurt in The Blacklist.

4. Lupita Ferrer (1947 - )

With an HPI of 47.17, Lupita Ferrer is the 4th most famous Venezuelan Actor.  Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Lupita Ferrer (born December 6, 1947) is a Venezuelan theater, film and television actress. She is known as a "Queen" of telenovelas and one of the most famous Spanish-speaking telenovela actresses of all time.

5. Édgar Ramírez (1977 - )

With an HPI of 43.06, Édgar Ramírez is the 5th most famous Venezuelan Actor.  His biography has been translated into 27 different languages.

Edgar Filiberto Ramírez Arellano (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈeðɣaɾ raˈmiɾes], born 25 March 1977) is a Venezuelan actor. After studying communications at the Andrés Bello Catholic University, Ramírez worked in media and considered becoming a diplomat. When filmmaker Guillermo Arriaga praised a short film he had done, he decided to pursue his performing hobby as a career. Ramírez played a CIA assassin in the action-thriller film The Bourne Ultimatum (2007). His portrayal of Carlos the Jackal in the 2010 biopic television miniseries Carlos won him the César Award for Most Promising Actor, and nominations for a Golden Globe and Emmy Award for Best Actor. He then played a CIA operative in the film Zero Dark Thirty (2012), and boxer Roberto Durán in the biographical sports film Hands of Stone (2016). Ramírez received several accolades for his portrayal of Gianni Versace in the 2018 miniseries The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story. In 2020, he had a recurring role in the HBO miniseries The Undoing. In 2022, Ramírez was part of the Un Certain Regard jury at the Cannes Film Festival.

6. Catherine Fulop (1965 - )

With an HPI of 42.30, Catherine Fulop is the 6th most famous Venezuelan Actor.  Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Catherine Amanda Fulop García (born March 11, 1965) is a Venezuelan actress, model, beauty pageant contestant, television presenter and radio host. She participated in the Miss Venezuela 1986, finishing as the fourth runner–up and in Miss Latin America, finishing as the third runner–up. Fulop has since launched a successful acting career throughout Latin America, most notably on television.

7. Gaby Espino (1976 - )

With an HPI of 42.01, Gaby Espino is the 7th most famous Venezuelan Actor.  Her biography has been translated into 23 different languages.

María Gabriela Espino Rugero (born November 15, 1977), better known as Gaby Espino, is a Venezuelan actress, model and presenter. She is best known for her main roles in telenovelas in her native Venezuela, Colombia and Mexico.

8. Santiago Cabrera (1978 - )

With an HPI of 41.35, Santiago Cabrera is the 8th most famous Venezuelan Actor.  His biography has been translated into 26 different languages.

Santiago Cabrera (Spanish pronunciation: [sanˈtjaɣo kaˈβɾeɾa]; born 5 May 1978) is a Chilean actor who has worked mainly in the UK and United States. Cabrera is best known for his roles as the character Isaac Mendez in the NBC superhero drama Heroes, Lancelot in the BBC drama series Merlin, and Aramis in the BBC series The Musketeers. He was also the lead in the CBS drama Salvation as Darius Tanz, and played Captain Cristóbal "Cris" Rios in the Paramount+ series Star Trek: Picard.

9. Coraima Torres (1973 - )

With an HPI of 40.33, Coraima Torres is the 9th most famous Venezuelan Actor.  Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Coraima Alejandra Torres Díaz (born June 6, 1973, in Valencia, Venezuela) is a telenovela actress. She started her acting career in Venezuela, in the late 1980s. Her first roles were in the telenovelas "Gardenia" and "Alondra". She got her first leading role in 1992, in the famous telenovela "Kassandra", which was shown in more than 100 countries. After "Kassandra" she went to Colombia where she got a leading role in the telenovelas "Sueños y espejos" (Dreams and mirrors). Her partner in that telenovela was Colombian actor Nicolas Montero. They fell in love and got married in 1996. Coraima gave birth to a son in 1994. Coraima also played in a mini-series called "Geminis" and in another Venezuelan telenovela "Cambio de Piel" (Change of skin). After this soap, she worked in Peru and Argentina where she played in three telenovelas "María Emilia", "Amor Latino" (Latin Love) and "Soledad". Her latest telenovelas are called "Amor del bueno" and "Lorena". She resides in Bogotá, capital of Colombia. Coraima was working in the Colombian telenovela El Último Matrimonio Feliz playing Camila, a woman who has to face life after leaving her husband. In 2012, she worked in 5 Viudas Sueltas "Kassandra" was very popular in FR Yugoslavia during the '90s. When she visited FRY in 1997 with a colleague Henry Soto, and with her husband and child, she was greeted with a large crowd at the airport. Among the welcoming committee was Šaban Bajramović. During their visit they went to Belgrade, Niš, Skopje and Novi Sad.

10. Alicia Machado (1976 - )

With an HPI of 40.15, Alicia Machado is the 10th most famous Venezuelan Actor.  Her biography has been translated into 22 different languages.

Yoseph Alicia Machado Fajardo (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈlisja maˈtʃaðo]; born December 6, 1976) is a Venezuelan-American actress, tv host, singer and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 1996, she previously crowned Miss Venezuela 1995. She was the fourth woman from Venezuela to be named Miss Universe.