Marleyda Soto

Soto was born in Vijes, Valle del Cauca, and grew up in the Aguablanca [es] district of Cali.^[1][2] At the age of 13, she received a scholarship to study acting at the Instituto Departamental de Bellas Artes [es]. She later graduated with a degree in dramatic arts from the University of Valle.^[3]

In 2007, Soto made her film debut in Dog Eat Dog. The following year, she starred in Dr. Alemán [es].^[2] In 2015, she played Esperanza in the film Land and Shade.^[4] In 2024, she played Úrsula Iguarán [es] in the Netflix television series One Hundred Years of Solitude, based on Gabriel García Márquez's 1967 novel of the same name.^[5]

Since 2012, Soto has been a professor at her alma mater, the University of Valle.^[3]

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2007	Dog Eat Dog	Medina's widow		[6]
2008	Dr. Alemán [es]	Wanda		[7]
2013	Amores peligrosos [es]			[8]
2015	Land and Shade	Esperanza		[9]
2016	Dark Beast	Rocío		[10]
2018	Los silencios	Amparo		[11]
2020	Kairós	Cecilia		[12]
2021	La sombra de tu sonrisa		Short film	[13]
2022	The Pack	Tránsito		[14]

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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2023	Ciénaga oscura	Carmiña	3 episodes	[15]
2024	Nosotros los caídos	Rebeca	Miniseries	[16]
2024–present	One Hundred Years of Solitude	Úrsula Iguarán [es]	6 episodes	[17]
2025	Rivers of Fate [pt]	Mariangel	4 episodes

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