Yadhira Carrillo


Yadhira Carrillo is a Mexican former actress and beauty queen.

Early career

Yadhira Carrillo was chosen Nuestra Belleza Aguascalientes in 1994, the state qualifier for the national Nuestra Belleza México, to determine Mexico's contestant for the Miss Universe 1995 competition. Carrillo finished as first-runner-up at the Nuestra Belleza México 1994.
After this, Carrillo entered the Centro de Educación Artística, planning for a career in performing arts.

Acting career

After a "special appearance" in the telenovela Canción de amor, producer Carla Estrada offered Carrillo the supporting role of Teresa in the telenovela Te Sigo Amando. She worked with Estrada again playing Josefina in María Isabel.
After appearing in several episodes of Mujer, casos de la vida real, and portraying a villain in the TV-special Mas allá de la Usurpadora, she received her first co-starring role in El Niño que vino del mar.
Producer Ernesto Alonso hired Carrillo for the role of the antagonist in El precio de tu amor. This was followed by a duo-role in the 2002 telenovela La Otra, where she played two characters who are polar opposites; Carlota Guillen, a good natured daughter who is abused, subjugated and manipulated by her mother, and Cordelia Portugal, a Machiavellian, treacherous, manipulative gold digger.
In addition to her career in Mexico, Carrillo debuted abroad with a role in the Spanish telenovela El Secreto, in which she plays a perverse ex fiancée of the protagonist, played by fellow Mexican actor Eduardo Capetillo. In 2004 Carrillo was the protagonist in Amarte es mi Pecado, and also played a special guest star role in Rubí, as Elena Navarro. In 2005 she starred in Barrera de Amor.
Carrillo retired from acting in 2008.

Personal life

She was married to Michael Kuhn. In 2012 she married Juan Collado, ex-husband of Leticia Calderón.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

[Premios TVyNovelas]

Premios El Heraldo de México

Awards

2003