Esmeralda Pimentel

• Name — Esmeralda Pimentel • Birth Name — Maria Esmeralda Pimentel • Born — 8 September 1989 • Birthplace — The Bronx, New York, U.S. • Citizenship — * United States • Mexico • Occupation — * Actress • model • Years Active — 2007–present

Maria Esmeralda Pimentel was born in The Bronx, New York, on September 8, 1989, to a Dominican father and a Mexican mother. She lived in New York City until the age of six months old when her mother dediced to move back to Mexico with her, growing up in Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco. At nineteen she began making appearances in television commercials as a model, featuring clothing brands from Mexico.

She participated in 2007 in Nuestra Belleza Jalisco representing Zapotlán. She was the first runner-up of the contest at the age of 18. On October 6, 2007, she participated with the winner Lupita González in Nuestra Belleza México 2007, both representing the state of Jalisco. At the finale, Pimentel was awarded the title of second runner-up, with the winner being Elisa Nájera.

After competing in Nuestra Belleza México, she decided to enter the "Centro de Educación Artística de Televisa (CEA)", to train as an actress. Her first acting offer came in 2009 when the producer Pedro Damián gave her a small role in the telenovela Verano de amor, where she played the character "Ada". Three years later, in 2012 she worked in the telenovela Abismo de pasión, an Angelli Nesma Medina production, where she shared credits with Angelique Boyer and David Zepeda. Her character was "Kenia Jasso Navarro" and her work in the telenovela earned her a Bravo Prize for the "Best New actress". That same year, the producers Roberto Gómez Fernández and Giselle González, gave her the opportunity to participate as an antagonist in Cachito de cielo, in which she starred alongside Maite Perroni, Pedro Fernández and Jorge Poza. She played the character of "Mara", a female journalist. A year later she participated in De que te quiero, te quiero, which was produced by Lucero Suárez. She was the antagonist and shared credits with Livia Brito and Juan Diego Covarrubias. In 2014, she had her first starring role in El color de la pasión produced by Roberto Gómez Fernández. Other cast members were Erick Elías and Claudia Ramírez. A year later, she works again with Lucero Suárez in La vecina. This is the second time that she works with Juan Diego Covarrubias and being protagonist of a telenovela. Few years after starring as a protagonist in Enamorándome de Ramón with José Ron and La bella y las bestias with Osvaldo Benavides, Pimentel announced that she would depart from Televisa and she left her contract with the television company for the time being, as she preferred to extend more creative freedom within her artistic and acting career by looking into different theater, television, and film projects.

• Year — Title — Roles — Notes • 2009 — Verano de amor — Adalberta Clavería — Recurring role; 120 episodes • 2011 — Como dice el dicho — Sandra — Episode: "Más vale solo" • 2012 — Abismo de pasión — Kenia Jasso Navarro — Supporting role; 39 episodes • 2012 — Cachito de cielo — Mara Magaña — Main role; 102 episodes • 2013 — Nueva vida — Pilar — Episode: "Madre soltera" • 2013 — Gossip Girl: Acapulco — Francesca Ruíz de Hinojosa — Recurring role; 6 episodes • 2013 — De que te quiero, te quiero — Diana Mendoza Grajales de Cáceres — Main role; 58 episodes • 2014 — El color de la pasión — Lucía Gaxiola Murillo — Lead role; 118 episodes • 2015–2016 — La vecina — Sara Granados — Lead role; 177 episodes • 2016–2017 — 40 y 20 — Lorena — Episodes: "No me importa que me digan mujeriego" and "Fake news" • 2017 — Las 13 esposas de Wilson Fernández — Amanda — Episode: "Amanda" • 2017 — Enamorándome de Ramón — Fabiola Medina — Lead role; 117 episodes • 2018 — La bella y las bestias — Isabela León — Lead role; 66 episodes • 2020 — El Candidato — Verónica de Velasco Rivera — Main role; 10 episodes • 2021 — The Good Doctor — Nurse Ana Morales — Guest role; 2 episodes • 2022 — Donde hubo fuego — Olivia Serrano — Main role; 39 episodes • 2023 — Montecristo — Haydée Hernández — Main role; 6 episodes • 2024 — Un buen divorcio — Jessica — Main role • Perverso — Mariana — Main role

She also worked under the name Esmeralda Pimentel. Her recorded language was Spanish.