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Maria del Mar
Born: 1st Jun 1964 Madrid, Spain
Dept: Acting
Maria del Mar del Castillo (who works as an actress under the name Maria del Mar) is a Canadian television actress, who has starred in series such as Street Legal, Tek War, Relativity, Mercy Point, Terminal City and Blue Murder.
She was born in Madrid, Spain in 1964, and grew up in Ottawa, Ontario.
She is sometimes mistakenly credited with having been the lead singer of the 1980s Canadian goth rock band National Velvet, which was in fact fronted by a different Maria del Mar. Her performance in A Touch of Grey (2009) earned her a Canadian Comedy Award in the 13th ceremony for the best female performance in a feature and nominated in 2001 to Gemini Award in the 16th edition for best performance by an actress in a continuing leading dramatic role for Blue Murder. Maria is the 2024 recipient of the ACTRA Award of Excellence, voted by her peers for her years of volunteerism with the union. She’s a two-term ACTRA Toronto Councillor, a former chair of the ACTRA Awards Committee and an alternate at the National Council table.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 55
Film: 24 (44%)
Television: 31 (56%)
Remaining genres not in graph: History, Science Fiction, Animation, Documentary, Kids, Fantasy
Filmography
May 2023 (first aired)
A group of kids join a secret agency where they learn to use the power of imagination to journey into the Dream World and create fantastic creations i ... view
Character:
Mrs. Castillo (voice) (21 ep.)
Lunia (voice) (1 ep.)
Lunia / Mrs. Castellia (voice) (1 ep.)
2021
A big-city sommelier, Camila returns to her hometown and family-run business for the annual ice wine harvest that coincides with the holidays. But the ... view
Character:
Sunny Ruiz
Aug 2021 (first aired)
A wealthy but dysfunctional family gathers for a reunion on a secluded island. Their old wounds and competitive rivalries flare up when the family rea ... view
Character:
Annette (2 ep.)
Feb 2019 (first aired)
Detective Charlie Hudson teams up with what he calls his "highly trained law enforcement animal" German Shepherd dog named Rex who he prefers to team ... view
Character:
Veronica Kaatchi (1 ep.)
Oct 2018 (first aired)
Best friends Romano, Potlood and De Paus rise in the rank of the criminal world. Before they know it, they run Amsterdam's entire coke market. Because ... view
Character:
Bloedmooie Escort (1 ep.)
Sep 2017 (first aired)
Follow the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms, and one Starfleet officer who must learn that to truly un ... view
Character:
Culber's Grandma (1 ep.)
2017
A detective, who is deeply grieving over the tragic loss of his wife and daughter, becomes determined to find the kidnapped daughter of the U.S. Ambas ... view
Character:
Maggie
2015
Mickey Ryan falls from grace due to a series of downward spiraling events beyond his control. With his life turned upside down, Mickey tries valiantly ... view
Character:
Maureen Ryan
2014
Melody, high powered corporate workaholic for a retail conglomerate, is happy to spend the holidays jet-setting with her girlfriends. However, she's i ... view
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Jen
2014
A relentlessly-paced hybrid of gritty crime thriller and Lovecraftian supernatural horror, "The Devil's Mile" follows a trio of kidnappers who take an ... view
Character:
Cally
2013
An artist's daughter comes to terms with her mother's rough life and the connection they share. ... view
Character:
Helene
Oct 2013 (first aired)
The Covert Investigations Unit (CIU) risks going undercover to infiltrate and bring down criminal organizations. In this new style of short-term, high ... view
Character:
Luisa Cortez (1 ep.)
Apr 2013 (first aired)
Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham i ... view
Character:
Wendy Vega (1 ep.)
Jan 2013 (first aired)
The adventures of professional transporter Frank Martin, who can always be counted on to get the job done—discreetly. Operating in a seedy underworl ... view
Character:
Blanche Xavier (1 ep.)
Sep 2010 (first aired)
The gorgeous and charismatic Bo is a supernatural being called a succubus who feeds on the energy of humans, sometimes with fatal results. Refusing to ... view
Character:
Donna (1 ep.)
Jan 2010 (first aired)
Follows the lives of three young doctors fresh from medical school, and embarking on their new careers. ... view
Character:
Dr. Miniadis (uncredited) (1 ep.)
Dr. Miniadis (1 ep.)
2009
Barb has the perfect life, or so she's been told. Somewhere down the road, she's gained a husband, kids and a career, but lost her freedom and passion ... view
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Barb
Jan 2008 (first aired)
A Victorian-era Toronto detective uses then-cutting edge forensic techniques to solve crimes, with the assistance of a female coroner who is also stru ... view
Character:
Sarah Pensell (2 ep.)
2006
Henry Jekyll is a young science student who, along with his friend Mary, experiments with various drugs and compounds in order to create a personality ... view
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Professor Poole
2006
Abby Lord (Maria del Mar) is kidnapped and her husband Robert Lord (Joe Lando) has to pay off a million dollar ransom. Based on a True Life story. ... view
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Abby Lord
2006
1959, support from US troops based in Asia and later from the Sates enables two actresses to start a charity for mixed-race 'orphans' who are locally ... view
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Annie
Oct 2005 (first aired)
Terminal City was a Canadian mini-series about a woman diagnosed with breast cancer while running a failing reality tv show turning it into a hit as h ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (10 ep.)
2004
A young college co-ed tries joining the elite, all-male, secret society, the Skulls, and in so doing, she uncovers some unscrupulous methods used by s ... view
Character:
Det. Valdez
2003
This documentary from Min Sook Lee follows a poverty-stricken father from Central Mexico, along with several of his countrymen, as they make their ann ... view
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Narrator
2003
This compelling political drama is based on the true story of high-ranking Pentagon official Daniel Ellsberg, who, during the Nixon era, strove to pre ... view
Character:
Carol Ellsberg
2002
Two separate stories mesh - in the first, a young music teacher, Maggie Andrews, begins dying of a heart condition and her son Nathan tries to get a p ... view
Character:
Kate Layton
Jul 2002 (first aired)
Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most b ... view
Character:
Monica Waters (1 ep.)
Nov 2001 (first aired)
Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode unfolding in real-time, "24" covers a si ... view
Character:
Rachel Forrester (3 ep.)
Mar 2001 (first aired)
Clint Cassidy, a rural Montana doctor with traditional values and simple methods, moves to bustling New York City to work at a Manhattan clinic, ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Jan 2001 (first aired)
Blue Murder is a Canadian crime drama television series, featuring stories that reflected the turbulence of urban life and the crimes that make headli ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (54 ep.)
Jan 2001 (first aired)
Ten years after the original Robocop, Delta City is city owned and operated by OCP. RoboCop finds himself nearly obsolete and his former partner, John ... view
Character:
Sara Cable (4 ep.)
2001
Thirteen years after the original Robocop, Delta City, considered to be "The Safest Place On Earth!", has become a futuristic city owned and operated ... view
Character:
Sara Cable
2000
An ex-boxer, living with the knowledge that his fight career was cut short by a crooked manager, channels his bitter disappointment in a single-minded ... view
Character:
Rita Ortega
Nov 1998 (first aired)
The recently widowed Jo March Behr continues to run the school she and her late husband founded, a school for boys called "Plumfield." ... view
Character:
Sadie Burns (1 ep.)
Oct 1998 (first aired)
Mercy Point is an American science fiction series that ran from the fall of 1998 to the midsummer of 1999 on UPN. The series, set in the mid-23rd cent ... view
Character:
Dr. Haylen Breslauer (8 ep.)
Sep 1998 (first aired)
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven was a 1998 Canadian television series created by Bryce Zabel spun off from the The Crow film series starring Mark Dacasco ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Mar 1997 (first aired)
A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its story ... view
Character:
A.D.A. Cindy Lichtman (1 ep.)
1996
A country singer dies prematurely, but cannot enter heaven until she performs a good deed back on earth. ... view
Character:
Allison
Sep 1996 (first aired)
Relativity follows a twenty-something couple and the lives and loves of their friends and siblings in Los Angeles. ... view
Character:
Julia Cordoza (4 ep.)
1996
The plans of a moonshine runner trying to make a better life by becoming a stock car racer go awry when the local sheriff is determined to kill the dr ... view
Character:
Ethel Miller
1995
A round of unerotic sexual couplings in Toronto, interspersed with interviews about an impending total eclipse. ... view
Character:
Sarah
Sep 1995 (first aired)
Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge Advocate General) division, the elite legal wing of offic ... view
Character:
Alicia Montes (1 ep.)
Mar 1995 (first aired)
Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were of ... view
Character:
Jennifer Rigny (1 ep.)
1995
An ordinary man's life takes an extraordinary turn for the worst after he finds himself caught in the tangled web of a manipulative mass murderer. ... view
Character:
Melanie Quint
Dec 1994 (first aired)
TekWar is a North American television series, based on the TekWar novels ghost-written by Ron Goulart from outlines by William Shatner and developed f ... view
Character:
Lt. Sam Houston (18 ep.)
Sep 1993 (first aired)
After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets sho ... view
Character:
Leslie Wellman (2 ep.)
1993
Mark Cahill is a good family man with a loving wife and two wonderful children. Mark also happens to be a hit man who is haunted by his last victim, a ... view
Character:
Joanne
Mar 1993 (first aired)
A murdered hitman is given a second chance at redemption by returning to Earth as a reluctant guardian, tasked with protecting people in danger while ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Jan 1993 (first aired)
Like his legendary namesake, Kwai Chang Caine is a warrior monk, operating a Shaolin temple in Northern California. After an evil priest, Tan, destroy ... view
Character:
Melanie Parker (1 ep.)
May 1992 (first aired)
Forever Knight is a Canadian television series about Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a police detective in modern day Toronto. Wracked ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Original title: Montréal vu par…
1991
Six stories about Montreal. 1: A young housewife from Toronto samples the nightlife using basic French. 2: The tale of a painting of Montreal's first ... view
Character:
Invitée
Oct 1988 (first aired)
Humanity must resume its war against the Martians when they revive after decades of hibernation following their defeat in the 1950s. The fate of Earth ... view
Character:
Estelle (1 ep.)
1988
Andrea Crawford, an important business woman, risks everything to save a kid from the life of crime. ... view
Character:
Lola
Jan 1987 (first aired)
The professional and private lives of a group of young, aggressive attorneys in partnership together in a small downtown Toronto law firm. However the ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)