Zharick León

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is León and the second or maternal family name is Villalba.

Zharick León
León in 2024
Born	Zharick Andrea León Villalba (1974-11-17) 17 November 1974 Cartagena, Colombia
Nationality	Colombian
Alma mater	Pontifical Xavierian University
Occupations	Actress Model
Years active	1997-present
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Spouses	Martín Karpan ​ ​ (m. 2007; div. 2009)​ Nicolás Reyes ​ ​ (m. 2010; div. 2011)​
Partner	José Rodrigo Bonilla (2013-2016)
Children	2

Zharick Andrea León Villalba (born 17 November 1974) is a Colombian actress and model. She is known for her modeling work and portrayal of characters in Doña Bella, Pasión de Gavilanes, and for her leading role in Los Ajenos Fútbol Club and Decisiones: Unos ganan, otros pierden.

Biography

Zharick Andrea León Villalba was born on 17 November 1974 in Cartagena, Colombia. Her father is part of the United States Marine Corps. She grew up in a house with a military discipline. From a young age, she became familiar with weapons, self-defense movements, Martial arts, and Kung fu. At the age of 17, she left Cartagena to move to Bogotá, combining modeling with studies in Social Communication and Journalism at the Pontifical Xavierian University.

Personal life

In 2008, she gave birth to the couple's first child Luciano Karpan León with the Argentine Actor, Martín Karpan, whom she met in the recordings of La viuda de Blanco in 2007. They took separate ways in 2009.

In 2010, she married the Colombian commercial television producer, Nicolás Reyes. The ceremony was a shamanic ritual, on the grounds of the Tayrona National Natural Park in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. The celebration lasted 15 days and only twelve people were invited. The couple divorced in February 2011.

Upon completion of her work in Graduados she decides to take a break and travels continuously with her son Luciano. In this passage, León decides to attend a Yoga workshop in the Tayrona National Natural Park in the Magdalena Department, Colombia, where she meets the Mexican yoga instructor and businessman, José Rodrigo Bonilla. In 2014, she gave birth to her second child and first child with Bonilla, whom they called Levana Bonilla León. The couple broke up in 2016.

Career

Modeling career

She started out as a model in her teenage years. Felipe Eljach convinced her to compete in La Chica Águila, where she obtained first place.

The opportunity on television came when she was part of a modeling agency, and she was chosen to present the Non Plus Ultra magazine.

In 2004, she appeared on the cover of Colombian magazine SoHo.

By the end of 2005, she traveled to Spain again, and posed on the cover of the men's magazine Interviú.

Television career

They proposed to her the interpretation of a character in the series Hombres. Later, she went to a casting in which she was requested and got the role of Carolina in Dos mujeres.

In 2003, she went to Miami, Florida to audition for the role of the provocative singer Rosario Montes in the Colombian series Pasión de Gavilanes.

In 2004, she starred in the novel Dora, la celadora.

In 2005, she co-starred in El baile de la Vida. In April of the same year, it was presented at the Plaza de Artes y Oficios of the Parque Forestal of Guayaquil, Ecuador, where thousands of people came to observe it.

Frontera 2006 to 2007, she was the antagonist of the television series La viuda de Blanco with Itatí Cantoral and Francisco Gattorno.

From 2007 to 2008, she was the protagonist of the television series Sobregiro de amor.

In 2010, she was the protagonist of the television series Doña Bella with Fabián Ríos, Marcelo Buquet and Stephanie Cayo.

From 2010 to 2011, she was part of the cast of the television series La Pola.

In 2021, it is confirmed that the actress will give life to Rosario Montes in Pasión de Gavilanes 2.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Character	Channel	Notes
1997-1998	Dos mujeres	Carolina Urdaneta	Canal 1	200 episodes
1998-1999	Amor en forma	Victoria		3 episodes
1999-2000	Me llaman Lolita	Margarita "Margara"	RCN Televisión	198 episodes
2000-2001	Adónde va Soledad	Soledad Rivas		117 episodes
2003	No renuncies Salomé	Laura		140 episodes
2003–2022	Pasión de Gavilanes	Rosario Montes	Telemundo / Caracol Televisión	Main cast
2004	Dora, la celadora	Dora "La celadora" Lara	Caracol Televisión	122 episodes
2005-2006	El baile de la vida	Lina Forero		171 episodes
2006-2007	La viuda de Blanco	Iluminada Urbina	Telemundo	158 episodes
2007-2008	Sobregiro de amor	Liliana Herrera	Caracol Televisión	78 episodes
2010	Doña Bella	Bella "Doña Bella" de Santa Lucía Cepeda	RCN Televisión	88 episodes
2010-2011	La Pola	Catarina Salavarrieta		112 episodes
2012	La ruta blanca	Sara Mendoza	Cadenatres	92 episodes
2013	La promesa	Luz Miriam / Alias Indira	Caracol Televisión	60 episodes
2013-2014	Graduados	Jimena Rocha Rosales / Patricia Delgado de Vallejo	RCN Televisión	257 episodes
2016-2017	La ley del corazón	Marcela de Segura		Special Guest
2018	Garzón vive	Yolanda "Tuto" Meneses		90 episodes
2019	Decisiones: Unos ganan, otros pierden	Margarita	Telemundo	Episode 12: "Regalo de vida"
2020	Operación pacífico	Fabiola		Special Guest
	Vidas posibles	Juana Hernández
2023	Romina poderosa	Virginia Vélez	Caracol Televisión	53 episodes
2024	Betty, la fea: la historia continúa	María José "Majo" Arriaga López	Amazon Prime Video	10 episodes

Movies

Year	Movie	Character	Director
2009	Alborada carmesí	Natalia Bustamante	Luis Hernán Reina
2019	Los Ajenos Fútbol Club	Martina Ibáñez	Juan Camilo Pinzón
2022	Que Las Hay... Las Hay		Gonzalo Londono