Sarah Jorge León

Sarah Jorge León
Born27 November 1982
Santo Domingo

Sarah Amalia Jorge León (born 27 November 1982) is an actress, writer and producer from the Dominican Republic.[1]

Life and career

Jorge León was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She is the oldest of three children, with siblings Marcos Jorge León and actress Nina Jorge León. Her parents are María Amalia León Cabral, arts patron, philanthropist, and director of the Eduardo León Jimenes Foundation – the elder of two daughters of businessman José León Asensio –, and civil engineer, Marcos Augusto Jorge Elías. She is great-greanddaughter of businessmen José María Cabral Bermúdez and Eduardo León Jimenes; she is also descended from Dominican presidents Buenaventura Báez, Ulises Espaillat, and Marco Antonio Cabral.

Miss Jorge León is a psychology graduate (concentration: drama / communications) (cum laude) from Manhattanville College and also holds a Master of Fine Arts (acting) from the ART / MXAT program at Harvard University; this program requires a six-month residency at the MXAT theater (Moscow, Russia), founded by Stanislavski.

Some of her roles include classics such as Suki from the play Celebration by Harold Pinter; Hermia in Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare and Kleopatra in Diary of a Scoundrel by Astrovsky. She participated as part of the cast of the Spanish Repertoire of New York, where she acted in classics such as: Rosita the Solterona and Bodas de Sangre directed by René Buch, as well as the role of “La Brasileña” in Pantaleón and its Visitors, among others.

Her film credits include starring roles in shorts such as 729 and In the Face of Madness, as well as in feature films such as Women, Lotoman, Lotoman 2.0, South of Innocence, Beast of Cardo, The Seven Deaths, etc.

Sarah starred in television roles such as Sofia in the mini-series The Don, Sara in the pilot Dumped, Karina in the pilot Slit NYC, Adriana for the American series Jane The Virgin (currently on the digital platform Netflix).

Miss Jorge León just wrapped a leading performance on the film Candela directed by Andrés Farías (which project was selected at the Fabrique Du Cinema Du Monde in Cannes 2018, as well as selected winner of the IBERMEDIA development fund 2016 and Sundance Screenwriters Lab 2016 and Sundance Editing Lab 2019), where she played the role of Sera Peñablanca.

Miss Jorge León co-starred in the international box office hit film After, led by Hero Fiennes Tiffin and Josephine Langford.

Jorge was nominated in 2015 for the La Silla Awards and the Soberano Award in the "Best Leading Actress" category,[2] for her role in Al Sur de la Inocencia.

Filmography

Year Title Character Director Country
2011 Lotoman Camelita Archie López Dominican Republic
2012 Lotoman 2.0 Dominican Republic
2014 Al Sur de la Inocencia Vera Héctor Valdez Dominican Republic
Bestia de Cardo Sara Virginia Sánchez Navarro Dominican Republic
2015 República del Color Narrator (voice) Héctor Valdez Dominican Republic
2016 Death by Designer Marlena Van Zane Frankie Báez United States
Remember Him Jasiel Frankie Báez United States
2017 Jane the Virgin Adrianna Gina Lamar United States
Las Siete Muertes Eva Gerardo Herrero Spain
2019 After Prof. Martínez Jenny Gage United States
Candela Sera Peñablanca Andrés Farías France

Ancestry

Ancestors of Sarah Jorge León
16. Juan Pedro Jorge Peña
Paradero, Dominican Republic
8. Brig. Gen. Francisco Antonio Jorge Domínguez (1878–1942)
Altamira, Dominican Republic
17. Dolores Domínguez
Gurabo, Dominican Republic
4. Lt. Gen. Marcos Antonio Jorge Moreno (1927–2005)
Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
18. Marcos Antonio Moreno López
Spain
9. María Concepción Moreno Domínguez (1883–1967)
Gurabo, Dominican Republic
19. María Concepción Domínguez Gómez
Jánico, Dominican Republic
2. Marcos Augusto Jorge Elías (1948–2018)
Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
10. José Elías
Lebanon
5. Adelina Elías Yunes
Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
11. Sarah Yunes
Lebanon
1. Sarah Amelia Jorge León (born 1992)
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
24. Antonio Gavino de León González (1848–1913)
12. Eduardo Antonio León Jimenes (1885–1937)
25. María Natividad Jiménez López
6. José Augusto César León Asensio (1934–)
Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
26. Ramón Asensio Ruiz (1863–1946)
13. María Asensio Córdoba (1896–1976)
27. Rosa Adelaida Córdoba Viscarrondo (1870–1905)
3. Dr. María Amalia León Cabral (b. 1960)
28. José María Cabral y Báez (1864–1937)
Baní, Dominican Republic
14. José María Cabral Bermúdez (1902–1984)
Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
29. María Petronila Bermúdez Rochette (1872–1942)
Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
7. Petrica Cabral Vega (1938–)
Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
30. José Nicolás Vega Llenas (1867–1925)
Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
15. Mercedes Amalia Vega Batlle
Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
31. María Asunción Batlle Espaillat (1876–1972)
Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

References

  1. ^ Sánchez, Leandro (14 March 2014). "Sarah Jorge León: Soñadora, curiosa e inteligente como en "Al Sur de la Inocencia"" (in Spanish). El Caribe. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Nominados al Soberano 2015" (in Spanish). El Día. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2016.

External links

  • Official website: sarahjorgeleon.com
  • Biography for Sarah Jorge León at IMDb
  • Sarah Jorge León on Twitter
  • XVIII Muestra Internacional de Cine de Santo Domingo


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