Alina Lozano

Alina Lozano was born in Bogotá, Colombia on 6 January 1965. She studied at the National School of Dramatic Art and at the Permanent Theater Research Workshop directed by Santiago García. She also took university classes in hotel management and law, but withdrew from the programs, as she felt "out of place". She married Cuban actor Mijail Mulkay in 2005. They divorced in 2008. In 2022, she began a relationship with actor Jim Velásquez, and a year later they announced their engagement. ==Acting career==

Lozano credits Álvaro Rodríguez as her most influential acting teacher. She joined his troupe, El Callejón del Gato, for six years. After performing in the production Bodas de perla, which Dago García broadcast on the program Invitados de medianoche, she was able to move into television, beginning with a role in the comedy '' in 1991. She also received an India Catalina Award for Pa' quererte'' in 2021. Most recently, she appeared in the telenovelas Til Money Do Us Part in 2022 and La Reina del Sur from 2022 to 2023. ==Writing==

Lozano cowrote the play El mono sabe a qué palo trepa with actor , and they appeared together in a 2012 production of it which toured Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Miami, and New York. She has also written other plays, such as Gladys canta y sus males espanta. ==Filmography==

• Bodas de Perla • Inquilina fugaz • Amores simultáneos • The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother • El viento y la ceniza • El diálogo del rebusque • La trifulca y la tresescena • El mono sabe a qué palo trepa ==Awards and nominations==