Marcela Medel

Sonia Marcela Medel Fuentes (Santiago, September 13, 1947) is a Chilean actress, popularly known for her roles in telenovelas.

Marcela Medel
Born	Sonia Marcela Medel Fuentes (1957-12-13) December 13, 1957 Santiago, Chile
Alma mater	University of Chile
Occupation	Actress
Spouse	Samuel Villarroel
Children	1

Biography

She completed her studies at the Manuel de Salas High School in Ñuñoa. Later, she entered the Theater School of the University of Chile, where she was a classmate of Claudia Di Girólamo, Alfredo Castro, Roxana Campos, Maricarmen Arrigorriaga, Alejandro Goic, and Rosa Ramírez. She was part of the Teatro Itinerante group.

Her television debut was in the TVN telenovela Villa Los Aromos, where she shared the screen with Luz Jiménez and Óscar Olavarría. She spent much of her television career at Canal 13, from the 1980s until the mid-2000s. In the 80s and 90s, the actress was part of memorable fictions such as “Andrea, justicia de mujer”, “Ángel Malo”, “Semidiós”, “¿Te conté?”, “Villa Napoli”, “Marrón Glacé”, “El palo al gato”, “Champaña” and “Marrón Glacé, el regreso”, where she stood out for her great talent.

In telenovelas, she has collaborated with directors such as Óscar Rodríguez Gingins, Herval Rossano, and Herval Abreu.

In March 2025, Medel landed the role of Angustias in the audio series La casa de Bernarda Alba, based on Federico García Lorca's play of the same name, a co-production between ChileActores, GestionArte, and the GAM Center, adapted and directed by Claudia Di Girolamo Quesney.

Personal life

She is married to Chilean actor Samuel Villarroel, whom she met during the filming of the TVN telenovela La gran mentira (1982). Their daughter, Camila, was born during the marriage. Marcela is the sister of Eduardo Medel, who is the father of her six nephews and nieces.

Filmography

Films

• Nemesio (1985)
• No (2012)
• Calzones rotos (2018)

Television

Telenovelas

Year	Title	Role	Channel
1981	Villa Los Aromos	Laura Muñoz	Televisión Nacional
1982	La gran mentira	Andrea
1983	El juego de la vida	Marcela Salinas
1983	La represa	Cristina Poblete
1984	Andrea	Sonia	Canal 13
1986	Ángel malo	Antonieta Oyarzo
1988	Semidiós	Norma Acevedo
1990	¿Te conté?	Rita Carreño
1991	Villa Nápoli	Elcira Faúndez
1992	El palo al gato	Sofía
1993	Marrón glacé	Shirley Fariña
1994	Champaña	Fernanda Romero
1996	Marrón glacé, el regreso	Shirley Fariña
1997	Rossabella	Paola Vargas	Mega
1998	A todo dar	Solange Vásquez
1999	Algo está cambiando	Leonor Machuca
2000	Corazón pirata	Ginette Cáceres	Canal 13
2003	Machos	Clemencia Ríos
2004	Tentación	Milagros Yáñez
2005	Gatas y tuercas	Rita Ruiz
2006	Charly tango	Valeska Patiño
2011	Su nombre es Joaquín	Milagros Lucero	Televisión Nacional
2014	Volver a amar	Rosa Peña
2016	Preciosas	María Ester Suárez	Canal 13
2017	Verdades ocultas	Laura Flores	Mega
2018	Verdades ocultas 2	Laura Flores

TV Series

Series
Year	Serie	Role	Channel
2002	La vida es una lotería	Mary	TVN
2009	Corin Tellado	Marisa	Chilevisión