Tatiana Astengo

Tatiana Astengo (born June 7, 1967) is a Peruvian actress. She studied Communication Sciences at the University of San Martín de Porres and began her career as a dancer and singer in the 1980s. She made her film debut in Captain Pantoja and the Special Services (1999), a role that catapulted her to fame. She has appeared in various television series in Peru and Spain, including Al fondo hay sitio (2011-2016) and De vuelta al barrio (2018-2019). Astengo has also worked in theatre and has received awards for her performances in cinema. She has had a versatile career, excelling in different media and genres.

What the Eye Doesn't See (2003)

Through out six different and yet parallel stories that take place during the corrupted goverment during the 90s in Peru, Lombardi tells the moral decomposition that ran through all classes and generations of the peruvian society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francisco J. Lombardi
CAST:  Gustavo Bueno  •  Tatiana Astengo  •  Melania Urbina  •  Pietro Sibille

Through out six different and yet parallel stories that take place during the corrupted goverment during the 90s in Peru, Lombardi tells the moral decomposition that ran through all classes and generations of the peruvian society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francisco J. Lombardi
CAST:  Gustavo Bueno  •  Tatiana Astengo  •  Melania Urbina  •  Pietro Sibille

Promedio rojo (2004)

Nerdy comic book aficionado Roberto Rodriguez battles low self-esteem, loser friends and vicious high school bullies as he vies for the heart of Cristina, the hot new girl from Madrid.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicolás López
CAST:  Ariel Levy  •  Xenia Tostado  •  Benjamín Vicuña  •  Tatiana Astengo

Nerdy comic book aficionado Roberto Rodriguez battles low self-esteem, loser friends and vicious high school bullies as he vies for the heart of Cristina, the hot new girl from Madrid.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicolás López
CAST:  Ariel Levy  •  Xenia Tostado  •  Benjamín Vicuña  •  Tatiana Astengo

Captain Pantoja and the Special Services (1999)

The Peruvian army captain Pantaleon Pantoja, a very serious and efficient officer, is chosen by his superiors to set up a special service of 'visitors' to satisfy the sexual needs of the soldiers posted on remote jungle outposts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francisco J. Lombardi
CAST:  Angie Cepeda  •  Salvador del Solar  •  Mónica Sánchez  •  Pilar Bardem

The Peruvian army captain Pantaleon Pantoja, a very serious and efficient officer, is chosen by his superiors to set up a special service of 'visitors' to satisfy the sexual needs of the soldiers posted on remote jungle outposts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francisco J. Lombardi
CAST:  Angie Cepeda  •  Salvador del Solar  •  Mónica Sánchez  •  Pilar Bardem

Paper Dove (2003)

Juan, a young man convicted of terrorism, is given amnesty from a Lima prison; he boards a bus to return home and, in his mind's eye, recalls events in his village near Huaraz when he was 10 or 12. His father is long dead, his mother lives with Fermin, secretly a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fabrizio Aguilar
CAST:  Antonio Callirgos  •  Eduardo Cesti  •  Aristóteles Picho  •  Liliana Trujillo

Juan, a young man convicted of terrorism, is given amnesty from a Lima prison; he boards a bus to return home and, in his mind's eye, recalls events in his village near Huaraz when he was 10 or 12. His father is long dead, his mother lives with Fermin, secretly a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fabrizio Aguilar
CAST:  Antonio Callirgos  •  Eduardo Cesti  •  Aristóteles Picho  •  Liliana Trujillo

Fiestapatria (2007)

As two families celebrate the engagement of their children, one of the lovers unearths a family secret.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis R. Vera
CAST:  Adela Secall  •  Nelson Brodt  •  Marcela Osorio  •  Tiago Correa

As two families celebrate the engagement of their children, one of the lovers unearths a family secret.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis R. Vera
CAST:  Adela Secall  •  Nelson Brodt  •  Marcela Osorio  •  Tiago Correa

Django: La otra cara (2002)

Based on true events, this crime drama chronicles the wanderings of the thief Orlando González -alias Django- during his brief years of glory. After spending a time in the province, Django returns to Lima with his family, trying to escape the criminal circuit. But ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ricardo Velásquez
CAST:  Giovanni Ciccia  •  Melania Urbina  •  Sergio Galliani  •  Tatiana Astengo

Based on true events, this crime drama chronicles the wanderings of the thief Orlando González -alias Django- during his brief years of glory. After spending a time in the province, Django returns to Lima with his family, trying to escape the criminal circuit. But ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ricardo Velásquez
CAST:  Giovanni Ciccia  •  Melania Urbina  •  Sergio Galliani  •  Tatiana Astengo

Destiny Has No Favorites (2003)

Ana is a rich, repressed housewife. Much to her annoyance, her husband rents out their garden to a soap-opera production, and goes away on a business trip. In her dull solitude, Ana follows the shooting from her window, and soon becomes just as engrossed in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alvaro Velarde
CAST:  Angie Cepeda  •  Celine Aguirre  •  Tatiana Astengo  •  Bernie Paz

Ana is a rich, repressed housewife. Much to her annoyance, her husband rents out their garden to a soap-opera production, and goes away on a business trip. In her dull solitude, Ana follows the shooting from her window, and soon becomes just as engrossed in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alvaro Velarde
CAST:  Angie Cepeda  •  Celine Aguirre  •  Tatiana Astengo  •  Bernie Paz

Red Ink (2000)

Peru, early 2000s. Alfonso wants to be a writer, but he decides to work first as a journalist. He is assigned to the crime section of a newspaper, a job from which he can know the nasty guts of tabloid publications.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francisco J. Lombardi
CAST:  Gianfranco Brero  •  Giovanni Ciccia  •  Fele Martínez  •  Lucía Jiménez

Peru, early 2000s. Alfonso wants to be a writer, but he decides to work first as a journalist. He is assigned to the crime section of a newspaper, a job from which he can know the nasty guts of tabloid publications.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francisco J. Lombardi
CAST:  Gianfranco Brero  •  Giovanni Ciccia  •  Fele Martínez  •  Lucía Jiménez

Seven Minutes (2009)

¿Bastan 7 minutos para enamorarse? Los protagonistas de esta comedia coral y romántica no lo tienen claro. Pero lo van a intentar. Por eso acuden a una sesión de "citas rápidas", encuentros entre hombres y mujeres que quieren conocer gente, huir de la soledad y ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniela Féjerman
CAST:  Toni Acosta  •  Pilar Castro  •  Luis Callejo  •  Antonio Garrido

¿Bastan 7 minutos para enamorarse? Los protagonistas de esta comedia coral y romántica no lo tienen claro. Pero lo van a intentar. Por eso acuden a una sesión de "citas rápidas", encuentros entre hombres y mujeres que quieren conocer gente, huir de la soledad y ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniela Féjerman
CAST:  Toni Acosta  •  Pilar Castro  •  Luis Callejo  •  Antonio Garrido

Undertow (2009)

A married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town's rigid traditions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Javier Fuentes-León
CAST:  Tatiana Astengo  •  Manolo Cardona  •  Cristian Mercado  •  José Chacaltana

A married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town's rigid traditions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Javier Fuentes-León
CAST:  Tatiana Astengo  •  Manolo Cardona  •  Cristian Mercado  •  José Chacaltana

My Prison Yard (2008)

In Madrid, a petty thief who cannot adjust to life outside of jail puts together a theater troupe her friends -- a prostitute, a gypsy, and a Colombian immigrant -- in an attempt to make a go at a relatively straight life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Belén Macías
CAST:  Candela Peña  •  Verónica Echegui  •  Violeta Pérez  •  Ana Wagener

In Madrid, a petty thief who cannot adjust to life outside of jail puts together a theater troupe her friends -- a prostitute, a gypsy, and a Colombian immigrant -- in an attempt to make a go at a relatively straight life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Belén Macías
CAST:  Candela Peña  •  Verónica Echegui  •  Violeta Pérez  •  Ana Wagener

The Vanished Elephant (2014)

A crime novelist receives a vital clue to the whereabouts of his long-missing fiancée.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Javier Fuentes-León
CAST:  Salvador del Solar  •  Angie Cepeda  •  Lucho Cáceres  •  Vanessa Saba

A crime novelist receives a vital clue to the whereabouts of his long-missing fiancée.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Javier Fuentes-León
CAST:  Salvador del Solar  •  Angie Cepeda  •  Lucho Cáceres  •  Vanessa Saba

¡Asu Mare! (2013)

Follows the adventures of Carlos Alcántara on his way to fame from his childhood in the "Unidad Vecinal Mirones".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ricardo Maldonado
CAST:  Carlos Alcántara  •  Tatiana Astengo  •  Ana Cecilia Natteri  •  Carlos Cabrera

Follows the adventures of Carlos Alcántara on his way to fame from his childhood in the "Unidad Vecinal Mirones".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ricardo Maldonado
CAST:  Carlos Alcántara  •  Tatiana Astengo  •  Ana Cecilia Natteri  •  Carlos Cabrera

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DIRECTION:  Nicolás Muñoz
CAST:  Cristina Alcázar  •  Francisco Boira  •  María Botto  •  Nancho Novo

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DIRECTION:  Aldo Salvini
CAST:  Melania Urbina  •  Giovanni Ciccia  •  Tatiana Astengo  •  Aldo Miyashiro

Magallanes (2015)

Magallanes sees his humdrum life turn upside down the day Celina, a women he met in the violent years when he was a soldier with the Peruvian Army, jumps into his taxi in a Lima street. This unexpected re-encounter after 25 years with the dark past that unites them ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salvador del Solar
CAST:  Damián Alcázar  •  Magaly Solier  •  Federico Luppi  •  Christian Meier

Magallanes sees his humdrum life turn upside down the day Celina, a women he met in the violent years when he was a soldier with the Peruvian Army, jumps into his taxi in a Lima street. This unexpected re-encounter after 25 years with the dark past that unites them ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salvador del Solar
CAST:  Damián Alcázar  •  Magaly Solier  •  Federico Luppi  •  Christian Meier

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DIRECTION:  Aldo Salvini
CAST:  Giovanni Ciccia  •  Melania Urbina  •  Sergio Galliani  •  Tatiana Astengo

The Best Families (2020)

Luzmila and Peta are two sisters who come from a modest environment and work as housemaids for Alicia and Carmen, two aristocratic ladies of Peru. They are almost considered a part of the families or, at least, that’s what it seems… But one day, as the city is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Javier Fuentes-León
CAST:  Tatiana Astengo  •  Gabriela Velásquez  •  Gracia Olayo  •  Grapa Paola

Luzmila and Peta are two sisters who come from a modest environment and work as housemaids for Alicia and Carmen, two aristocratic ladies of Peru. They are almost considered a part of the families or, at least, that’s what it seems… But one day, as the city is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Javier Fuentes-León
CAST:  Tatiana Astengo  •  Gabriela Velásquez  •  Gracia Olayo  •  Grapa Paola

Redención (2023)

Obsessed with having a child, a couple devoted to a religious cult decides to bring a pregnant young woman, into their home until the baby is born, intending to adopt the child afterwards.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel Barreda-Delgado
CAST:  Tatiana Astengo  •  Jhon R. Dávila  •  Lucero López Ponce

Obsessed with having a child, a couple devoted to a religious cult decides to bring a pregnant young woman, into their home until the baby is born, intending to adopt the child afterwards.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel Barreda-Delgado
CAST:  Tatiana Astengo  •  Jhon R. Dávila  •  Lucero López Ponce