Maria del Mar

Biography

Maria del Mar del Castillo (who works as an actress under the name Maria del Mar) is a Canadian television actress, who has starred in series such as Street Legal, Tek War, Relativity, Mercy Point, Terminal City and Blue Murder. She was born in Madrid, Spain in 1964, and grew up in Ottawa, Ontario. She is sometimes mistakenly credited with having been the lead singer of the 1980s Canadian goth rock band National Velvet, which was in fact fronted by a different Maria del Mar. Her performance in A Touch of Grey (2009) earned her a Canadian Comedy Award in the 13th ceremony for the best female performance in a feature and nominated in 2001 to Gemini Award in the 16th edition for best performance by an actress in a continuing leading dramatic role for Blue Murder. Maria is the 2024 recipient of the ACTRA Award of Excellence, voted by her peers for her years of volunteerism with the union. She’s a two-term ACTRA Toronto Councillor, a former chair of the ACTRA Awards Committee and an alternate at the National Council table.

Known For

Professor Poole

Jekyll + Hyde

Det. Valdez

The Skulls III

Kate Layton

The Christmas Shoes

Sunny Ruiz

An Ice Wine Christmas

Abby Lord

Engaged to Kill

Rita Ortega

Price of Glory

Sara Cable

RoboCop: Prime Directives

Ethel Miller

Moonshine Highway

Melanie Quint

Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead

Joanne

Cold Sweat

Barb

A Touch of Grey

Annie

For the Love of a Child

Sarah

Eclipse

Cally

The Devil's Mile

Jen

Holidaze

Allison

Unlikely Angel

Maureen Ryan

No Deposit

Narrator

El Contrato

Carol Ellsberg

The Pentagon Papers

Vita

Diary of a Sex Addict

Maggie

The Red Maple Leaf

Invitée

Montréal vu par…

Helene

Looking Is the Original Sin

Lola

The Child Saver