Article: Catalina: so how does an actress from Colombia whose name means "pure" make her mark in a business that's anything but? By being a breath of fresh air.(Interview)

The strikingly natural 25-year-old from Bogota, Colombia, stunned critics with her gritty film debut as a tragic drug courier in 2004's acclaimed Maria Full of Grace--a role for which she was nominated for an Academy Award. Since then, she's been cast in key roles in some of Hollywood's most anticipated films: the Ethan Hawke-helmed cinematic version of his 1996 best-selling novel, The Hottest State; Richard Linklater's controversial spin on Fast Food Nation (which also stars Hawke); and Mike Newell's upcoming adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera (1985). Recently, director Walter Salles spoke with the actress.

WALTER SALLES: So ...

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