Watch Maribel Guardia Videos

Maribel del Rocío Fernández García (born May 29, 1959) is a Costa Rican-born Mexican actress, who works in Mexico, and currently lives and resides in Mexico. Maribel was elected Miss Costa Rica in 1978, going on to represent her country at the Miss World and Miss Universe contests. The Miss Universe pageant had been held in Acapulco, and she received offers by Televisa producer Sergio Bustamante to develop a career there, but she returned to her country, and months later she accepted, and left her mother and boyfriend. Guardia moved to Mexico in 1980; this move proved to be crucial for... MORE

Maribel del Rocío Fernández García (born May 29, 1959) is a Costa Rican-born Mexican actress, who works in Mexico, and currently lives and resides in Mexico. Maribel was elected Miss Costa Rica in 1978, going on to represent her country at the Miss World and Miss Universe contests. The Miss Universe pageant had been held in Acapulco, and she received offers by Televisa producer Sergio Bustamante to develop a career there, but she returned to her country, and months later she accepted, and left her mother and boyfriend. Guardia moved to Mexico in 1980; this move proved to be crucial for her show business career. In 1980, she appeared in her first television show, alongside Manuel "El Loco" Valdés. Guardia went on to make multiple telenovelas (soap operas) and release a series of albums in the Norteña music genre. Maribel Guardia has acted alongside some very important actors, including Andrés García, Saul Lisazo, and Joan Sebastian. One of her major soap opera hits was alongside Sebastian. Together, they filmed Tú y yo. One film where she acted alongside Andrés García was Pedro Navaja, where she played the main character's wife. She also did a film that was called El Rey de Los LESS