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Jimena Hoyos Souza (born Dec. 31, 1977) is an actress from Bogotá, Colombia. [1] Hoyos has worked in television, short films, and films outside Colombia. She is known for her role in The Devil Wears Prada and for being runner-up in the Soap Net Original Series I Wanna Be a Soap Star.

Background and career

Hoyos studied plastic arts in Colombia. She moved to the United States and worked as a magazine editor. She took acting classes at Stella Adler Studio of Acting and in Sheila Gray Acting studio. After two weeks of taking acting classes, she started to play roles in TV series in Colombia. Because of her success, she moved to the United States where she started to act in some films, short films and series, and worked as a model. [2]

Career

Gozques Foundation

Hoyos has been very active with her foundation named Gozques, through which she has fed more than one hundred dogs daily using a more efficient food dispenser for dogs that she created in order to keep dogs on the street fed. [3] Also, she has been designing the frames for the pictures she takes of the dogs making them with different elements she takes from junkyards getting them reusable becoming the design of the frame fitted with the environment of the picture. [4] [5] She persuaded many celebrities to embrace that cause like the British racing driver Sam Reklaw who she advised to decorate his race car with the logos of the various animal shelters in order to raise some sort of awareness. [6]

References

  1. ^ "Jimena Hoyos". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  2. ^ Zoom Magazine, September 9, 2013, by zoomword
  3. ^ Revista Bocas, El Tiempo 14 de Enero de 2015
  4. ^ Revista Cromos, 26 DE JULIO DE 2013
  5. ^ Jimena Hoyos.... Puedes hacer la diferencia Life Stylos 2013
  6. ^ "Sam Reklaw on Homeless Animals, And the Heroes Who Help Them". sg.style.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-09-10.

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