Maria del Mar
Acting · Directing
Born June 1, 1964, Madrid, Spain
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.
Filmography
- 2025Pink Elephant — Director
- LEGO DREAMZzz — Mrs. Castillo (voice), Lunia (voice), Lunia / Mrs. Castellia (voice)
- 2021An Ice Wine Christmas — Sunny Ruiz
- Slasher: Flesh & Blood — Annette Galloway
- Hudson & Rex — Veronica Kaatchi
- Mocro Maffia — Bloedmooie Escort
- Star Trek: Discovery — Culber's Grandma
- 2017The Red Maple Leaf — Maggie
- 2015No Deposit — Maureen Ryan
- 2014Holidaze — Jen
- 2014The Devil's Mile — Cally
- Hannibal — Wendy Vega
- 2013Looking Is the Original Sin — Helene
- Played — Luisa Cortez
- Transporter: The Series — Blanche Xavier
- Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures — Dr. Miniadis (uncredited)
- Lost Girl — Donna
- 2009A Touch of Grey — Barb
- Murdoch Mysteries — Sarah Pensell
- 2006Engaged to Kill — Abby Lord
- 2006For the Love of a Child — Annie
- 2006Jekyll + Hyde — Professor Poole
- Terminal City
- 2004The Skulls III — Det. Valdez
- 2003El Contrato — Narrator
- 2003The Pentagon Papers — Carol Ellsberg
- Monk — Monica Waters
- 2002The Christmas Shoes — Kate Layton
- 24 — Rachel Forrester
- Blue Murder
- 2001Diary of a Sex Addict — Vita
- Doc — Nurse Sylvia
- 2001RoboCop: Prime Directives — Sara Cable
- Robocop: Prime Directives — Sara Cable
- 2000Price of Glory — Rita Ortega
- Little Men — Sadie Burns
- Mercy Point — Dr. Haylen Breslauer
- The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
- The Practice — A.D.A. Cindy Lichtman
- 1996Moonshine Highway — Ethel Miller
- Relativity — Julia Cordoza
- 1996Unlikely Angel — Allison
- 1995Eclipse — Sarah
- JAG — Alicia Montes
- 1995Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead — Melanie Quint
- The Outer Limits — Jennifer Rigny
- TekWar — Lt. Sam Houston
- 1993Cold Sweat — Joanne
- Frasier — Leslie Wellman
- Kung Fu: The Legend Continues — Melanie Parker
- Matrix
- Forever Knight
- 1991Montreal Stories — Invitée
- 1988The Child Saver — Lola
- War of the Worlds — Estelle
- Street Legal