Stephanie Cristina Cayo Sanguinetti (born April 8, 1988) is a Peruvian actress, singer, model, and dancer. She has established an international career across the Peruvian, Colombian, Mexican, and Spanish markets, receiving prestigious accolades such as the India Catalina Award for Best Lead Actress and the TVyNovelas Award for her performance in the 2012 Colombian series El Secretario. Additionally, she has been recognized on multiple occasions as one of the most influential figures in Hispanic entertainment on streaming platforms. She began her television career in Peru at the age of ten, appearing in commercials and debuting in the children's telenovela Travesuras del corazón (1998). She gained regional recognition at 16 as the lead in the series Besos robados (2004), an international co-production that helped project her image outside of her home country. After moving to Colombia to further her acting training, she starred in high-impact productions such as La marca del deseo (2007), Doña Bella (2010), and La Hipocondríaca (2013), successfully transitioning from youth roles to more dramatically complex leading parts. Since 2015, her career has pivoted toward the global market and film. She was part of the main cast of the Netflix series Club de Cuervos (2015–2019), the platform's first Spanish-language original production, which granted her visibility throughout the continent. In film, she has starred in projects such as the Spanish comedy Yucatán (2018), the American action film Force of Nature (2020)—sharing the screen with Mel Gibson—and Without Saying Goodbye (2022), the first Peruvian feature film originally produced for Netflix. In addition to her acting work, she ventured into music with her debut album Llegaré (2011) and is the founder of the performing arts school Dance Studio in Lima.
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Biography from TMDB.
- April 8, 1988 (38)
- Lima, Perú
- Actor, also producer
- 10 on MovieCove · 22 credits in all
What are Stephanie Cayo's films like?
Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 6
Light 6 · Serious 1 · Dark 1
Grounded 5 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 3 · Charged 4 · Intense 1
A split, not a type: Steady 4 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 3
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 1
A split, not a type: Casual 5 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 5 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 0
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Shapeshifter: 3 of 7 analyzed roles.
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- Shapeshifteras Verónica in Yucatan (2018)
- Allyas Jess Pena in Force of Nature (2020)
- Allyas Dra. Elena Durán in Amalgama (2020)
- Shapeshifteras Ariana in Backpackers (2022)
- Shapeshifteras Betina in Tell Me What You Want, Really (2023)
- Tricksteras Betina in Tell Me What You Want, Really (2023)
- Tricksteras Sonia in A Deadly Invitation (2023)
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet4
- Ambiguous3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Stephanie Cayo's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (6).
Subscription and free streaming for Stephanie Cayo's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
22 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.
DOC (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
A Deadly Invitation(2023)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows
Backpackers(2022)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Amalgama(2020)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Force of Nature(2020)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
Como Caído Del Cielo(2019)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Bad Impulse(2019)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
¿Quién es la Máscara? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Yucatan(2018)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Hugo Chávez, El Comandante (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
La Hermandad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Club of Crows(2015)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
La Hipocondriaca (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
El secretario (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Doña bella (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
La Marca del Deseo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Piratas en el Callao (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Rebelde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Besos Robados (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
María Emilia, Querida (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Career shape
Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 22 titles from 1999 to 2026; peak year 2023.
Film career
Peak 2023 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2011Screen debut· Doña bella
- 2018First film· Yucatán
- 2022First top-billed film· Without Saying Goodbye
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Stephanie Cayo's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 22nd percentile, the median of all 8; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 28th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 10 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed7
Reviewers score the acting 60/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 36. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Stephanie Cayo's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Stephanie Cayo work with?
People who share at least 2 of Stephanie Cayo's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Manolo Cardona shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Bruno AscenzoShared titles: Tell Me What You Want, Really (2023), Backpackers (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Bruno Ascenzo
Actors
- Manolo CardonaShared titles: A Deadly Invitation (2023), Tell Me What You Want, Really (2023), Amalgama (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Manolo Cardona
- Tony DaltonShared titles: Tell Me What You Want, Really (2023), Amalgama (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Tony Dalton
Producers
- Juancho CardonaShared titles: Tell Me What You Want, Really (2023), Amalgama (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Juancho Cardona
- Julye CuartasShared titles: Tell Me What You Want, Really (2023), Amalgama (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Julye Cuartas
- Mariana ZubillagaShared titles: Tell Me What You Want, Really (2023), Amalgama (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Mariana Zubillaga
- Adriana Martínez BarrónShared titles: Backpackers (2022), Como Caído Del Cielo (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Adriana Martínez Barrón
