María Helena Doering (born November 16, 1962) is a Colombian actress and model. Doering was born to a German-Bolivian father and Colombian mother. She studied in Colombia, London, and Italy and speaks fluent French, English, Italian and Spanish. She started her career as an actress by appearing in a Kolynos (toothpaste) commercial, and a commercial for Coffee Delight. At 13 years of age, she worked with some of the most important photographers of Cali (her hometown): Fernell Franco, Oswaldo Lopez, Micky Calero and Jaime Andres Orozco. In 1980 she traveled to Italy and stayed there for 13 years. In 1986 she was discovered by an Alfa Romeo executive while working as a translator at a Fiat event, and joined the Fashion Models Agency in Milan She worked in Italy with fashion Photographers as G