Paola Núñez Rivas (born 8 April 1978) is a Mexican actress and producer. She became known for her role as Barbie in Amor en Custodia (2005), a TV Azteca telenovela, and for her role as Evelyn Marcus in the Netflix series Resident Evil (2022).^[1][2][3]

She began her career on theatrical stages at the age of 12, years later in 1995 she would begin to participate in television. She is a graduate of the TV Azteca acting school, CEFAC.^[1]

Paola has enjoyed some success, with starring roles in telenovelas such as Las Juanas (2004), Mientras Haya Vida (2007), Pasión Morena (2009) and Reina de Corazón (2014). In cinema, Paola has appeared in films such as Deseo (2013), Detrás del Poder (2013), El Más Buscado (2014) and El Cumple De La Abuela (2015).^[3][4]

Núñez was born in Tecate, Baja California, Mexico. She started acting in theater at the age of 12.^[5] At the age of 16, she began her full-time career as an actress and graduated from the acting school CEFAC TV Azteca.^[6] Núñez also produces soap operas.

She remains close friends with Andrés Palacios, with whom she co-starred Amor en Custodia, a notable telenovela in both their careers. She is fond of extreme sports.^[7]

She began her career at age 12 in plays and sixteen in television. She became notable in Mexican television through the role of "Barbara Bazterrica" in the telenovela Amor en custodia. In 2007 she joined the cause of Greenpeace to raise public awareness about global warming.^[8] She has also been featured in several national magazines such as GQ in Mexico.^[9]

In July 2010, she appeared in the play Cinco mujeres usando el mismo vestido in Mexico playing Trisha.^[10]

The Mexican actress made the villain in the mini series Cien Años de Perdón, a co-production of FIC Latin America and Teleantioquia through TeleColombia same starring actors Ana Claudia Talancón and Manolo Cardona, written by Luis Langlemey (Kdabra, Cumbia Ninja). 2014 Núñez starred in the American telenovela Reina de Corazones along with Eugenio Siller and Laura Flores as the main protagonists while Juan Soler and Catherine Siachoque act as antagonists.^[11]

Paola acted as Evelyn Marcus in the Netflix action horror series Resident Evil in 2022.^[12]