Julia Evelina Macías Lopera, known by the stage name Evelina Orellana, is the first actress in the history of Ecuadorian cinema, known for starring in the first Ecuadorian narrative feature film "El Tesoro de Atahualpa" by Augusto San Miguel in 1924. In addition to "El Tesoro de Atahualpa", she starred in two more films: "Soledad" (1925) by the Italian director Carlo Bocaccio, and "Guayaquil de Mis Amores" (1930) by the Argentine Francisco Diumenjo, the first Ecuadorian film with live sound dubbing.
