Cadavid participated in over 45 television and theatre productions, making her debut at the age of ten in the play Doña Inés vuelve al convento.
With 60 years of career, her most famous performance was probably in Fernando Gaitán's successful soap opera, Yo soy Betty, la fea.
[1] After appearing in the television series Candó and Una vida para amarte, in 1970 Cadavid travelled to Mexico to study theatre.
[5][6] The series, in which Cadavid played the role of Inés Ramírez, became the most successful Colombian telenovela of all time,[7] giving international recognition to the actress.
[8][9] After her participation in the series, which aired on RCN between 1999 and 2001, the actress reprised her role in a spin-off called Ecomoda, which did not have the same reception as the original production.