Silvia Elena Santelices Rojas (born 27 June 1940) is a Chilean theater, film, and television actress, a pioneer of telenovelas in her country.

In 1960 Santelices entered the Catholic University of Chile to study theater.

[1] In 1967 she was part of the cast of the first telenovela shot in Chile, Los días jóvenes [es], in which she shared the screen with actors such as Mirella Latorre, Mario Rodríguez, and Leonardo Perucci [es].

[2] During the 1980s and 90s Santelices participated in numerous soap operas on Canal 13 and TVN, most notably La madrastra (1981), Los títeres (1984), and Fuera de control [es] (1999).

Since the late 1990s she has lived in the city of Rancagua,[3] where she is part of Casa del Arte Theater Company.