Irán Castillo
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| Birth name | Iran Castillo Pinzón | |
| Born | January 4, 1977 | |
| Origin | Veracruz, Veracruz,  |
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| Years active | 1985 up to the date | |
Irán Castillo Pinzón (born January 4, 1977 in Veracruz, Veracruz) is a Mexican actress.
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[edit] Biography
Castillo started her artistic career at the tender age of 7 years doing commercials. She took acting classes with Martha Zabaleta and Pedro Damián at the age of 12, and from that moment began to work starting with the soap opera Ángeles blancos in 1989.
She has acted in eight telenovelas in her career, some famous are: Agujetas de color de rosa made in 1994, Retrato de familia in 1996, Confidente de secundaria in 1996, Preciosa in 1998 and Soñadoras made in 1998; she also participated in El Club de Gaby and the series Qué chavas.
She also belongs to the group Mosquitas Muertas, which she began her career as a singer in 1991. Later she recorded some songs that were played in some soap operas in which she acted in, until finally in 1997 she released her first album and single titled Tiempos Nuevos, which included a rhythmical ballads. Tatuada en tus besos is the title of the second album that she released in 1999. In the same year, she had success with her performance in the musical comedy Gipsy opposite Silvia Pinal.
Previously, she had acted in other plays as Celos-Dije and Vaselina (Grease) taking the main role of Sandy. She also made some movies in the Mexican cinematography such as Que vivan los muertos, and also played the protagonist in the film La Segunda Noche.
Irán acted in the telenovela Locura de amor, playing Natalia, and managed to captivate the public, in spite of the short time that appeared on screen. Irán replaced Adriana Nieto, who left the series on bad terms late in its run. In 2001Irán made a special role in the telenovela Aventuras en el tiempo.
In 2002 Irán combined the telenovela Clase 406 and the film El Tigre de Santa Julia, which was a big success. Then in 2003 Irán started recording the telenovela Amar otra vez, in which she played the protagonist, under the production of Lucero Suárez. This melodrama was released in January of 2004 in the United States and May of the same year in Mexico. In the last year, Irán formed part of Alborada, a soap opera by Carla Estrada, as Catalina Escobar, sister of the protagonic role, played by Lucero.
In 2006 Iran acted for two Mexican films: "Amor Xtremo" with a protagonic role, and "Efectos secundarios", in a special participation as Gabriela. By the summer of this year, Iran was invited to form part of the Mexican reality show Bailando por la boda de mis sueños, with her partner Romeo. In September of 2006, Iran made a controversial photoshoot for Max Magazine, which is characterized for its revealing pictorials featuring popular actresses, singers, and female models.
In the upcoming projects for Irán; she's planning to return to the music business with a band, but this time, without the pop music, now she's looking for something more rock.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
 Release date Sept. 2 |
 Release date June. 15 |
[edit] Singles
Tiempos Nuevos (1997)
Tatuada en tus besos (1999)
Others
- Amandote from Confidente de Secundaria (1995)
- Confidente De Secundaria from Confidente De Secundaria (1995)
- Feliz Navidad from Estrellas de Navidad(1997)
- Girando En El Tiempo from Preciosa (1998)
[edit] Filmography
- Amor Xtremo (2006)
- Efectos secundarios (2006).... Gabriela
- Tigre de Santa Julia, El (2002) ... Gloria Galicia
- Toy Story 2 (1999) ... (voice in Spanish) Jessie
- Segunda noche, La (1999) ... Rosalía
- ¡Que vivan los muertos! (1998)
[edit] Telenovelas
- Alborada (2005) ... Catalina Escobar
- Amar otra vez (2003) ... Rocío
- Clase 406 (2002) ... Magdalena Rivera
- Aventuras en el tiempo (2001) ... Azucena
- El derecho de nacer (2001) ... Isabel Cristina Armenteros del Junco
- Locura de amor (2000) ... Natalia Sandoval
- Soñadoras (1998) ... Ana
- Preciosa (1998) ... Preciosa
- Confidente de secundaria (1996) ... Jackie
- Retrato de familia (1995) ... Cristina
- Agujetas de color de rosa (1994) ... Cecilia
- Más allá del puente (1994) ... Irán
- Entre la vida y la muerte (1993) ... Anita
- Ángeles blancos (1989) ... Biela
[edit] Theater
- Vaselina (1994 - 1995)
- Celos Dije (1996)
- Gipsy (1998)
- Vaselina (2001)
[edit] Reality Shows
- Bailando por la boda de mis sueños (fifth place) (2006)
- La estrella más estrella
