María Fernanda Neil
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María Fernanda Neil (born 1982-10-19 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an actress and fashion model.
Neil made her Argentine television debut on Telefé's production Verano del '98 ("Summer of '98"), playing a small role, in 1998. She acted alongside Celeste Cid, Guido Kaczka and Diego Mesaglio, among others.
Neil was then casted as "Martina" by Alberto Fernández de Rosa in Cris Morena's Chiquititas, an international hit. Neil joined Cid, Kaczka, Fernández de Rosa and Mesaglio in that production, and she played Valeria Díaz's romance rival and Ezequiel Castano's "Mosca"'s love interest. In 1999, Neil played a second character in Chiquititas ("Tiny Angels"), as "Fernanda".
As a member of Chiquititas, Neil obtained international fame. The telenovela was a major success across Latin America and in Russia and Israel. Neil met Romina Yan, Luisana Lopilato, Georgina Mollo and Camila Bordonaba as a member of the Chiquititas cast. She debuted in the same episode that Patricio Schiavone first appeared; "Martina" and "Patricio" (Schiavone's character) came from the same orphanage home before arriving at the so-called "Rincón de Luz" ("Corner of Light") orphanage home.
After her participation in Chiquititas was over, Neil took a break off acting and began a career in modeling. In 2001, however, she returned to Argentine television, alongside Yan, Puerto Rican singer Chayanne and Araceli González in Provócame, which was shown on English speaking countries as "Savage Attraction". Neil played "Erica Villalobos Kent de Parisi" in that soap opera. Provócame also became an international hit, although not as significant as Chiquititas had been.
In 2002, she was reunited with fellow former Chiquititas stars Bordonaba, Lopilato, Mollo, Felipe Colombo and Diego Mesaglio, among others, in Rebelde Way, another Telefé hit show. Neil played "Fernanda Peralta Ramos".
After acting in Rebelde Way, Neil has not participated in any other television productions. She has, however, concentrated on her modeling career. NOw in 2006 she is participating in a soap-apera called "EL REFUGIO"
