Mara Croatto
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Mara Croatto (born February 2, 1969 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a Puerto Rican soap opera actress.
Mara's parents are Argentine actress Raquel Montero and the Italian-Puerto Rican folk singer Tony Croatto. Mara's parents moved and resettled in Puerto Rico shortly after Mara's birth. She was raised and educated in San Juan. When Mara was 11 years old, she attended the D'Rose Modeling School, where she took modeling classes. She is an alumna of the Academy of Perpetual Hope in Miramar. Mara always considers herself a Puerto Rican and publicly identifies herself as such.
Mara started her acting career as a narrator in "El Show de Shows" (The Show of Shows) which aired locally on Channel 11. She also worked as a dancer on such television shows "Juventud 83" and "Juventud 84" during her adolescence.
During her early adulthood, she won a small part on the television show "La Pension de Doña Tere" ("Mrs. Tere Boardinghouse") starring Norma Candal. That year, she also worked in her first mini soap opera in which the members of Menudo participated. Her character was that of the sister of Ricky Martin who happened to be in love with Robby Rosa.
Her first important role in a soap opera was in "Cisne Blanco" (White Swan) with Deborah Carthy-Deu. Among the other soap operas in which she has participated are "Amandote" ("Loving You"); "Valeria"; "Sentimientos" ("Feelings"); "Pobre Diabla" ("Poor She-Devil"); "Me Muero Por Ti" ("I'll Die For You"); "Madres Solteras" ("Single Mothers") and "Gata Salvaje" ("Wildcat").
She presently resides in Miami with her husband, Mexican actor José Ángel Llamas, their son Rafael, and her two children from a previous marriage to Rey Rossello, who is the brother of former Menudo bandmember Roy Rossello, and the nephew of former Puerto Rican governor Pedro Rossello.
