Natalia Oreiro

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Natalia Oreiro on the cover of her album Natalia Oreiro (1998)
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Natalia Oreiro on the cover of her album Natalia Oreiro (1998)
Natalia Oreiro's second album Tu Veneno (2000). She had adopted a Bettie Page hairstyle at this time, which she later changed.
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Natalia Oreiro's second album Tu Veneno (2000). She had adopted a Bettie Page hairstyle at this time, which she later changed.

Natalia Marisa Oreiro Iglesias Poggio Bourié (born May 19, 1977 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a popular Uruguayan singer and actress.

She studied drama at age eight and at twelve she auditioned for advertisements. During her teens she acted in more than 30 television commercials for such trade marks as Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Johnson & Johnson. At the age of 16 she moved to Argentina to work there and unleash her ambition to be a star. She worked as an MTV VJ and, in 1995, she landed a role in the soap opera Dulce Ana. She was then cast in the TV series 90-60-90 modelos (1996) and next in Ricos y famosos (1997) (playing Valeria), which received attention throughout Argentina and abroad. Next, she participated in the Argentinian blockbuster Un Argentino en New York (1998), in which she played as an ambitious teenager who wants to reach musical stardom. There was irony in this role, because after the movie, Natalia lauched her first album, Natalia Oreiro and the single "Cambio dolor" became the opening theme for her next acting project, the prime time show Muñeca Brava (1998-1999), which was an every-afternoon-smash-hit during its run in Argentina, Europe countries in the Middle East. Her album was sold in those countries as well. For her performance in Muñeca Brava, Natalia was nominated twice (1998 and 1999) for a Martín Fierro Award (an equivalent of Emmy Awards in Argentina) as best actress in a leading role. On January 2000, Natalia was named "Celebrity of the Year" by E! Entertainment Television.

Natalia in the "Semana" issue of January 2006
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Natalia in the "Semana" issue of January 2006

She pursued her music career with the next album Tu Veneno and presentations in "Gala de la Hispanidad", "Gala de Murcia" (both in Spain) and "Festival de la Calle 8" in Miami. Her most important appearance was in the prestigious Latin TV Show Sabado Gigante Internacional, hosted by Don Francisco. Natalia's mayor achievement at this time was her music performance in in Chile at the Viña del Mar Festival 2000, for which she was crowned Queen of that event. Her third album, Turmalina, was released in 2002. She had a fourth album expected to be released around the middle of 2006.

On December 31, 2001, she married boyfriend Ricardo Mollo, in Fernando de Noronha. Mollo is the leader of Argentinian rock band "Divididos".

Contents

[edit] Artistic Career

[edit] Soap Operas

[edit] Filmography

  • Un argentino en New York (1998) as Verónica 'Vero' De Ricci
  • Cleopatra (2003) as Sandra
  • La guerra de los gimnasios (2004)
  • Las vidas posibles (2005) as Marcia

[edit] Discography


[edit] External links


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