Romina Yan
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Romina Yan (born September 5, 1974 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a well known television actress, screenwriter and dancer.
Yan is the daughter of Cris Morena, a famed television producer that produced "Chiquititas", the telenovela that brought Yan international celebrity. Romina Yan's half brother, Tomas Yankelevich, as also a well known actor in Argentina.
Romina Yan's first appearance on Argentine television came during 1991, when the then sixteen year old appeared as a dancer in a show named "Jugate Conmigo" ("Come Play With Me"). Two years after that, in 1994, she made her debut as an actress, as "Lorena Picabea" in "Mi Cuñado" ("My Brother in Law"). Romina Yan continued working as a television actress when she played "Sol Iturbe" in another 1994 show, "Quereme" ("Love Me").
Towards the end of 1994, her mother was working on a deal with Argentina's largest television company, Telefe, to create a children's soap opera. "Chiquititas" was the story of a group of orphaned children living in the same house, and Yan played "Belen Fraga", the orphan house's director. Yan acted alongside child stars Agustina Cherri, Maria Jimena Piccolo, Santiago Stieben, Daniela Mastrichio and Georgina Mollo, among others, as well as Facundo Arana, Gabriel Corrado, Jorge Martinez, Andrea Del Boca, Grecia Colmenares and Fernan Miras, who played "Belen"s romantic interest.
"Chiquititas" catapulted Yan's celebrity status outside Argentina. The soap opera became arguably Latin America's most successful soap opera in history, spanning seven seasons, and Yan became known in places where it was shown, such as Brazil, Russia and Israel. Romina Yan joined most of "Chiquititas"' cast in an intense theater tour that spanned a large number of countries.
Yan retired from the series in 1998, taking a hiatus before returning to Argentine small screens in 2000, when she played "Jessica" in one chapter of the suspense television program, "Tiempo Final" ("Final Moment"). She collaborated in 2001 alongside Susana Gimenez in a variety show named after the latter.
Yan moved to the Argentine Andes later on that year to participate in her first film, "Rincon de Luz" ("Corner of Light"), a movie spin-off of "Chiquititas". Yan also participated alongside Araceli Gonzalez and Puerto Rican singer Chayanne in "Provocame" ("Provoke Me") during 2001.
Yan was hired by the Disney Channel in 2002, to host a children's show, Playhouse Disney, in Argentina.
During 2003, Yan returned to acting, playing "Rocio Mazzini" in a soap opera titled "Abre tus Ojos" ("Open Your Eyes"). While not her first starring role in a telenovela, "Rocio Mazzini" represented for Yan her first starring role in a telenovela geared towards grown ups.
Once again, Yan took one year off before returning to the small screens in Argentina, returning as "Abril Juarez" in 2005's "Amor Mio" ("My Love").
During the 2000s, Yan's fame began spreading among Hispanics in the United States, when Telefe began televising "Chiquititas" on their satellite channel, "Telefe Internacional".
