María Jimena Piccolo
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María Jimena Piccolo (born July 22, 1985 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a well known telenovela and television show actress. She is perhaps better known for her characterization of "Jimena" on Telefe's "Chiquititas", a children and teenager oriented soap opera.
[edit] Biography
María Jimena Piccolo spent her entire childhood in Buenos Aires. She attended many auditions, having set her goal of becoming an actress since she was a small girl. She combined the audtions with her regular school schedule.
At the age of nine, in 1994. Piccolo was given her first opportunity at acting in front of television cameras, when she participated in one episode of a show named "Amigomío" ("Friend of Mine").
Her next character, "Jimena" in "Chiquititas" ("Tiny Angels"), made young Piccolo a celebrity both nationally and internationally. Piccolo was ten when she started to play "Jimena" in 1995; she played "Jimena" until 1998. Meanwhile, the soap opera became an international hit across South America and in Israel, where ratings for the show were so high that Piccolo and some of her fellow "Chiquititas" stars (such as Camila Bordonaba and Agustina Cherri) had to travel to the Asian country to meet with their fans.
During her period at "Chiquititas", Piccolo declared in a magazine interview that her favorite actor is Leonardo Di Caprio, and that if she could, she would ask him to recreate with her a scene from Titanic where he kisses Kate Winslet on the Titanic's bow.
After leaving "Chiquititas", Piccolo went on to play "Melina Scarpelli", in a television series named "Trillizos, Dijo la Partera!" ("Triplets, the Mother to be Said!").
During 2002, she participated in one chapter of the hit telenovela, "Kachorra" ("Runaway Lady"), as "Lorena".
Also during the 2000s, Telefe began to show "Chiquititas" in the United States, through its satellite network, "Telefe Internacional", which gave Piccolo some celebrity among Hispanics living in the States. As of 2006, the telenovela was still being shown in the United States.
