Yolanda Ventura
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Yolanda Ventura (born on October 21, 1968 in Barcelona, Spain) is an actress of telenovelas in Mexico and former singer and member of the Spanish pop band Parchís. She is the daughter of Spanish musician Rudi Ventura and wife of Mexican actor Alejandro Aragón.
She joined Parchís after a recording company posted an advertisement looking for kids who could sing, dance and act. A few months later, in 1979, the band was formed and name after the Spanish version of the Pachisi board game. The band was a success in Spain and Latin America, they recorded five albums and filmed seven movies (three in Argentina).
In the mid-1980s the band split. Yolanda moved to Mexico in the early 1990s obtaining the role of Astrid in Lucía Méndez's telenovela Amor de nadie. She then joined the cast of Muchachitas after the soap became a hit. She then played a prostitute in the smash hit Corazón salvaje. She is currently married and has a son Alejandro, name after his father.
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[edit] Theater
- Monólogos de la vagina, Spanish version of The Vagina Monologues
[edit] TV shows
- Desafio (1990)
- Platos rotos (1985) as Mariel
[edit] Telenovelas
- Contra viento y marea (2005) as Isabel
- Piel de otoño (2004) as Mayte
- Amy, la niña de la mochila azul (2004) as Angelica Hinojosa #2
- Bajo la misma piel (2003) as Macarena
- Vivan los niños (2002) as Dolores Herrera
- Atrévete a olvidarme (2001) as Liliana
- Carita de ángel (2000) as Julieta
- El diario de Daniela (1999) as Natalia Navarro Monroy
- La paloma (1995)
- [[Corazón salvaje (1993) as Azucena
- Muchachitas (1991) as Gloria
- Amor de nadie (1990) as Astrid
[edit] Films
- Dos gallos de oro (2002)
- De qué se ríen las mujeres (1997) Movie as Abuela
- La noche de la ira (1985) Movie
[edit] With Parchís
- La gran aventura de Los Parchís (1983)
- Parchís entra en acción (1983)
- Las locuras de Parchís (1982)
- La magia de Los Parchís (1982)
- La segunda guerra de los niños (1981)
- Los parchís contra el hombre invisible (1981)
- Guerra de los niños (1980)
[edit] External links
- Yolanda Ventura at the Telenovela database
- Yolanda Vantura at the Internet Movie Database
- (Spanish) Yolanda Ventura at the Parchís website
- (Spanish) Parchís fan website.
- (Spanish) History of Parchís.
