| Elizabeth Gutiérrez | |
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Gutiérrez at the premiere of El Rostro de Analía, 2008 |
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| Born | Elizabeth Gutiérrez Nevárez April 1, 1979 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress, Model |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Partner | William Levy (2003–present) |
| Children | 2 |
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| Elizabeth Gutierrez | |
Elizabeth Gutiérrez (born April 1, 1979) is a Mexican-American actress and model. She is best known for playing the leading roles in the telenovelas El Rostro de Analía and El Fantasma de Elena.
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Gutiérrez was born in Los Angeles, California, to Mexican parents. She has six sisters and one brother and is the youngest child. She moved to Jalisco, Mexico, when she was five years old to go to school, returning to the U.S. at the age of ten.
While working on Protagonistas de Novela 2, she began a relationship with fellow contestant William Levy. She gave birth to their first child, Christopher Alexander, in 2006, and to their second child, Kailey Alexandra, on March 6, 2010.[1] She had broken up with him on May 11, 2011, but on November 14, 2011, she confirmed her reconciliation with William Levy, indicating that the house they had recently bought in Miami was for them to live in together.
Gutiérrez had early work as a model on The Price Is Right. She participated in the second season of the reality show Protagonistas de Novela
Gutiérrez began her work in telenovelas in 2005, playing the villain Isabela in Venevisión International's Olvidarte Jamas. She left the production 12 episodes before its end due to her first pregnancy. The next year she began playing Paola on Acorralada but left to take the lead role in Amor Comprado. In 2007, she played the lead role in Isla Paraiso, a mininovela of 15 two-minute episodes produced by Venevisión and published online.
In 2008, she took another female lead role, this time in the Telemundo production El Rostro de Analía. The novela was broadcast in more than 50 countries; being on one of Telemundo's most popular telenovelas brought Gutiérrez worldwide recognition. In 2009, she turned down the role of Priscila on Bella Calamidades to play a villain in the fifth remake of Corazón salvaje. Critics responded favorably to Gutiérrez's performance.
Gutiérrez's most recent novela appearance was in El Fantasma de Elena in her third leading role. This novela was not as popular as expected in the United States but was more successful elsewhere. It has been sold in 70 countries. She filmed the pilot episode for La Mala, La Buena y La Tonta but left the project in favor of El Fantasma de Elena. She also appeared on the reality show ¡Mira Quien Baila! on Univision. In 2011, she filmed the pilot for Amar de Nuevo but declined to stay on the show.
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2005 | Olvidarte Jamas | Isabella | supporting antagonist |
| 2006 | Acorralada | Paola/La Fiera | episodes 1-122 |
| 2007 | Amor Comprado | Mariana | protagonist |
| 2008 | El Rostro de Analia | Mariana & Ana Lucia/Analia & clones of Analia | protagonist and supporting role |
| 2009 | Corazón Salvaje | Rosenda | supporting antagonist |
| 2010 | El Fantasma de Elena | Elena Lafe | protagonist |
| 2012 | Caidas del Cielo | protagonist | |
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2007 | Isla Paraiso | Bibi | 15 three-minute long episodes published online |
| 2008 | Fotonovela | Melanie | lead role, DVD movie |
| 2011 | ¡Mira Quien Baila! | Herself | Show (Dancing Competition); finished fourth |
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