Lola Ponce

Lola Ponce

Lola Ponce at the meeting with Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, the President of Argentina (2010).
Background information
Birth name Paola Fabiana Ponce
Born 25 June 1982 (1982-06-25) (age 29)
Capitán Bermudez, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
Genres Pop, pop rock, Latin pop
Occupations Singer, actress, model, spokesperson
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2001—present
Labels Raimoon/Sony BMG
Associated acts Gió Di Tonno

Paola Fabiana Ponce (born June 25, 1982), professionally known as Lola Ponce, is an Argentine singer–songwriter, composer, actress and occasional model.

Ponce made her breakthrough in Argentina and Latin America with her debut album Inalcanzable, which was released in 2001. She also earned a great popularity in Italy, after starring in musical Notre-Dame de Paris in Verona. Ponce has since released two more albums — Fearless (2004) and Il diario di Lola (2008) — and has performed in Spanish, Italian and English. In 2008, along with Giò Di Tonno, she won San Remo Festival with the song "Colpo di fulmine".

Contents

Life and career

Early life and career (1982—2000)

Lola Ponce was born on June 25, 1982 in Capitán Bermudez, Santa Fe Province[1] to Hector and María.[2] She has two siblings, Claudia and Alejandro.[2] Born and raised in a musical family, she formed a duo with her brother when she was only 3, performing folklore songs.[2] Ponce took part in many festivals in Latin America as child and teenager.[1] In 1998, she had a role in Chiquititas, a popular TV series created by Cris Morena,[3] and signed a recording contract with producer Oscar Mediavilla in 1999.[3] Ponce entered the University of Buenos Aires, but dropped it due to music career.[1]

Stardom (2001—present)

Ponce released her debut album Inalcanzable in 2001, achieving a great success in Latin America.[1] In 2002, she was cast as Esméralda in theatre musical Notre-Dame de Paris, which was shown in Verona, Italy, and Barcelona, Spain. Ponce recorded two songs for the musical soundtrack, "Ave Maria Pagana" and "Ali In Gabbia, Occhi Selvaggi",[4] and made her breakthrough in Italy and Europe.[5][6] In 2004, she released her first album in English, Fearless, and in 2005 performed her song "Sleep" in the revival part of the San Remo Festival.[6]

In 2006, Ponce competed in Grande Fratello, Italian version of Big Brother. In 2008, she released third studio albums Il diario di Lola, which contains songs in Spanish, Italian and English. Ponce also won San Remo Festival along with Giò Di Tonno and the song "Colpo di fulmine".[7] The song reached number one at Italian Singles Chart.[8] In 2010, Ponce appeared in several television series and films, and starred the stage adaptation of Alessandro Manzoni's novel The Betrothed. She also participated in Argentine version of Dancing with the Stars, Bailando por un sueño,[9] and released her first compilation album Lola.

Personal and media life

Ponce dated Italian lawyer Manuel Malenotti for five years, from 2005 to 2010,[10][11] and is now rumoured to date polo player Facundo Pieres.[12] Ponce is often referred as one of most beautiful women of Argentina.[13] She also attracted a lot of media attention in Argentina and Italy after being the guest of several parties organized by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.[14] Ponce is a good friend of American actor George Clooney.[15]

Discography

Filmography

Title Year Role Notes
Tiny Angels 1998 Lola (TV Series) Chiquititas
Notre-Dame de Paris 2002 Esméralda (Stage) Produced by Verona Arena
Notre-Dame de Paris — Live from Verona Arena 2002 Esméralda (TV Film) Notre Dame de Paris — Live Arena di Verona
Without Code 2004 Luna (TV Miniseries) Sin código
Big Brother 2006 Herself / Contestant (Reality Show) Grande Fratello
Powder 2009 Marcela Polvere
Cinderella 2000 2010 Cenicienta (TV Film) Cenicienta 2000
Love at First Sight 2010 Maya Rivera (TV Film) Colpo di fulmine
Dancing with the Stars 2010 2010 Herself / Contestant (TV Show) Bailando por un sueño 2010
The Two Faces of Love 2010 Jessica (TV Series; 1 episode) Le due facce dell'amore
Love & Slaps 2010 Gladys La bellezza del somaro
The Betrothed — A Modern Opera 2010 Monaca di Monza (Stage) I promessi sposi — Opera moderna
El Talismán 2012 Lucrecia Negrete[16]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Official Website of Lola Ponce". http://www.lolaponce.it/. Retrieved November 19, 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c "Mujeres de la música argentina: Lola Ponce" (in Spanish). Cantantes Argentinas. October 13, 2007. http://cantantesargentinas.blogspot.com/2007/10/lola-ponce.html. Retrieved November 19, 2011. 
  3. ^ a b "Biografía de Lola Ponce" (in Spanish). CMTV. 2008. http://www.cmtv.com.ar/biografia/show.php?bnid=246&banda=. Retrieved November 18, 2011. 
  4. ^ "Lola Ponce, Notre Dame de Paris". Musictory.com. 2002. http://www.musictory.com/music/Lola+Ponce/Album/Notre+Dame+De+Paris. Retrieved November 19, 2011. 
  5. ^ Seselovsky, Alejandro (January 20, 2004). "Lola Ponce: "En Europa no sólo adoran mi voz"" (in Spanish). Gente. http://www.gente.com.ar/nota.php?ID=6466. Retrieved November 19, 2011. 
  6. ^ a b Ibáñez, Leonardo (March 29, 2005). "Lola Ponce: "Ahora quiero cantar en La Scala de Milán"" (in Spanish). Gente. http://www.gente.com.ar/nota.php?ID=9315. Retrieved November 19, 2011. 
  7. ^ Vitali, Alessandra (March 1, 2008). "Sanremo incorona Di Tonno-Ponce; Baudo, omaggio ai morti sul lavoro" (in Italian). La Repubblica. http://www.repubblica.it/2008/03/speciale/sanremo/servizi/serata-finale/serata-finale/serata-finale.html. Retrieved November 19, 2011. 
  8. ^ "Giò Di Tonno & Lola Ponce, Colpo di fulmine" (in Italian). Federation of the Italian Music Industry. March 20, 2008. http://www.italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Gi%F2+di+Tonno+%26+Lola+Ponce&titel=Colpo+di+fulmine&cat=s. Retrieved November 19, 2011. 
  9. ^ Ibáñez, Leonardo (June 8, 2010). "Me gustan los hombres morochos, delgados, simpáticos y maduros" (in Spanish). Gente. http://www.gente.com.ar/nota.php?ID=16821. Retrieved November 18, 2011. 
  10. ^ Pepe, Gabriela (November 27, 2007). "Lola Ponce: “En mi carrera dije muchos más ‘no’ que ‘sí’”" (in Spanish). Gente. http://www.gente.com.ar/nota.php?ID=13893. Retrieved November 19, 2011. 
  11. ^ Procopio, Pablo (January 27, 2009). "Lola Ponce: “Viví el año más excitante de mi carrera y necesitaba un relax en familia”" (in Spanish). Gente. http://www.gente.com.ar/nota.php?ID=15541. Retrieved November 19, 2011. 
  12. ^ Sánchez Mariño, Joaquín (October 2010). "Nos estamos conociendo" (in Spanish). Gente. http://www.gente.com.ar/nota.php?ID=17237. Retrieved November 19, 2011. 
  13. ^ Fuentes, Mariel (November 24, 2009). "Lola Ponce: “No me siento una mujer hermosa (en serio, no te rías)”" (in Spanish). Gente. http://www.gente.com.ar/nota.php?ID=16488. Retrieved November 19, 2011. 
  14. ^ "¿Lola Ponce en las "fiestas" de Berlusconi?" (in Spanish). Pronto. 2009. http://www.pronto.com.ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9072&Itemid=677. Retrieved November 19, 2011. 
  15. ^ Sánchez Mariño, Juan Cruz (May 5, 2010). "Acepté bailar en Tinelli... pero yo no vivo de los escándalos" (in Spanish). Gente. http://www.gente.com.ar/nota.php?ID=16779. Retrieved November 19, 2011. 
  16. ^ Lola Ponce será una villana sexy en los Estados Unidos

External links

Preceded by
Simone Cristicchi		 San Remo Festival winner
(with Giò Di Tonno)
2008		 Succeeded by
Marco Carta
Lola Ponce
Studio albums
Inalcanzable (2001)  · Fearless (2004)  · Il diario di Lola (2008)
Compilation albums
Lola (2010)
Soundtrack albums
Extended plays
Zingara (2002)
Singles
"Inalcanzable"  · "No me lo creo"  · "Eres tú"  · "I Can Do It"  · "Amor"  · "Sleep"  · "Colpo di folmine"  · "Devórame otra vez"  · "Esperando"
Film and television
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