| Romina Yan | |
|---|---|
| Born | Romina Yankelevich 5 September 1974 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Died | 28 September 2010 (aged 36) San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Cause of death | Sudden Death |
| Occupation | Actress, singer, screenwriter, dancer |
| Years active | 1991–2010 |
| Spouse | Darío Giordano (1998-2010) |
| Children | Franco Giordano (2000) Valentín Giordano (2002) Azul Giordano (2006) |
Romina Yankelevich (5 September 1974 – 28 September 2010[1][2]), better known as Romina Yan, was an Argentine actress, screenwriter, singer and dancer. She made her television debut in the program Jugate Conmigo, which followed up with the internationally successful series Chiquititas, created by her mother Cris Morena. She died in 2011, aged 36, after suffering a heart attack[1].
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Yan was born to actors, television directors and television producers Gustavo Yankelevich and Cris Morena (née María Cristina de Giacomi). She was the elder sister of director, producer and screenwriter Tomás Yankelevich.[3]
Yan married technical producer Darío Giordano on 27 November 1998.[4] They had three children.
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. Chiquititas catapulted Yan's celebrity status outside Argentina.
She 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 Giménez in a variety show named after the latter.
She moved to the Argentine Andes later on that year to participate in her first film, Chiquititas: Rincón 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") in 2001. Yan was hired by the Disney Channel in 2002, to host a children's show, Playhouse Disney, in Argentina. Playhouse Disney Argentina was produced by RGB, her father's company.
In 2003, she 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. She took a year off before returning to the small screens in Argentina, returning as "Abril Juarez" in 2005's Amor Mio ("My Love"). As of late 2007, she had been working on her mother's latest romantic comedy, Bella & Bestia, along Damián De Santo, whom she already worked with in Amor Mio.
Romina Yan died on 28 September 2010, aged 36, after suffering a heart attack.[2]
Her death shocked Argentina. The Facebook page I can't believe Romina Yan has died (No puedo creer que murió Romina Yan) reached more than 150,000 members in less than two hours. The death was also the top trending topic of the day on Twitter. Cris Morena and Chiquititas were also trending topic through the day.
Telefe, the channel her father was in charge of during the late 1980s and 1990s, canceled its evening schedule. After Casi Angeles, the show produced by her mother, Telefe Noticias, the channel's news program, aired a special 2 hours edition solely dedicated to her. The special achieved 18.3 points, the highest-rated edition of the show in four years.[5]
Canal 13, Argentina's number 2 net, also had a special 2 hours edition of its news show, Telenoche, which also achieve high ratings. With the exception of the news programs, all live shows in Argentina's biggest networks, Telefe and Canal 13, were not aired in tribute to Yan. The movie The Terminal replaced the live game-show Justo a Tiempo in Telefe. A rerun of Policias en Accion replaced Showmatch in Canal 13.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Jugate Conmigo | Herself | (TV Show) |
| 1994 | Quereme | Sol Iturbe | (TV Series) |
| Mi Cuñado | Lorena Picabea | (TV Series) | |
| 1995 | Chiquititas | Belén Fraga | (TV Series) |
| 1998 | Susana Giménez | Herself | (TV Programme) |
| 2000 | Tiempo Final | Jéssica | (TV Series) |
| 2001 | Provócame | Marisol Anzoátegui | (TV Series) |
| Chiquititas: Rincón de luz | Belén Fraga | ||
| 2002 | ¿Quién es Alejandro Chomski? | Herself | (TV Special) |
| Playhouse Disney | Herself | (TV Show) | |
| 2003 | Abre Tus Ojos | Rocío Mazzini | (TV Series) |
| 2005 | Amor Mío | Abril Juárez | (TV Series) |
| 2008 | B&B: Bella y Bestia | Bella | (TV Series) |
| 2009 | Casi Ángeles | Ariel | (TV Series) |
| Horizontal/Vertical | Ana | (Movie) |