Laura Flores

Laura Flores (born Laura Aurora Flores Heras on August 23, 1963 in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico) is a Mexican actress, hostess and singer.^[1]

Biography

Laura Flores had a hit single for her telenovela a grammy winning single El Alma No Tiene Color ("The Soul Has No Color"), a duet with Marco Antonio Solís. Her first taste of stardom came when she joined Hermanos y Amigos,^[1] whose band members were her family. The group carried out extensive tours in Mexico, the Netherlands, Germany and Spain for almost three years.

Flores' desire to be better prepared in the field of acting led her to study acting in El Centro de Estudios Artísticos de Televisa (CEA). Her first acting opportunity came during a musical presentation in Tampico, where a producer offered her a role in the telenovela El combate, starring Ignacio López Tarso.

Music was within her, and in 1980 Luis de Llano Macedo offered her the opportunity to sing and record some songs in English in the program Noche de Noche, hosted by Verónica Castro. In 1981 Laura starred in her first musical, Los Fantásticos. She later became the conductor of various special programs in which were portrayed during the early 1980s. In 1992, she recorded her first solo CD, Barcos de Papel, which made her carry out tours throughout all of the Mexican Republic.

In 1986, Laura married songwriter and singer Sergio Faccelli, who produced De Corazón a Corazón y Fruto Prohibido; but the relationship was cut short, ending in three years. She has participated in important novels such as Los Años pasan, Clarisa, El vuelo del águila, Marisol, El mor tiene cara de mujer, El alma no tiene color, Gotita de amor, and Siempre te amaré. In the year of 2005, after a temporary departure, she returned to the acting scene, starring in Piel de otoño.

In 1995, she sang some of her songs in a radio station event in the famous "Rancho Moreno" in Chino, California. At the 9th Lo Nuestro Awards, Flores received a nomination for Regional Mexican Female Singer of the Year.^[2] The following year, Flores was nominated for Pop Singer of the Year.^[3]

From 1995 to 1997, she hosted the Mexican version of Wheel of Fortune, La Rueda de la Fortuna. The program aired on El Canal De Las Estrellas ("The Channel of the Stars.")

In 2006, she played a co-protagonist role in Mundo de Fieras with César Évora. The next year, she continue working as his wife in Al Diablo con los Guapos as a villain who later turns good.

In 2008, she left the program Hoy to give way for a telenovela En Nombre del Amor as Camila Ríos, the mother of the villain.

In 2009, she was part of the telenovela Corazón salvaje as Juan del Diablo's mother.

In fall 2010, she appeared on Mujeres Asesinas.

Since 2014, Flores is now working with Telemundo. She first played a special participation in En Otra Piel as Mónica Serrano, and later became part of the main cast of Reina de Corazones.

For her work in television and in the recording industry, Flores has had her handprints embedded at the Paseo de las Luminarias in Mexico City.

Filmography

Films

Television

Awards and nominations

Premios TVyNovelas

Premios People en Español

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Laura Flores.

• Laura Flores at the Internet Movie Database
• Laura Flores at the telenovela database
• Laura Flores at the esmas