BIOGRAPHY
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Full Name: Natalia Marrisa Oreiro Iglesias Date of birth: 19.5.77 Place of birth: Uruguay Height: 1.73 m Love: Eating Hate: Lies Dream: buying her own island Fave coulor: red Fave food: lazania Fave actor: John Malkovich Fave actress: Michelle Pfeiffer Fave flowre: Jazmin Fave movie: the Postman, Life is Beautifull |
Singer and Actress, Natalia Oreiro born
May 19th, 1977 in Montevideo, Uruguay. She studiet drama at age 8
and at 12 she auditioned in a casting for advertisements. During her
teens she acted in more than 30 TV commercials for trade marks
such as Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Johnson&Johnson. At 14 she cast
the paquitas crew joined Xuxa Menengel on tours in America.
She was running out of money, so, at 17 she moved out to
Argentina and played some bit roles in soap operas. Also, she
was working as an MTV VJ and in 1995 she got a role in the soap
opera Dulce Ana (1995). The she was cast in TV series
90-60-90 modelos (1996) and Ricos y Famosos (1997)
(Playing Valeria), which got attention all over Argentina and abroad. Next, she
participated in the Argentinian blockbuster Argentino en Nueva York, UN
(1998) in which she played as an ambitious teenager who wants to reach musical
stardom. Such an ironic thing, because after the movie Natalia lauched her
first record as a singer called Natalia Oreiro and the single Me Muero De
Amor became the opening theme for her next work in the Prime Time Show
Muneca Brava (1999), which was an every-afternoon-smash-hit during
1998-1999 in Argentina, Europe and some countries of the Middle East.
Also her album was sold in those countries. For her performance,
Natalia was nominated twice(1998-1999) for a Martin Fierro Award
(an equivalent of Emmy Awards in Argentina) as best actress in
leading role. On January 2000 Natalia was mentioned Celebrity of a Year
by E! Entertainment Television Network. She was pursuing her music career
with the next album Tu Veneno and presentations in Gala de la
Hispanidad, Gala de la Murcia (both in Spain) and Festival de la Calle 8
in Miami. Her most important appereance was in the prestigious Latin
TV Show Sabado Gigante Internacional (hosted by Don Francisco).
Natalias mayor achievement was her music performance
in the Viya del Mar Festival 2000, in Chile, for which she was
crowned as the Queen of that event.