“Natalia Oreiro”
Birthname:
Natalia Marisa Oreiro
Hometown:
Montevideo,Uruguay
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Actress, singer and model Natalia Marisa Oreiro was born on the 19th of May 1974, in La Figurita, a working class quarter of Montevideo, capital of Uruguay as the youngest child of Carlos Alberto and Mabel. She started studying theatre at the age of eight, and today at 35 years old she has achieved great sucess in Latin America. When she was twelve she presented herself for audition in a film that needed child actors, and started a career in the commercial world. Between 12 and 16 years she recorded 37 commercials for O.b. tampons, toilet tissue, pet food and Johnson & Johnson shampoo, between others. At 16 she was picked out of 100 Uruguayan competitors to accompany Xuxa (Meneghel) on her tour in Brazil, and representing her in programmes (_"Show de Xuxa, El" (1991)_ ) and homages. But most of her earnings went on tickets to Buenos Aires to participate in film castings.
When she was 20 she relocated to Argentina alone. She participated in a small role in the television play called "Inconquistable corazón" (1994) (at first as ordinary extra, later as Victoria, one of schoolgirls of Mónica Sandoval, protagonist of series). In 1995 she was called to interpret the role of Patricia Palmer's niece - Verónica Iturbe Montalbán in the telenovela "Dulce Ana" (1995). Afterwards she appeared in "90-60-90 modelos" (1996), and a year later in the role of Valeria García Méndez de Salerno Ortigoza in "Ricos y famosos" (1997). Already in 1996 she participated in in her sole theatre play "Las mariposas son libres". In 1998 she co-conducted together with Fernando Bravo gala of "Martín Fierro Awards" in Argentina. She also appeared in the film "Un Argentino en Nueva York" (1998) together with Guillermo Francella, as an ambitious girl who dreams of being a triumph in the music world. The film was the initial kick-off to her singing career.
In 1998 she launched her first record in Argentina called "Natalia Oreiro", and interpreted the song "Cambio dolor" that opened the television play "Muneca brava" (1998) which was the rating leader of afternoon television. On the 27th January of 2000, she received the "Celebrity of the year" prize in the Argentinian chain by cable E! Entertainment Television Network in the television category for her outstanding career and for being the celebrity revelation of 1999. She was also nominated for a "Martín Fierro Award" in two consecutive years (in 1999 and 2000) as best dramatic actress in a leading role for her part as Milagros `Mili' Esposito-Di Carlo de Miranda Rapallo (Cholito/Carlitos), a boyish and sensual orphan, who seduced the viewers in "Muneca brava" (1998). This series was screened in more than 20 countries over the world in which you can find: Mexico, Russia, Slovenia, Cyprus, Lithuania, Romania, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and all Latin America. In her musical career, she sang together with ‘Raffaella Carra’ ; in Italy (song "03, 03, 456"), was part of "Gala de la Hispanidad", a classical Spanish show in Punta del Este. She was also in "Festival de la Calle 8" in Miami and in "Gala de Murcia" in Spain. After making public her decision to dedicate her career to singing in 2000 she put her voice to a second record titled "Tu Veneno" ("Your Poison") this is a pop-rock style with an andaluz touch, for which she was nominated for a "Grammy Latino Award" as best female pop album buy didn't win. In 2000 and 2001 she did an extensive tour of recitals including countries like Romania, Hungary, Greece, Poland, Czech Republic, Israel, Slovakia, Slovenia, Russia, Belarus, between others. In February 2001 she was elected as the Queen of the Vina del Mar Festival 2000, conquering all the Chilean public by singing and beauty. Next year she participated as a guest to sing in the Vina del Mar Festival 2001 for the second year running and was chosen to co-conduct one of the festival nights.
She was invited by the Uruguayan national football team to participate in the opening of a friendly game between Uruguay and Korea, where she did a show and the honoured invitation was to Uruguayan singer and author Jaime Roos. In February 2002 she is named the godmother to the Uruguayan national football team and was invited to accompany them to the world cup Korea-Japan. In March 2002 she continued her tour in Russia and Belarus and started to record her new album titled "Turmalina", which came on sale in June 2002. A month earlier, Natalia started recording "Kachorra" (2002), together with ‘Pablo Rago’ , finished in December of the same year and transmitted in various countries of Latin America. For this part, another in 2003 she was nominated for a "Martín Fierro Award" as best comedy actress in a leading role and for a "Inte Award" as best actress. In March 2003 she started filming her second small budget film _Cleopatra (2003)_ together with Norma Aleandro, Leonardo Sbaraglia and Héctor Alterio, under the direction of Eduardo Mignogna, a co-production with Spain. In the middle of 2003, she started a tour for Eastern Europe and Latin America. On 1st of March 2004 she starts filming "El Deseo" (2004).
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