Aida Pierce
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Aida Maria Zerecero Pierce (born August 15, 1956, Acapulco, Guerrero) is a Mexican actress and comedienne, best known internationally for her work on various telenovelas and comedy series that have aired on Televisa
over the years. Most of her television series have aired on television networks in other countries, most notably Univision
in the United States. Pierce, who has also been a singer and a model, is sometimes referred to as La super comediante (SuperComedienne).
At 17, Pierce left Acapulco for Mexico City
. She attended el Instituto Andres Soler, where she studied acting and to become a secretary. She also attended la Academia de Emma Pulido, where she studied jazz
, English, and French.
Pierce began her career on stage, appearing in the Mexican productions of Godspell
, Peter Pan
, Jesus Christ Superstar
, and Mame, among other plays. Her experience on stage led to a contract with Televisa. Pierce was first cast as Dona Tecla on Alegrias de Mediodia
in 1981. Later that year she joined the cast of La matraca, which lasted one year, and as a recurring cast member of La Carabina de Ambrosio
, where she remained until 1984. Her next television series was Salon de Belleza, which premiered in 1985. Also in 1985, she made her film debut in Los rockeros del barrio.
In 1986, she joined the cast of Cosas de casados. That same year, while videotaping that series at Televisa's Chapultepec studios, she was taping El hospital de la risa, which premiered that same year, at Televisa San Angel
. On the former series, she portrayed a newlywed wife, and one the latter she portrayed a nurse, named Remedios. Her next series, Y sin embargo...se mueve, did not premiere until 1994. In the meantime, she made four additional movies. During the filming of one, El Rey de los Taxistas (1989) with Luis de Alba
and Maribel Guardia
, Pierce learned she was pregnant. Her son (through her marriage to actor Ruben Morales), the actor and international video game champion Ruben Morales Zerecero, was born on May 26, 1989.
Her last two movies to date were released in 1993. In Se equivoco la ciguena, she played the same nurse character she had portrayed in El hospital de la risa. The other movie, Dos fantasmas sinverguenzas, was essentially a showcase for her comic talents. In 1996, Pierce became the first comedienne to pose nude in the Mexican edition of Playboy
. By the turn of the 21st century, however, she would receive international fame, by proving she could do drama as well as comedy. In Serafin
, which premiered in Mexico in 1999 and in the United States in 2000, Pierce made her dramatic television debut in the role of Barbara. She wasn't the only actress in the series with connections to her hometown; Guardia, her costar, had made her first public Mexican appearance as a contestant in the 1978 Miss Universe
pageant, held in Acapulco.
By the time Serafin ended Pierce had begun making appearances on Humor es...los comediantes, officially joining the cast in 2000. Pierce was still a regular on the series when it ended in 2001. In addition to her co-hosting duties, Pierce often appeared in sketches, usually alongside Carlos Espejel
and Teo Gonzalez. In the sketches, Pierce could reprise the role of Remedios the nurse, or she could be a widow, a saloon girl, or even a customer at a restaurant. The most frequent of her characters on the sketches, however, dated back to her time on La carabina de Ambrosio: Virginola, an elderly woman who is desperately trying to play any situation for laughs. Pierce was also notable on this series for the many evening dresses
she wore, some of which were outlandish (examples were a black-and-green dress with a long slit on one side and a midriff that was half-sheer and half-exposed, as well as a blue strapless "car wash" dress and a short-sleeved golden brown playsuit
, still another a pink bandeau dress reminiscent of Marilyn Monroe
's dress in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.)
The late 1990s and the turn of the 21st century was a very busy time for Pierce, as she could be a regular on two television series at once; at the same time she was a regular on Humor es...los comediantes, she was also a cast member of Carita de angel
. In recent years, most of Pierce's television series roles have been in telenovelas such as Complices al rescate
and, most recently, Duelo de pasiones
.
But that doesn't mean Aida has abandoned comedy forever. Pierce continues to perform her comedy routines live on stage throughout Mexico, usually writing her own stage material. She has also sung in many of her stage appearances. Additionally she has appeared as a radio personality. And she continues to make guest appearances on other Televisa series, including Mujer...casos de la vida real, Muevete (reuniting her with Guardia), Fabrica de risas (reuniting her with Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo
), Al sabor del chef, and Desmadruga2, among other series. She has recorded several songs, including her 1983 hit Sonrie, sintonizate con alegria, which was first performed at the Mexican Festival OTI that year; Nos vamos a pertenece, which is one of two songs posted on her website; and Principe, which she performs at the end of most of her personal appearances and has become her signature song
. She was included in the 2007 book Televisa Presenta, which was published on the occasion of the network's 50th anniversary. She most recently wrote a comedy play, Sexshop.
In addition to Ortiz de Pinedo, Pierce has worked with other Televisa producers, past and present, including Carmen Armendáriz, Luis de Llano Macedo
, Carla Estrada
, Israel Jaitovich
, Emilio Larrosa
, Humberto Navarro, Rosy Ocampo, Juan Osorio
, Silvia Pinal
, Enrique Segoviano
and even the late Raúl Velasco
.
When compared to her costars on various movies and television series, Pierce is a short, petite actress. She is also notable in that her stage last name is her mother's maiden name, in contrast to other Mexican actors, whose stage last names are normally their given last name. When Pierce talks, she tends to have an annoying, high-pitched voice, and when she sings, she is considered a soprano (as revealed in the "Rebelion de los Comediantes Parte 1" episode of Humor es...los comediantes.) She still lives in Mexico City. For her work in television, Pierce was inducted into the Paseo de las Luminarias (Mexico's equivalent of the Hollywood Walk of Fame
) at Mexico City's Plaza de las Estrellas
in 2007.
Televisa
Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...
over the years. Most of her television series have aired on television networks in other countries, most notably Univision
Univision
Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
in the United States. Pierce, who has also been a singer and a model, is sometimes referred to as La super comediante (SuperComedienne).
At 17, Pierce left Acapulco for Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
. She attended el Instituto Andres Soler, where she studied acting and to become a secretary. She also attended la Academia de Emma Pulido, where she studied jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, English, and French.
Pierce began her career on stage, appearing in the Mexican productions of Godspell
Godspell
Godspell is a musical by Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak. It opened off Broadway on May 17, 1971, and has played in various touring companies and revivals many times since, including a 2011 revival now playing on Broadway...
, Peter Pan
Peter Pan
Peter Pan is a character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie . A mischievous boy who can fly and magically refuses to grow up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland as the leader of his gang the Lost Boys, interacting with...
, Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Tim Rice. The musical started off as a rock opera concept recording before its first staging on Broadway in 1971...
, and Mame, among other plays. Her experience on stage led to a contract with Televisa. Pierce was first cast as Dona Tecla on Alegrias de Mediodia
Alegrías De Mediodía
Alegrías De Mediodía was a tv show broadcast by Canal de las Estrellas. It is a tv show aimed to young audience, set in Mexico. This show was broadcast in 1980. This was the first time ever Lucero starred in front of the tv cameras. She went to the casting for this show and she immediately...
in 1981. Later that year she joined the cast of La matraca, which lasted one year, and as a recurring cast member of La Carabina de Ambrosio
La Carabina de Ambrosio
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, where she remained until 1984. Her next television series was Salon de Belleza, which premiered in 1985. Also in 1985, she made her film debut in Los rockeros del barrio.
In 1986, she joined the cast of Cosas de casados. That same year, while videotaping that series at Televisa's Chapultepec studios, she was taping El hospital de la risa, which premiered that same year, at Televisa San Angel
Televisa San Angel
Televisa San Angel is a motion picture and television studio located in Mexico City. It was originally built by Jorge Stahl as a motion picture studio, and in the 1970s would be sold to the Azcárraga family, which, through ownership of the Televisa networks, continues to own the studios...
. On the former series, she portrayed a newlywed wife, and one the latter she portrayed a nurse, named Remedios. Her next series, Y sin embargo...se mueve, did not premiere until 1994. In the meantime, she made four additional movies. During the filming of one, El Rey de los Taxistas (1989) with Luis de Alba
Luis de Alba
Luis de Alba is a Mexican comedian, famous for his character El Pirrurris . He also made other characters such as "El Raton Crispin" in which he dressed himself as a big fat rat from Veracruz. He had a saying that he always said...
and Maribel Guardia
Maribel Guardia
Maribel del Rocío Fernández García is a Costa Rican actress, who works in Mexico, and currently lives and resides in Miami, Florida.-Miss Universe and Miss World:...
, Pierce learned she was pregnant. Her son (through her marriage to actor Ruben Morales), the actor and international video game champion Ruben Morales Zerecero, was born on May 26, 1989.
Her last two movies to date were released in 1993. In Se equivoco la ciguena, she played the same nurse character she had portrayed in El hospital de la risa. The other movie, Dos fantasmas sinverguenzas, was essentially a showcase for her comic talents. In 1996, Pierce became the first comedienne to pose nude in the Mexican edition of Playboy
Playboy
Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...
. By the turn of the 21st century, however, she would receive international fame, by proving she could do drama as well as comedy. In Serafin
Serafin
Serafin is the rock band from London who formed and began playing in September 2000.Often compared to almost anything in the rock industry, Serafin's sound is sometimes compared to bands like Pixies, Nirvana, The Smashing Pumpkins, Placebo, Radiohead, Blur and Jacob's Mouse.-History :The original...
, which premiered in Mexico in 1999 and in the United States in 2000, Pierce made her dramatic television debut in the role of Barbara. She wasn't the only actress in the series with connections to her hometown; Guardia, her costar, had made her first public Mexican appearance as a contestant in the 1978 Miss Universe
Miss Universe
Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....
pageant, held in Acapulco.
By the time Serafin ended Pierce had begun making appearances on Humor es...los comediantes, officially joining the cast in 2000. Pierce was still a regular on the series when it ended in 2001. In addition to her co-hosting duties, Pierce often appeared in sketches, usually alongside Carlos Espejel
Carlos Espejel
Carlos Espejel Leguizano is a Mexican telenovela actor and comedian, best known for his roles as "Chiquidrácula" and "Carlinflas" .-Biography:...
and Teo Gonzalez. In the sketches, Pierce could reprise the role of Remedios the nurse, or she could be a widow, a saloon girl, or even a customer at a restaurant. The most frequent of her characters on the sketches, however, dated back to her time on La carabina de Ambrosio: Virginola, an elderly woman who is desperately trying to play any situation for laughs. Pierce was also notable on this series for the many evening dresses
Evening gown
An evening gown is a long flowing women's dress usually worn to a formal affair. It ranges from tea and ballerina to full-length. Evening gowns are often made of a luxury fabric such as chiffon, velvet, satin, or silk...
she wore, some of which were outlandish (examples were a black-and-green dress with a long slit on one side and a midriff that was half-sheer and half-exposed, as well as a blue strapless "car wash" dress and a short-sleeved golden brown playsuit
Playsuit
A playsuit can be:* Playsuit , a child's one-piece garment* A women's garment similar to a jumpsuit or catsuit* Playsuit , a women's undergarment...
, still another a pink bandeau dress reminiscent of Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, singer, model and showgirl who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s....
's dress in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.)
The late 1990s and the turn of the 21st century was a very busy time for Pierce, as she could be a regular on two television series at once; at the same time she was a regular on Humor es...los comediantes, she was also a cast member of Carita de angel
Carita de Ángel
Carita de Angel was a child telenovela produced in Mexico by Televisa in 2000 produced by Nicandro Díaz. It is a remake of the telenovela Papa Corazon, which also was adapted for World toy. It starred Lisette Morelos Miguel de León and stellar participation Daniela Aedo as Dulce Maria...
. In recent years, most of Pierce's television series roles have been in telenovelas such as Complices al rescate
Cómplices al rescate
Cómplices al Rescate is a Mexican telenovela starring Belinda as two twins who were separated at birth.- Synopsis :...
and, most recently, Duelo de pasiones
Duelo de Pasiones
Duelo de Pasiones ' was a Mexican telenovela. It premiered in 2006 in Mexico and in the USA on January 15, taking the place of Heridas de Amor at 7PM/6C...
.
But that doesn't mean Aida has abandoned comedy forever. Pierce continues to perform her comedy routines live on stage throughout Mexico, usually writing her own stage material. She has also sung in many of her stage appearances. Additionally she has appeared as a radio personality. And she continues to make guest appearances on other Televisa series, including Mujer...casos de la vida real, Muevete (reuniting her with Guardia), Fabrica de risas (reuniting her with Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo
Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo
Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo Pallás is a Mexican comedian, actor, film director, screenwriter, television producer and host....
), Al sabor del chef, and Desmadruga2, among other series. She has recorded several songs, including her 1983 hit Sonrie, sintonizate con alegria, which was first performed at the Mexican Festival OTI that year; Nos vamos a pertenece, which is one of two songs posted on her website; and Principe, which she performs at the end of most of her personal appearances and has become her signature song
Signature song
A signature song is the one song that a popular and well-established singer or band is most closely identified with or best known for, even if they have had success with a variety of songs...
. She was included in the 2007 book Televisa Presenta, which was published on the occasion of the network's 50th anniversary. She most recently wrote a comedy play, Sexshop.
In addition to Ortiz de Pinedo, Pierce has worked with other Televisa producers, past and present, including Carmen Armendáriz, Luis de Llano Macedo
Luis de Llano Macedo
-History:Born in Mexico City in 1945. He is the son of television producer Luis de Llano Palmer and actress Rita Macedo. His older sister is the actress and singer Julissa. He started as a technician in a TV station in San Antonio, Texas at the early age of 17. In 1969 he becomes director of...
, Carla Estrada
Carla Estrada
Carla Estrada is one of the foremost telenovela producers of Latin America.On 2005 the Mexican government decided to place a statue of the producer in one of Mexico City's most important parks and on January, 2007 she appeared on People En Españols list of The 100 Most Influential Hispanics in the...
, Israel Jaitovich
Israel Jaitovich
Israel Jaitovich is a Premios TVyNovelas award-winning Mexican actor, producer, writer and racing car driver...
, Emilio Larrosa
Emilio Larrosa
Emilio Larrosa is a TV producer who has produced telenovelas and soap operas for Televisa.Larrosa produced the telenovella Hasta que el dinero nos separe, broadcast in 2009, and in In 2010, the telenovela Dos Hogares - an original mystery story about the relationship of two people, both broadcast...
, Humberto Navarro, Rosy Ocampo, Juan Osorio
Juan Osorio
Juan Mauel Osorio is a Mexican telenovela and music producer.-References:...
, Silvia Pinal
Silvia Pinal
Silvia Pinal is a Mexican actress, who had roles in several of Luis Buñuel's movies such as El ángel exterminador and Viridiana...
, Enrique Segoviano
Enrique Segoviano
Enrique Segoviano Enrique Segoviano Enrique Segoviano (born December 6, 1944, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic is a Dominican–Mexican television producer and director. He is best known as the original producer and director of Chespirito's various 1970s television series as well as for...
and even the late Raúl Velasco
Raúl Velasco
Raúl Velasco was born in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico. For 30 years, he was the Mexican host/producer of the TV show Siempre en Domingo which is his hallmark contribution to the Latin American world and eventually to other parts of the world where Spanish entertainment programs are broadcast.Raúl...
.
When compared to her costars on various movies and television series, Pierce is a short, petite actress. She is also notable in that her stage last name is her mother's maiden name, in contrast to other Mexican actors, whose stage last names are normally their given last name. When Pierce talks, she tends to have an annoying, high-pitched voice, and when she sings, she is considered a soprano (as revealed in the "Rebelion de los Comediantes Parte 1" episode of Humor es...los comediantes.) She still lives in Mexico City. For her work in television, Pierce was inducted into the Paseo de las Luminarias (Mexico's equivalent of the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Hollywood Walk of Fame
The Hollywood Walk of Fame consists of more than 2,400 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along fifteen blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California...
) at Mexico City's Plaza de las Estrellas
Plaza de las Estrellas
Plaza de las Estrellas is a shopping center located in Mexico City. It was built in 1982. It is best known as the site of the Paseo de las Luminarias, the Mexican equivalent of the Hollywood Walk of Fame...
in 2007.