Gabriela Spanic
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Gabriela Spanic or Gaby Spanic, is an award-winning Venezuelan actress best known for her roles in telenovela
s. Her twin sister is model/actress Daniela Spanic
. She has a younger sister Patricia, and two brothers Antonio and Adiel. Among her most famous novelas are "La Usurpadora
", "Por Tu Amor", "La Intrusa
", "Tierra de Pasiones
", and "Soy Tu Dueña
." She was the only actress to repeat the role of twins. Currently, she is starring in TV Azteca's Emperatriz
as the title character, which was a remake of the Venezuelan version - a character which she wanted to portray during her teenage years.
, having moved to Venezuela with his parents in 1960. Her mother is Venezuelan, but she was uprooted and educated in Los Angeles. Her career started in the Miss Venezuela
pageant in 1992 as Miss Guarico. Spanic began her university studies in psychology, but always had a latent desire for acting. Her career received a major boost in the mid 90s when she started having leading roles in Venezuelan soaps
. Gabriela made a series of papers mostly she was the protagonist of Trama somehow it began to be considered a national heroine in Venezuela in 1997 a great team America hires for it to do a photo shoot unique for the magazine Cosmopolitan.
In 2010, Gaby, her son, and her mother were poisoned by her assistant with Ammonium chlorate
for four months. Since then, she has recovered. Later that year, she left Televisa
and signed contract with Azteca
.
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
s. Her twin sister is model/actress Daniela Spanic
Daniela Spanic
Daniela Spanic is a Venezuelan model and twin sister of actress Gabriela Spanic....
. She has a younger sister Patricia, and two brothers Antonio and Adiel. Among her most famous novelas are "La Usurpadora
La usurpadora
La Usurpadora is a Mexican romantic drama telenovela produced by Salvador Mejia Alejandre and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from February 9, 1998 to July 24, 1998. It starred Gabriela Spanic and Fernando Colunga. This was one of the last telenovelas to feature Libertad Lamarque,...
", "Por Tu Amor", "La Intrusa
La Intrusa
La Intrusa may refer to:*La Intrusa - 1939.*La Intrusa - 1987.*La Intrusa - 2001....
", "Tierra de Pasiones
Tierra de Pasiones
Tierra de Pasiones is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by Telemundo which is owned by NBC Universal. Tierra de Pasiones was filmed on a set in Homestead, Florida, and aired weekdays from February 20, 2006 to October 24, 2006 at 8 pm ET...
", and "Soy Tu Dueña
Soy tu dueña
Soy Tu Dueña is a telenovela starring Lucero, Fernando Colunga, Jacqueline Andere, David Zepeda, Sergio Goyri and Gabriela Spanic. It is the remake of La Dueña, produced by Florinda Meza, that aired in 1995. The telenovela began airing on Univision June 1, 2010, replacing the second hour that...
." She was the only actress to repeat the role of twins. Currently, she is starring in TV Azteca's Emperatriz
Emperatriz
Emperatriz is a Mexican telenovela produced by Fides Velasco for Azteca. It stars Gabriela Spanic as the title character, while Bernie Paz as the male lead. Other casts include Sergio de Bustamante, Julieta Egurrola, Adriana Louvier, Marimar Vega, Miriam Higareda, Alberto Guerra, Rafael Sanchez...
as the title character, which was a remake of the Venezuelan version - a character which she wanted to portray during her teenage years.
1990-1997 Started as an actress and model
Spanic's father is CroatianCroats
Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
, having moved to Venezuela with his parents in 1960. Her mother is Venezuelan, but she was uprooted and educated in Los Angeles. Her career started in the Miss Venezuela
Miss Venezuela
The Miss Venezuela contest is the national beauty pageant of Venezuela and has been held since 1952. It is responsible for selecting the country's representatives to the Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss Earth and Miss International pageants .Under the direction of Osmel Sousa, Venezuela has...
pageant in 1992 as Miss Guarico. Spanic began her university studies in psychology, but always had a latent desire for acting. Her career received a major boost in the mid 90s when she started having leading roles in Venezuelan soaps
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
. Gabriela made a series of papers mostly she was the protagonist of Trama somehow it began to be considered a national heroine in Venezuela in 1997 a great team America hires for it to do a photo shoot unique for the magazine Cosmopolitan.
1998-2002 La Usurpadora and Hiatus
Gaby was invited in 1998 to star in one of the most important roles of her life, the novela "La Usurpadora" who until then would be Thalia. Gabriela starring actress who auditioned for the character Paula & Paulina came to worldwide success with the novela which was transmitted to more than 120 countries around the world. Usurpadora was practically the first novela to win more than 20 points in the grid of the TV audience Americana.2005 Tierra de Passiones
She won the Orquidea Award in 2005 for her trajectory as an actress, as well as the prestigious FAMAS Award for Best Actress for her role in Tierra de Pasiones.Legal and Cases Controversy
In 1999 the tabloids acknowledged that Gaby would be ending her marriage to Miguel de Leon. They divorced and after that she moved to Colombia.In 2010, Gaby, her son, and her mother were poisoned by her assistant with Ammonium chlorate
Ammonium chlorate
Ammonium chlorate is an inorganic compound with the formula NH4ClO3.It is obtained by neutralizing chloric acid with either ammonia or ammonium carbonate, or by precipitating barium, strontium or calcium chlorates with ammonium carbonate or ammonium sulfate, producing the respective carbonate or...
for four months. Since then, she has recovered. Later that year, she left Televisa
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...
and signed contract with Azteca
Azteca
Azteca may refer to:* Azteca , a Latin based rock band from the San Francisco Bay Area, United States* Azteca , a breed of horse* Azteca , a genus of ants* Azteca Records , a record label...
.
Personal life
She was born to Croatian father and Venezuelan mother, of which were immigrated in 1947, but later has a son named Gabriel de Jesús who was born on July 7, 2008.TV Azteca Role
- 2011: EmperatrizEmperatrizEmperatriz is a Mexican telenovela produced by Fides Velasco for Azteca. It stars Gabriela Spanic as the title character, while Bernie Paz as the male lead. Other casts include Sergio de Bustamante, Julieta Egurrola, Adriana Louvier, Marimar Vega, Miriam Higareda, Alberto Guerra, Rafael Sanchez...
.... as Emperatriz JuradoEmperatriz JuradoEmperatriz Jurado is a fictional woman and the title character from TV Azteca's Emperatriz. The character is portrayed by Venezuelan actress Gabriela Spanic.-Parents:Emperatriz is the daughter of Perfecta Jurado and Justo Del Real...
, main protagonist/main villain
Televisa Role
- 2010: Soy tu DueñaSoy tu dueñaSoy Tu Dueña is a telenovela starring Lucero, Fernando Colunga, Jacqueline Andere, David Zepeda, Sergio Goyri and Gabriela Spanic. It is the remake of La Dueña, produced by Florinda Meza, that aired in 1995. The telenovela began airing on Univision June 1, 2010, replacing the second hour that...
.... as Ivana Dorantes Rangel, main female villain/antagonist - 2001: La IntrusaLa IntrusaLa Intrusa may refer to:*La Intrusa - 1939.*La Intrusa - 1987.*La Intrusa - 2001....
.... as Virginia Martínez Roldán de Junquera Brito / Vanessa Martínez Del Bosque Itubure (a.k.a.) Junqueira Brito / Valquirya Roldan Itubure, main heroine, dies/ main protagonist - 1999: Por tu Amor .... as Maria del Cielo Montalvo, main heroine
- 1998: La UsurpadoraLa usurpadoraLa Usurpadora is a Mexican romantic drama telenovela produced by Salvador Mejia Alejandre and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from February 9, 1998 to July 24, 1998. It starred Gabriela Spanic and Fernando Colunga. This was one of the last telenovelas to feature Libertad Lamarque,...
.... as Paulina Martinez and Paola Bracho, main heroine/main villain
Telemundo Role
- 2006: Tierra de PasionesTierra de PasionesTierra de Pasiones is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by Telemundo which is owned by NBC Universal. Tierra de Pasiones was filmed on a set in Homestead, Florida, and aired weekdays from February 20, 2006 to October 24, 2006 at 8 pm ET...
.... as Valeria San Román, main heroine - 2005: DecisionesDecisionesDecisiones is a Telemundo-produced Spanish-language television anthology of steamy melodramas about passion and sex in the modern world. The hour-long series features impassioned people thrust into amorous adventures and pushed to their breaking points...
Daniela / ... (2 episodes, 2005–2007) ... aka Decisiones de famosos - A la Tercera va la Vencida (2007) TV episode .... Daniela - Un Amor Verdadero (2005) TV - 2004: PrisioneraPrisionera- Plot :Wrongfully accused of a crime she didn't commit, 13 year old Guadalupe Santos is sentenced to 30 years in jail, while in jail she gives birth to a baby girl who is taken from her by her older sister Milagros. 15 years later she escapes jail and meets with Daniel Moncada who turns out to be...
TV series .... as Guadalupe Santos, main heroine - 2002: La VenganzaLa Venganza (2002 telenovela)La Venganza , is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo and RTI Colombia. This limited-run series ran for 127 episodes from November 4, 2002 to May 16, 2003...
TV series .... as Valentina Díaz, protagonist
Venevision Role
- 1997: Todo por tu Amor .... as Petra Josefina Marcano alias Amaranta Rey
- 1996: Quirpa de Tres Mujeres TV series .... as Emiliana Echeverría Salazar
- 1996: Como Tú, NingunaComo Tu, NingunaComo Tu, Ninguna was a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and seen on Venevisión. This telenovela lasted 281 episodes and was distributed internationally by Venevisión International...
TV series .... as Gilda Barreto - 1995: Morena ClaraMorena ClaraMorena Clara is a 1954 film directed by Luis Lucia starring Lola Flores and Fernando Fernán Gómez.-Plot:The film begins by depicting the fabled tale of how the gypsies came to be. According to folklore gypsies are descendants of an Egyptian pharaoh. In the film, actors are dressed in ancient...
TV series .... as Linda Prado - 1994: María CelesteMaria CelesteSister Maria Celeste , born Virginia Gamba, was the daughter of the famous Italian scientist Galileo Galilei and Marina Gamba. She was the eldest of three siblings, with a sister Livia and a brother Vincenzio...
TV series .... as Celina Hidalgo - 1993: Rosangelica TV series .... as Carla (unknown episodes)
- 1992: Divina Obsesión TV series
- 1992: La Loba HeridaLa loba heridaLa loba herida is a Venezuelan telenovela shown in 1992, starring with Mariela Alcala, Carlos Montilla, and Astrid Carolina Herrera. This telenovela contains 214 episodes...
TV series - 1991: Mundo de FierasMundo de FierasMundo de Fieras was a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and seen on Venezuela's Venevisión. It was written by Ligia Lezama and directed by Gabriel Walfenzao. This telenovela lasted 239 episodes and it achieved a significant amount of success in Venezuela. It was distributed...
TV series