Lola Ponce
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Paola Fabiana Ponce professionally known as Lola Ponce, is an Argentine
singer–songwriter, composer, actress and occasional model.
Ponce made her breakthrough in Argentina and Latin America
with her debut album Inalcanzable, which was released in 2001. She also earned a great popularity in Italy
, after starring in musical
Notre-Dame de Paris in Verona
. Ponce has since released two more albums — Fearless (2004) and Il diario di Lola (2008) — and has performed in Spanish
, Italian
and English
. In 2008, along with Giò Di Tonno, she won San Remo Festival with the song "Colpo di fulmine".
, Santa Fe Province
to Hector and María. She has two siblings, Claudia and Alejandro. Born and raised in a musical family, she formed a duo with her brother when she was only 3, performing folklore
songs. Ponce took part in many festivals in Latin America
as child and teenager. In 1998, she had a role in Chiquititas
, a popular TV series created by Cris Morena
, and signed a recording contract
with producer Oscar Mediavilla in 1999. Ponce entered the University of Buenos Aires
, but dropped it due to music career.
. In 2002, she was cast as Esméralda
in theatre musical Notre-Dame de Paris, which was shown in Verona
, Italy
, and Barcelona
, Spain
. Ponce recorded two songs for the musical soundtrack
, "Ave Maria Pagana" and "Ali In Gabbia, Occhi Selvaggi", and made her breakthrough in Italy and Europe
. In 2004, she released her first album in English
, Fearless, and in 2005 performed her song "Sleep" in the revival part of the San Remo Festival.
In 2006, Ponce competed in Grande Fratello, Italian version of Big Brother
. In 2008, she released third studio albums Il diario di Lola, which contains songs in Spanish
, Italian
and English. Ponce also won San Remo Festival along with Giò Di Tonno and the song "Colpo di fulmine". The song reached number one at Italian Singles Chart. In 2010, Ponce appeared in several television series and films, and starred the stage adaptation of Alessandro Manzoni
's novel The Betrothed. She also participated in Argentine version of Dancing with the Stars
, Bailando por un sueño
, and released her first compilation album
Lola.
player Facundo Pieres
. Ponce is often referred as one of most beautiful women of Argentina
. She also attracted a lot of media attention in Argentina and Italy
after being the guest of several parties organized by Italian Prime Minister
Silvio Berlusconi
. Ponce is a good friend of American actor George Clooney
.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
singer–songwriter, composer, actress and occasional model.
Ponce made her breakthrough in Argentina and Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
with her debut album Inalcanzable, which was released in 2001. She also earned a great popularity in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, after starring in musical
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
Notre-Dame de Paris in Verona
Verona
Verona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...
. Ponce has since released two more albums — Fearless (2004) and Il diario di Lola (2008) — and has performed in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
and English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. In 2008, along with Giò Di Tonno, she won San Remo Festival with the song "Colpo di fulmine".
Early life and career (1982—2000)
Lola Ponce was born on June 25, 1982 in Capitán BermudezSanta Fe Province
The Invincible Province of Santa Fe, in Spanish Provincia Invencible de Santa Fe , is a province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco , Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, and Santiago del Estero...
, Santa Fe Province
Santa Fe Province
The Invincible Province of Santa Fe, in Spanish Provincia Invencible de Santa Fe , is a province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco , Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, and Santiago del Estero...
to Hector and María. She has two siblings, Claudia and Alejandro. Born and raised in a musical family, she formed a duo with her brother when she was only 3, performing folklore
Folklore
Folklore consists of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales and customs that are the traditions of a culture, subculture, or group. It is also the set of practices through which those expressive genres are shared. The study of folklore is sometimes called...
songs. Ponce took part in many festivals in Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
as child and teenager. In 1998, she had a role in Chiquititas
Chiquititas
Chiquititas was a successful children's musical telenovela from Argentina. Created and produced by Cris Morena and her daughter Romina Yan, it aired on Telefé from 1995 until 2001 .There were two spin-offs: Rincón de Luz, aired in 2003 on Canal 9 and a 2006 season which aired in...
, a popular TV series created by Cris Morena
Cris Morena
María Cristina De Giacomi is an Argentine awarded television producer, actress, television presenter, composer, musician, songwriter, writer, former fashion model and CEO of Cris Morena Group...
, and signed a recording contract
Recording contract
A recording contract is a legal agreement between a record label and a recording artist , where the artist makes a record for the label to sell and promote...
with producer Oscar Mediavilla in 1999. Ponce entered the University of Buenos Aires
University of Buenos Aires
The University of Buenos Aires is the largest university in Argentina and the largest university by enrollment in Latin America. Founded on August 12, 1821 in the city of Buenos Aires, it consists of 13 faculties, 6 hospitals, 10 museums and is linked to 4 high schools: Colegio Nacional de Buenos...
, but dropped it due to music career.
Stardom (2001—present)
Ponce released her debut album Inalcanzable in 2001, achieving a great success in Latin AmericaLatin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
. In 2002, she was cast as Esméralda
Esmeralda (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
Esmeralda, or La Esmeralda , born Agnes, is a fictional character in Victor Hugo's 1831 novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame . She is a French Gypsy girl...
in theatre musical Notre-Dame de Paris, which was shown in Verona
Verona
Verona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, and Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. Ponce recorded two songs for the musical soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
, "Ave Maria Pagana" and "Ali In Gabbia, Occhi Selvaggi", and made her breakthrough in Italy and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. In 2004, she released her first album in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, Fearless, and in 2005 performed her song "Sleep" in the revival part of the San Remo Festival.
In 2006, Ponce competed in Grande Fratello, Italian version of Big Brother
Big Brother (TV series)
Big Brother is a television show in which a group of people live together in a large house, isolated from the outside world but continuously watched by television cameras. Each series lasts for around three months, and there are usually fewer than 15 participants. The housemates try to win a cash...
. In 2008, she released third studio albums Il diario di Lola, which contains songs in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
and English. Ponce also won San Remo Festival along with Giò Di Tonno and the song "Colpo di fulmine". The song reached number one at Italian Singles Chart. In 2010, Ponce appeared in several television series and films, and starred the stage adaptation of Alessandro Manzoni
Alessandro Manzoni
Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Manzoni was an Italian poet and novelist.He is famous for the novel The Betrothed , generally ranked among the masterpieces of world literature...
's novel The Betrothed. She also participated in Argentine version of Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars is the name of several international television series based on the format of the British TV series Strictly Come Dancing, which is distributed by BBC Worldwide – the commercial arm of the BBC. Currently the format has been licensed to over 35 countries...
, Bailando por un sueño
Bailando 2010
Bailando 2010 was the sixth season of Bailando por un Sueño and was premiered on May 4, 2010. The jury was initially composed by Graciela Alfano, Ricardo Fort, Anibal Pachano, Reina Reech, and Carmen Barbieri, but in the middle of the competition, Carmen quit the show, and Moria Casán entered in...
, and released her first compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
Lola.
Personal and media life
Ponce dated Italian lawyer Manuel Malenotti for five years, from 2005 to 2010, and is now rumoured to date poloPolo
Polo is a team sport played on horseback in which the objective is to score goals against an opposing team. Sometimes called, "The Sport of Kings", it was highly popularized by the British. Players score by driving a small white plastic or wooden ball into the opposing team's goal using a...
player Facundo Pieres
Facundo Pieres
Facundo Pieres born May 19, 1986 in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province is a professional Argentine polo player with a 10-goal handicap. Currently, he is ranked number 2.- Biography :...
. Ponce is often referred as one of most beautiful women of Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. She also attracted a lot of media attention in Argentina and Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
after being the guest of several parties organized by Italian Prime Minister
Prime minister
A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...
Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi , also known as Il Cavaliere – from knighthood to the Order of Merit for Labour which he received in 1977 – is an Italian politician and businessman who served three terms as Prime Minister of Italy, from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006, and 2008 to 2011. Berlusconi is also the...
. Ponce is a good friend of American actor George Clooney
George Clooney
George Timothy Clooney is an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. For his work as an actor, he has received two Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award...
.
Discography
- 2001 — Inalcanzable
- 2002 — Notre-Dame de Paris
- 2004 — Fearless
- 2008 — Il diario di Lola
- 2010 — Lola
Filmography
| Title | Year | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiny Angels Chiquititas Chiquititas was a successful children's musical telenovela from Argentina. Created and produced by Cris Morena and her daughter Romina Yan, it aired on Telefé from 1995 until 2001 .There were two spin-offs: Rincón de Luz, aired in 2003 on Canal 9 and a 2006 season which aired in... |
1998 | Lola | (TV Series) Chiquititas |
| Notre-Dame de Paris | 2002 | Esméralda Esmeralda (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) Esmeralda, or La Esmeralda , born Agnes, is a fictional character in Victor Hugo's 1831 novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame . She is a French Gypsy girl... |
(Stage) Produced by Verona Arena Verona Arena The Verona Arena is a Roman amphitheatre in Piazza Bra in Verona, Italy, which is internationally famous for the large-scale opera performances given there. It is one of the best preserved ancient structures of its kind.... |
| Notre-Dame de Paris — Live from Verona Arena | 2002 | Esméralda | (TV Film) Notre Dame de Paris — Live Arena di Verona |
| Without Code | 2004 | Luna | (TV Miniseries) Sin código |
| Big Brother | 2006 | Herself / Contestant | (Reality Show) Grande Fratello |
| Powder | 2009 | Marcela | Polvere |
| Cinderella 2000 | 2010 | Cenicienta | (TV Film) Cenicienta 2000 |
| Love at First Sight | 2010 | Maya Rivera | (TV Film) Colpo di fulmine |
| Dancing with the Stars 2010 Bailando 2010 Bailando 2010 was the sixth season of Bailando por un Sueño and was premiered on May 4, 2010. The jury was initially composed by Graciela Alfano, Ricardo Fort, Anibal Pachano, Reina Reech, and Carmen Barbieri, but in the middle of the competition, Carmen quit the show, and Moria Casán entered in... |
2010 | Herself / Contestant | (TV Show) Bailando por un sueño 2010 |
| The Two Faces of Love Le due facce dell'amore (television series) Le due facce dell'amore is an Italian television series.... |
2010 | Jessica | (TV Series; 1 episode) Le due facce dell'amore |
| Love & Slaps | 2010 | Gladys | La bellezza del somaro |
| The Betrothed — A Modern Opera | 2010 | Monaca di Monza | (Stage) I promessi sposi — Opera moderna |
| El Talismán El Talismán El Talismán is an upcoming 2012 telenovela co-produced by Venevision and Univision Studios, starring Blanca Soto and Rafael Novoa as the main protagonists, and Aarón Díaz and Lola Ponce as the main antagonists... |
2012 | Lucrecia | |