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Natalia Oreiro 
Background information Birth name Natalia Marisa Oreiro Iglesias Born May 19, 1977 Origin Montevideo, Uruguay Genres Latin pop, rock Occupations Singer, songwriter, actress, model Instruments Vocals Years active 1990s–present Labels BMG – Ariola Website Official website Natalia Marisa Oreiro Iglesias (born May 19, 1977 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a Latin Grammy-nominated Uruguayan singer, actress and fashion designer of Galician ancestry, who developed most of her career in Argentina. Oreiro began her career in soap operas. Since 2008 she has switched to work primarily in films. Oreiro has worked on social awareness shows and events for organizations like Greenpeace and UNICEF, the latter of which designated her as ambassador for Argentina and Uruguay in September 2011. She has been included in Esquire magazine's "The Sexiest Woman Alive Atlas" list.[1]
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Life and career
1977–2000: Early life and career beginnings
Natalia Oreiro, daughter of Carlos Florencio Oreiro Poggio and Mabel Cristina Iglesias Bourié, was born on May 19, 1977. Natalia studied drama at the age of eight and at twelve started auditioning for advertisements. During her teens she appeared in more than 30 television commercials for such trade marks as Coca Cola, Pepsi and Johnson & Johnson. At the age of 16 she moved to Argentina to work there and unleash her ambition to be a star. She worked as an MTV VJ and in 1995, she landed a role in the soap opera Dulce Ana. She was then cast in the TV series 90-60-90 modelos (1996) and next in Ricos y famosos (1997, playing Valeria). Next, she starred in the Argentinian film Un Argentino en New York (1998). After the movie, Natalia launched her first album, Natalia Oreiro and the single "Cambio dolor" became the opening theme for her next acting project, the prime time show Muñeca Brava (1998–1999). For her performance in Muñeca Brava, Natalia was nominated twice (1998 and 1999) for a Martín Fierro Award as best actress in a leading role. In January 2000, Natalia was named "Celebrity of the Year" by E! Entertainment Television. She became popular in Russia due to the success of Muñeca brava in that country and was even invited to star in a Russian telenovela.
2000–2002: Tu Veneno and Turmalina
She pursued her musical career with the next album Tu Veneno and presentations in Gala de la Hispanidad, Gala de Murcia (both in Spain) and Festival de la Calle 8 in Miami. Her most important appearance was in the prestigious Latin television show Sábado Gigante Internacional, hosted by Don Francisco. Natalia's major achievement at this time was her music performance in Chile at Viña del Mar Festival 2000 for which she was crowned Queen of that event.[2] The album scored a Latin Grammy nomination for Best Pop Female Vocal Album, but lost to Christina Aguilera's Mi Reflejo.
On June 1, 2002, her third studio album Turmalina was released by BMG Ariola Argentina. Turmalina was produced by Latin record producer Kike Santander and is a combination of rhythms such as rock, pop and some sort of reminiscent of the 70's and 80's sounds. On this album, Oreiro write and composed the songs: "Alas de libertad" which is inspired by kids she met some time ago in the city of Jujuy, Argentina; "Mar" tells the love story between a sailor and his girlfriend. Natalia also contributed to the lyrics of "Cayendo". "Que Digan Lo Que Quieran" is Turmalina's first single. Official Uruguayan 2002 World Cup song "Pasión Celeste" is recorded with Fredy Bessio.[3] "Cuesta arriba, cuesta abajo" was opening song of soap opera Kachorra (Runaway Lady). Kachorra ended with a rating lower than 20 points in Argentina.[4]
2002–present: Cleopatra, Sos mi vida and other works
Natalia Oreiro in September 2010
In March 2003 she started filming her second film Cleopatra 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 March 1, 2004 she started filming El Deseo. In 2006 she joined as the female boxer, Esperanza Munoz, in the cast of the telenovela Sos mi vida along with her Muñeca brava co-star Facundo Arana. It was directed by Rodolfo Antúnez and Jorge Bechara and broadcast by Canal 13. It began broadcasting on January 16, 2006 and ending January 9, 2007, and during its broadcast averaged 26.9 points overall rating.[5] It was written by Ernesto Korovsky and Sebastian Parrotta, and won four Martín Fierro Awards and three Clarín Awards.
On April 30, 2008, Oreiro starred in Amanda O which is a series of internet television in Argentina and produced by Dori Media Group. It was first soap opera made for internet,[6] and was seen by 550,000 users over Novebox.com, from Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay during its first season and beginning of the second.[7]
Discography
Main article: Natalia Oreiro discography- Natalia Oreiro (1998)
- Tu Veneno (2000)
- Turmalina (2002)
Artistic career
Television
Year Title Role Channel Notes[8] 1994 Inconquistable corazón Victoria Canal 9 1995 Dulce Ana Verónica Iturbe Montalbán Canal 9 1996 90-60-90 modelos Lucía Peralta Canal 9 1997 Ricos y famosos Valeria García Méndez de Salerno Canal 9 1998 Muñeca brava Milagros 'Mili' Esposito-Di Carlo de Miranda (Cholito/Carlitos) Telefe - Nominated – Martin Fierro – Best Actress
- Won – Viva 2000 Israel – Best Actress
- Won – Gold Otto (Czech Republic) – Best actress
- Won – Otto (Poland) – Best actress
- Won – Story awards (Hungary) – Best foreign star
- Won – E! Entertainment television – Celebrity of the year
2002 Kachorra Antonia Guerrero (Kachorra), alias Rosario Achával Telefe - Nominated – Martin Fierro – Best TV comedy actress
2004 El Deseo Carmen Telefe 2005 Botines Renée Canal 13 in "Bailarina en rosa y verde" episode 2006 Sos mi vida Esperanza "La Monita" Muñoz Canal 13 - Won – Martin Fierro – Best comedy actress
2007 Patito feo Patricia González Canal 13 guest appearance 2008 Amanda O Amanda O on internet
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América Televisión- Martin Fierro – Leading Actress in a Comedy Program
2008 Recurso Natural Canal 7 Host 2010 Se dice de mi Canal Encuentro Host Filmography
Natalia Oreiero at Cannes in 2007.Year Film Role Notes[8] 1998 Un Argentino en New York Verónica 'Vero' De Ricci 2003 Cleopatra Sandra / Milagros 2004 La guerra de los gimnasios (short) telenovela actress 2005 Las vidas posibles Marcía Miconi - Nominated – Silver condor – Best Supporting Actress
2006 La peli Lola Montero - Won – Festival Cine Argentino de Tandil – Best actress
2008 Música en espera Paula Otero - Won – Tatu tumpa (Bolivia) – Award for her role in Música en Espera
- Nominated – South Awards – Best Actress
- Nominated – Silver condor – Best Actress
2010 Francia Cristina 2010 Miss Tacuarembó Natalia "Cristal" / Cándida López - Nominated – Asociación de Críticos de Cine del Uruguay – Best Actress
- Won – IRIS (Uruguay) – Best Actress[9]
2011 Mi Primera Boda Leonora Bellami References
- ^ Natalia Oreiro Sexy Picture. Esquire (2010-07-30). Retrieved on 2011-11-12.
- ^ "Natalia Oreiro: ensalada rusa" (in Spanish). http://edant.clarin.com/diario/2005/09/11/sociedad/s-1050638.htm.
- ^ "Turmalina Review". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/turmalina-r607446.
- ^ "Kachorra". http://telepedia.novebox.com/telepedia/show/kachorra-0.
- ^ "Sos mi vida" llegó a su fin[dead link]
- ^ "Bizarra y ambigua". http://www.clarin.com/diario/2008/11/16/espectaculos/c-00601.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
- ^ ""Amanda O", camino al gran fina". http://www.novebox.com/article/amanda-o-camino-al-gran-final. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
- ^ a b For awards: "Bio, Awards". http://nataliaoreiro.com/bio_en.html.
- ^ "Natalia awarded in Uruguay". http://www.nataliaoreiro.com/news/2011/05/natalia-awarded-in-uruguay/. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
External links
- Official website
- Natalia Oreiro at the Internet Movie Database
- Official Youtube Channel
- Natalia Oreiro at cinenacional.com
Soundtracks Un Argentino en New York (1998)Singles De Tu Amor (1998) · Que Si, Que Si (1998) · Huracán (1998) · Cambio Dolor (1998) · Me Muero De Amor (1999) · Tu Veneno (2000) · Río De La Plata (2000) · Basta De Tí (2001) · Como te olvido (2001) · Un Ramito de Violetas (2001) · Cuesta Arriba, Cuesta Abajo (2002) · Que Digan Lo Que Quieran (2002)Filmography Un Argentino en New York (1998) · Cleopatra (2003) · La Guerra De Los Gimnasios (2004) · Las Vidas Posibles (2005) · La Peli (2006) · Música en espera (2008) · Francia (2009)TV serials Inconquistable Corazón (1994) · Dulce Ana (1995) · 90-60-90 Modelos (1996) · Ricos y Famosos (1997) · Muñeca Brava (1998-1999) · Kachorra (2002) · El Deseo (2004) · Botines (2005) · V ritme tango (2005) · Sos mi vida (2006) · Patito Feo (2007) · Amanda O (2008)Related topics Natalia Oreiro discography · Telefe · Canal 13 · Canal 9 · Pablo Echarri · Ricardo Mollo · Facundo AranaCategories:- 1977 births
- Living people
- People from Montevideo
- Spanish-language singers
- Uruguayan actors
- Uruguayan expatriates in Argentina
- Uruguayan expatriates in Chile
- Expatriate actors in Argentina
- Expatriate models in Argentina
- Expatriate models in Chile
- Uruguayan female models
- Uruguayan female singers
- Uruguayan pop singers
- Uruguayans of Galician descent
- Uruguayan people of French descent
- Uruguayan people of Italian descent
- Uruguayan people of Spanish descent
- Uruguayan vegetarians
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