Laura Zapata
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| Laura Zapata | |
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| Born | Laura Guadalupe Zapata Miranda 30 July 1956 [1] Mexico City, Mexico |
| Spouse | Ernesto Sodi |
Laura Zapata (born Laura Guadalupe Zapata Miranda (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlauɾa ɣwaðaˈlupe θaˈpata miˈɾanda]) on July 30, 1956) is a Mexican telenovela actress. She has acted in Televisa productions most of her life.
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[edit] Family
She is the daughter of Guillermo Zapata (a Mexican boxer) and Yolanda Miranda Mange (from her first marriage) and part of the Sodi family. Curiously, she married Thalía's cousin Ernesto Sodi from Sodi family, that's why in Mexico her legal name is Laura Zapata de Sodi.
Zapata is the eldest sister of singer Thalía and Ernestina Sodi, a well-known writer, and biographer. Zapata and Thalia were the first ones of the family to gain international fame by acting and singing, acting in such soap operas as Rosalinda, Pobre Niña Rica, Esmeralda and especially Rosa Salvaje, alongside Verónica Castro. In Maria Mercedes, one of Thalía's first soap operas, she played a villain opposite her sister. In the world of telenovelas, she is as well-known known for her protagonist roles as for her roles as antagonist.
Zapata also is a singer, and dancer. She has performed, singing and dancing, in many Mexican television shows, such as La Carabina de Ambrosio emceed by Gualberto Castro.
[edit] Kidnapping
On September 2002, Zapata and her sister Ernestina were kidnapped and taken to an unspecified location. The news of their kidnapping made headlines across Latin America and among the Spanish-speaking television channels of the United States. Thalía is married to billionaire Tommy Mottola, so it was speculated that their captors would ask for a large sum of money. Instead, Zapata was released 18 days after her kidnapping, and her sister Ernestina was released on the 34th day.[2]
[edit] Actress
- 2011: Mujeres Asesinas 4 (Norma Representante)
- 2010: Zacatillo, un lugar en tu corazón TV series .... Miriam
- 2009: Cuidado con el ángel .... Onelia (161 episodes, 2008–2009)
- 2005: Soñar no cuesta nada TV series .... Roberta Pérez de Lizalde
- 2002: Cuatro piernas .... Sole
- 2001: La intrusa .... Maximiliana Limantur de Roldán
- 2001: Mujer bonita TV mini-series .... Celia
- 1999: Rosalinda .... Verónica Del Castillo
- 1998: La usurpadora TV series .... Zoraida Zapata
- 1997: Esmeralda .... Fátima Linares viuda de Peñarreal
- 1995: Pobre niña rica TV series .... Teresa
- 1992: María Mercedes .... Malvina del Olmo
- 1987: Rosa salvaje .... Dulcina (11 episodes, 1987–1988)
- 1984: Los años felices TV series .... Flora
- 1981: La cosecha de mujeres
- 1980: Juventud TV series . Modesta
- 1980: Nuestro juramento
- 1979: La guerra de los pasteles .... Azucena
- 1978: El patrullero 777
- 1978: Mama campanitas TV series .... Irene
- 1977: La Venganza TV series - Violeta
- 1976: Alas doradas
- 1974: Mundo de juguete
[edit] Notes
- ^ In most of the verifiable sources appears 1956 as year of birth, however it is very disputed, since between her and her sister, the famous singer and actress Thalía, there are 19 years of difference, and the Thalía's year of birth is 1971, according to most sources.
- ^ "The Americas: Mexico: Kidnapped Writer Freed". The New York Times. 29 October 2002. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/29/world/world-briefing-the-americas-mexico-kidnapped-writer-freed.html. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
