Laura Zapata
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Born | Laura Guadalupe Zapata Miranda July 31, 1956[a] Mexico City, Mexico |
Other names | Laura Zapata de Sodi |
Occupation(s) | Actress, singer, dancer |
Years active | 1974-2017 |
Spouse | Juan Eduardo Sodi de la Tijera (divorced) |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Yolanda Miranda Mange[1] Guillermo Zapata Pérez de Utrera |
Relatives | Thalía (maternal half-sister) Camila Sodi (Half-niece) |
Laura Guadalupe Zapata Miranda (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlawɾa ɣwaðaˈlupe saˈpata miˈɾanda] born July 31, 1952) is a Mexican support telenovela actress, singer and dancer. She has acted in Televisa productions.
Family
Born in Mexico City, Zapata is the daughter of Guillermo Zapata Pérez de Utrera (a Mexican boxer, model and businessman) and Yolanda Miranda Mange (from her first marriage), and part of the Sodi family. She married Juan Eduardo Sodi de la Tijera. Zapata is the half-sister of music superstar Thalía, Federica, Gabriela and Ernestina Sodi, a well-known writer, and biographer. She has two sons, Claudio Sodi and Patricio Sodi. Zapata is also a singer and dancer. Laura and Thalía were the first ones of the family to gain international fame by acting and singing. In Maria Mercedes, one of Thalía’s first soap operas, Laura played a villain opposite her sister. In the world of telenovelas, she is as well known for her protagonist roles as she is for her antagonist roles.
Kidnapping
In September 2002, Laura and her sister Ernestina were supposedly 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, her half-sister, is married to multi-millionaire Tommy Mottola, so it was speculated that their captors would ask for a large sum of money. Instead, Laura was released 18 days after her kidnapping, and her sister Ernestina was released on the 34th day.[2]
Filmography
Films
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1976 | Alas doradas | Unknown role | Debut film |
1978 | El patrullero 777 | Señorita en delegación | |
1979 | La guerra de los pasteles | Azucena | |
1980 | Nuestro juramento | Nancy | |
1981 | La cosecha de mujeres | Unknown role | |
2002 | Cuatro piernas | Sole | |
2012 | Marcelo | Señora Martha | |
2019 | La peor de mis bodas 2 | Señora suegra |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1974 | Mundo de juguete | Unknown role | |
1977 | La venganza | Violeta | |
1977 | Acompáñame | Karla | |
1978 | Mamá campanita | Irene | |
1980 | Juventud | Modesta | |
1984 | Los años felices | Flora | |
1987–88 | Rosa salvaje | Dulcina Linares | Main Antagonist |
1992 | María Mercedes | Malvina del Olmo | Main Antagonist |
1995 | Pobre niña rica | Teresa | Main Antagonist |
1997 | Esmeralda | Fátima Linares de Peñarreal | Antagonist |
1998 | La usurpadora | Zoraida Zapata | Special appearance |
1999 | Rosalinda | Verónica del Castillo | Recurring role |
2001 | Mujer bonita | Celia | 10 episodes |
2001 | La intrusa | Maximiliana Limantur de Roldán | Antagonist |
2005 | Soñar no Cuesta Nada | Roberta Pérez de Lizalde | Antagonist |
2008–09 | Cuidado con el ángel | Onelia Montenegro Vda. de Mayer | Antagonist |
2010 | Zacatillo, un lugar en tu corazón | Doña Miriam Solórzano de Gálvez | Main Antagonist |
2013 | Todo incluido | Luz María González | |
2014 | The Stray Cat | Lorenza Negrete de Martínez | Main Antagonist |
2017 | El Bienamado | Bruna Mendoza |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
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1988 | TVyNovelas Awards | Best Female Antagonist | Rosa Salvaje | Won |
1993 | María Mercedes | |||
2011 | Best First Actress | Zacatillo, un lugar en tu corazón | Nominated | |
2009 | Premios People en Español | Best Female Antagonist | Cuidado con el ángel | |
2010 | Premios de la Agrupación de Periodistas Teatrales (APT)[3] | Silvia Pinal Awards for Best Actress | 12 Mujeres en Pugna | Won |
Premios de la Asociación de Cronistas y Periodistas Teatrales (ACPT)[4] | Best Actress in Monologue | No seré feliz, pero tengo marido |
Notes
- ^ In most of the verifiable sources appears 1954 as year of her birth, however this is very disputed,[original research?] 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.
References
- ^ Laura and Thalia on their mother's funeral
- ^ "The Americas: Mexico: Kidnapped Writer Freed". The New York Times. 29 October 2002. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
- ^ VIP Latino "Silvia Navarro nominada los Premios APT"
- ^ Premios ACPT a lo mejor de 2010 Archived 2014-03-18 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Laura Zapata at IMDb
- 1956 births
- Living people
- Mexican telenovela actresses
- Mexican television actresses
- Mexican film actresses
- Mexican stage actresses
- Mexican female singers
- Mexican female dancers
- Actresses from Mexico City
- Singers from Mexico City
- 20th-century Mexican actresses
- 21st-century Mexican actresses
- Kidnapped Mexican people
- Mexican people of Spanish descent
- Mexican Roman Catholics
- Mexican actor stubs
- Mexican singer stubs