Maite Perroni

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Maite Perroni

Maite Perroni
Born Maite Perroni Beorlegui
March 9, 1983 (1983-03-09) (age 28)
Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation Actress, Singer
Years active 2004–present
Relatives Adolfo and Francisco Perroni (siblings)
Website
http://www.maite-perroni.com/

Maite Perroni Beorlegui (born March 9, 1983)[1] is a Mexican actress and singer/songwriter, who is best known for starring in Rebelde, Cuidado con el Ángel, Mi Pecado and Triunfo del Amor. She gained international fame as a member of the Latin Grammy nominated pop group RBD. Univision named Maite Perroni as the new Queen of the Telenovelas in 2009.[2]

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Maite Perroni Beorlegui was born in Mexico City but she grew up in Guadalajara, until the age of 12,when her family moved back again in Mexico City.[3] She has two siblings, Adolfo and Francisco, who are three and nine years younger than she is.[4]

Perroni studied acting at Televisa's Centro de Educación Artistica (CEA) in the year 2000, completing two years of a three year course.

[edit] Career

[edit] Acting career

Perroni made her acting debut in Rebelde, a remake of the acclaimed Argentinean novela Rebelde Way. She portrayed Guadalupe "Lupita" Fernández, a teenage girl from a lower class family who gets the opportunity to study at the fictitious Elite Way School. Rebelde ran from 2004 to 2006, filming 440 episodes.

Following the success of Rebelde, in 2007, Televisa released RBD: La Familia, which starred the members of RBD. The characters of the sitcom were not based on the band's characters in Rebelde, but intended to be similar to the actors' real personalities. RBD: La Familia was the first Mexican show shot entirely in high definition and ran from March 14, 2007 to June 13, 2007, and only lasted 13 episodes.

In 2008, Maite starred as the lead character in Cuidado con el Ángel, opposite William Levy. The show had great success around the world. She starred in her second leading role in Mi Pecado opposite Eugenio Siller. She was part of the third season of Mujeres Asesinas in the sixth episode called Las Blanco, Viudas along with Diana Bracho, Luz Maria Aguilar, and Mark Tacher.

In 2010, Perroni was confirmed to star with her previous co-star, William Levy, in Triunfo del Amor, a remake of the Venezuelan classic Cristal.

[edit] Musical career

Maite live in 2008.

Perroni was a member of the popular band RBD, which was launched off of the success of the telenovela most seen for years Rebelde. To date, RBD has made 9 studio albums, including albums in Spanish, Portuguese and English. They have sold over 15 million albums worldwide, and have embarked on various international tours including shows throughout Latin America and Europe.

Maite composed Tal Vez Mañana, for RBD's fourth Spanish language album, Empezar Desde Cero and sang solo on the title track for the album.

On August 8, 2008, RBD released a message telling fans that they had decided to split up. They went on one final tour, Gira Del Adios World Tour, which ended in early 2009. Perroni was absent part of the tour, due to her filming of Cuidado con el Ángel.[5]

For her role in Cuidado con el Ángel, Perroni recorded three songs for the show called Esta Soledad, Separada de Ti, and Contigo.[6]

She recorded a song with Reik, entitled Mi Pecado, which was used as the opening song for the telenovela, Mi Pecado.[7]

On July 17, 2010, Perroni released her new single "No Vuelvas", which was featured on an EP she released for her Brazilian Pocket Show performances, on her website MaiteMVP.com.[8]

She recorded a song with Marco di Mauro called "A Partir de Hoy" which forms part of the musical soundtrack of the telenovela Triunfo del Amor, her third lead role.[9]

[edit] Personal life

Perroni was engaged to Guido Laris, the musical director for RBD, but the pair split, in August 2008.[10] On November 2010, she officially announced she was dating singer and composer Mane de la Parra.[11][12]Recently her producers,managers and people whom she work amongst with have told her she needs to lose a few pounds as she is going up the scale. They said that if she still wants leads in her near future she will need to go on a strict diet and they also mentioned she would look much nicer on television. This worries Anahi x member of RBD because this may cause her to go through anorexia and bullima like she did herself.

[edit] Products and endorsements

Maite is the Spokemodel for NYX Cosmetics.[13] In 2007, a Barbie doll version of Perroni was released, based on her character in Rebelde.[14]

In June 2009, Perroni announced her support for the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico.[15] She has starred in several commercials promoting the party.

She started in commercials for Giraffas, Pepsi, Helato de Bonice, Asepxia, Teleton, Wal Mart, Ades Class, Hinds, Pantene.

[edit] Awards and honors

In 2006, she won her first award at the Premios TVyNovelas, along with her RBD bandmates, for "Best Theme Song". In March 2009, Maite won "Best Young Actress in a Leading Role" for her performance in Cuidado con el Ángel.`\

She won Premio Juventud for most beautiful telenovela actress,`Chica que me quite el sueno`, in 2009 and 2011.

In 2009, she topped 5O Most Beautiful list from People en Español, sharing the front cover with Eva Longoria and Ana Bárbara. She was part of the same list in 2010 and 2011. She was named `Queen of telenovelas` by her fans and Univision channel.[16]

[edit] Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2004-2006 Rebelde Guadalupe "Lupita" Fernández 440 episodes (Lead Role)
2007 Lola...Erase Una Vez La nueva Cenicienta 1 episode (Guest Spot)
2007 RBD: La Familia May 13 episodes (Lead Role)
2008-2009 Cuidado con el Ángel María de Jesús "Marichuy" Velarde 194 episodes (Lead Role)
2009-2010 Mi Pecado Lucrecia Córdoba Pedraza 110 episodes (Lead Role)
2010 Mujeres Asesinas Estela Blanco (Las Blanco,Viudas) 1 episode (Guest Star)
2010-2011 Triunfo del Amor María Desamparada Iturbide Sandoval 176 episodes (Lead Role)

[edit] Theatre

Obras
Year Title Role
2010 Cena de Matrimonios Elisa

[edit] Solo Tour

Tours
Year Title
2010 Maite Perroni Brazilian Tour 2010

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