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Angélica Vale

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vale and the second or maternal family name is Hartman.
Angélica Vale
Vale in 2009
CitizenshipMexico (1975–present)
United States (2016–present)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
  • comedian
Years active1975–present
MotherAngélica María

Angélica Vale is a Mexican actress and singer. She is the daughter of Angélica María, known as "La Novia de México" (Mexico's Sweetheart), and Venezuelan comedian Raúl Vale. Although she has been working as an actress for nearly 30 years, she achieved widespread fame in 2006 as the protagonist of the Mexican telenovela La Fea Más Bella (The Prettiest Ugly Girl), in which she starred alongside her real-life mother.

Vale also starred as Luchita Guerra, a young woman with big dreams of becoming a singer, in the webnovela No me hallo. In early 2012, she was a team captain on the Mexican TV show Parodiando, which aired on the Televisa network. Vale became a U.S. citizen in 2016, while retaining her Mexican citizenship.

Acting career

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As a child, in the movie El Gran Triunfo in 1981, Vale portrayed the daughter of Mexican superstar Rigo Tovar.

In 1998, she portrayed Julieta in Soñadoras and in 2001, she portrayed Wendy Nayeli Pérez in Amigas y rivales, both major roles which won acclaim for the actress. However, the soap opera La Fea Más Bella was her first starring role in any Mexican telenovela, though she had appeared in a number of Spanish language programs. As a comedian, Vale was one of the main celebrity impersonators in the comedy show La Parodia, from 2000 to 2005, but she chose to leave the show because she wanted to take some weeks off. From 2005 to 2006, she performed in El Privilegio de Mandar (The Privilege to Command), which was a parody of an earlier soap opera starring Adela Noriega and was titled El Privilegio de Amar (The Privilege to Love).

Because telenovelas are wildly popular throughout the Hispanic world, they are very profitable, even without high ratings. When as of 2006, La Fea Más Bella became the number one Univision TV program according to 2006 Nielsen ratings, Vale was looked upon by many producers as a "sure thing," and it was speculated that this success would open the door for greater things to come.[1]

Vale was one of eight people featured on the cover of People en Español's "Los 50 Más Bellos" 2007 yearly issue and was featured alone on the July 2007 cover of the magazine, reportedly more because of her recent popularity than because of her overall lengthy career (as many people in the business had stated that she was finally getting the international attention that she had come to deserve after laboring her talents so long and having very little ethical and commercial success).[citation needed]

In April 2007, People en Español announced that Vale would make a special guest appearance on Ugly Betty, in which she'd reprise her Lety role in the episode "A Tree Grows in Guadalajara,"[2] but instead she played a Lety look-alike named Angélica, who was a dental assistant, in the season finale. Although her mother officially left Televisa after both actresses appeared on Mujeres Asesinas in 2009, Vale is still with Televisa, having most recently appeared on Parodiando.

Radio career

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On October 15, 2019, Vale began hosting middays at Latin pop/reggaetón "Cali 93.9" KLLI in Los Angeles.[3] On January 28, 2020, she moved to mornings and added a side-kick Jose Quintero, who from 2017 to 2020 served as jr. producer of the morning show at KLVE in Los Angeles.[4]

Singing career

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Like her mother, Vale is also a singer and has performed on the soundtrack for La fea más bella. She did several notable impersonations of another singer, Verónica Castro on La Parodia doing parodies of Castro's show, Mala noche... no!. Vale is also listed in that program's credits as a singer of its theme song. She has also done many impressions of singers Shakira, Thalía, and Laura León among others while she worked on Soñadoras and Amigas y rivales; she also used some of these once more in La Parodia.

In 2007, after the finale of La Fea Más Bella, she sang one of the theme songs for the hit soap opera during an appearance on El Show de Cristina. During 2008, she made the music album Navidad con Amigos with Ricardo Montaner.

Personal life

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Family

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Vale (left) with mother Angélica María in 2016

Vale's father was Venezuelan while her mother is Mexican American who was born in Louisiana; she has a Jewish grandfather.[5]

She and her mother, Angélica María, are among the very few daughter – mother entertainers to be inducted into the Paseo de las Luminarias at the Plaza de las Estrellas. Vale was inducted for her work in television and regarding her contribution to the recording industry. Additionally, she and her mother each have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[6]

Vale and her parents are featured in the 2007 book Televisa Presenta, which was published during the culmination of the Network's golden anniversary.

Citizenship

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In 2016, Vale became a naturalized U.S. citizen.[7]

Filmography

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Films

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Year Title Role Notes
1979 La guerra de los pasteles Niña Uncredited
1980 El Coyote y la Bronca Child Amalia
2006 Una película de huevos Bibi Voice
2006 Ice Age: The Meltdown Ellie Spanish dubbing
2009 Otra película de huevos y un pollo Bibi Voice
2009 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Ellie Spanish dubbing
2012 Ice Age: Continental Drift Ellie Spanish dubbing
2015 Un gallo con muchos huevos Bibi Voice
2016 Ice Age: Collision Course Ellie Spanish dubbing
2017 Coco Mama Imelda Spanish dubbing
2018 Marcianos vs. Mexicanos[8] La Tlacoyito Voice
2020 Un rescate de huevitos[9] Bibi Voice
2024 IF Blossom Voice

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1975 El milagro de vivir Bebé Alejandra
1978 Muñeca rota Unknown role
1981 El hogar que yo robé Aurorita
1982 Lupita Lupita
1985 Mago de Oz Cuento de Frank Baum Dorotea Television film https://archive.org/details/el-mago-de-oz-cuento-de-frank-baum-1985
1986 Herencia maldita Adela Beltrán
1987 Papá soltero Angie "Vaselina" (Season 1, Episode 20)
1990 Ángeles blancos Priscilla
1992 Ángeles sin paraíso Unknown role
1995 Lazos de amor Tere
1996 Bendita mentira Margarita
1997 El secreto de Alejandra Gloria
1998 Soñadoras Julieta Ruiz Castañeda
1998–2002 Mujer, casos de la vida real Various roles 2 episodes
2000 Hoy Herself Host
2001 Amigas y rivales Wendy Nayeli Pérez
2002 Big Brother México Herself Host
2002 La hora pico Various roles
2002 Las vías del amor Herself
2002–2005 La parodia Various
2004 Cancionera Unknown role
2006 El privilegio de mandar Various "Final" (Season 1)
2006–2007 La fea más bella Leticia Padilla Solís "Lety" Also playback singer
2007 Ugly Betty Angelica "East Side Story" (Season 1, Episode 23)
2009 Mujeres asesinas Julia Espinoza "Julia, encubridora" (Season 2, Episode 7)
2011 No me hallo Luchita 15 episodes
2013 Amores verdaderos Unknown role "Nelsón herido" (Season 1, Episode 167)
2017 La Fan Valentina Pérez Writer[10][11]
2018 Jane The Virgin Marisol Chapter Seventy-Eight
2018 Y mañana será otro día[12] Mónica Rojas
2019 Seis Manos García (voice) 8 episodes
2020 Tu cara me suena Herself Judge
2021 Los Lopeggs[13] Carla (voice) 6 episodes

Discography

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Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominee Result
2003 Premios TVyNovelas Best Comedic Performance La Parodia Won
2007 Best Lead Actress La Fea Más Bella

References

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  1. ^ Nielsen ratings from the Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 November 2006
  2. ^ Morales, Maria (April 13, 2007). "¡Angélica Vale estará en Ugly Betty!". People en Español. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved October 29, 2009.
  3. ^ "Actress Angélica Vale Adds Middays At Cali 93.9" from Radio Insight (October 1, 2019)
  4. ^ "Cali 93.9 Debuts Second Morning Show in Less Than Five Months". January 28, 2020.
  5. ^ Brown, Hannah (August 23, 2011). "Tel Aviv Just Got Hotter". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
  6. ^ "ANGELICA VALE TO BE HONORED WITH A STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME". Hollywood Walk of Fame. August 23, 2011. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  7. ^ "Angélica Vale y su doble nacionalidad". EL DEBATE (in Spanish). The Debate. October 19, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
  8. ^ Huerta, Cesar (January 16, 2016). "Ni los marcianos pueden con los mexicanos". El Universal (Mexico City). El Universal. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  9. ^ "Ellos presentarán su voz a Huevitos en Fuga". Sector Cine (in Spanish). sectorcine.com, Inc. May 13, 2019. Retrieved June 14, 2019.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ González, Moisés. "Angélica Vale: "Hubo gente que me dijo que nunca iba a volver a protagonizar"". peopleenespanol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  11. ^ "Comienzan grabaciones de telenovela 'La Fan'". telemundochicago.com (in Spanish). July 6, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  12. ^ González, Moisés. "11 años después... Angélica Vale regresa a Televisa como protagonista de una nueva telenovela". peopleenespanol.com (in Spanish). People en Español. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  13. ^ "Puerto Rican actor Carlos Ponce lends voice to animated sitcom 'Los Lopeggs'". La Presna Latina Media. Mendelson and Associates, LLC. June 17, 2021. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
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