Gabriela Spanic

Gabriela Spanic
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Born	Gabriela Elena Spanic Utrera (1973-12-10) December 10, 1973 Ortiz, Guarico State, Venezuela
Nationality	Venezuelan, Croatian
Other names	Gaby Spanic
Occupation(s)	Actress, model
Years active	1991–present
Spouse	Miguel de Léon (1998–2002)
Children	1

Spanic (right) in Guanajuato, Mexico in 2013

Gabriela Elena Španić Utrera (born December 10, 1973), known simply as Gabriela Spanic, is a Venezuelan actress. She's known for her roles in several Latin telenovelas, most notably her portrayal of twins in La usurpadora (1998), one of the most popular telenovelas in the Spanish-speaking world.

Spanic has been signed to Televisa, Telemundo and TV Azteca.

Early life

Spanic was born and raised in Ortiz, to Croatian father Casimiro Spanic and Venezuelan mother Elise Spanic. She has a twin sister, Daniela Spanic, two younger sisters, Kristen, Patricia, and a younger brother, Antonio. She studied Psychopedagogy in Caracas for a year but left university to pursue an acting career.

Career

Spanic's career started in 1992 when she joined the Miss Venezuela contest, representing her home state, Guárico, which served as a platform to launch her acting career, with appearances in Venezuelan soap operas such as Morena Clara, where she portrayed the villain Linda Prado.

In 1994, Spanic had her first leading role in the telenovela Como Tu Ninguna, which aired for two years and became one of the largest novelas of the country and had an enormous success, including internationally.

After playing Amaranta in Todo por tu Amor (1997), Spanic moved to Mexico, where she acted in La usurpadora (1998), portraying twins Paola and Paulina, which came to worldwide success when the novela was transmitted to more than 160 countries around the world and became one of the most popular telenovelas in the Spanish-speaking world. La Usurpadora was the first novela to win more than 20 points in the grid of the TV American audience.

Spanic acted in other Televisa productions such as Por Tu Amor (1999), and La intrusa (2001), before signing with Telemundo, starring in La venganza (2002), Prisionera (2004) and Tierra de pasiones (2006).

Spanic won the Orquidea Award in 2005 for her trajectory as an actress, as well as the prestigious FAMAS Award for Best Actress for her role in Tierra de Pasiones.

In 2010, Spanic worked with Televisa again when she played the antagonist of Soy tu Dueña. As of 2011, Spanic is signed to TV Azteca, and has worked in Emperatriz (2011), La otra cara del alma (2012) and Siempre tuya Acapulco (2014).

Personal life

Spanic was married to actor Miguel de León from 1998 to 2002. She and her ex-boyfriend have a son, Gabriel de Jesús (born 2008).

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Más allá de la usurpadora	Paulina Bracho	Television film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Mundo de fieras		Television debut
1992	La loba herida		Uncredited
1992	Divina obsesión		Uncredited
1993	Rosangélica	Carla	Supporting role
1994	María Celeste	Carla	Supporting role
1994	Como tú, ninguna	Gilda Barreto / Rakel Sandoval	Protagonist / antagonist
1995	Morena Clara	Linda Prado	Antagonist
1996	Quirpa de tres mujeres	Emiliana Echeverría Salazar	Co-protagonist
1997	Todo por tu amor	Petra Josefina Marcano alias Amaranta Rey	Antagonist
1998	La usurpadora	Paulina Martínez / Paola Montaner de Bracho	Protagonist / Main Antagonist
1998	Más alla de la usurpadora	Paulina Martínez de Bracho	Protagonist
1999	Por tu amor	Aurora de Montalvo / María del Cielo Montalvo de Durán	Protagonist
2001	La intrusa	Virginia Martínez Roldán de Junquera Brito / Vanessa Martínez Roldán de Junquera Brito	Protagonist
2002-03	La venganza	Valentina Díaz / Helena Fontana	Protagonist
2004	Prisionera	Guadalupe Santos	Protagonist
2005-07	Decisiones	Daniela / Mariela	Episode: "Un amor verdadero" Episode: "A la tercera va la vencida"
2006	Tierra de Pasiones	Valeria San Román	Protagonist
2010	Soy tu dueña	Ivana Dorantes Rangel	Main Antagonist
2011	Emperatriz	Emperatriz Jurado	Protagonist
2012	La otra cara del alma	Alma Hernández	Protagonist / antagonist
2014	Siempre tuya Acapulco	Fiscal Fernanda Montenegro	Special participation