Aracely Arámbula Jáquez (; born March 6, 1975), known professionally as Aracely Arámbula, is a Mexican actress, model, singer, television personality and entrepreneur.

Life and career

Early life

Aracely Arambula Jáquez was born in

Chihuahua City The city of Chihuahua or Chihuahua City ( ; Lipan language, Lipan: ) is the state capital of the Mexican state of Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua. , the city of Chihuahua had a population of 925,762 inhabitants. while the metropolitan area had a popu ...

, Mexico, on March 6, 1975. At age 13, while attending high school, she began her road to fame, participating in beauty pageants. In 1996, Aracely won for " El rostro de El Heraldo de México", which launched her career.

Acting career

She began performing small roles in the telenovelas ''Prisionera de amor'' (1994), ''Acapulco, cuerpo y alma'' (1995) y ''Canción de Amor'' (1996). During her third year of studies at the

Centro de Educación Artística The Centro de Educación Artística (CEA) is an Drama school, entertainment educational institution in Mexico run by that country's major media conglomerate, Televisa. Located at Televisa San Ángel, the company's facilities in the San Ángel nei ...

Televisa Grupo Televisa, S.A.B., simply known as Televisa, is a Mexican telecommunications and broadcasting company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content. In April ...

, Aracely received the opportunity to act in the telenovela '' Cañaveral de Pasiones''. In 1997 Aracely played the younger version of Veronica Castro's character in ''Pueblo Chico, Infierno Grande''. Then acted in telenovelas ' and ''Rencor apasionado'', where she played her first antagonistic role. Aracely Arambula got her first starring role in the teen telenovela ''

Soñadoras ''Soñadoras'' is a Mexican telenovela produced and created by Emilio Larrosa with Rocio Taboada and Braulio Pedraza for Televisa in 1998. Plot Psychologist Fernanda, grieving the murder of her fiancé and her father's paralysis from a shooti ...

'' (1998) and then participated in '' Alma Rebelde'' (1999). Her consecration as the protagonist came with '' Abrázame muy fuerte'' produced by Salvador Mejía, in 2000. Aracely continued its success with the latest telenovela of her first stint as television actress: '' Las vías del amor'' (2002), where she also sang the theme song. Besides music and television, Aracely entered the theater with productions such as ''Muchachos de Nueva York'', ''Coqueluche'', and ''Hermanos de Sangre''. In 2008, Aracely paused in her acting career, but she took her time fame as hostess of the program ''Todo Bebé''. In 2009, Aracely Arambula returned to television sets to star in the umpteenth version of '' Corazón salvaje'', where she had a double role. In 2010, Aracely Arambula debuted as the protagonist of the play '' Perfume de Gardênia'' which many considered the rival show of ''

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''. In 2013, Aracely returned to telenovelas with '' La Patrona'', produced by

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and Argos, where she shares credits with

Christian Bach Adela Christian Bach Bottino (May 9, 1959 – February 26, 2019), known as Christian Bach, was an Argentine-born Mexican actress and producer of telenovelas produced by companies such as Televisa, TV Azteca and Telemundo. Her most famous wor ...

and Jorge Luis Pila. In addition she sang two songs for the telenovela. Also, after the success obtained in ''La Patrona'', Telemundo chose her as the lead in a melodrama based on the classic novel by

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, ''

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'', which was produced in 2014.

Music career

She began in music singing nursery rhymes as part of a tribute to

Francisco Gabilondo Soler Francisco Gabilondo Soler (October 6, 1907, Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico – December 14, 1990, Texcoco, State of Mexico) was a Mexican composer and performer of children's songs. He recorded and performed those songs under the name of '' Cri-Cri: E ...

entitled ''Ellas Cantan Cri Cri''. In 2001, Arambula was part of the ''Abrazame Muy Fuerte'' soundtrack. In 2003, Aracely Arambula was nominated at the Billboard Latin Music Awards in the categories of Best Album, Best Duo and Best Regional Mexican Song with her production "Sólo Tuya" (2003); subsequently released the studio album ''Sexy'', produced by

Selena Selena Quintanilla-Pérez (; April 16, 1971 – March 31, 1995) was an American singer-songwriter. Known as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Tejano Music", her contributions to music and fashion made her one of the most cel ...

's brother, A. B. Quintanilla. Arámbula also writes songs and plays guitar. Arambula has recorded two songs for '' La Patrona''. These songs include "La patrona" (the theme song of the telenovela), and "Juntos tú y yo". Arambula is currently working on an upcoming studio album she plans to release in 2014. "''We are working on the album and you will soon know the music, meanwhile, sounds in "La Patrona" two songs that I sing. Would be an unpublished and grupero, I like that style because I am north''", said Arambula.

Personal life

Arambula has also dabbled as an entrepreneur, lending her image for a perfume and cosmetics company in Mexico. Her brother, Dr. Leonardo Arámbula, has also served as her longtime manager. They own a spa in

Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...

together. From 2005 to 2009, Arambula dated

Luis Miguel Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri (; born 19 April 1970) is a Mexican singer and record producer. Born in Puerto Rico to an Italian mother and a Spanish father, he is often referred to as Honorific nicknames in popular music, ''El Sol de Mexico'' ...

. They have two sons Miguel (born January 1, 2007) and Daniel (born December 18, 2008).Nacé el tercer hijo de Luis Miguel
''El Universal (Mexico City)''. Retrieved August 13, 2011.

Filmography

Dubbing

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Soundtrack albums

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Promotional singles

Other appearances

Music videos

Awards and nominations

Notes

*A:

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. *B:

Latin Songs The ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs (formerly Hot Latin Tracks and Hot Latin 50) is a record chart in the United States for Latin songs, published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine. Since October 2012, chart rankings are based on digital sales, ...

References

External links

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