Claudia Soberón (; born September 29, 1977) is a Mexican actress and singer.

Biography

Born and raised in

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, Soberón began singing in child musical groups and in 1988 won a national singing competition televised by

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and sponsored by Marinela. After taking acting classes during her high school years, she eventually enrolled the "El Foro de Teatro Contemporaneo" drama academy in Mexico City. She studied dance, voice and theater with renowned artists as Ludwik Margules,

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, Luisa Huertas and Fernando Torre Laphame and starred in such plays as

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's ''

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'', ''Maria Frankenstein'',

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's ''The Monologue of a Whore in a Lunatic Asylum'' and ''

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''. Her first TV role was in an episode of ''Golpe bajo'' in 2001, followed by appearances in series such as '' Cuando Seas Mia'', ''

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'' and a recurring role in ''Amores, querer con alevosía''. Soberón made her feature film debut with '' Soba'' (2004), an independent drama where she played a teenager raped by a group of cops. After a successful festival tour in Europe, the movie was commercially released in Mexico in 2005. She kept working as a singer throughout the years, recording jingles for TV commercials in Mexico and the US, backing vocals for commercial albums and performing live in several cultural events in Mexico, Spain and Italy. Her other screen works include short films (including ''

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'', filmed in USA and produced by the American Film Institute), TV commercials (''

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'', '' Mrs Baird's'', among others) and episodic television for TVAzteca. She also starred in

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's '' Historias y testigos: ¡Ni una muerta mas!'', inspired by the true story of the numerous

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. In 2008 she was reportedly cast in Alfonso Cuarón's ''Mexico 68'' with

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and

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but the project never entered production. She later starred in the Italian independent movie ''The Bet'' and its subsequent web series, also starring Alfonso Cuarón,

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, Lorenzo Balducci as themselves. She's been working as an interpreter and journalist in Europe for several years.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Soberon, Claudia 1977 births Living people Actresses from Mexico City Singers from Mexico City 21st-century Mexican singers