Gigliola (Gigi) Zanchetta Pirella (born April 3, 1966) is a Venezuelan actress.
Life and career
Zanchetta has made her television debut in the
telenovela
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'' Cristal''; she later specialized in the genre, appearing in over 20 telenovelas, among them '' Primavera'' alongside
Fernando Carrillo
Fernando Enrique Carrillo Roselli (born January 6, 1970, in Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelans, Venezuelan actor, model and singer.
Biography
Fernando Enrique Carrillo Roselli was born on January 6, 1970, in Caracas, Venezuela. He was most ...
and '' Cara Sucia''. In the mid-1990s she has sparked controversy for being the first Venezuelan celebrity to pose nude for a magazine, appearing in the cover of the Spanish magazine ''
Interviú
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History and profile
''Interviú'' was established in 1976 by a group led by ...
''. She was also active in films and in theatre. Her last telenovela role was in 2012; since then she moved to Spain with her son, leaving the entertainment industry. A former backer of
Chavismo
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and of
Nicolás Maduro
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Beginning his working life as a bus driver, Maduro rose to become a trade unio ...
, she eventually publicly regretted about her support to him and attacked him on various occasions.
El Seductor
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Filmography Director
*1928: '' El Destino''
*1933: '' Profanación''
*193 ...
La dama de rosa
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El Engaño
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* '' Cara sucia'' (1992)
* ''
Dulce enemiga
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Gigi ...
El País de las mujeres
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'' (1998)
* ''
Enséñame a querer
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The album belongs to the pop and latin pop genr ...
Más que amor, frenesí
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Synopsis
''Mas que Amor... Frenesi'' tell ...
'' (2001)
* ''
Mambo y canela
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Plot
The love between Canela and Rodrigo ...
Engañada
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Verónica Schne ...
'' (2003)
* ''
Sabor a ti
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Ana Karina Manco and Miguel de Le ...
'' (2004)
* ''
Los Querendones
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'' (2006)
* ''
Te tengo en salsa
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Válgame Dios
''Válgame Dios'', is a Venezuelan telenovela produced by Carolina de Jacobo for Venevisión.
Sabrina Seara and Eduardo Orozco star as the main protagonists while Ricardo Alamo, Carlota Sosa and Raquel Yanez star as the main antagonists.
From Ma ...