Itatí Cantoral

Itatí Guadalupe Cantoral Zucchi (born May 13, 1975) is a Mexican actress, singer, dancer, and producer, She is of Spanish and Italian descent. She is best known for her roles as Soraya Montenegro in Televisa's telenovela ''María la del Barrio'' (1995) and as Alejandra Álvarez del Castillo Fernández "La Licenciada" in Televisa's telenovela ''Hasta que el dinero nos separe'' (2009). On November 18, 2015, Cantoral was named Mr. Amigo, which is an association in Brownsville, Texas that honors a Mexican citizen each year to promote international friendship and good will between the U.S. and Mexico. Itatí is the second member of the Cantoral family to be awarded Mr. Amigo after her father, Roberto Cantoral, was awarded in 1981. Her ''maldita lisiada'' scene in ''María la del Barrio'' has become an internet meme.

Early life and education

Cantoral was born in Mexico City, Mexico. She is the daughter of Mexican composer and songwriter, Roberto Cantoral, and Argentine actress of Italian descent, Itatí Zucchi. Cantoral has three brothers Carlos, Roberto & also actor and singer José Cantoral. A child actress, at 13, Cantoral was accepted into the Televisa actors' academy, Centro de Educación Artística, and made her television debut in the series ''La telaraña'' in 1986. Later, acting in the telenovela ''Muchachitas'' in 1991, led to work in theatre of Mexico City.

Career

In 1993, Cantoral appeared in ''Dos mujeres, un camino'' with Erik Estrada, Laura León, Bibi Gaytán, Lorena Herrera, Selena Quintanilla, Jorge Salinas, and members of Grupo Bronco. This production exposed her to wider audiences in Mexico and Latin America. She took the role of the villain Soraya Montenegro in "María la del Barrio" in 1995/6, acting with Thalía and Fernando Colunga. In 1996 and 1997 she appeared in ''Tú y yo'', acting with Maribel Guardia and Joan Sebastian, and ''Salud, dinero y amor'', the sequel to another Mexican telenovela, ''El premio mayor''.

In 2001, Cantoral played the female villain "Raquel Villavicencio" in Televisa's ''Sin Pecado Concebido'', a production that included Angelica Rivera, and Carlos Ponce. She played in the Brazilian production ''Vale todo'' in 2002, and in 2003, Telemundo's ''El alma herida'', as a teenage girl who crosses the Mexican- US border to find her long-lost mother. In 2004, she was Sally Bowles in Mexico City's Teatro Insurgentes production of ''Cabaret'', and in 2006, starred with Francisco Gattorno in the Telemundo production of Julio Jimenez's '' La Viuda de Blanco'', the story of a beautiful woman unjustly imprisoned, returning to Trinidad in search of, and to reclaim, her past.

In 2009–2010, she gave life to the character of "Alejandra Alvarez Del Castilo" in Televisa's hit telenovela ''Hasta que el dinero nos separe'' with actor and singer Pedro Fernández, for which she won Best Actress at the Premios TVyNovelas, where the telenovela also won the main category; the actors won Best Couple of the Year at the show.

Cantoral protagonized many famous plays in Mexican theater, such as ''Aventurera'', ''Sweet Charity'', ''Mame the Musical'' and many more.

Recently, in 2018, she starred as Mexican actress Silvia Pinal in the biographical television series ''Silvia Pinal, Frente a Ti'', for which she was nominated as Best Actress in a TV series for the Premios TVyNovelas.

As a singer, Cantoral has released two albums, one of them being ''Itatí Canta a Roberto Cantoral'', which was produced by her late father Roberto Cantoral. In 2018, she was part of the CD tribute to her father "Roberto Cantoral: Siempre Vivo" with the song 'Me Esta Gustando'.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

TVyNovelas Awards

Premios People en Español

Festival Mercado TV-Fiction International Awards

Association of Theatre Journalists Awards

Other awards

* Medal Omecihuatl 2011 Awarded by Inmujeres DF
* Part of "Los 50 más bellos" by magazine ''People en Español'' (2011, 2015)People en español "Itatí Cantoral una de los 50 más bellos"
- actualizado abril de 2011
* Queen of Voceadores (2010)
* Queen of Veracruz television
* Premio Palmas de oro (Best Villain)
* Jealous of the popularity
* Premio Bravo
* Premio ACE of New York
* El Sol de oro
* Premio Fama New York (2002)
*Queen of Mariachi (2015)
*Mr. Amigo (Nov. 18, 2015)

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cantoral, Itati
1975 births
Living people
Mexican telenovela actresses
Mexican television actresses
Mexican film actresses
Mexican stage actresses
20th-century Mexican actresses
21st-century Mexican actresses
Actresses from Mexico City
Singers from Mexico City
Mexican people of Argentine descent
Mexican people of Italian descent
People from Mexico City
21st-century Mexican singers
21st-century Mexican women singers
Mexican people of Spanish descent
Mexican people of French descent