Lety López

Leticia Jannet López Ramos, known professionally as Lety López (and formerly Leticia López), is a Mexican actress and singer. She was awarded with the Bravo, APT and ACPT awards for Best New Female Actress in a Musical in 2012 for her work in ''Si Nos Dejan – El Gran Musical Mexicano''. She won a singing competition by multiple Grammy Award-winning mariachi artist Pepe Aguilar following a competition; Lety López opened for Aguilar during his 2014 concert dates and was awarded with a recording deal from Aguilar's record company.

She also placed fourth in ''La Academia'', a Mexican musical talent show aired on Azteca in its 2004 season. She also played the roles of Dulce, Yuri and Lupita in Jose Manuel Lopez Velarde's musical '' Mentiras el musical'', leading to her role in ''Si Nos Dejan – El Gran Musical Mexicano''. She is also a voice actress, voicing the character of Skelita Calaveras in the Spanish-language version of ''Monster High''.

Life and career

Lety López was born in Guadalajara, Mexico. She was pursuing a degree in communications from the Western Institute of Technology and Higher Education (or the ''Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente'') in Gudalajara, but she turned her attention to performing and trained in singing at the Center for Artistic Training West (''Centro de Capacitación Artística de Occidente'').

In 2004, she was part of the Mexican musical reality show ''La Academia'' and placed fourth. She later landed roles in the musical theater as Dulce, Yuri and Lupita in Jose Manuel Lopez Velarde's '' Mentiras el musical'', one of the country's most successful musicals, from August 2009 to June 2011. Her association with Velarde would continue with ''Si Nos Dejan – El Gran Musical Mexicano'', in the lead role of Paloma and toured with production throughout South America. López's work in ''Si Nos Dejan – El Gran Musical Mexicano'' won the ACPT (''Agrupación de Críticos y Periodistas de Teatro'' or the Association of Theatre Critics and Journalists), APT (''Agrupación de Periodistas Teatrales'' or the Association of Journalists) and Bravo awards for Best New Female Actress in a Musical in 2012.

In December 2013, Lety López won a singing competition held by Pepe Aguilar in Los Angeles. As winner of the competition, López was awarded with a record deal through Aguilar's record company and opened for his concerts in Mexico and the US in 2014. Lopez released ''Cuando Ama Una Mujer'' in September 2015, her first solo album, produced by Arturo G. Alvarez.

On 13 June 2015, she reportedly married Rolando Cortez at the Basilica of Our Lady of Zapopan.

She currently appeared in ''Vaselina USA'' (which toured in the US, playing at the Fox Performing Arts Center and Alex Theatre), and appeared in productions of ''The Jungle Book'', ''Beauty and the Beast'', '' The Wizard of Oz'', as well as ''Jesus Christ Superstar''. She toured in Japan, Germany, Argentina and Colombia and the US. She also voices the character of Skelita Calaveras in the Spanish-language version of ''Monster High'' and appeared in the first three episodes of the fourth season in the reality series ''Rica, Famosa, Latina''.

In April 2018, Lopez released the single "Por Este Amor", a norteño and ranchera cover of a ballad originally performed by Banda MS written by Omar Tarazón. Pepe Garza, the program director of Los Angeles radio station KBUE ("Que Buena"), suggested Lopez cover the song.

In December 2018, she released "No Hacía Falta", written and composed by Naza Bañuelos and produced by Ismael Gallegos.

She is currently working on her unnamed album, produced by Pepe Aguilar. It is expected to be released in 2019.

Discography

* ''Homenaje a Rocío Dúrcal: Nos nace del corazón'' (as Leticia López), 2006
* ''Cuando Ama Una Mujer'' (EP), 2017
* ''Por Este Amor'' (Single), 2018
* ''No Hacía Falta'' (Single), 2018
* ''No Me Llames'' (Single), 2019
* ''La Charreada'' (Single), 2019
* ''Si Dios Me Quita La Vida'' (Single), 2019
* ''Quédate Conmigo'' (Album), 2020
* ''Por Qué Me Enamoras'' (Single), 2021
* ''Más Que Tu Amiga'' (Single), 2022
* ''No Te Equivoques'' (Single), 2023
* ''Viva México'' (Single), 2023

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Living people
Actresses from Guadalajara, Jalisco
Actresses from Los Angeles
Actresses from Mexico City
Hispanic and Latino American actresses
Mexican musicians
Mexican television actresses
Mexican voice actresses
Ranchera
Singers from Guadalajara, Jalisco
Singers from Los Angeles
Singers from Mexico City
Singing talent show contestants
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women
21st-century Mexican actresses
21st-century Mexican singers
21st-century Mexican women singers