Ludwika Paleta (; born Ludwika Paleta Paciorek on November 29, 1978 in

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) is a

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- Mexican actress.

Early life and career

Paleta was born in

in 1978. When her father, the musician Zbigniew Paleta, was offered a job in Mexico, the Paleta family settled permanently. As a child, Ludwika was taken by her sister

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, to an acting audition on a whim. Ludwika impressed the casting directors so much that soon after, she was offered her first television role in '' Carrusel'' (1989). Paleta became an instant celebrity with her character. Three years later, in 1992, she returned to the small screen in what she calls her favorite television job yet, ''

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'' opposite

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. Roles in ''Huracán, Amigas y Rivales,'' and ''Mujer de Madera'' soon followed. Her most recent work in television was in the Endemol-

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produced '' Los Exitosos Perez.'' Paleta has obtained great fame and popularity in the Latin American country that has been her home since she was merely a child. In an interview, Ludwika Paleta declared that she loves both Mexico and Poland, but that she does not see herself living outside of Mexico in the near-future. She is fluent in Spanish, Polish and English. In 1998 Paleta married Mexican actor,

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. Their son, Nicolás, was born November 11, 1999. They divorced in 2008. She remarried near Mérida, Yucatán, México on April 20, 2013 with Emiliano Salinas Occelli, son of former Mexican president

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and former Mexican first lady Cecilia Occelli. Paleta recently appeared on the cover of the magazine '' H para Hombres''. She also joined actor

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as spokespeople for Calvin Klein in Mexico. In 2012, she starred as Estefania Bouvier de Castañón in Abismo de pasion as part of a special participation.

Filmography

Films

Television

Awards and nominations

Premios TVyNovelas

MTV Movie Awards México

Premios Bravo

Diosas de Plata

Premios Tu Mundo

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Paleta, Ludwika 1978 births Living people Mexican child actresses Mexican telenovela actresses Mexican television actresses Mexican film actresses Mexican stage actresses Mexican voice actresses Mexican female models 20th-century Mexican actresses 21st-century Mexican actresses Polish emigrants to Mexico Naturalized citizens of Mexico