Milagros "Millie" Aviles (alternatively known as Milly Aviles; born November 20, 1964, in
Santurce, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican actress and singer. She is better known as a
telenovela
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include '' teleserye'' ...
actress from the golden era of telenovelas in Puerto Rico, which spanned from the late 1950s to the early 1990s. Aviles was the main female lead star, acting alongside male lead star
Braulio Castillo, hijo, in three telenovelas, named "Alejandra" in 1987, "Andrea" in 1988 and "Pacto de Amor" in 1989. She also acted in 1984's "
Diana Carolina
''Diana Carolina'' is a 1984 Venezuelan telenovela produced by Venevisión in association with Wapa Televisión from Puerto Rico. Ivonne Goderich and Guillermo Dávila starred as the main characters. The theme song was ''Toda la luz'' by Guiller ...
".
Singing career
Aviles had a single, named "Yo no se Porque" ("I Don't Know Why"), which was the theme song of her soap opera, "Pacto de Amor".
Personal
Aviles' sister is actress
Maricarmen Aviles. Millie Aviles was once romantically linked to musical producer
Edgardo Diaz
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*Edgardo Abdala (born 1978), Chilean-Palestinian football midfielder
*Edgardo Adinolfi (born 1974), Uruguayan football player
*Edgardo Alfonzo (born 1973), former Major League ...
, director of boy band
Menudo. Aviles lives in the United States.
In popular culture
Aviles is played by Amanda Rivera Torres in the
Amazon Prime Video
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miniseries based on the success of Menudo, "
Subete a mi moto".
See also
*
List of Puerto Ricans
External links
1964 births
Living people
People from San Juan, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican actresses
20th-century Puerto Rican women singers
Actresses from Miami
Hispanic and Latino American actresses
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