Margarita Miriam DÃaz Aroca (born 4 March 1962, in
Madrid
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) is a Spanish actress and television presenter.
Biography
Miriam DÃaz Aroca was born on 4 March 1962 in Madrid but grew up in
Santander
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(
Cantabria
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).
She studied
Journalism
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in
Complutense University
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of Madrid. She began working on ''Radio Minuto Fórmula'' of
Cadena SER
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as a radio hostess and control technician.
Her first appearance on-screen was in the Spanish TV music program ''Aplauso'' in 1979 as a contestant on the section ''La juventud baila'', being placed in third position (25.000 pesetas) . Professionally, she debuts accompanying Javier Basilio in the
Televisión Española
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contest ''El bote de Don Basilio'', which was broadcast on the program of
Jesús Hermida
Jesús Hermida Pineda OAXS (27 June 1937 – 4 May 2015) was a Spanish journalist. He worked as a U.S. correspondent for Televisión Española in New York City, New York.
Hermida was born Huelva. He died from a stroke in Madrid, at the age ...
''Por la mañana'' (1987–88). She then went on to present a children's television show entitled ''Cajón desastre'' (1988-1991). She co-presented the television game show ''
Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez'' with
Jordi Estadella (1991-1993).
In 1990 she participated as a singer in an album with 11 songs called ''Chicos'' of the brand
CBS
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, which has as a hit ''Merlin'' the Spanish version of
Shattered Dreams
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by the English group
Johnny Hates Jazz
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In movies,
Pedro Almodóvar
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selected her to play a small role as a radio hostess for the deaf in the film ''
High Heels
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'' (1991). Her consecration as an actress would come with Clara's character in the
Academy Award
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winning picture ''
Belle Époque
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'' (1992), by
Fernando Trueba
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Between 1974 and 1979, he worked as a film critic for Spain's leading daily newspaper '' El PaÃs' ...
.
Miriam has two children, a male (Pedro Luis Llorente Jr., 1994) and a female (MarÃa Washington, 2004).
She also participated as an actress in the TV comedy ''
La casa de los lÃos
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Roles
The main roles were of Arturo Fernández as Arturo Valdés, the sister, Lola Herrera, as Pilar V ...
'' (1996-1999) of
Antena 3, with Arturo Fernandez, in the sitcom ''
¡Ala... Dina!'' (2001-2002) of TVE, and between 2004 and 2006 played the role of Claudia Valladares in ''
Mis adorables vecinos
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'' of Antena 3. Also in 2006 she participated in the TV contest ''
¡Mira quién baila!''. In 2009, José Luis Moreno gave her the main role in the comedy series ''¡A ver si llego!'' with just five chapters aired given the low ratings.
She also works on theater, she took part in the Festival of Classical Theatre of
Mérida in 2007 with the play ''Lysistrata''; she starred in the ''
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'' theater adaptation as
Cruella de Vil
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; in 2009 she starred with
MarÃa Barranco
MarÃa de los Remedios Barranco GarcÃa (born 11 June 1961) better known as MarÃa Barranco is a Spanish actress, who has won two Goya Awards for Best Supporting Actress.
Biography
MarÃa de los Remedios Barranco GarcÃa was born on 11 June ...
in the play ''Adulterios''; and participated in 2011 with
MarÃa Luisa Merlo
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Merlo, with more than 60 years of artistic career, has received the prestigious Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts from the Spanish Ministr ...
and Jorge Roelas in the play ''100 metros cuadrados'' of Juan Carlos Rubio.
She is the writer of the show Madame Noir of
Monica Naranjo
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(2011).
In the fourth and final week of January 2003 she was the cover of
Interviú
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History and profile
''Interviú'' was established in 1976 by a group led by ...
magazine.
Filmography
Film
Television
Theatre
Others
References
Externals
Miriam DÃaz-Arocaat
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Official SiteChicos
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Living people
Actresses from Madrid
Spanish film actresses
Spanish stage actresses
Spanish television actresses
Spanish television presenters
20th-century Spanish actresses
21st-century Spanish actresses
1962 births
Spanish women television presenters