María Eugenia Rita (born June 3, 1975 in

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) better known by her stage name María Eugenia Ritó, is an Argentine

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and vedette.

Career

María Eugenia began her career in 1995 in ''Petardos'' and ''Polémica en el Bar'' with

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; later she performed as a

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in the

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''Amor Latino''. On stage, she has participated in successful seasons with

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, Nito Artaza, Zulma Faiad, El Negro Alvarez and Tristán, and has acted in theatre productions produced by

such as ''Soltero y con Dos Viudas'' (along with Iliana Calabró and Ana Acosta) and ''Petardos del Humor'' in

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and in

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with Jorge Corona. In 2006, she participated in the second season of ''Bailando por un Sueño'' which reached the semifinals and participated in ''

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'' replacing Juana Repetto. In 2008, she starred in the

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''El Show de las Divorciadas'' and in the summer of 2008-2009, she was first vedette with

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in ''Vedettísima'', headed by

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. In early 2009, she was on the cover of

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and participated in ''

El Musical de tus Sueños ''El Musical de tus Sueños'' was an alternate Argentine season of ''Bailando por un Sueño''. In place of the traditional format of couples, each celebrity danced, sang and acted with a team of 5 dancers and one professional dancer. Each week th ...

'', and in 2011 she was in ''

Bailando 2011 ''Bailando 2011'' was the seventh Argentinean season of ''Bailando por un Sueño''. The season premiere aired on May 16, 2011 on El Trece with 30 couples, including same-sex pairs for the first time in the Argentinean show– José María Muscari ...

''.

Personal life

On September 29, 2006, she married Marcelo Salinas in the halls of the Sociedad Rural Argentina.

Filmography

Television

* ''Petardos'' (1999) * ''Amor Latino'' (2000) * ''Polémica en el Bar'' (2001) * ''Matrimonios y Algo Más'' (2001) * '' Son Amores'' (2002) * ''Poné a Francella'' (2002) *

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(2002) * ''Malandras'' (2002–2003) * ''

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'' (2002) * ''Durmiendo con mi jefe'' (2003) * ''Costumbres Argentinas'' (2003) * ''Los Pensionados'' (2004) * '' Casados con Hijos'' (2005) * ''ShowMatch'' (guest - 2005) * '' Bailando por un Sueño 2'' (2006) * ''

'' * ''No hay 2 sin 3'' (2006) * ''Socias'' (2008) * ''

'' (2009) * ''

'' (2011) * ''

Bailando 2014 ''Bailando 2014'' was the ninth Argentinian season of ''Bailando por un Sueño''. The season premiere was on April 28, 2014, hosted by Marcelo Tinelli. 28 couples competed. The jury was reduced from six to four members in this season: returning ...

'' (2014)

Theater

* ''Petardos del Humor'' (2000) * ''Divertidísimo'' (2000) * ''Destino de gloria'' (2004) * ''Argentina todo un show'' (2004) * ''El viaje del humor'' (2005) * ''Soltero y con dos viudas'' (2005) * ''Operacio Ja Ja Recargada'' (2006) * ''Hirientes'' (2007) * ''El Show de las divorciadas'' (2008) * ''Vedettisima'' (2009) * ''Music Hall en Teatro Nogaró de Punta del Este'' (2009) * ''Primera dama se busca'' (2010) * ''La Revista de Buenos Aires'' (2011)

References

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