Niurka Marcos Calle is a Cuban singer, dancer, actress, and vedette.

Personal life

Marcos was born in Havana, Cuba to Carmelo Marcos, a Cuban navy major, and Salustiana "Celeste" Calle, a housewife. She has five siblings: Martha, Maribel, Thomas, María del Carmen, and Ernesto. In 2003 Marcos dated actor Bobby Larios. They subsequently married, but that marriage ended in divorce. Marcos was then married to Yanixán Texido in 2007. The couple separated in May 2009 and on February 6, 2011, they divorced. She was part of the first group of foreigners

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by President Vicente Fox, and has three

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-born children: Itzcoatl "Kiko", Romina, and Emilio. In 2018, Marcos stated in an interview that her mother had died.

Career

Marcos starred in the telenovela ''Velo de Novia'', produced by her then-boyfriend Juan Osorio. In 2001, Marcos portrayed an erotic dancer named Karicia in the Mexican soap opera ''Salomé'' starring Edith González and Guy Ecker, for which she earned a TVyNovelas Award for ''Best Supporting Actress'' at the

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. In 2004, she was a contestant on the reality series '' Big Brother México''. She appeared as a

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on '' La Fea Más Bella'' during 2006 and sang on its soundtrack album on the track "Se Busca Un Hombre." In 2007, she released an album titled ''La Emperadora'' and posed for the February 2007 issue of the Mexican edition of '' Playboy'' magazine. She started her own show in 2008 called ''Espectacularmente Niurka''. She also hosts ''El Show De Niurka'' which features games, dancing, singing and a jacuzzi in which she interviews other artists. Marcos was cast for a theatrical remake of ''La ronda de las arpías'' in August 2009. In 2011, Marcos joined the cast of '' Emperatriz'' as the new villain.

Discography

* ''Alcatraz Es... Dulce'' (1999) * ''Latin Pop'' (2001) * ''La Emperadora'' (2007) * ''Niurka Marcos'' (2021)

Filmography

Television

Other

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marcos, Niurka Living people Cuban female dancers Cuban women singers Cuban television actresses Cuban television presenters Cuban women television presenters Cuban vedettes Mexican vedettes Mexican female dancers Mexican women singers Mexican television presenters Mexican women television presenters Cuban emigrants to Mexico Mexican telenovela actresses Naturalized citizens of Mexico People from Havana Cuban Santeríans Mexican Santeríans Mexican LGBT rights activists Cuban LGBT rights activists Year of birth missing (living people)