Polyana López (born circa 1985) is an

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

actress who gained fame as "Mora" in

Telefe Telefe (acronym for Televisión Federal) is a television station located in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The station is owned and operated by Paramount Global through Televisión Federal S.A. Telefe is also one of Argentina's six national television ...

's acclaimed program, ''

Chiquititas ''Chiquititas'' (literally translated as "Little Girls", known in English as ''Tiny Angels'') is a children's musical Argentina, Argentine soap opera, created and produced by Cris Morena. It starred Morena's daughter Romina Yan and Agustina Cher ...

''. López is a black actress, daughter of Afro-Brazilian father and Argentine mother. Black people are extremely rare in Argentina, and therefore in its television and show business industry. López's first experience as an actress came in ''Chiquititas'', which, in turn, gave her national and international fame, becoming a number one hit in Argentina and across the rest of Latin America, as well as in some European and Asian countries, being dubbed into English and Russian, for example. Polyana López played "Mora" for one year, 1997. However, upon leaving the ''Chiquititas''

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'' ...

in 1998, and with a copyright lawsuit between Argentina's

Telefé Telefe (acronym for Televisión Federal) is a television station located in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The station is owned and operated by Paramount Global through Televisión Federal S.A. Telefe is also one of Argentina's six national television ...

and a

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ian television network notwithstanding, she went to Brazil and acted in ''Chiquititas Brazil'', as "Pollyana" the same character which she played on Argentine version. López toured across Brazil playing "Pollyana" on theater as well during this period. During a trip to

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, she and the rest of the cast of ''Chiquititas Brazil'' were greeted by a crowd of 35,000 people as they tried to make their way into a restaurant, needing to have an entire street closed by local police before they could make their way into the restauran
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Polyana López has been retired from television acting since her days as a member of ''Chiquititas''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lopez, Polyana 1985 births Living people Argentine actresses