Zoraida Virginia Gómez Sánchez (; born May 31, 1985 in

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...

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) is a Mexican actress known for her performance in ''

Rebelde ''Rebelde'' (English: ''Rebel'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Pedro Damián for Televisa, broadcast by Canal de las Estrellas (now known simply as Las Estrellas). It is a remake of the Argentine telenovela, ''Rebelde Way'', adapted for t ...

.''

Biography

She is the sister of actors

Eleazar Gómez José Eleazar Gómez Sánchez (; better known as Eleazar Gómez born May 29, 1986, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actor. He is noted for his performance in Mexican telenovelas. Gómez is the brother of actress Zoraida Gómez, Alizair Gomez ...

, Alizair Gómez and Jairo Gómez. Eleazar and Zoraida Gómez acted together in the novel Rebelde (2004-2006). With only four years old appeared in an ad with Alejandra Guzmán.

Music

While in ''Rebelde'', she and two other costars formed the band Citrus or c3Q's, which only made one song called "No Me Importa" (I Don't Care). The band was formed to promote Herbal Essences shampoo (

RBD RBD is a Mexican Latin pop group that gained popularity from Televisa's telenovela ''Rebelde''. The group achieved international success from 2004 until their separation in 2009 and sold over 15 million records worldwide, making them one of ...

's song "Liso y Sensual" was also used to promote the same name shampoo and

Anahí Anahí Giovanna Puente Portilla (born 14 May 1983), known mononymously as Anahí, is a Mexican actress and singer. In 1986, she started her acting career when she was cast on ''Chiquilladas''. After working on many successful telenovelas produ ...

was the brand spokesperson).

Name

The name "Zoraida" originates from ''Don Quixote'' by Cervantes, where it is the name of a beautiful

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woman from

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who converts to Christianity and elopes with a Spanish officer.

Men's magazine

In January 2011 appeared on the cover of magazine H Hombres Mexico, where, in addition to the publicity gained abandoned the image of teenagers who had.

Filmography

Telenovelas

*''

La Mujer Del Vendaval ''La mujer del Vendaval'' (English title: ''The Lady from Vendaval'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Mapat L. de Zatarain for Televisa. It is a remake of the Venezuelan telenovela '' Un esposo para Estela''. On November 12, 2012, Canal de ...

'' (2012/13) Nuria Arevalo de Serratos *''

Cuando Me Enamoro "Cuando Me Enamoro" (English: "When I Fall in Love") is a Hispanic pop song written and performed by Spanish pop singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias and featuring Dominican singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra released on 26 April 2010, as the firs ...

'' (2010) Julieta *''

Llena de Amor ''Llena de amor'' (English: ''Filled With Love'') is a Mexican Spanish-language telenovela, produced by Angelli Nesma Medina for Televisa. It is a remake of the Venezuelan telenovela ''Mi Gorda Bella'', which itself was inspired by the Colombia ...

'' (2010) Fedra Curiel (Young) *''

Niña de mi Corazon ''La Niña'' (Spanish for ''The Girl'') was one of the three Spanish ships used by Italian explorer Christopher Columbus in his first voyage to the West Indies in 1492. As was tradition for Spanish ships of the day, she bore a female saint's name ...

'' (2010) Carolina Clavados *''

En Nombre del Amor En nombre del amor (English: ''In the Name of Love'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carlos Moreno Laguillo for Televisa. It is a remake of ''Cadenas de amargura'', by María del Carmen Peña y José Cuauhtémoc Blanco, and produced in 1991 ...

'' (2008) Liliana Martínez *'' Lola...Érase una vez'' (2007) Rafaela Santo Domingo *''

'' (2004–2006) as Jose Lujan Landeros *''Enamorate'' (2003) as Darketa *''Aqua y Aceite'' (2002) as Mariana *''Azul'' (1996) as La Chamos " Canaveral de Pasiones" (1996) Julia de nina

Series

*''

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'' (2012) as Nicky

Films

*''Mujeres Infieles'' (1995) *''La Orilla de la Tierra'' (1994)

References

External links

Official Site
1985 births Living people Mexican child actresses Mexican telenovela actresses Actresses from Mexico City {{mexico-actor-stub