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Bianca Marroquín is a Mexican
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and
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actress known for being the first Mexican actress to have a starring role on
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. She has performed in the musical ''
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'' for over twenty years and is one of the few actress to play both female leads,
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and Velma Kelly.


Early life and education

Bianca Marroquín was born in
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, Mexico. She grew up living in Matamoros,
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Mexico and spent her childhood crossing between Mexico and Brownsville,
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. She attended high school at St. Joseph Academy in Brownsville, Texas. She returned to Monterrey, Mexico to attend a technical college, where she majored in communications.


Career

While still in college, Bianca Marroquín auditioned and got a role in the Mexico City production of ''
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'', so she decided to move to
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and start her professional theatre career. She performed in Mexican productions of several Broadway musicals: ''
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'' (1999–2001), ''
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'', and ''
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'', which landed her an invitation to perform as
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, with George Hamilton as Billy Flynn, at the Ambassador Theatre on
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. Afterward, she returned to Mexico City to close the ''Chicago'' season and join ''
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'' Mexican cast. She left ''The Vagina Monologues'' when she received the invitation to perform as Roxie Hart in the US and Canada tour of
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. This tour made her the first Mexican ever in receiving the
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in Washington, D.C., as outstanding Lead Actress. In December 2003, she went back to Broadway as Roxie Hart, now at the Ambassador Theatre, to rejoin the tour after his Broadway season. Marroquin has played Roxie Hart in the Broadway production of Chicago three times since then, in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Her recent off-Broadway work has included '' And the World Goes 'Round'' in October 2007 and the
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production of ''
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'' in summer 2008. In the Mexican production of ''
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'', she starred as Maria, alongside Lisardo and Olivia Bucio. After 100 performances she returned to work in the USA national tour of the ''Chicago'' company. She announced on her Twitter and Facebook page that she was joining the Broadway cast of ''
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'' from June 12 to September 5, 2010 to play the role of Daniela. Starting in 2010, Marroquín made a return to television as a judge for ''
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'' (the Spanish language version of ''
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'') for four years running. She also appeared in '' Pequenos Gigantes'' in 2011. From there,
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picked her up as the main protagonist of the new telenovela ''
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''. It premiered on July 18, 2011 in Mexico. She also sings the theme song to the novela, titled "Esperanza del Corazón". She was ''
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'' in the first production of the Disney musical in Spanish in November 14, 2012 in Mexico City. Bianca Marroquín is a judge for the current season of "Bailando por un Sueño", a reality competition show seen on Univision. She returned once more to the starring role of Roxie Hart in the long-running Broadway hit ''Chicago'' on March 31, 2014. That same month, Marroquín was named the first-ever National Ambassador for Viva Broadway. The Broadway League of producers created the new audience development initiative to help bridge the world of Broadway with Latino audiences around the country. Marroquín's first solo album, ''El Mundo Era Mío'' (The World Was Mine) was released May 13, 2014. She co-wrote five of the songs on the 11-track album, which is described as a mix of contemporary pop with a healthy splash of Latin influence, with songs in both English and Spanish. Three years later, she released a second album, ''Nuestros Tesoros'', consisting of covers of classic songs in Spanish. Marroquín played
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in ''
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'', a TV show about the lives of
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and
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, which was released in 2019. After playing Roxie Hart for 20 years, Marroquín reopened ''Chicago'' on Broadway as the other female lead
Velma Kelly Velma Kelly is one of the main characters in the successful 1975 Broadway musical ''Chicago''. Kelly is based on the character "Velma", who first appeared in the 1926 play, also called ''Chicago'', who was in-turn inspired by the life of Belva Ga ...
after the
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shutdown. She performed as Velma Kelly during the musical's 25th anniversary celebration performance, which occurred at the Ambassador Theatre on November 16, 2021. During the evening performance of February 4, 2022, she was presented with the Mr. Amigo 2022 award by the Mr. Amigo Association.


Awards and honors

*2004:
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for Outstanding Lead Actress * Five Mexican Critics Association trophies, including Best Actressfive Mexican Critics Association trophies, including Best Actress *2014 National Ambassador for Viva Broadway *2022: Mr. Amigo


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References


External links


Official Site
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marroquin, Bianca Living people Mexican musical theatre actresses Actresses from Monterrey Mexican television actresses Expatriate actresses in the United States Saint Joseph Academy (Brownsville, Texas) alumni Year of birth missing (living people)