Gisela Ponce de León Franco, (born 12 April 1985) is a

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film, television and stage actress and singer. Gisela began working professionally as a child actor on the musical ''

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'' and in other productions. She appeared in several more musicals before being selected for the lead role in the hit TV show ''Esta Sociedad''. In Peru, she played as Sofia in the musical ''Mama Mia''. In her country has starred in the musicals ''

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'', '' La Cage aux Folles'', ''

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''. She played Mary Warren in '' Las Brujas de Salem'',

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in ''

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Early life

Gisela used to live in Cercado de Lima and study at Colegio de Jesús. When she was a child, she took ballet, singing and dancing classes. As an adolescent, she participated in Nubeluz.

Career

After being part of several TV shows, Gisela decided to apply to the ETUC (

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's Theatre School). She made her debut as a film actress in the short film "Besando a tu papá" (Kissing your dad) at 2007 and lent her voice to the role of Tiffany in the Peruvian animated film "Valentino y el clan del can" (Valentino and the dongs' clan) the next year. At 2010, Ponce de Leon participated in "El Gran Show", a reality show whose hostess was Gisela Varcárcel. She took the first place. Parallel, she starred two musicals: "El Musical 2010" and " La Cage aux Folles". She served as the opening act for the

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's South America Tour at 2011. She started her career as a radio hostess in the radio station Studio92 at 2012 and as a TV hostess in the Frecuencia Latina's programme "Ponte Play" the next year.

Theatre

Filmography

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ponce De Leon, Gisela 1985 births Living people Peruvian female dancers Peruvian musical theatre actresses Peruvian film actresses Peruvian television actresses 20th-century Peruvian actresses 21st-century Peruvian actresses