Natalia Oreiro

Natalia Marisa Oreiro Iglesias (; born 19 May 1977) is a Uruguayan actress, singer, songwriter, model, television presenter and fashion designer. Oreiro began her career in telenovelas. Since 2008 she has switched to work primarily in films. Oreiro has worked on social awareness shows and events for organizations like Greenpeace and UNICEF, the latter of which designated her as ambassador for Argentina and Uruguay in September 2011. She has been included in ''Esquire'' magazine's "The Sexiest Woman Alive Atlas" list.

Her most recognized works in cinema are the films '‘ I'm Gilda’' (Gilda: no me arrepiento de este amor), ''Super Crazy'' (Re Loca), and the shortlisted for the Oscar ''Clandestine Childhood'' (Infancia Clandestina) and ''The German Doctor'' (Wakolda). As an actress she has participated in some of the most important film festivals, such as in Cannes, San Sebastian and Venice, winning many awards for her performances including 3 Cóndor de Plata Awards and a Platino Award.

As a singer, she has sold over 10 million records worldwide and has been nominated for the MTV Video Music Awards and the Latin Grammy Awards among others.

On April 29, the mini series '' Yosi, the regretful spy'', in which she portrays Claudia, premiered worldwide through the Amazon Prime Video streaming platform. In the summer of 2022, the long-awaited mini-series "Santa Evita" (based on the book '' Santa Evita'') premiered, in which she portrayed Evita Peron (Disney Media Distribution)

Life and career

1977–2000: Early life and career beginnings

Natalia Oreiro, daughter of Carlos Florencio Oreiro Poggio and Mabel Cristina Iglesias Bourié, was born on 19 May 1977. Natalia studied drama at the age of eight and at twelve started auditioning for advertisements. During her teens she appeared in more than 30 television commercials for such trade marks as Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Johnson & Johnson. At the age of 16 she moved to Argentina to work there and unleash her ambition to be a star. She worked as an MTV VJ and in 1995, she landed a role in the soap opera ''Dulce Ana''. She was then cast in the TV series ''90-60-90 modelos'' (1996) and next in ''Ricos y famosos'' (1997, playing Valeria). Next, she starred in the Argentinian film '' Un Argentino en New York'' (1998). After the movie, Natalia launched her first album, ''Natalia Oreiro'' and the single "Cambio Dolor" became the opening theme for her next acting project, the prime time show '' Muñeca brava'' (1998–1999). For her performance in ''Muñeca Brava'', Natalia was nominated twice (1998 and 1999) for a Martín Fierro Award as best actress in a leading role.
In 1998, Natalia Oreiro recorded the theme "Paths of the Soul" next to Kennedy Choir and with more than 120 Argentine artists under the direction of Instrumental pianist and conductor Nazareno Andorno.

In January 2000, Natalia was named "Celebrity of the Century" by E! Entertainment Television. She became popular in Russia and Israel due to the success of ''Muñeca Brava'' in that country and was even invited to star in a Russian telenovela. In Israel she performed many times on big stages and on many TV shows and won the best telenovela actress award and best theme song "Cambio Dolor" on "VIVA 2000" awards, And in 2002 the Israeli Cable TV had a live competition for finding the Israeli Natalia Oreiro, and she was the honor guest of the evening.

2000–2005: ''Tu Veneno'' and ''Turmalina''

She pursued her musical career with the next album '' Tu Veneno'' and presentations in Gala de la Hispanidad, Gala de Murcia (both in Spain) and Festival de la Calle 8 in Miami. Her most important appearance was in the prestigious Latin television show ''Sábado Gigante Internacional'', hosted by Don Francisco. Natalia's major achievement at this time was her music performance in Chile at Viña del Mar Festival 2000 for which she was crowned Queen of that event. The album scored a Latin Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Album, but lost to Christina Aguilera's ''Mi Reflejo''.

On 1 June 2002, her third studio album '' Turmalina'' was released by BMG Ariola Argentina. ''Turmalina'' was produced by Latin record producer Kike Santander and is a combination of rhythms such as rock, pop and some sort of reminiscent of the 60's and 50's sounds. On this album, Oreiro write and composed the songs: "Alas De Libertad" which is inspired by kids she met some time ago in the city of Jujuy, Argentina; "Mar" tells the love story between a sailor and his girlfriend. Natalia also contributed to the lyrics of "Cayendo". "Que Digan Lo Que Quieran" is ''Turmalina'''s first single. Official Uruguayan 2002 World Cup song "Pasión Celeste" is recorded with Fredy Bessio. "Cuesta arriba, cuesta abajo" was opening song of soap opera '' Kachorra'' (''Runaway Lady''). ''Kachorra'' ended with a rating lower than 20 points in Argentina.

In March 2003 she started filming her second film Cleopatra together with Norma Aleandro, Leonardo Sbaraglia and Héctor Alterio, under the direction of Eduardo Mignogna, a co-production with Spain. In the middle of 2003, she started a tour for Eastern Europe and Latin America. On 1 March 2004 she started filming '' El Deseo''.

2006–2014: ''Sos mi vida'', switch to cinema and other works

In 2006 she joined as the female boxer, Esperanza Munoz, the cast of the telenovela '' Sos mi vida'' along with her ''Muñeca brava'' co-star Facundo Arana. It was directed by Rodolfo Antúnez and Jorge Bechara and broadcast by Canal 13. It began broadcasting on 16 January 2006 and ended 9 January 2007. During its broadcast averaged 26.9 points overall rating, and ended as the most watched Argentine television fiction ever, until it was displaced by the 2009, telenovela '' Valientes.'' It was written by Ernesto Korovsky and Sebastian Parrotta, and won four Martín Fierro Awards and three Clarín Awards

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