Dalia Inés Nieto Jiménez (born 27 February 1948), known simply as Dalia Inés, is a Mexican singer, dancer, actress, and writer. The eldest of the five children of singer and actress

Flor Silvestre Guillermina Jiménez Chabolla (16 August 1930 – 25 November 2020) known professionally as Flor Silvestre, was a Mexican singer and actress. She was one of the most prominent and successful performers of Mexican and Latin American music, and w ...

, she is known for creating and performing in ''Mi México'', a revue featuring Mexican folk music and dances.

Life and career

Dalia Inés was born in Santa Fe,

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, to singer

and her first husband, Andrés Nieto. Her mother was 17 years old at the time. She was raised by her stepfather

Antonio Aguilar José Pascual Antonio Aguilar Márquez Barraza (17 May 191919 June 2007), known as Antonio Aguilar, was a Mexican singer and actor. He recorded over 150 albums, which sold 25 million copies, and acted in more than 120 films. He was given t ...

. She first worked as a teacher and later as a translator. She made her singing debut in 1984, when she released her first album, ''Dalia Inés''. She has been singing and dancing for several years in her musical revue ''Mi México'', which features traditional music and dances from various states of

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

. She appeared in several films, including some of her stepfather

's productions. In 1992, she explained her love of

Mexican music The music of Mexico is highly diverse, featuring a wide range of musical genres and performance styles. It has been influenced by a variety of cultures, primarily deriving from Europeans, Indigenous, and Africans. Music became an expression of M ...

, which she inherited from her mother: "With so much music at home, I never had the desire to pursue another career other than this. I identify myself with our culture because my mother instilled it in me since I was a child". In 2008, she released her third album, ''Alegría y sentimiento''.

Discography

* ''Dalia Inés'' (1984) * ''Alegría y sentimiento'' (2008)

Filmography

* ''Mi aventura en Puerto Rico'' (1977) * ''Noche de carnaval'' (1984) * ''¡Ora es cuando chile verde!'' (1986) * ''El chivo'' (1992)

Book

* ''Lecumberri, el lado blanco del Palacio Negro'' (2014)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ines, Dalia Mexican film actresses 1948 births Living people Mexican biographers Mexican female dancers Ranchera singers People from Santa Fe, Argentina 20th-century Mexican actresses 21st-century Mexican actresses 20th-century Mexican women singers 21st-century Mexican women singers