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Jimena Valentina Guevara Barón (born 24 May 1987), better known as Jimena Barón or J Mena, is an Argentine actress and singer.Biography for Jimena Barón
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Career


Acting career

Her beginnings in the world of art and entertainment date back to her childhood. It was with her foray into the cinema, when she was ten years old, that she made herself known to the public, by playing the leading role of little Aneta in the 1998 film '' El Faro''. Her interpretation of Loli in '' Gasoleros'' she was nominated for two consecutive years for the
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for Best Child Actress, winning it the first time. She was followed by her Malena character in the series '' Calientes'' and her character of Anita Campos in ''El sodero de mi vida''. This is how she got to participate in productions such as ''
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'' she played the character of Lila and ''
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'' she played the character of María Roldán González. After a participation in '' Sos mi vida''. In 2008, she acted in ''Por amor a vos'' she played the character of María Concepción Molinari. From 2009 and 2010, she played the character of Esperanza "Hope" Bauer in the
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youth series '' Casi Ángeles''. She also participated in the theatrical season of the cycle in 2009. In 2011, she returned to work at Pol-Ka to play the character of María Paula "Poly" Said in the series ''
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''. Also in that year she was called to participate in the contest of '' Bailando 2011''. That same year she participated in the
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music video ''Tu cuerpo bailando en mi cuerpo''. In 2012, she played the character of Rosa Montes in the series ''
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'' broadcast by the screen of Canal 13 and starring Luciano Castro and
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. From 2015 to 2016, she played the character of Gilda Albarracín in the series '' Esperanza mía''. In 2016, she played the character of Belén in the series '' Educando a Nina'' telecomedy broadcast by
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and starring
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. In 2017 she played the character of Florencia "Floro" Petrocelli in the series of Pol-Ka '' Quiero vivir a tu lado''. She participated in the contest of ''
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''.


Singing career

Jimena dabbled in music since she was a child, interpreting the odd subject in the different fictions in which she participated, but it is 28 May 2015, which debuts as the band's vocalist "Barón Band" . In 2017 Jimena presents "La tonta", her first single as a solo singer and releases her debut album, with the same name. With the release of the album she presented "Qlo" the second single from the album. In May 2019, this time, under the artistic name of J Mena, she released her new single "La cobra" that quickly went viral in his native country, making 2,000,000 reproductions, it fits emphasize that now it already has +51,000,000 views on YouTube and +20,000,000 streams on Spotify. After the great debut of "La cobra" J Mena released her second single for her new record work "Quién Empezó" with the biggest female exponent of Argentine trap
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, this single had great acceptance by the public taking 2,100,000 views on
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and a #1 in music trends in Argentina. On 2 August, Jimena released her second album of the name of her first single, which includes eight songs of which, among them, she makes two collaborations with the cumbia group Ráfaga and the trap singer
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. After her great success as a solo singer, J Mena signed with Sony Music Enterteiment that already has a new single titled "Taxi Voy" under the management of this record. In November 2019, J Mena won the
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award for Best Latin Artist. In February 2020, she published "Puta", a new single that proposes to resignify the insult and talk about the freedom of women. This single caused controversy and was criticized for using a marketing campaign alluding to
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. As a result seh cancelled planned shows at Río Negro Apple Festival and at the Villa La Angostura National Gardens Festival, in
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. In March 2021, after more than a year away from music, she returned and published a new single entitled "Flor de involución", accompanied by a video clip. In March 2023, she did a performance after 4 years of hiatus at the conclusion of stage play ''La Vendimia Para Todos''.


Personal life

She dated the Argentine footballer Daniel Osvaldo around 2013 to 2015 and they have a son together. In 2018 Jimena Barón was in a relationship with Argentinian tennis player,
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. From September 2020 to 2021, Jimena Barón was in a relationship with television presenter Luis "Tucu" López.


Filmography


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Television programs


Videoclips


Discography


Studio albums


Singles


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Promotional singles


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baron, Jimena 1987 births Actresses from Buenos Aires Argentine film actresses Argentine stage actresses Argentine television actresses MTV Europe Music Award winners Living people Participants in Argentine reality television series