Ana María Lazo, commonly known as Mimí Lazo, (born November 23, 1954, in

Caracas Caracas ( , ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas (CCS), is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern p ...

) is a Venezuelan film, television and theatrical actress and Theatrical producer, producer. Her most notable role was in the 1996 monologue ''El Aplauso Va Por Dentro'' in which she toured all throughout South America and Europe.

Biography

Early life

She is the second of the three children of Henrique De La Santísima Trinidad Lazo (1921-1995) and Sara Beatríz Domínguez (1930-2011). His brothers are Henrique Alberto and Andrés Eugenio De Jesús. Mimí, began her acting in the workshops of well known stage directors of

in the mid-1970s. Later she received scholarships to study Scenic Arts in Italy and attended acting classes in the Actors Studio of New York.

Career

She began her acting career in the Venezuelan theatre performing adaptations of plays by William Shakespeare, such as ''Twelfth Night'' and Arthur Miller's ''A View from the Bridge'', among others. In 1979 she made her debut in the Venezuelan cinema with the film ''El Pez que Fuma'', produced by the long time filmmaker Roman Chalbaud, and her first appearance on national television with the popular telenovela ''Carolina''. It wasn't until the year 2000 in film, 2000 where she made her debut in the international cinema with the independent film ''Just for the Time Being'' alongside Eva Herzigová and Patrick O'Neil. She has received numerous awards in film festival and theater awards both in her native country and abroad. In 1995 she was among the successful Latin American actresses by ''Variety (magazine), Variety'' magazine, and ''Style (magazine), Style'' magazine considers her one of the best actresses in Latin America alongside Salma Hayek and María Conchita Alonso.

Personal life

She married Juan Gerardo Martínez and went to live in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Two years later they divorced, she went to live in Italy and there, in 1981, she married Orlando José Aoun. On September 8, 1982, their daughter was born; Sindy Carolina. A little over a year later, they divorced. At the end of the 80's, he married Jean Carlo Simancas in Mérida, Mérida and they ended up divorcing. On December 28, 1995, she married Luis Fernández (actor). Her daughter, is also an actress and her brother, Henrique is a Film Director; Actor and Musician, father of Lasso (singer)

Filmography

Films

Television

References

External links

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Mimi Lazo Official WebsiteMimi Lazo on Venevision
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lazo, Mimi 1958 births Living people Venezuelan stage actresses Venezuelan people of Italian descent Actresses from Caracas Venezuelan film actresses Venezuelan telenovela actresses