Margarita Miriam Díaz Aroca (born 4 March 1962, in

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) is a Spanish actress and television presenter.

Biography

Miriam Díaz Aroca was born on 4 March 1962 in Madrid but grew up in Santander (

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). She studied

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of Madrid. She began working on ''Radio Minuto Fórmula'' of

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as a radio hostess and control technician. Her first appearance on-screen was in the Spanish TV music program ''Aplauso'' in 1979 as a contestant on the section ''La juventud baila'', being placed in third position (25.000 pesetas) . Professionally, she debuts accompanying Javier Basilio in the

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contest ''El bote de Don Basilio'', which was broadcast on the program of

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''Por la mañana'' (1987–88). She then went on to present a children's television show entitled ''Cajón desastre'' (1988-1991). She co-presented the television game show '' Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez'' with Jordi Estadella (1991-1993). In 1990 she participated as a singer in an album with 11 songs called ''Chicos'' of the brand

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, which has as a hit ''Merlin'' the Spanish version of Shattered Dreams by the English group

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In movies,

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selected her to play a small role as a radio hostess for the deaf in the film ''

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'' (1991). Her consecration as an actress would come with Clara's character in the

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winning picture ''

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'' (1992), by

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. Miriam has two children, a male (Pedro Luis Llorente Jr., 1994) and a female (María Washington, 2004). She also participated as an actress in the TV comedy ''

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'' (1996-1999) of Antena 3, with Arturo Fernandez, in the sitcom '' ¡Ala... Dina!'' (2001-2002) of TVE, and between 2004 and 2006 played the role of Claudia Valladares in ''

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'' of Antena 3. Also in 2006 she participated in the TV contest '' ¡Mira quién baila!''. In 2009, José Luis Moreno gave her the main role in the comedy series ''¡A ver si llego!'' with just five chapters aired given the low ratings. She also works on theater, she took part in the Festival of Classical Theatre of Mérida in 2007 with the play ''Lysistrata''; she starred in the ''

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'' theater adaptation as

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; in 2009 she starred with

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in the play ''Adulterios''; and participated in 2011 with

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and Jorge Roelas in the play ''100 metros cuadrados'' of Juan Carlos Rubio. She is the writer of the show Madame Noir of Monica Naranjo (2011). In the fourth and final week of January 2003 she was the cover of Interviú magazine.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

Others

References

Externals

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