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Mónica Farro (born 28 February 1976) is an Uruguayan model and actress of theatre and television. She started her career as a child
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and then worked as an erotic actress and
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for
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. She was chosen as
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for ''
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'' 2004 Miss Playboy.


Theatre

Farro's launch to fame was in 2007 after being discovered by the Argentine theatre producer
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in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo. He signed Farro to his theatre company for two years in which she performed in his comedy ''No somos santas'' and his musical comedy ''Le Referi Cornud''. In 2008 she was cast by Sofovich to co-star in the
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''La Fiesta Está En El Lago'' alongside dancer Valeria Archimó and actress-dancer Adabel Guerrero, with all three writing. It was produced and directed by Sofovich, and also directed by René Bertrand. In 2009 Farro was signed into
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's theatre company and was the protagonist of two of her magazines, ''Fantástica'' in the 2009-10 theatrical season and ''Bravísima'' in the 2010–11 season, both as the First Vedette. Farro decided not to sign for another year in the company, because she wasn't pleased with some of her cast members, especially Uruguayan actress-dancer and
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and Greek-Argentine amateur
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and media-showbiz personality, Victoria Xipolitakis. Barbieri commented that she would have Farro back for the 2013-14 summer season at all costs. After four years of doing classical revue musicals, Farro was called in 2011 to lead and debut as a supervedette and as her own producer in an alternative revue show mixed with
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with ''Negro Álvarez'', touring all of Argentina and parts of Uruguay. On November 2, 2012, the actress made an appearance for the river border state of Argentina,
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, in the Astros Theatre, where she and many other theatre artists presented Entre Ríos' summer theatrical season debut for 2012 and 2013 with three shows. She starred as the lead actress in one of these, the theatre comedy ''La noche de las pistolas frías''. In November, Farro led a mini theatre magazine show, ''Empetroladas'' alongside dancing partner Cristian Ponce in Cutral Có, Neuquén, Argentina. On January 4, 2013, ''La noche de las pistolas frías'' debuted in El Gran Teatro Colón in Entre Ríos, with Farro alongside Emilio Disi, Martín "Campi" Campilongo, Claudia Ciardone, Florencia "Flopy" Tesouro, Manuel Navarrete, Cristina Alberó and Luly Drozdek.


''Bailando'' 2008 and ''El Musical de tus Sueños''

Farro participated in the fifth season of ''Bailando por un Sueño'' with professional dancer Nicolás Scillama; she reached the top eight. Mónica had a special participation in ''
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'' in 2009, dancing on double stripper poles alongside
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, opening for the special edition re-entry gala (which Guerrero entered).


''Bailando'' 2011

Farro has participated in the seventh season of ''Bailando por un Sueño'' with professional dancer Christian Ponce.


Realities shows


Personal life

Farro was married to Uruguayan
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Enrique Ferraro, with whom she had a child named Diego Ferraro Farro in Uruguay.


See also

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