Natalia Oreiro

Natalia Marisa Oreiro Iglesias was born in 1977 in Montevideo, Uruguay and began studying theatre at the age of 8. When she was 12 she went to an audition for child actors and started a career in commercials. From then until the age of 16 she shot close to 40 commercials. At 14 she was picked out of 10.000 competitors to accompany Xuxa Meneghel on U.S. tour. When she was 17 Natalia relocated to Argentina. In 1995 she landed the role the of protagonist's niece in the popular telenovela Sweet Ana. Afterwards she appeared in "90-60-90 Models" (1996) and a year later in Rich and Famous (1997), which got attention all over Argentina and abroad. In 1998 she starred in the movie An Argentinian in New York as an ambitious teenager who dreams of being a triumph in the music world. The film beat all domestic box-office records, and also kicked off her singing career.
That same year she launched her first record worldwide called "Natalia Oreiro" and performed the song "Cambio dolor," which opened the television series Wild Angel — the highest rated daytime show at the time. In 2000 she received the Celebrity of the Year prize given by E! Entertainment Television Network in the television category, for her outstanding career and for being the celebrity revelation of 1999. She has since continued an incredibly successful career in television, film and music, touring expensivelly all over the world.

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