Natalia
Biography:

Natalia Oreiro, on behalf of the whole Natalia Marisa Oreiro Iglesias Poggio Bourie de Mollo was born on 19th May 1977 in Montevideo, Uruguay. When was Naty a child, her parents on short time booted fate to the beautiful Andalusia, autonomous area in south Spain. Six years old baby girl began attend a school there, but earlier than she adapted to Europe, family moved back to Montevideo. Parents didn't come under the middle class, but they couldn't pay her beloved Natalia the most prestigious education. She attended public schools, when she was accepted to secondary school called Liceo 26, she was pround. She could say about herself that she comes from better family. Since 8 years she attended dramatic acting classes. She saw her future clearly: she'll become an actress and perhaps also a singer. She admired a big piano of her cousin, but she was too lazy to sing. Her grandmother drove a big orchestra, she leaded also Natalia's mother to singing, and she wanted to be a singer very much. Unfulfilled parental ambitions she transferred to Natalia and her sister. A first good chance to show what Natalia learned in dramatic courses she got in her eleven. She participated in Uruguayan television in popular show called Xuxa. With this funny program she traveled entire Uruguay and she looked also behind borders. With mother, who very supported her daughter, she used to visit competitions, they also regurlary visited Buenos Aires, which is divided to Natalia's Montevideo only with a gulf Rio de la plata. They were succesful on one of these competitions, when was Naty twelfe years old. For her age, good mature girl got a role in tv spot and she thought that a gate to the world of show-business she has opened. If she knew how she will be shy for this advertisement several years later! I didn't anticipated what was the advertisement about." confides today. "They told me that it is an advertisement for a hygienic needs and I thought that I will promote towels. I thought that they are interested in my talent but they need only my round botty."

A popularity of nice and charismatic girl rised with every soap opera where she played. In 16, she began in serial Inconquistable corazón, where she got a secondary role. Her talent fully applied in soap operas Sweet Anna - Dulce Ana and Models 90-60-90 - Modelos 90-60-90. When she started to filming Rich and famous nobody doubt that she is becoming a star. Already she could not walk in the streets of Buenos Aires, without being recognized. It didn't exist that she entered to the shop and didn't encompassed about her a  group of fans asking for an autograph... In 1999 soap opera Muneca Brava (in translation Wild doll), which we know under the name Wild angel, appeared on the screens of Argentinean televisions. Natalia played a lead role of a girl, who grown up in monastery, beside Facundo Arana. Name of Natalia know soon a third of globe. And if not her name so at least both face of Milagros, who could be a beautiful girl or a rude girl in boy's clothes. As soon as Wild angel started to broadcasting, a tens of letters Natalia received every day to her home - not to Uruguay, but to Buenos Aires. With an actor Pablo Echarri Natalia met in her 18, he was about 7 years older. But after several years this relation ship ended and Natalia was very sad. In 1998 Natalia got a dreamed offer to play in movie - Un Argentino en New York. An average comedy, in the first week after premiere had more visitors then Titanic. Naty recorded to this movie a song, of course that succesfull and she began to prepare her first album. Her first album, called simply Natalia Oreiro had a big success. The second album Tu veneno (Your poison) was very succesful too. Then Natalia traveled a big piece of the world with tour. She didn't forget to the Czech republic, where she had two concerts. For the Czech republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Israel... were released special CD's with her best hits, remixes and videoclips. In 2001 Natalia participated in music festival Viňa del Mar in Chile, where she became a queen of the festival. She got there also an award for her album Tu veneno. On 31st December 24 years old Natalia married with about 20 years older man Ricardo Mollo. Husbands celebrated their secret weeding in Brazil. In 2002 Naty had a lead role in soap opera Kachorra, Runaway lady. She played a girl, who was wrongly accused of murder and she get to the house of rich Bruno Moravia and she become a nursemaid of Bruno's siblings. Soap opera has 150 episodes and was broadcasted not only in Argentina, but also in the Czech republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Russia and even in Azerbaijan and in many other countries.

Then Naty released a new album called Turmalina and in 2003 she went to tour Tourmalina 2003. Naty accepted another offer, and he played a lead role in movie Cleopatra with Norma Aleandro. Naty had a short hair at all because of this role and had to lose weight of 7 kg. The movie hasn't got anything similar to Cleopatra in Egypt, but it's a story about two women who want to spend a weekend accordance with their ideas. From the beginning of 2004 Naty started to filming another soap opera El deseo, the Desire. Naty played in this soap opera an acrobat. Because of this soap opera, broadcasted after 22 o'clock, had to Naty change her image again. She became a blond. Unfortunately this soap opera wasn't very succesful and that was why filming finished untimely. Naty sang for this soap opera song in English - Light my fire. Natalia played also in one episode of serial Botines where she had a role of René, who robs with two men rare paintings from the museum.
In 2005 Natalia started to filming in Argentina an Argentinean-Russian serial In rythm of tango, where she met again Facundo Arana. She went for 2 months to Russia to film another episodes of VRT. To the end of 2005 Naty accept and offer to play again next to Facundo Arana in soap opera Sos mi vida. She played a role of a boxer. Filming of SMV finished in December 2006. In 2006 Naty played also a little role of a journalist Lola in movie La Peli. Year 2007 started for Natalia very successfully. She became a queen of festival in Cannes, soap opera Sos mi vida was broadcasted in many countries of the world and finally she got an award for the Best actress of the year in Martín Fierro Awards. In October 2007 Naty surprised everybody - she became a fashion designer and filfilled her dream from her childhood. With her sister Adriana she set up a fashion brand "Las Oreiro", opened shop with clothes in Palermo and presented collection for spring/summer 2007. In April 2008 had Las Oreiro a big catwalk with a new collection for autumn/winter 2008. Clothes by Las Oreiro wear a lot of celebrities in Argentina and LO is very popular. After a long time, in April Naty changed her look and had light hair. She became a face of Sedal, together with Madonna, Marilyn Monroe or Shakira. Since March she leaded a programme Recurso Natural on Canal 7, programme about ecology, enviroment... She wasn't idle and she presented new collection for her brand Las Oreiro. She played the main role in the first Argentinean internet soap opera Amanda O, next to Luciano Castro. She also played in a new movie Música en Espera, with Diego Peretti and Norma Aleandro. The movie had a premiere in March 2009 and in the time it was one of the most visited movies in Argentina's cinemas. In 2009 Natalia said that she will play in some movies and she also realized that. She played in the movie No necesitamos a nadie a mother of 12 years old girl. The second half of the year she was interested in propagation of the movie in world film festivals. She visited Italy, Spain, Brasil and also Cuba. She became a face of bank company Tarjeta Naranja. She didn't forget for Las Oreiro and a new collection for little girls since 2-10 and two other collections were added to the shop in Palermo.
In March-May of 2010 was Natalia filming a movie Miss Tacuarembó, where she portrayed a main role. It's a music comedy with a story about Natalia, girl, growing up in 80's and dreaming about beeing a famous singer. In July of the same year was the movie screneed in the cinemas of Uruguay and Argentina. In June 2010 had movie Francia finally it's premiere in Argentina. Natalia said in many interviews that now she is happy with filming movies and she will return to television perhaps in the next year.
But Natalia was so excited by the movies, that from the beginning of 2011 she portrayed a role in movie Infancia Clandestina and a month later in movie Mi primera boda, which was premiered in September and it received very possitive critics. It wasn't all what Natalia did in the year at all. After the movies, she was a host of famous Argentinean awards "Martín Fierro", she became a face of cosmetics brand L'Oreal Paris and in June she flew to Colombia for three months to film there miniseries Lynch by television Moviecity. The series had its premire in March 2012 in many countries of Latin America. But the most important moment of the year was Natalia's first pregnancy. In March she conceived her first and her husband's third child and by the end of the year they celebrated 10th wedding anniversary. Merlín Atahualpa, son of Natalia and Ricardo was born on January 26th 2012.
After birth of son there should be a long pause, as Natalia promised. But she could not be without work a long time and month after birth she started promoting a series Lynch. In May she flew to the French International film festival in Cannes and she participated at world premiere of movie Infancia clandestina. She shined on the red carpet as an ambassador of L'Oreal Paris. Two month ago she was filming a movie Wakolda in Buenos Aires and Bariloche. The movie talks about of German Nazi Mengele, who made experiments on humans. The movie had its world premiere in May 2013 at film festival in Cannes. Recently she finished filming of the movie she flew with her husband and son to Bogota, Colombia to film the second season of series Lynch. Many times has Naty emphasized the willingness of her husband, because thanks to him she could work and in pauses stay with her son Melín. At the end of November 2013 she visited Russia and performed at music show Super Disco of 90's. Shortly after her arrival back to Buenos Aires she received an Awards for Best Actress for her role in movie Infancia clandestina at Sur Awards. After long time of rejections of offers for filming telenovelas she finally accepted an offer of Adrian Suar and at the end of 2012 she started filming telenovela Solamente vos for Canal 13, where she portrayed a role of a hairdresser Aurora Andres who desires love and family. For this role she was awarded with Martín Fierro Awards as The Best Comedy Actress in May 2014.
During filming the telenovela Natalia took part of project Dar la teta es dar lo mejor de vos (Breastfeeding is to give your best) by Unicef for which she was photographed breastfeeding her son Merlín and she promoted prolonged breastfeeding of newborns. Busy year of filming she interrupted for a while in December and she went for on musical tour Tour Hits 2013 and she performed three concerts in Russia and one in Poland. She concerted after long 8 years. During the second Moscow's concert her almost two-years-old son Merlín came on the stage and so the whole world finally saw him. Before his famous parents were hiding Merlín so there were no photos of him. Natalia became a face of Uruguayan parfumery San Roque and in following year she also promoted healthy drinks by Terma and hair colors Schwarzkopf.
The following year, Natalia planned to rest, but she traveled a lot and at the end also worked quite a lot. The first trip of 2014 was for vacation in USA, followed by trip to Panama, Germany, Russia etc. In that year she visited Russia two times. The aim of April's visit of Russia was to perform at music event Super Disco of 90's and in November she returned because of her biggest musical tour when she travelled throuh Russia and performed 16 concert of Nasha Natasha Tour 2014 where she sang her biggest hits and some unreleased songs. On the tour was Natalia accompanied by a director and friend in one person, Martín Sastre, to film a documental about the tour. In 2014 Natalia played in short movies by Martín Sastre Protocolo celeste and 100 anos de cine argentino and she was awarded for her role in movie Wakolda with Condor de Plata Award. For 2015 she planned to play in 4 movies, among them a movie about life of departed singer Gilda and movie about life of fighter Juana Azurduy. Suddenly she was offered by televison Telefe to be part of a series Entre Caníbales, drama full of revenge and tension and Natalia unexpectedly returned to televison. Although the series was prematurely terminated because it talked on the topic of violence against women, which the Argentine audience did not want to watch in news and also in the series, for her role of Ariana in Entre Caníbales was Natalia awarded with a statuette Martín Fierro for Best Actress in May 2016. Natalia again become a face of the brand Las Oreiro and every year with her sister introduced two new collections. In December 2015, she planned to return to Russia with a Fiesta Tour, but it was canceled because of disagreements with the organizers. At the end of the year, Natalia began to fulfill her dream that she fully enjoyed since April 2016, when she incarnated into the body of the deceased singer of cumbia, Gilda, and starred in the film Gilda, no me arrepiento de este amor, which was seen in Argentine cinemas from September's premiere till the end of year, by nearly 1 million viewers. With the film there was released a CD where Natalia reinterpretted songs of Gilda which delighted many of her fans, who were waiting many years for a new album. Oreiro returned to Russia at the end of 2016 with a tour Cumbia & Hits where she sang Gilda's songs and some of her greatest hits. After 16 years, she also gave a concert in her native Montevideo at the sold-out concert on December 19th 2016. She continued with the concerts in the following year when she visited several festivals with the Cumbia & Hits tour and performed with her band at private company or birthday events. She didn't return to her main profession of actress in 2017, and she devoted herself to music, advertising campaigns, and charity events. In March 2017, Natalia supported the premiere of the movie I am Gilda at the Miami Film Festival and was awarded by awards Premios Sur, Cóndor de Plata<>/b and the Premios Platino where the public voted. In July, Natalia moderated the prestigious "Latin American Oscars" Awards, Premios Platino in Madrid, Spain, and with Unicef, she visited African Kenya. She spent her 40th birthday with her family on vacation in Mexico.
Na stříbrné plátno se Oreiro vrátila s rolí Pilar a filmovou komedii Re Loca v roce 2018, kdy si také splnila další sen a zazpívala vedlejší song pro Mistrovství světa ve fotbale, které se konalo v Rusku. Natalia získala dvě ceny za svou uměleckou kariéru, jednu na Kid's Choice Awards v Argentině a druhou Kikito de Cristal v Brazílii. Snů není nikdy dost a proto Natalia pracuje na tom, aby se začal natáčet seriál Grisel, který sama napsala a chce být i producentkou. Zatím byl natočen jen trailer, který byl představen v Los Angeles. Začátkem roku 2019 se Natalia vydá na další turné, nazvaná Unforgettable tour. On the silver screen returned Oreiro with a role of Pilar and the film comedy Re Loca in 2018, when she also fulfilled another dream and she sang a secondary song for the Football World Cup which was held in Russia. Natalia won two awards for her artistic career, one at the Kid's Choice Awards in Argentina and the other one - Kikito de Cristal in Brazil. Dreams are never enough, so Natalia works to start filming series Grisel, which she wrote and wants to be a producer. So far, only the trailer, which was introduced in Los Angeles, was filmed. In the beginning of 2019, Natalia goes on conceert tour, called Unforgettable Tour.


Last update: 29.12.2018


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