Angélica Vale
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Angélica Vale is a Mexican actress, singer and comedienne, known also as the daughter of Angélica María
, "La Novia de Mexico" (Mexico's Sweetheart), and as the daughter of comedian Raul Vale. She has been working as an actress for almost 30 years, but achieved fame in 2006 when she became the protagonist
of La Fea Más Bella
(The Prettiest Ugly Girl), a Mexican telenovela
, with her real life mother. She currently stars in No me hallo as Luchita Guerra a young women with a big dream of becoming a singer.
.
From 1982-1986 her family was banned from Televisa due to the launch of the independent production "LUPITA" on the rival TV Azteca network in which she played the title role. All the family members were blacklisted until 1986, year in which Ernesto Alonso
intervened on their behalf. He was instrumental in getting the ban lifted, allowing the family to return to work on Televisa's productions.
In 1998, she portrayed Julieta in Soñadoras
and in 2001, she portrayed the character of Wendy Nayeli Pérez in Amigas y rivales
, both major roles which won acclaim for the actress. However, the soap opera La Fea Más Bella was her first starring role in any Mexican telenovela, though she had appeared in a number of Spanish language programs. As a comedian, Vale was one of the main celebrity impersonators
in the comedy show La Parodia, from 2000 to 2005, but she chose to leave the show because she wanted to take some weeks off. From 2005 to 2006, she performed in El Privilegio de Mandar
(The Privilege to Command), which was a parody of an earlier soap opera starring Adela Noriega
and was titled El Privilegio de Amar (The Privilege to Love). Because telenovelas are wildly popular throughout the Hispanic world, they are very profitable, even when they do not rate so well, so when , La Fea Más Bella became the number one Univision
TV program according to 2006 Nielsen ratings, Vale was looked upon by many producers as a guarantee of success, and it is speculated that this success may open the door for greater things to come.
Vale is featured as one of the eight subjects on the cover of People en Español
' s "Los 50 Más Bellos" 2007 yearly issue and on the July 2007 monthly issue, reportedly more because of her recent popularity than because of her overall lengthy career (as many people in the business have stated that she is finally getting the international attention that she has come to deserve after laboring her talents so long and having very little ethical and commercial success). In April 2007, People en Español announced that Vale would make a special guest appearance on Ugly Betty
, in which she'd reprise her Lety role in the episode "A Tree Grows in Guadalajara
," but instead she played a Lety look-alike named Angélica, who was a dental assistant, in the season finale
.
on La Parodia doing parodies of Castro's show, Mala noche... no!. Vale is also listed in that program's credits as a singer of its theme song. She has also done many impressions of singers Shakira
, Thalía
, and Laura León
among others while she worked on Soñadoras
and Amigas y rivales
; she also used some of these once more in La Parodia. In 2007, after the finale of La Fea Más Bella, she sang one of the theme songs for the hit soap opera during an appearance on El Show de Cristina. During 2008, she made the music album Navidad con Amigos with Ricardo Montaner
.
Angélica Vale has been heavily pursued by paparazzi from the early '90s on, with a special focus on her love life. In the early stages of her life, she was rumored and confirmed as the girlfactor Alejandro Ibarra, with whom it was also rumored that she was engaged to and would soon marry. However this was not the case, and they split around the time that she was cast for the role of Margarita in Bendita Mentira. This attention did not surprise Vale, who as a young girl had seen the toll that paparazzi's attentions had taken on her mother and father's marriage when, according to tabloids, her father had led a double life with a woman in Texas
. In 2005, after the death of her father, this attention bothered her because she was constantly pestered by questions about her late father's testament and concerns about what would correspond to her father's young 'spouse'. She was overwhelmed to the point that she called for a meeting with all major television stations in Mexico and had them ask away, saying that if they did not ask then, they would never get answers because she planned on closing that chapter in her life because it was very painful to talk about something so private.
Later on she was also linked to singer Jose Luis Figueroa, son of singer Joan Sebastian
, during a time when he was still involved with Ninel Conde
, (considered the hottest woman in the world by the Latin American press), but Angélica Vale denied these reports. Soon after, Ninel and Jose Luis broke up, and he stated it was because Ninel was too "thin" for his liking. Vale was also targeted much by claims that she liked to get involved with married men, and a story was published in 2006 about her having caused the separation of a family, because her then-current boyfriend had filed for divorce and his children had to live with seeing their father with another woman in public. She also denied these allegations by claiming that the divorce had been filed one year prior to their relationship, and that his marriage was childless.
Other rumors that have followed concerning her love life have been curiously sparked by a family friend, Cristina Saralegui
, host of El Show de Cristina, who, when interviewing the cast of La Fea Más Bella, stated that she thought that 'Don Fernando' (Jaime Camil
) and 'Doña Lety' (Angélica Vale) had really fallen in love, but she was cut off by Angélica María
, also present, who changed the subject. Angélica María also sparked rumors about her daughter because, she has recently made a habit of saying that she is waiting impatiently for her only child to make her a grandmother. Despite the constant intrusion into her life by paparazzi, Angélica Vale has managed to keep much of her life private, causing paparazzi to fabricate stories on her behalf.
She has also had breast reduction around the time she finished La Fea Más Bella.
; she has a Jewish grandfather. Vale speaks English and Spanish fluently, and holds her own in French.
She and her mother Angélica María are among the few daughter and mother entertainers to be inducted into the Paseo de las Luminarias at the Plaza de las Estrellas
. Vale was inducted for her work in television and in the recording industry.
Vale and her parents are featured in the 2007 book Televisa Presenta, which was published during the culmination of the network's golden anniversary.
Angélica María
Angélica María Hartman Ortiz is an Mexican-American actress and a Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter. She is a legendary entertainer and is known as La Novia de Mexico .-Early life:...
, "La Novia de Mexico" (Mexico's Sweetheart), and as the daughter of comedian Raul Vale. She has been working as an actress for almost 30 years, but achieved fame in 2006 when she became the protagonist
Protagonist
A protagonist is the main character of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical narrative, around whom the events of the narrative's plot revolve and with whom the audience is intended to most identify...
of La Fea Más Bella
La fea más bella
La Fea Más Bella is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa. It is the second Mexican version of the popular Colombian telenovela: Betty la fea...
(The Prettiest Ugly Girl), a Mexican telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
, with her real life mother. She currently stars in No me hallo as Luchita Guerra a young women with a big dream of becoming a singer.
Acting career
As a child, in the movie El Gran Triunfo in 1981, Vale portrayed the daughter of Mexican superstar, Rigo TovarRigo Tovar
Rigoberto Tovar García was a Mexican singer best known as Rigo Tovar. Famous for his cumbia songs, Tovar is considered a musical pioneer by fusing electric guitar, synthesizer, and rock melodies with traditional Mexican music.Tovar was born and raised in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico...
.
From 1982-1986 her family was banned from Televisa due to the launch of the independent production "LUPITA" on the rival TV Azteca network in which she played the title role. All the family members were blacklisted until 1986, year in which Ernesto Alonso
Ernesto Alonso
Ernesto Ramirez Alonso was a Mexican producer, director, cinematographer and actor. He was nicknamed "Señor Telenovela" because most of his work centered around telenovelas known around the world....
intervened on their behalf. He was instrumental in getting the ban lifted, allowing the family to return to work on Televisa's productions.
In 1998, she portrayed Julieta in Soñadoras
Soñadoras
Soñadoras is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced by and broadcast on Televisa in 1998, and shown in 1999 on Univision.-Las Soñadoras:* Aracely Arámbula as Jaqueline de la Peña* Angélica Vale as Julieta Ruiz...
and in 2001, she portrayed the character of Wendy Nayeli Pérez in Amigas y rivales
Amigas y rivales
Amigas y rivales is a Mexican telenovela, which was produced by and broadcast on Televisa in 2001.- Plot :Amigas y Rivales tells the story of four women from different social backgrounds...
, both major roles which won acclaim for the actress. However, the soap opera La Fea Más Bella was her first starring role in any Mexican telenovela, though she had appeared in a number of Spanish language programs. As a comedian, Vale was one of the main celebrity impersonators
Impressionist (entertainment)
An impressionist or a mimic is a performer whose act consists of imitating the voice and mannerisms of others. The word usually refers to a professional comedian/entertainer who specializes in such performances and has developed a wide repertoire of impressions, including adding to them, often to...
in the comedy show La Parodia, from 2000 to 2005, but she chose to leave the show because she wanted to take some weeks off. From 2005 to 2006, she performed in El Privilegio de Mandar
El privilegio de mandar
El Privilegio de Mandar was a successful Mexican political parody broadcast by Televisa on Canal de las Estrellas. It started as a sketch in another Televisa show, called La Parodia, that parodies political, social and cultural events happening in Mexico...
(The Privilege to Command), which was a parody of an earlier soap opera starring Adela Noriega
Adela Noriega
Adela Amalia Noriega Méndez , better known as Adela Noriega , is a Mexican actress. Noriega is best known for her starring roles in telenovelas. She came to prominence as a teenager, starring in teen-oriented coming-of-age telenovelas in the late 1980s...
and was titled El Privilegio de Amar (The Privilege to Love). Because telenovelas are wildly popular throughout the Hispanic world, they are very profitable, even when they do not rate so well, so when , La Fea Más Bella became the number one Univision
Univision
Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
TV program according to 2006 Nielsen ratings, Vale was looked upon by many producers as a guarantee of success, and it is speculated that this success may open the door for greater things to come.
Vale is featured as one of the eight subjects on the cover of People en Español
People en Español
People en Español is a Spanish-language American magazine published by Time Inc. that debuted in 1996, originally as the Spanish-language edition of its publication People...
Ugly Betty
Ugly Betty is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which premiered on ABC on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series revolves around the character Betty Suarez and is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombian telenovela soap opera Yo soy Betty, la fea...
, in which she'd reprise her Lety role in the episode "A Tree Grows in Guadalajara
A Tree Grows in Guadalajara
"A Tree Grows in Guadalajara" is the twenty-second episode from the dramedy series Ugly Betty, which aired on May 10, 2007. Originally this was supposed to be the season finale, but ABC extended its full season order to 23, thus the change in the scheduling and the extension in the storylines.-The...
," but instead she played a Lety look-alike named Angélica, who was a dental assistant, in the season finale
East Side Story (Ugly Betty episode)
"East Side Story" is the twenty-third episode, and first season finale, of the dramedy series Ugly Betty, which aired on May 17, 2007. After ABC had previously announced 22 episodes for the season, this 23rd episode was added for the debut season, due to the series' success.-Plot:As Betty returns...
.
Singing career
Like her mother, Vale is also a singer and has performed on the soundtrack for La fea más bella. She did several notable impersonations of another singer, Verónica CastroVerónica Castro
Verónica Castro is a Mexican actress, singer and television host. She is the mother of singer Cristian Castro and filmmaker Michelle Sáinz Castro and the sister of actress Beatriz Castro,and telenovela producer José Alberto Castro....
on La Parodia doing parodies of Castro's show, Mala noche... no!. Vale is also listed in that program's credits as a singer of its theme song. She has also done many impressions of singers Shakira
Shakira
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...
, Thalía
Thalía
Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda , known simply by the mononym Thalía , is a Mexican singer and actress. She has sold over 40 million albums worldwide...
, and Laura León
Laura León
Rebeca Valderrama , better known by her stage name Laura León, is a Mexican actress and singer. She is often referred to as "La Tesorito" since that is a term of endearment she uses for people. León resided for many years in Mexico City where she starred in several telenovelas for Televisa...
among others while she worked on Soñadoras
Soñadoras
Soñadoras is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced by and broadcast on Televisa in 1998, and shown in 1999 on Univision.-Las Soñadoras:* Aracely Arámbula as Jaqueline de la Peña* Angélica Vale as Julieta Ruiz...
and Amigas y rivales
Amigas y rivales
Amigas y rivales is a Mexican telenovela, which was produced by and broadcast on Televisa in 2001.- Plot :Amigas y Rivales tells the story of four women from different social backgrounds...
; she also used some of these once more in La Parodia. In 2007, after the finale of La Fea Más Bella, she sang one of the theme songs for the hit soap opera during an appearance on El Show de Cristina. During 2008, she made the music album Navidad con Amigos with Ricardo Montaner
Ricardo Montaner
Ricardo Montaner is an Argentine-Venezuelan singer and songwriter. Starting his career in the early 80s, he has already released more than 15 albums with numerous successful singles and has sold over 22 million record worldwide.-Early years:Montaner was born as Héctor Eduardo Reglero Montaner, in...
.
Angélica Vale has been heavily pursued by paparazzi from the early '90s on, with a special focus on her love life. In the early stages of her life, she was rumored and confirmed as the girlfactor Alejandro Ibarra, with whom it was also rumored that she was engaged to and would soon marry. However this was not the case, and they split around the time that she was cast for the role of Margarita in Bendita Mentira. This attention did not surprise Vale, who as a young girl had seen the toll that paparazzi's attentions had taken on her mother and father's marriage when, according to tabloids, her father had led a double life with a woman in Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
. In 2005, after the death of her father, this attention bothered her because she was constantly pestered by questions about her late father's testament and concerns about what would correspond to her father's young 'spouse'. She was overwhelmed to the point that she called for a meeting with all major television stations in Mexico and had them ask away, saying that if they did not ask then, they would never get answers because she planned on closing that chapter in her life because it was very painful to talk about something so private.
Later on she was also linked to singer Jose Luis Figueroa, son of singer Joan Sebastian
Joan Sebastian
Joan Sebastian is a popular Mexican singer and songwriter. He has composed hundreds of songs and been a regular staple on the top-40 charts in Mexico since his career began in 1977. His music is a mixture of Latin pop, ranchera and grupera music...
, during a time when he was still involved with Ninel Conde
Ninel Conde
Ninel Herrera Conde is a Mexican actress, model, and Latin Grammy Award nominated recording artist, best known for her performances in Rebelde and Fuego En La Sangre.-Career:...
, (considered the hottest woman in the world by the Latin American press), but Angélica Vale denied these reports. Soon after, Ninel and Jose Luis broke up, and he stated it was because Ninel was too "thin" for his liking. Vale was also targeted much by claims that she liked to get involved with married men, and a story was published in 2006 about her having caused the separation of a family, because her then-current boyfriend had filed for divorce and his children had to live with seeing their father with another woman in public. She also denied these allegations by claiming that the divorce had been filed one year prior to their relationship, and that his marriage was childless.
Other rumors that have followed concerning her love life have been curiously sparked by a family friend, Cristina Saralegui
Cristina Saralegui
Cristina Saralegui is a Cuban American journalist, actress and talk show host of the Spanish-language eponymous show, Cristina. She also has her own fashion line of accessories and comforters for bed and bath....
, host of El Show de Cristina, who, when interviewing the cast of La Fea Más Bella, stated that she thought that 'Don Fernando' (Jaime Camil
Jaime Camil
Jaime Federico Said Camil de Saldaña da Gama is a Mexican actor, singer and host.-Biography:Born in Mexico City, Mexico, Camil is the son of Jaime Camil Garza, a very successful Mexican businessman, and Cecilia Saldaña Da Gama, a Brazilian singer...
) and 'Doña Lety' (Angélica Vale) had really fallen in love, but she was cut off by Angélica María
Angélica María
Angélica María Hartman Ortiz is an Mexican-American actress and a Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter. She is a legendary entertainer and is known as La Novia de Mexico .-Early life:...
, also present, who changed the subject. Angélica María also sparked rumors about her daughter because, she has recently made a habit of saying that she is waiting impatiently for her only child to make her a grandmother. Despite the constant intrusion into her life by paparazzi, Angélica Vale has managed to keep much of her life private, causing paparazzi to fabricate stories on her behalf.
She has also had breast reduction around the time she finished La Fea Más Bella.
Family
Vale's father was Venezuelan while her mother is half American and half Mexican who was born in LouisianaLouisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
; she has a Jewish grandfather. Vale speaks English and Spanish fluently, and holds her own in French.
She and her mother Angélica María are among the few daughter and mother entertainers to be inducted into the Paseo de las Luminarias at the Plaza de las Estrellas
Plaza de las Estrellas
Plaza de las Estrellas is a shopping center located in Mexico City. It was built in 1982. It is best known as the site of the Paseo de las Luminarias, the Mexican equivalent of the Hollywood Walk of Fame...
. Vale was inducted for her work in television and in the recording industry.
Vale and her parents are featured in the 2007 book Televisa Presenta, which was published during the culmination of the network's golden anniversary.
Telenovelas
| Year | Title | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | No Me hallo | Luchita Guerra | Main Role.. Webnovela |
| La Fan | Mandy | Protagonist (in production) | |
| 2009 | Mujeres Asesinas 2 | Julia, Encubridora | Main Role |
| 2006 | La fea más bella La fea más bella La Fea Más Bella is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa. It is the second Mexican version of the popular Colombian telenovela: Betty la fea... |
Leticia Padilla Solís "Lety" | Main Heroine |
| 2002 | Las vías del amor Las vías del amor Las Vías del Amor was a Mexican telenovela that aired on the Televisa channel in Mexico and Univision in the United States from 2002-2003.-Plot:... |
Angélica | |
| 2001 | Amigas y Rivales Amigas y rivales Amigas y rivales is a Mexican telenovela, which was produced by and broadcast on Televisa in 2001.- Plot :Amigas y Rivales tells the story of four women from different social backgrounds... |
Nayeli Pérez | Main Heroine/Co-Protagonist |
| 1998 | Soñadoras Soñadoras Soñadoras is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced by and broadcast on Televisa in 1998, and shown in 1999 on Univision.-Las Soñadoras:* Aracely Arámbula as Jaqueline de la Peña* Angélica Vale as Julieta Ruiz... |
Julieta Ruiz | Main Heroine/Co-Protagonist |
| 1997 | El Secreto de Alejandra | Gloria | |
| 1996 | Bendita Mentira | Margarita | |
| 1995 | Lazos de Amor Lazos de Amor Lazos de Amor was a Mexican telenovela from 1995. It aired on Televisa, and starred actress and singer Lucero.-Plot:The story centers around María Guadalupe, María Paula and María Fernanda, identical triplets with non-identical, complex personalities. Their parents were killed in a car accident... |
Tere | |
| 1992 | Angeles sin paraíso | ||
| 1990 | Angeles Blancos | Priscilla | |
| 1986 | Herencia Maldita | Adela(child) | |
| 1981 | El Hogar que yo robé | Marianita Velarde | |
| 1978 | Muñeca Rota | ||
| 1975 | El Milagro De Vivir | Alejandra | |
| No Me Hallo | Lucha "Luchita" Guerra | Main Heroine |
Television
- 2009: Despierta AmericaDespierta América¡Despierta América! is a popular Spanish language morning show which has aired on the Univision television network since 1997. It is broadcast from the network's studios in Miami, Florida, and is hosted by Chiquinquirá Delgado, Poncho de Anda, Raúl González, and Karla Martínez. Satcha Pretto and...
- 2009: ¡Hazme Reir!
- 2007: Ugly BettyUgly BettyUgly Betty is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which premiered on ABC on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series revolves around the character Betty Suarez and is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombian telenovela soap opera Yo soy Betty, la fea...
as Angelica - 2005: El Privilegio de MandarEl privilegio de mandarEl Privilegio de Mandar was a successful Mexican political parody broadcast by Televisa on Canal de las Estrellas. It started as a sketch in another Televisa show, called La Parodia, that parodies political, social and cultural events happening in Mexico...
- 2002: La ParodiaLa parodiaLa parodia is a Mexican parody television series produced by Televisa for the Canal de las Estrellas network. The cast originally included Arath de la Torre and Angélica Vale. After Vale left the show to star in La Fea Más Bella, Roxana Castellanos took her place as the female parodist. The series...
as various characters (2002–2005) - 2004: Cancionera
- 2002: Big Brother México as host
- 2000: HoyHoyHoy is an island in Orkney, Scotland. With an area of it is the second largest in the archipelago after the Mainland. It is connected by a causeway called The Ayre to South Walls...
as host - 1999: A que no te atreves as CoHost
- 1994: ¡Qué chavas!
Film
- 2010: Salsa Tel Aviv as Vicky (Protagonist)
- 2009: Ice Age: Dawn of the DinosaursIce Age: Dawn of the DinosaursIce Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, also known as Ice Age 3, is a 2009 3-D computer animated film. It is the third installment of the Ice Age series, produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox...
as Ellie (voice) - 2009: Otra pelicula de huevos y un pollo as Bibi (voice)
- 2006: Ice Age 2 The Melt Down as Ellie (voice)
- 2006: Una película de huevosUna película de huevosUna película de huevos is a 2006 animated full feature Mexican film produced by Huevocartoon Producciones . The film featured voices by Bruno Bichir, Angélica Vale and Carlos Espejel.-Synopsis:...
as Bibi (voice) - 1979: La Guerra de los pasteles
- 1978: El Coyote y la bronca
Albums
- 2008: Navidad con Amigos
- 2006: La Fea Más BellaLa fea más bellaLa Fea Más Bella is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa. It is the second Mexican version of the popular Colombian telenovela: Betty la fea...
SoundtrackSoundtrackA soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the... - 2002: Amigas y Rivales Soundtrack
- 1992: Atrapada En Los 60'sAtrapada En Los 60'sAtrapada En Los '60s is the 2nd album by Mexican Pop singer Angélica Vale, It was released in 1992EDY, EDY was sang originally by her mother Angélica María in the '60s-Track listing:# "EDY, EDY"# "ME CONFORMO"# "TOMBOLA"# "SIEMPRE FUIMOS COMPAÑEROS"...
- 1990: Nuestro Show No Puede PararNuestro Show No Puede PararNuestro Show No Puede Parar is the 2nd album by Mexican Pop singer Angélica Vale, It was released in 1990-Track listing:# "NUESTRO SHOW NO PUEDE PARAR"# "MOMENTO PARA AMAR"# "MATINE"# "POR TI, YO SOY"# "TIC TAC"# "NOTICIAS DE TI"...
- 1989: Angélica Vale (album)Angélica Vale (Album)Angélica Vale is the first album by Mexican pop singer Angélica Vale, It was released in 1989.-Track listing:# "Voy En Taxi"# "Thundercats"# "Felicidades"# "Pigui Pigui"# "Mi Primer Amor"# "Fiesta De Amor"# "Es Tan Lindo"# "La Carcachita"...
Sources
External links
- Webnovela No Me Hallo - Angelica Vale
- Angelica Vale USA.
- Angélica Vale International
- Las Fea Más Bella at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
- AVB- Angélica Vale Brasil
- AVT- Angélica Vale Turkish Fan Club
- AVG- Angelica Vale Greek Fan Club