Kika Perez
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Kika Perez, aka Ilva Margarita Perez, is a Colombia
n American Actress/TV host of Spanish descent. She is also known for being a writer and poet. (Born in Barranquilla, Colombia on 18 April 1979.)
Kika has hosted a series of U.S. Hispanic Network Television shows, starred in independent films and written for various publications and online sites. She is also known for her controversial bilingual written commentary and the online site El Sancocho Chronicles.
She recently played "Lizzie Dark" in award winning director Rolfe Kanefsky
's neo-noir independent film One in the Gun (to be released in 2009), starring Savage Islands Steven Man
and a stellar cast including Steven Bauer
and Robert Davi.
In 2009, she joined the cast of Nickelodeon Latin America's hit show ISA TK+ as Zafiro.
(Music of the Heart) and fellow national, actress Sofia Vergara
also got their training.
Network's Award Winning Talk Show, Chat; a controversial bilingual talk show voicing the points of views and experiences of young Hispanics living in the States. Chat was awarded a "Shine Award" in 2002 and a nomination the following year as "Best Latino Broadcast Variety Show."
Kika hosted other Mun2 shows like Full Access and the 411 News on the urban hit show The Roof.
She later to co-hosted NBC-Telemundo's show Ritmo y Sabor, one of the first Entertainment Reggaeton Music Variety Shows in a Major Hispanic Network, featuring urban, tropical and mainstream Pop artists, interviewing musicians like Alejandro Sanz and Russel Simmons. Perez was also invited to Guest Star on a few Univision
Network's variety shows. She visited Tu Desayuno Alegre, next to Mexican hosts Carlos Gastelum and Jessica Fox
and, A Tu Estilo, where she interviewed two time Latin Grammy nominee musician Ines Gaviria.
Kika also had small roles in Univision
's Spanish language Telenovelas Secreto de Amor and Gata Salvaje.
In 2009, Kika joins Nickelodeon Latin America, Nick's hit show ISA TKM. She appears in the second season, ISA TK+ as Zafiro.
Perez then joined the cast of Independent Film Estados (Argentina), as "Gabriella," opposite Mexican actor Alfonso de Anda
, which won an award for Best Latin Film in the "Made in Miami" Film Festival.
Kika also starred in the short films like The Asylum for Mac Vision Entertainment and also worked as the lead in Ecuadorian writer/director Ivan Ehlers's Vlad and Antoinette (To be released in Film Festivals in 2009).
Filmography:
My Ruse. She has also contributed to online sites like DailyCents.com, writing articles about U.S. Hispanic Politics.
Also see "El Sancocho Chronicles" by Kika Perez, above.
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http://themediaproject/shine/2003.html
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Telemundo Host pages, Kika Perez, Host for Telemundo 2003-2004
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
n American Actress/TV host of Spanish descent. She is also known for being a writer and poet. (Born in Barranquilla, Colombia on 18 April 1979.)
Kika has hosted a series of U.S. Hispanic Network Television shows, starred in independent films and written for various publications and online sites. She is also known for her controversial bilingual written commentary and the online site El Sancocho Chronicles.
She recently played "Lizzie Dark" in award winning director Rolfe Kanefsky
Rolfe Kanefsky
Rolfe Kanefsky is an American film writer/director who specializes in horror films.-Early life:Kanefsky grew up in the suburbs of New York and attended Hampshire College where he studied Film. He began writing stories at a young age after his childhood dream of becoming a clown took the backseat...
's neo-noir independent film One in the Gun (to be released in 2009), starring Savage Islands Steven Man
Steven Man
Steven Man is a Canadian actor.-Career:He appeared alongside Winston Rekert in Savage Island in 2003...
and a stellar cast including Steven Bauer
Steven Bauer
Steven Bauer is a Cuban-American actor. He is known for his role as Manny Ribera in the 1983 film Scarface, and his role on the bilingual PBS show Que Pasa, USA.-Early life:...
and Robert Davi.
In 2009, she joined the cast of Nickelodeon Latin America's hit show ISA TK+ as Zafiro.
Career
Kika obtained a Communications and Journalism degree in Universidad del Norte (Colombia) in 2001 (Received a medal for Academic Excellence) and moved to the States soon after. She then began studies at the Creative Workshops School of Acting, where artists like Gloria EstefanGloria Estefan
Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those...
(Music of the Heart) and fellow national, actress Sofia Vergara
Sofía Vergara
Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara is a Colombian actress, comedian, television hostess and model.Vergara had been widely known for co-hosting two TV shows for Univisión in the late 1990s. Her TV career opened up for her a window of exposure to North American audiences prior to her first notable...
also got their training.
Television
In 2002, she joined the cast of Mun2Mun2
mun2 is a national cable television broadcast network in the United States owned by NBC Universal and aimed at young Latinos. It is the sister network of Telemundo and was mostly digital television subchannels launched in 2001. The programming of mun2 is primarily music videos and shows designed...
Network's Award Winning Talk Show, Chat; a controversial bilingual talk show voicing the points of views and experiences of young Hispanics living in the States. Chat was awarded a "Shine Award" in 2002 and a nomination the following year as "Best Latino Broadcast Variety Show."
Kika hosted other Mun2 shows like Full Access and the 411 News on the urban hit show The Roof.
She later to co-hosted NBC-Telemundo's show Ritmo y Sabor, one of the first Entertainment Reggaeton Music Variety Shows in a Major Hispanic Network, featuring urban, tropical and mainstream Pop artists, interviewing musicians like Alejandro Sanz and Russel Simmons. Perez was also invited to Guest Star on a few 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...
Network's variety shows. She visited Tu Desayuno Alegre, next to Mexican hosts Carlos Gastelum and Jessica Fox
Jessica Fox
Jessica Fox is an English actress. She is most notable for playing young witch Enid Nightshade in the CITV show The Worst Witch, whom she began playing in the late 1990s...
and, A Tu Estilo, where she interviewed two time Latin Grammy nominee musician Ines Gaviria.
Kika also had small roles in 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...
's Spanish language Telenovelas Secreto de Amor and Gata Salvaje.
In 2009, Kika joins Nickelodeon Latin America, Nick's hit show ISA TKM. She appears in the second season, ISA TK+ as Zafiro.
Film
The actress played a blonde Latina in Daniel Zirilli's Independent flick Latin Kingz, released in 2003.Perez then joined the cast of Independent Film Estados (Argentina), as "Gabriella," opposite Mexican actor Alfonso de Anda
Alfonso de Anda
Alfonso de Anda aka Poncho de Anda is a Mexican TV show host.One of the most popular faces of the us Spanish-language television, Alfonso de Anda has been recognized with awards such as “Sin Limite” for best Hispanic television host in the United States...
, which won an award for Best Latin Film in the "Made in Miami" Film Festival.
Kika also starred in the short films like The Asylum for Mac Vision Entertainment and also worked as the lead in Ecuadorian writer/director Ivan Ehlers's Vlad and Antoinette (To be released in Film Festivals in 2009).
Filmography:
| Year | Title | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | BIRTHRIGHT | Tanya | |
| 2002 | LATIN KINGZ | Martha | |
| 2003 | ESTADOS | Gabriella | |
| 2006 | THE DAVID ORTH PROJECT | Evelyn | |
| 2008 | THE ASYLUM | Mitzy | |
| 2008 | ONE IN THE GUN | Lizzie | |
| 2008 | VLAD AND ANTOINETTE | Antoinette |
Writing
Kika has written articles for publications like U.S. Hispanic Music Publication Batanga Magazine and hosted Batanga.com Specials (see other activities, below), amongst others, including copy for bilingual advertising agencies and entertainment websites. Her poetry is an intricate part of her creative life a and a few of her pieces have been published. Forever Spoken, an ongoing publication by "The International Library of Poets" features her entry:My Ruse. She has also contributed to online sites like DailyCents.com, writing articles about U.S. Hispanic Politics.
Also see "El Sancocho Chronicles" by Kika Perez, above.
Others
Kika Perez hosted Batanga.com's "Jeep's New Artist Adventure," a Documentary where she showcased Mexican Rock en Español Band Leches record making process in Miami with renowned producer Sebastian Krys. She was featured as Batanga.com's Latin Female of the month.Sources
- Kika Perez: www.imdb.com/name/nm1337031/
- www.kikaperez.com
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000874/
- www.1inthegun.com, Official Film Site
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Man
- http://www.actorsaccess.com
- THE MEDIA PROJECT:
http://themediaproject/shine/2002.html
http://themediaproject/shine/2003.html
- http://www.BatangaMagazine.com, Leche Band, Jeep's New Artist Adventure 2005: Hosted by Kika *Perez Batanga Magazine Publication, issue 11
Forever Spoken, Copyright (C) 2007, International Library of Poetry One Poetry Plaza Owings Mills, MD21117
- http://www.Dailycents.com
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_de_Anda
- Mun2 Host pages: Kika Perez, Host for Mun2, 2002-2003
Telemundo Host pages, Kika Perez, Host for Telemundo 2003-2004
- http://www.becomeahost.com
- http://www.madeinmiami.org