Lorena Herrera is a Mexican

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 actress.

Biography

Lorena moved with her family to Mexico City

Mexico City

Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

, where she began a career as a fashion model. She became highly successful in Mexico, and gained an international reputation, posing for advertiments in Mexico and South America

South America

South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...

. Despite this, few among the general public knew her name. As a model, she won the "Look of the Year" contest, awarded in Mexico.

Lorena then began working in Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

's Low budget film

Low budget film

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s. She has been involved in more than fifty films since she began her career as an actress in Soap opera

Soap opera

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s.

She also has a discography in total of six albums, five are studio album and one is remixes album named Soy(Remix) released in 1997.

Lorena is currently promoting her latest album Desnudame El Alma, released on June the 12th. the first single taken from the album is called "Ya".

Soap opera

Lorena Herrera met producer Emilio Larrosa

Emilio Larrosa

Emilio Larrosa is a TV producer who has produced telenovelas and soap operas for Televisa.Larrosa produced the telenovella Hasta que el dinero nos separe, broadcast in 2009, and in In 2010, the telenovela Dos Hogares - an original mystery story about the relationship of two people, both broadcast...

, who had Televisa

Televisa

Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...

 connections. Larrosa gave her a chance to star in his production

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"...

 "Muchachitas

Muchachitas

Muchachitas is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced for Televisa by Emilio Larrosa, who also wrote the script during 1991 and 1992. The telenovela was also shown on Univisión in the early 1990s, and featured young up-and-coming actors who later became stars.-Full cast:* Cecilia Tijerina as Mónica...

" ("Young Girls"), which was a huge hit across Latin America

Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages  – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...

.

She was then hired to participate in the mega-hit 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"...

, "Dos Mujeres, un Camino

Dos mujeres, un camino

Dos mujeres, un camino is a Mexican telenovela, produced by Televisa, which originally aired from August 2, 1993, to July 1, 1994, on Canal de las Estrellas...

", where she played the mistress of a villain. Although her participation in that soap opera was relatively short (she joined the drama after about half of the chapters had been filmed, and her character was killed off before the ending). She caused a sensation, becoming a sex symbol

Sex symbol

A sex symbol is a celebrity of either gender, typically an actor, musician, supermodel, teen idol, or sports star, noted for their sex appeal. The term was first used in the mid 1950s in relation to the popularity of certain Hollywood stars, especially Marilyn Monroe and Brigitte...

 across Mexico and Latin America.

Lorena Herrera has since acted in many other telenovelas, including "El Premio Mayor". She is also a singer, having released various Mexican music CDs and toured Mexico and the United States

United States

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. She has been approached by Playboy Mexico

Playboy

Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...

 to pose nude for that magazine (She appeared in the Mexican Playboy in the December 1987 issue, under the name "Bárbara Ferrat"). She has also released various calendars in which she assumed sensual poses.

On the 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...

 show, "El Gordo y la Flaca

El Gordo y la Flaca

El Gordo y la Flaca is a Spanish-language entertainment news show...

", Lorena shared a bathtub with "El Gordo", Raul De Molina

Raúl De Molina

Raúl “El Gordo” De Molina is the multiple Emmy award winning co-host of Univision Networks #1 rated entertainment news show El Gordo y la Flaca.-Biography:Raul de molina was born in Cuba but left at the age of 10...

.

She worked as the evil stepmother of Lola (Monserrat) in Lola...Erase Una Vez

Lola...Érase una vez

Lola... Érase Una Vez ' is a teen targeted Mexican melodrama telenovela produced by Televisa that is an adaptation of the Argentine global phenomenon and teenage telenovela Floricienta...

.She is the mother of Grettell Valdez

Grettell Valdéz

Grettell Valdez is a Mexican actress. She is noted for her performances in Mexican telenovelas. Her husband was actor Patricio Borghetti.- Personal life :...

 which interprets Carlota in Lola and she is also the mother of Zoraida Gomez

Zoraida Gómez

Zoraida Virginia Gómez Sanchez is a Mexican actress known for her performance in Rebelde and Lola...Érase una vez. She is the sister of actors Eleazar Gómez and Jairo Gómez....

 in the soap opera Lola.

She has said that she likes singing, but acting is her favorite activity.

She has worked with Carla Estrada

Carla Estrada

Carla Estrada is one of the foremost telenovela producers of Latin America.On 2005 the Mexican government decided to place a statue of the producer in one of Mexico City's most important parks and on January, 2007 she appeared on People En Españols list of The 100 Most Influential Hispanics in the...

, Emilio Larosa, Pedro Damian

Pedro Damián

Pedro Damián is a Mexican actor, television producer and director, who was executive producer for two teen telenovelas, Clase 406 and Rebelde, distributed within and outside Mexico.-Acting:...

 and other producers.

She said recently on the "Mentiras y Verdades" show that she did not like to make novelas with Emilio Larrosa after "El Premio Mayor" told her that her part was going to be the antagonist. Her character appeared less and less and said stupid things.

Actress

• 2010: Niña de mi Corazon
  Niña de mi Corazón
  Niña de mi Corazón is a juvenile Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa and Telefe adapted from Pedro Damian's 1997 Mi Pequeña Traviesa, that premiered on March 8, 2010 and ended on July 9, 2010.-Synopsis:...
  
  .... Silvana
• 2007: Lola...Erase una vez
  Lola...Érase una vez
  Lola... Érase Una Vez ' is a teen targeted Mexican melodrama telenovela produced by Televisa that is an adaptation of the Argentine global phenomenon and teenage telenovela Floricienta...
  
  .... Monserrat Torres-Oviedo de Santo Domingo
• 2005: La venganza del viejo
• 2005: Una segunda oportunidad
• 2004: La escuelita VIP "La escuelita".... Lorenita
• 2004: Amy, la niña de la mochila azul ....Leonora Rivas
• 2003: El jardinero 2
• 2002: Comando M-5
• 2001: En la mira de mi gatillo .... Carlos
• 2001: Orquidea sangrienta
• 2000: Mi destino eres tú
  Mi Destino Eres Tú
  Mi destino eres tú is a 2000 Mexican telenovela. It is a production of Carla Estrada and the protagonists were Lucero and Jorge Salinas.-Main cast:*Lucero as Andrea San Vicente*Jorge Salinas as Eduardo Rivadeneira...
  
  .... Olga Ramos Moret
• 2000: Provocación .... Mariana
• 2000: Y... donde está el policleto?
• 1999: Amigo tequila
• 1999: El jardinero .... Lilia Gallardo
• 1999: Asesinato por encargo
• 1999: ¿Qué nos pasa?
• 1999: Cuentas claras .... Güera
• 1998: Table Dance
  Table dance
  Table dance, or bartop dancing, is typically an erotic dance performed at a patron's table, as opposed to on a stage. In some jurisdictions, a table dance may be an alternative to a lap dance, due to laws preventing exotic dancers from making contact with customers...
  
  
• 1998: 2 sinaloenses y 3 colombianas
• 1998: Mi ultima bala
• 1997: Maria Isabel
  María Isabel (telenovela)
  María Isabel is a 1997 Mexican telenovela starring Adela Noriega, Fernando Carrillo and Lorena Herrera.-Plot:María Isabel is a beautiful, kind-hearted young woman of indigenous descent, faced with the responsibility of raising Rosa Isela, the orphaned daughter of her only true friend who has...
  
  .... Lucrecia
• 1996: El talachas y su meneito
• 1996: Rumores de muerte
• 1996: Changos, monos y gorilas
• 1995: Una mujer con oficio
• 1995: El premio mayor .... Lorenza
• 1994: Pruebas de amor
• 1994: Muralla de tinieblas
• 1994: Herencia diabólica
• 1994: Hasta que la muerte los separe .... Lorena / ... (2 episodes, 1994)
• 1993: Dos mujeres, un camino
  Dos mujeres, un camino
  Dos mujeres, un camino is a Mexican telenovela, produced by Televisa, which originally aired from August 2, 1993, to July 1, 1994, on Canal de las Estrellas...
  
  .... Lorena
• 1993: Halcones de la muerte - Espias mortales .... Eva
• 1993: Entre la vida y la muerte .... Jessica
• 1993: Amargo destino
• 1993: Contrabando de esmeraldas
• 1992: Lucha a muerte (uncredited)
• 1992: Muerte ciega
• 1992: La fichera mas rapida del oeste
• 1992: De un blanco mortal .... Susana Prado
• 1991: Pecado original
  Pecado Original
  Pecado Original is the 3rd studio album by Mexican pop singer Ana Gabriel. It was released on 1987. Once again, she participated in the OTI Festival, this time in Lisbon with the song Ay Amor which she achieved the 3rd place.-Track listing:Tracks:# Pecado Original 3:28# Ven, Ven 3:57 # Ven Cariño...
  
  
• 1991: Dos nacos en el planeta de las mujeres
• 1991: Desvestidas y alborotadas
• 1991: Yo soy la ley
• 1991: Traición
• 1991: Burbujas de amor
• 1991: No me des las... gracias llorando
• 1991: Hembra o macho
• 1991: La pareja perfecta .... Soledad
• 1991: Muchachitas
  Muchachitas
  Muchachitas is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced for Televisa by Emilio Larrosa, who also wrote the script during 1991 and 1992. The telenovela was also shown on Univisión in the early 1990s, and featured young up-and-coming actors who later became stars.-Full cast:* Cecilia Tijerina as Mónica...
  
  .... Claudia
• 1991: Corrupción y placer .... Ana
• 1991: Maria la guerrillera
• 1991: Hacer el amor con otro
• 1991: Policía secreto .... Carolina
• 1991: Perseguida
• 1991: Acapulco
  Acapulco
  Acapulco is a city, municipality and major sea port in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific coast of Mexico, southwest from Mexico City. Acapulco is located on a deep, semi-circular bay and has been a port since the early colonial period of Mexico’s history...
  
  
• 1990: El agarratodo
• 1990: Para todas tengo
• 1990: La chica del alacrán de oro .... Coty
• 1990: Comando marino .... Marta
• 1990: La isla de los alacranes
• 1990: Justiciero callejero
• 1989: El diario íntimo de una cabaretera
• 1989: El pájaro con suelas
• 1989: Las borrachas
• 1989: Pasandola bien
• 1989: Las calenturas de Juan Camaney II
• 1989: El mil hijos
• 1989: Entre cornudos te veas
• 1988: Un paso al más aca
• 1988: Para que dure no se apure
• 1988: Durazo, la verdadera historia
• 1987: Los mayates atacan

Discography

"Lorena Herrera" (1996)

"Soy" (1996)

1. "Tri Tri"
2. "Soy"
3. "Olvidate"
4. "Los Pecados De Amor" (Single)
5. "Oh Yeah!"
6. "Pim Pam Pum"
7. "Esa Soy Yo"
8. "Corazonadas"
9. "Yo Vivire"
10. "Soy Remix"

"Soy Remix" (1997)

"Desnudame El Alma" (2000)

1. "Ritmo Tequila"
2. "Nunca Dejaré de Amarte"
3. "Desnudame El Alma"
4. "Despacito"
5. "Dame Amor"
6. "Sienteme"
7. "Eo Deséo"
8. "Más Allá Del Mómento"
9. "El Amor Que No Tiene Rival"
10. "Los Magos de La Noche"

"Sobrevivire" (2003)

1. "Sobreviviré"
2. "Que Culpa Tengo Yo"
3. "Dejame"
4. "Mi Amor Por Ti"
5. "Como La Flor"
6. "Eres Mi Todo"
7. "Que No Quede Huella"
8. "De Que Me Sirve"
9. "Obsesion"
10. "Abrazame"
11. "Abrazame (Jota Remix)"

"Aqui Estoy" (2005)

1. "Aquí Estoy"
2. "Déjame"
3. "Amame"
4. "Abrazando Tu Recuerdo"
5. "Oro Molido"
6. "Callaré"
7. "Vamos a Darnos Tiempo"
8. "Envidia Me Da"
9. "Recuerdos"
10. "Baila Mi Ritmo"

"Desnudame El Alma" (2009)

1. "Desnudame el Alma"
2. "Gritaremos Ante el Mundo"
3. "Chica Espacial"
4. "Sobredosis"
5. "Ya"
6. "Sexy Lover"
7. "Sexy"
8. "Dame Amor [Version en Espanol]"
9. "Solo Quiero"
10. "Dentro de Ti"

External links

• Official website
• Lorena Herrera from Televisa Website
• Lorena Herrera on Myspace
• Lorena Herrera: The Web Site (in Spanish)