Ruddy Rodríguez
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Ruddy Rosario Rodríguez de Lucía (born March 20, 1967) is a Venezuelan actress, model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....

 and Businesswoman. Born in Anaco
Anaco
Anaco is a city in the Venezuelan Anzoátegui State. It is an industrial town, connected to the natural gas and petroleum industries. Estimated population : 106,275 inhabitants.-Notable natives of Anaco:* Ruddy Rodríguez...

, Anzoátegui
Anzoátegui
Anzoátegui State , is one of the 23 component states of Venezuela, located in the northeastern region of the country. Anzoátegui is well known for its beautiful beaches that attract many visitors. Its coast consists of a single beach approximately 100 km long...

, daughter of Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

n Pedro José Rodríguez and Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 Rita de Lucía. She has a brother Romano and a sister Rina.

Career

She made 4 calendars (1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995) http://www.ruddyrodriguez.com/page12/page12.html, being the first Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

n actress whose calendars were sold in other countries: Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

, Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...

, Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

, Colombia
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...

 and Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

.

Business

She once promoted a line of swim suits
Swimsuit
A swimsuit, bathing suit, or swimming costume is an item of clothing designed to be worn by men, women or children while they are engaging in a water-based activity or water sports, such as swimming, water polo, diving, surfing, water skiing, or during activities in the sun, such as sun bathing.A...

. Rodríguez is now promoting her own line of cosmetics
Cosmetics
Cosmetics are substances used to enhance the appearance or odor of the human body. Cosmetics include skin-care creams, lotions, powders, perfumes, lipsticks, fingernail and toe nail polish, eye and facial makeup, towelettes, permanent waves, colored contact lenses, hair colors, hair sprays and...

. She has opened five stores
Retailing
Retail consists of the sale of physical goods or merchandise from a fixed location, such as a department store, boutique or kiosk, or by mail, in small or individual lots for direct consumption by the purchaser. Retailing may include subordinated services, such as delivery. Purchasers may be...

: two in Caracas
Caracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...

, one in Valencia, one in Ciudad Guayana
Ciudad Guayana
Ciudad Guayana is a city in Bolívar State, Venezuela. It lies south of the Orinoco, where the river is joined by the Caroní River. The city, officially founded in 1961, is actually composed of the old town of San Félix at the east and the new town of Puerto Ordaz at the west, which lie either...

 and one in Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...

  known as "Ruddy Rodríguez Cosmetics". More stores are planned for Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

, Colombia
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...

, Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...

 and Miami.

Telenovelas and TV series

Ruddy Rodríguez is a popular actress in 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"...

s (Latin American TV soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...

) and TV special series.
  • "Enamorada" (In love) 1986 Venezuela. Soap Opera.
  • "Inmensamente tuya" (Immensely Yours) 1986 Venezuela. Soap Opera.
  • "La Luna Tambien" (The Moon Too) 1987 Venezuela. Soap Opera.
  • "Niña Bonita" (Pretty Girl) 1988 Venezuela. Soap Opera.
  • "Las Ibañez" 1989 Colombia. 13 episode miniseries.
  • "En Aquella Playa" 1989 Puerto Rico. TV Movie.
  • "Fabiola" 1989. Venezuela. Soap Opera. Special guest for 10 episodes.
  • "El Magnate" (The Magnate) 1989–1990 Crucilla, USA. Soap Opera.
  • "Brigada Central" (Central Brigade); 1990-1991 España,Italia,Francia. 10 episode Miniseries.
  • "Mala Mujer" (Bad Woman) 1991 Peru. Soap Opera.
  • "Volver a Ti" (Back to you) 1991 Venezuela. TV Movie.
  • "La Mujer Doble" (The Double Woman) 1992 Colombia. Soap Opera.
  • "Pasiones Secretas" (Secret Passions) Caracol 1992-1993 Colombia. Soap Opera. This was the first Colombian 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"...

     broadcasted in the USA. During the filming of this telenovela, actress Ruddy Rodríguez and actor Danilo Santos had a romance in real life, their passion was translated into the screen.
  • "Amores de Fin de Siglo
    Amores de Fin de Siglo
    Amores de Fin de Siglo was a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and seen on Venezuela's Radio Caracas Televisión. It was written by Leonardo Padron, Carlos Perez, Mariana Reyes, and Doris Segui, scripted by Carlos Perez, Mariana Reyes, and Doris Segui and directed by Luis Manzo...

    " (Loves of End of Century) Coral Pictures De RCTV 1994-1995 Venezuela. Soap Opera. She performed the character of Lejana San Miguel.
  • "Flor de Oro" (Golden Flower) Coral Pictures De RCN 1995-1996 Colombia. Series.
  • "Aguamarina" (Aquamarine) 1997 Fonovideo production Miami, USA. Soap Opera.
  • "Amantes de Luna Llena" (Full Moon Lovers) Venevision 2000 Venezuela. Soap Opera.
  • "El Inútil
    El Inútil
    El Inútil It was a Colombian telenovela by Teleset for RCN Television, starring Ruddy Rodriguez, Victor Mallarino, Julian Arango and Manuela Gonzalez in 2001.-Sypnosis:...

    " (The Good-For-Nothing) RCN 2001 Colombia. She performed the character of Rubiela Salcedo. Soap Opera.
  • "Guayoyo Express" Venezuela. Special Appareance
  • "Maria Lionza" 2006 Venezuela. TV Movie.
  • "Natalia de 8 a 9" (Natalie from 8 to 9) 2004 Venezuela. TV Movie.
  • "Ser bonita no basta" (Being Pretty is not Enough) 2005 Venezuela. She portrayed herself as a cosmetic businesswoman.
  • "La ex" (The Ex, or,The Former Wife) 2006–2007 Colombia. She performed a double character: Amanda Otero and Miranda. Soap Opera.
  • "Amas de casas desesperadas". She performed the character of Eugenia (Bree).
  • "Mujeres Asesinas" (Killer Women) 2007 Colombia.
  • "Tiempo Final" (Final Time) 2007 Colombia.
  • "La novela del Cholito" 2007 Ecuador. Special guest
  • "Cómplices" 2008 Bogota. Soap Opera.
  • "Salvador de Mujeres" 2009-2010 Bogota. Soap Opera.

Movies

Rodríguez had a short appearance (45 seconds) in the 1987 James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...

 film: The Living Daylights
The Living Daylights
The Living Daylights is the fifteenth entry in the James Bond series and the first to star Timothy Dalton as the fictional MI6 agent 007. The film's title is taken from Ian Fleming's short story, "The Living Daylights"...

.

She also appeared in the movies :
  • "Bésame Mucho" (Kiss me Forever) 1994.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109355 Directed by Phillip Toledano. It was a 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...

    -Venezuela
    Venezuela
    Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

    -Colombia
    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...

     production.
  • "Contacto en Caracas" (Contact in Caracas) 1988. Directed by Phillip Toledano. It was French
    France
    The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

     Production.
  • "La Guerra Blanche" (Blanche War) 1991. It was a France
    France
    The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

    -Spain
    Spain
    Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

     production.
  • "Amaneció de Golpe" (Coup at daybreak)http://www.filmaffinity.com/es/film904590.html 1998 directed by Carlos Azpúrua. It was a Spain
    Spain
    Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

    -Venezuela
    Venezuela
    Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

     production.
  • "Sin Amparo" (Without Amparo) http://www.labutaca.net/films/29/sinamparo.htm 2004 directed by Jaime Osorio. It was a Venezuela
    Venezuela
    Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

    -Colombia
    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...

    -Spain
    Spain
    Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

     production.
  • "Francisco de Miranda" http://www.vencor.narod.ru/films2/miranda.htm 2005 directed by Diego Rísquez.
  • "La Ministra Inmoral" (The Immoral Minister) 2007 - Colombia.
  • "Venezzia" 2009 directed by Haik Gazarian - Venezuela.


There were many critics about the Venezuelan movie: Francisco de Miranda.

Theater

Before entering 1985 Miss Venezuela
Miss Venezuela 1985
Miss Venezuela 1985, was held in Caraballeda, Vargas state, Venezuela, on May 3, 1985, after weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was Silvia Martínez, Miss Guárico....

, Rodriguez performed small theater roles.

Since 1999 she has performing a monologue
Monologue
In theatre, a monologue is a speech presented by a single character, most often to express their thoughts aloud, though sometimes also to directly address another character or the audience. Monologues are common across the range of dramatic media...

: "Una mujer con suerte" (A Lucky Woman), written by her brother Romano. This monologue has been presented in Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

http://www.ruddyrodriguez.com/page115/page122/page122.html, Colombia
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...

http://www.ruddyrodriguez.com/page115/page121/page121.html, Panama
Panama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...

http://www.ruddyrodriguez.com/page115/page120/page120.html, Miamihttp://www.ruddyrodriguez.com/page115/page117/page117.html http://www.hispanicprwire.com/news.php?l=es&id=7118&cha=1, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

, Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...

http://www.ruddyrodriguez.com/page115/page267/page267.html. She hopes to translate this monologue into English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 in the future.

Hollywood

Regardless her only short appearance in a Hollywood movie was in the 1987 James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...

 film: The Living Daylights
The Living Daylights
The Living Daylights is the fifteenth entry in the James Bond series and the first to star Timothy Dalton as the fictional MI6 agent 007. The film's title is taken from Ian Fleming's short story, "The Living Daylights"...

, Rodríguez said she will try to start a career in Hollywood.

Twenty years of artistic career

Because of Ruddy Rodríguez's 20 years of artistic career, a party in her honor was organized at the Gavanna Night Club in Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...

, Colombia
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...

 on July 12, 2006. There were about 200 invitees from Colombia, Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

 and Miami; at this party, she stated that her career as a 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"...

 actress was coming to an end on September 2006 after the taping of the last episode of the Colombian telenovela "La Ex" ( "The Ex," or, "The Former Wife") was filmed. But after that date, she has since filmed several more telenovelas.

Scientology

Since 1999 Ruddy Rodríguez has been a dedicated Scientologist. She was introduced to it by her brother Romano (a staff member associate with the ship Freewinds
Freewinds
MV Freewinds is a cruise ship operated by International Shipping - Miami and owned by San Donato Properties, which is a company connected to the Church of Scientology. It was built in 1968 by Wärtsilä Turku Shipyard in Turku, Finland for Wallenius Lines as MS Bohème for service with Commodore...

), and her friend Diana Pedroni.

She is an active member of the Fundación "El camino a la felicidad" (The Way to Happiness Foundation International), which promotes the booklet "The way (road) to happiness"
The Way to Happiness
The Way to Happiness is a 1980 booklet written by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard listing 21 moral precepts, and distributed by The Way to Happiness Foundation International, a Scientology-related non-profit organization founded in 1984....

, written by the founder of the Church of Scientology
Church of Scientology
The Church of Scientology is an organization devoted to the practice and the promotion of the Scientology belief system. The Church of Scientology International is the Church of Scientology's parent organization, and is responsible for the overall ecclesiastical management, dissemination and...

: L. Ronald Hubbard.

Personal life

Although Rodriguez was born in Anaco
Anaco
Anaco is a city in the Venezuelan Anzoátegui State. It is an industrial town, connected to the natural gas and petroleum industries. Estimated population : 106,275 inhabitants.-Notable natives of Anaco:* Ruddy Rodríguez...

, she grew up in Caracas where at the age of 15 she had her first boyfriend, her first kiss and her first sexual experience.

In 1985 after the Miss World Beauty Contest, she insisted on traveling to Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 in order to know her grandfather. She traveled with her brother Romano to Savinno, Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...

 in Italy and met their grandfather. Before their return, her grandfather said to her: porta a mia mamma perche io parto ad un lungo viaggio (Bring your mother, because I am going in a long trip), Ruddy went back to Venezuela, worked in her first telenovela, saved enough money and together with her mother Rita visited Italy again, stayed for 15 days and celebrated Ruddy's grandfather's 96th birthday. He died in peace the next day.

In July 1995 she married to Rodolfo Pisani, a Venezuelan lawyer
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...

. They separated in 2005 and finally divorced on July 3, 2006, after more than ten years of marriage.

After a decade of being just friends, since November 2006 actress Ruddy Rodríguez is living a romance with Colombian
Colombian people
Colombian people are from a multiethnic Spanish speaking nation in South America called Colombia. Colombians are predominantly Roman Catholic and are a mixture of Europeans, Africans, and Amerindians.-Demography:...

 rejoneador Juan Rafael Restrepo Bello.

Because Ruddy and her sister Rina are look-alike
Look-alike
A look-alike is a person who closely resembles another person. In popular Western culture, a look-alike is a person who bears a close physical resemblance to a celebrity, politician or member of royalty. Many look-alikes earn a living by making guest appearances at public events or performing on...

s, when Rina was pregnant, many people mistakenly talked about Ruddy Rodriguez pregnacy.

Her current manager is again Haik Gazarian (her first former manager and former boyfriend of 7 years). She says this time their current relationship is "non-sexual, only professional".

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