Natalia Oreiro

Natalia Marisa Oreiro Iglesias (Villa del Cerro, Montevideo, May 19, 1977) is a Uruguayan actress, dancer, singer, host, fashion designer, model and businesswoman. She is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for the Río de la Plata. After making appearances in commercials during her pre-teens, she moved to Argentina in 1994 to continue her career. At the age of 15, she decided to enter a contest to be a Xuxa paquita and managed to win first in Uruguay as Paquita and then in Argentina as Super Paquita to represent Xuxa in several countries. As a prize, she received a zero kilometer car, which she sold to move to Argentina. Her most notable works include the telenovelas 90 60 90 models (1996-1997), Rich and famous (1997), Muñeca brava (1998-1999), Kachorra (2002), Sos mi vida (2006-2007) and Only you (2013-2014). Due to the international success achieved with them, she began to be considered "The queen of soap operas", giving way to the so-called "Oreiromanía". Her most recognized works in cinema are the films An Argentine in New York, Music on hold, My first wedding, Gilda, I do not regret this love, Re crazy and the Oscar shortlisted Clandestine Childhood and Wakolda. She, in turn, developed a musical career as a soloist in which she recorded four studio albums with high national and international sales. She has more than 7 million records sold worldwide. His greatest musical successes include songs like "Que sí, que sí", "Cambio dolor", "Me muero de amor", "Tu veneno", "Río de la Plata", "Como te olvido", "Cuesta arriba, cuesta down", "Let them say what they want", and "Everyone looks at me", among others. She was crowned queen of the Viña del Mar Festival in Chile in 2001. She was a jury member of the international competition of that edition of the festival, in which she also started the tradition of the new queen diving into the pool of the O'Higgins hotel . The following year, in 2002, she was one of the co-hosts of the 43rd version of the Viña del Mar International Song Festival. She is also a model, host, designer and owner, along with her sister, of the clothing brand Las Oreiro. In 2002 the Uruguayan Football Association named Oreiro as the official godmother of the Uruguayan National Team for the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup.