Monday, July 11, 2011

Maite Perroni a Mexican actress and singer/songwriter

Maite Perroni Beorlegui (born March 9, 1983) is a Mexican actress and singer/songwriter, who is best known for starring in Rebelde, Cuidado con el Ángel, Mi Pecado and Triunfo del Amor. She gained international fame as a member of the Latin Grammy nominated pop group RBD. Univision named Maite Perroni as the new Queen of the Telenovelas in 2009.

Maite Perroni Beorlegui was born in Mexico City, and raised in the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco from the age of eleven months. Her father's job transferred the family there and the Perroni family stayed for over twelve years. She has two siblings, Adolfo and Francisco, who are three and nine years younger than she is.

Perroni studied acting at Televisa's Centro de Educación Artistica (CEA) in the year 2000, completing two years of a three year course

Perroni made her acting debut in Rebelde, a remake of the acclaimed Argentinean novela Rebelde Way. She portrayed Guadalupe "Lupita" Fernández, a teenage girl from a lower class family who gets the opportunity to study at the fictitious Elite Way School. Rebelde ran from 2004 to 2006, filming 440 episodes.

Following the success of Rebelde, in 2007, Televisa released RBD: La Familia, which starred the members of RBD. The characters of the sitcom were not based on the band's characters in Rebelde, but intended to be similar to the actors' real personalities. RBD: La Familia was the first Mexican show shot entirely in high definition and ran from March 14, 2007 to June 13, 2007, and only lasted 13 episodes.

In 2008, Maite starred as the lead character in Cuidado con el Ángel, opposite William Levy. The show had great success around the world. She starred in her second leading role in Mi Pecado opposite Eugenio Siller. She was part of the third season of Mujeres Asesinas in the sixth episode called Las Blanco, Viudas along with Diana Bracho, Luz Maria Aguilar and Mark Tacher.

In 2010, Perroni was confirmed to star with her previous co-star, William Levy, in Triunfo del Amor, a remake of the Venezuelan classic Cristal.

Perroni was a member of the popular band RBD, which was launched off of the success of the telenovela Rebelde. To date RBD has made 9 studio albums, including albums in Spanish, Chinese and English. They have sold over 15 million albums worldwide, and have embarked on various international tours including shows throughout Latin America and Europe.

Maite composed Tal Vez Mañana, for RBD's fourth Spanish language album, Empezar Desde Cero and sang solo on the title track for the album.

On August 8, 2008, RBD released a message telling fans that they had decided to split up. They went on one final tour, Gira Del Adios World Tour, which ended in early 2009. Perroni was absent part of the tour, due to her filming in Cuidado con el Ángel.

For her role in Cuidado con el Ángel, Perroni recorded three songs for the show called Esta Soledad, Separada de Ti, and Contigo.

She recorded a song with Reik, entitled Mi Pecado, which was used as the opening song for the telenovela, Mi Pecado.

On July 17, Perroni released her new single No Vuelvas, which will be featured on an EP she is releasing for her Brazilian Pocket Show performances, on her website MaiteMVP.com.

She recently recorded a song with Marco di Mauro called A Partir de Hoy which forms part of the musical soundtrack of the telenovela she is currently filming called Triunfo del Amor

Perroni was engaged to Guido Laris, the musical director from RBD, but the pair split in August 2008. On November 2010 she officially announced she was dating singer and composer Mané de la Parra

In 2006 she won her first award at the Premios TVyNovelas, along with her RBD bandmates, for "Best Theme Song". In March 2009, Maite won "Best Young Actress in a Leading Role" for her performance in Cuidado con el Ángel.`

In 2009, she topped Los 50 Más Bellos list from People en Español, sharing the front cover with Eva Longoria and Ana Bárbara. She was part of the same list in 2010. She was named `Queen of telenovelas` by her fans and Univision channel.

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