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* Name : Natalia Marisa Oreiro Iglesias
* Date of birth : May 19th, 1977
* Place of Birth : Montevideo, Uruguay
* Height : 1,72 cm / 5'7
* Weight : 53 kg / 8st 2lbs
* Zodiac Sign : Taurus
* Hair colour : black
* Eye colour : green
* Hobbies : to listen to music, to travel
* Favourite sport : swimming
* What she likes most is : eating
* What she hates most is : lies
* Her fantasy : to buy her own island
* Favourite dish : lasagna
* Fears : loneliness
* Favourite Film : "The life is wonderful"
* Favourite Song : "Imagine" by John Lennon
*Favourite perfume : "Grass de Gap"
* Favourite flower : jasmine
* Favourite idol : Botero
* Favourite colour : red
* Her dream : happiness
* Favourite actor : Nicolas Cage
* Favourite actress : Michelle Pfeiffer

Natalia Marisa Oreiro Iglesias was born on May 19, 1977 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Natalia always knew that her calling would be interpretation, and started taking her first theater classes at the age of 8. When she became 12 she was called to participate in advertisements in her country. She went to a casting call for child actors and began a career in the world of commercials. Between the ages of 12 and 16, she recorded over 30 commercials for products like Coca- Cola, Pepsi and Johnson & Johnson.

Without having achieved fame she performed with another ten thousand contestants from all over Latin America in a casting where Xuxa's paquitas were being selected. Of course, Natalia was among the chosen ones. Then she started her public performances, before thousands of people all over the world. In this way she got rid of the little inhibition she still felt. But Natalia's objective was to succeed in television.

In consequence, whenever she found out there would be castings in Buenos Aires TV stations, she would go there to see if something came up. Although Natalia was working steadily, most of her earnings went towards the frequent casting trips she made to Buenos Aires from her native Montevideo. So, at 17 she decided to move to Argentina full-time.
Her opportunity arrived when she was selected for a little play in the soap opera "Inconquistable corazon", where she met the person who later became her boyfriend for six years: Pablo Echarri.

She had such a desire to be recognized as an actress, that she rejected some really tempting proposals - among them, to be a host in MTV- because it didn't assure she would fulfill here objectives. Since that moment everything happened so fast. She participated in "Dulce Ana", had a more important role in "Modelos 90-60-90", and her great recognition came with a starring role in "Ricos & Famosos" (Rich and Famous), where she was Diego Ramos' love. In those days she suffered a hard blow in her heart: a Uruguayan couple claimed that Natalia was adopted and that they were her real parents. In order to stop gossips, Natalia presented her mother in Channel 9. When "Ricos & Famosos" was over Natalia received a great offer from TELEFE which included two incredibly tempting offers: to participate in the movie "Un argentino en Nueva York" (An Argentine in New York), which became a total success.

In 1998 Natalia showed her musical talents with the release of her first album (Natalia Oreiro), helping her gain immense popularity. The record went on to become Gold and Platinum around many countries in Latin America and Europe.Soon folowed her biggest career success, the chance to portray the main character in the soap opera "Muñeca Brava" (Wild Angel), where her character, "Cholito" always argued with Facundo Arana. This soap opera succeeded in all the Latin-American and European countries where it was transmitted. 1999 was a successful year for her: Hollywood Entertainment Channel elected her the Year's Personage of Latin America. On August the 6th 2000, Natalia relesaed her second album (Tu Veneno), Becoming even more successful than her first.

The pressure of public life and work schedules eventually paid toll on Natalia and Pablo Echarri's six year relationship. And a split soon followed, although both remain mutual friends. It was a hard time for her in her life and suffered a big loss over the man she had shared life with for so long.For the rest of 2000/01, Natalia traveled all over the world. Performing many concerts in front of sell-out, devoted fans. Her success as an actress and singer was finally reaching it's deserved position of glory.

Life wasn't empty for long, as Natalia found her new man Ricardo Mollo, 44,
(a famous rock singer). And on December 31st, 2001, the pairs whirlwind romance succeeded in a secret wedding in Brazil.
A sign of her endless love towards him was signaled in a tatoo of her wedding ring on her finger.Now she is living happily married, and after a short break now she is back with her third album Turmalina and her brand new TV-soap series Kachorra. Both of which debuted in the summer 2002.

In 20th of May 2002, Natalia Oreiro premiered in Argentina on the Telefe channel, in her brand new TV-soap series "Kachorra"
The amazing new Argentine TV-series, starring Natalia Oreiro and Pablo Rago.A case of mistaken identity gives Natalia the chance to shine and parade her acting talents, in this much anticipated new telenovela. Full of twists, fantastic comedy, and strong drama.Natalia's third album "Turmalina was premiered on the 21st of June 2002, in Argentina.
Featuring 11 tracks including "Cuesta arriba, cuesta abajo", which was the first single from the album and the title song from "Kachorra."
In its first week the album climbed to Number 1 on the Argentine album chart