Danna García

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Danna María García Osuna (mostly just Danna García ; born February 4, 1978 in Medellín , Colombia ) is a Colombian actress , musician and singer , who is also known by her nickname Dannita . She gained considerable fame primarily through her engagements in Spanish-language telenovelas and as a face in the advertising campaigns of Garnier and Maybelline New York .

life and career

García was born in 1978 in the second largest city in Colombia, Medellín, where she grew up in part. Her mother is the formerly very successful Colombian singer Claudia Osuna . Danna García started her career at the age of four, when she was slowly venturing into the acting field. For example, when she was eight she was seen in various commercials in Latin America and since she was also musically interested, over the years she founded the band Café Moreno with her sister Claudia, the two also have a brother . After the band was founded in 1994, the sisters celebrated several successes in their home country and released, among other things, the triple platinum album Momposina . She continued her acting career at the Teatro Nacional de Colombia , the national theater of Colombia, where she received professional acting training. García gained his first experience in the television sector in the early 1980s when she was used in various television series, but mainly in telenovelas. Also in 1994 or a year before, she had her breakthrough in this area when she was used in the series Café con aroma de mujer in the recurring role of Marcela Vallejo and was used in a larger number of episodes. In the years that followed it was increasingly used in telenovela production, most of which were produced by Telemundo . In 1994 she could be seen in La otra raya del tigre (alongside Guy Eckert among others ) and in the telenovela Victoria in 1995 . In 1996, García became the first person from Colombia to establish himself in a leading role in a Mexican telenovela. The Mexican series Al norte del corazón was only broadcast in 1997, after the young actress had already been seen in her home country in El día es hoy the year before . In Al norte del corazón she played the role of Eloísa and acted in a leading role alongside the Mexican telenovela star Fernando Ciangherotti . From 1998 to 1999 she again played an important role, this time in the role of Sofía Santana , as the female part of Julián Arango in the Colombian telenovela Perro amor , of which a remake was produced in 2010. To Perro amor she also sang the theme song and was instrumental in the soundtrack for the series. This was also the only mentioned time that she was involved in a theme song. The Colombian took on other leading roles in 1999 in the Mexican production Háblame de amor and in 2000 in the Venezuelan-US co-production La revancha .

In 2002 she was also seen in the series Lo que callamos las mujeres , commissioned by TV Azteca , an offshoot of the television series Mujer, casos de la vida real , published from 1985 onwards . Among other things, she got a bigger engagement in the years 2003 to 2004, where she played in a large number of episodes of the well-known soap opera Pasión de gavilanes and acted as Norma Elizondo one of the main characters of the telenovela. There she was seen as a female part next to the Cuban Mario Cimarro , at which time rumors also emerged that the two were also outside the telenovela, in real life, in a relationship. For her engagement in the series she was honored with a "Canal Caracol Award" for best leading actress in 2004. In addition, she won the “Orquidea Award” that year together with her fellow actors Paola Rey and Natasha Klauss from Pasión de gavilanes . In that year she was also nominated for the INTE Award as "Actress of the Year", but had to admit defeat to Natalia Streignard . In 2004 she played another key role in a Colombian-US co-production, the soap opera Te voy a enseñar a querer . In 2005 she also took on a leading role in Corazón partido , in which she could be seen until 2006. 2007 and 2008 appearances in Decisiones, mecanismo de ilusión , Tiempo final and La traición . In the latter series, she took on the role of Sandra Echeverría and was seen again alongside the classy Cuban Mario Cimarro. A little later in 2008 she got a leading role as professional boxer Valentina "La Monita" Lopez de Sermeño in the telenovela Un gancho al corazón , where she is in a relationship with Mauricio Sermeño (played by Sebastián Rulli ). In 2009 she made it to a new leading role in the internationally broadcast telenovela Bella calamidades and acted alongside Segundo Cernadas as the main female character of the series. The series is also a remake of a Colombian telenovela that was very successful in the 1980s. In 2010 she was brought into the cast of Alguien te mira , where she can again be seen in one of the leading roles alongside Christian Meier and Rafael Amaya . This series is also a remake, based on the Chilean series of the same name , which was produced from 2007. The series, which was mainly produced in the United States, was broadcast in the United States from September 2010 to February 2011 and over time also came to international broadcasts. In 2011 she appeared in a supporting role in El cielo en tu mirada and was also brought in as the main character in the cast of Por Derecho de Sangre , a remake of The Clan of the Wolves , a Mexican telenovela from the 1980s.

Trivia

  • In 2006, García was signed as the new face of Maybelline , acting as the brand's Spanish press spokeswoman (in this case spokesmodel ) and was featured in the cosmetics brand's print and television advertising campaigns. She also signed a contract with Garnier , where she mainly advertised the “Garnier Nutrisse” brand in print and TV advertising.
  • In addition to her theater training at the Colombian National Theater, she also studied "Social Communication" and "Company Management".
  • The approximately 1.55 m tall García owns houses and properties in Miami , Bogotá , Mexico and Los Angeles .
  • She lived for several years in Germany , which is why they besides their mother tongue Spanish and German as well as English and French speaking.
  • In 2010 she was in a relationship with her fellow actor Jonathan Islas .
  • In 2006 and 2008 she was included in the Spanish-language edition of People magazine in the “list of the 50 most beautiful people”.

Filmography (selection)

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Footnotes and individual references

  1. ↑ According to other information also Bogotá
personal data
SURNAME García, Danna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES García Osuna, Danna María (full name); Dannita
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Colombian actress, musician and singer
DATE OF BIRTH 4th February 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Medellin , Colombia