Gigliola (Gigi) Zanchetta Pirella (born April 3, 1966) is a Venezuelan actress.
Gigi Zanchetta | |
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| Born | Gigliola Concepción Zanchetta Pirela[1] April 3, 1966 (age 58) Caracas, Venezuela |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Spouse | Ricardo Mandini |
| Children | 1 |
Life and career
editZanchetta has made her television debut in the telenovela Cristal;[1] she later specialized in the genre, appearing in over 20 telenovelas, among them Primavera alongside Fernando Carrillo and Cara Sucia.[1][2] In the mid-1990s she has sparked controversy for being the first Venezuelan celebrity to pose nude for a magazine, appearing in the cover of the Spanish magazine Interviú.[1] She was also active in films and in theatre.[1] Her last telenovela role was in 2012; since then she moved to Spain with her son, leaving the entertainment industry.[1] A former backer of Chavismo and of Nicolás Maduro, she eventually publicly regretted about her support to him and attacked him on various occasions.[1][3][4]
Telenovelas
edit- Cristal (1985)
- Más allá del silencio (1985)
- El Seductor (1986)
- Mansión de luxe (1986)
- La dama de rosa (1986)
- Primavera (1988)
- Alondra (1989)
- El Engaño (1989)
- Inolvidable (1992)
- Cara sucia (1992)
- Dulce enemiga (1995)
- Pecado de amor (1996)
- Contra viento y marea (1997)
- El País de las mujeres (1998)
- Enséñame a querer (1998)
- Toda mujer (1999)
- Hechizo de amor (2000)
- Más que amor, frenesí (2001)
- Mambo y canela (2002)
- Las González (2002)
- Engañada (2003)
- Sabor a ti (2004)
- Los Querendones (2006)
- Te tengo en salsa (2006)
- Natalia del mar (2011)
- Válgame Dios (2012)
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g Longo, Carmela (25 April 2021). "¿Qué pasó con? Gigi Zanchetta". Impacto Venezuela (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "Gigi Zanchetta". Expresiones (in Spanish). 26 February 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "Gigi Zanchetta brincó la talanquera y alborotó a las avispas: 'No me gusta el comunismo'". Noticias al Día y a la Hora (in Spanish). 12 May 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "La publicación de Gigi Zanchetta que generó polémica en las redes sociales". El Nacional (in Spanish). 27 January 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
External links
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