Daniela Castro

Daniela Castro (born Danielle Stefani Castro Arellano on 17 August 1969) is a Mexican actress and singer.[1][2]

Daniela Castro
Born	Danielle Stefani Castro Arellano 17 August 1969 Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation	Actress, singer
Years active	1988–present
Spouse(s)	Gustavo Díaz Ordaz ​ (m. 1999)​
Children	Daniela (b. 2000) Alexa (b. 2004) Gustavo (b. 2013)
Parents	Javier Castro (father) Maria Antonieta Arellano (mother)
Relatives	Arturo Castro a.k.a. "El Bigoton Castro" (great-uncle) Arturo Castro of Los Hermanos Castro (uncle) Jorge Castro (uncle) Gualberto Castro (2nd cousin) Benito Castro (3rd cousin)

Family

Daniela is a daughter of Javier Castro, who is one of the members of the original musical group Los Hermanos Castro ("The Castro Brothers"). Los Hermanos Castro were three brothers - Arturo, Javier, the late Jorge Castro, first cousin Gualberto Castro; Benito Castro (first cousin to Arturo, Javier, Jorge, and Gualberto) entered the group after Jorge embarked on a solo career and left the group left. Daniela is niece to Arturo, and the late Jorge, second cousin to Gualberto and Benito Castro. Los Hermanos Castro influenced her decision to enter the entertainment business and become an actress. Daniela is one of the most loved Mexican telenovela actresses in Mexico.

Biography

She felt an attraction for music at a very young age, and this is why the entered the Centro de Estudios Artísticos de Televisa (CEA), which took her in another direction. She ended up performing in plays at some theaters in Mexico, which she continued doing occasionally. She was offered a role in a telenovela because of her success in the theatre. She has starred in 13 telenovelas to date. After a long absence from television, she returned to play Lizabeta in Pasión in 2007. She also played the main role (as Rosa) in one of the episodes of Mujeres Asesinas 2.

Also, she acted in Mi pecado where she played Rosario, her greatest antagonist to date. She considers Cadenas de amargura the telenovela that brought her the success and recognition that made her the actress she is today. This novela was not a big production and did not have a big cast, but the story and episodes were already written; and the characters were perfectly defined which is considered the main reason for the success of Cadenas de amargura. Diana Bracho (who is considered one of the best actresses in Mexico) was part of the cast. Raul Araiza who played her boyfriend in the story was also her boyfriend in real life. Cynthia Klitbo, Delia Casanova, Fernando Luján, Alexis Ayala, and Raymundo Capetillo also participated in this story.

Daniela plays Cecila Vizcaino, a young girl whose parents die in a tragic accident. Cecila is sent to her aunt's house after her parents' death. Evangelina who is a very possessive, moral, and religious person who wants to control her life, prevents her from committing sin and living her life on her own terms. On the other hand, her aunt Natalia (Delia Casanova) is good to her and is the one that protects her. Daniela plays a very timid, quiet girl, who tries to fight for her right to live her life her way, trusts her aunts without knowing all the pain one of them is causing her.

Cañaveral de Pasiones is a novel written by Caridad Bravo Adams. The story was produced by Humberto Zurita and Christian Bach who have only delivered well- made stories. Daniela plays Julia Santos, a very sensual role compared to Cadenas de Amargura. Juan Soler is the lead actor and plays Pablo Montero.

The story is about two families: the Santos and the Monteros. Because of some misunderstandings, Pablo's mother Joséfina, played by Angelica Aragón, believes Julia's mother Margarita (Felicia Mercado), who happened to be one of the most beautiful woman in town, is the lover of her husband Amador (César Évora). However, she is mistaken, the one that is her husband's lover is Dinorah (Azela Robinson), Margarita's sister and Julia's aunt. In order to prevent her sister from running away with Amador, Margarita goes to meet him, and they end up having an accident during a rain storm, and subsequently dying, reason enough for Josefina to think she is right; and she tries to make Julia's life miserable. She prevents Pablo from seeing her and sends him to the Capital to study. As an adult and engaged to be married, Pablo returns home. Although engaged, he sees Julia again and falls in love with her all over again. They will have to fight for their love against Josefina, Dinorah, and Julia's Father Fausto (Leonardo Daniel).

After a long absence she returned in the telenovela Pasión, which is situated around 1780 in the New Spain. She plays blind Lizabeta de Salamanca; the difference here is that she plays the antagonist. At first, she was afraid to play this role, but she subsequently earned positive reviews. She also starred in a horror movie called Viaje directo al infierno in 1989.

In addition, she recorded an album called Junto a ti. She has mentioned that her biggest dream was to perform a song with her father (Jorge) for her mother. She planned to record a second album with her uncles and her dad; but her uncle suddenly died. Because of the respect and love she had for her father, the project has been delayed.

After Raul Araiza, she dated the goalkeeper Jorge Campos, who was part of the Official soccer team of México. She married on June 19, 1999 to Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, who is the grandson of Mexican ex-President and who carries the same name. They have two daughters, Daniela and Alexa; and one son, Gustavo. She has a distinctively deep voice.

Discography

• Desencuentro (1998)
• Junto A Ti (1999)

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Navidad con cachunes		Documentary short
1989	Viaje directo al infierno	María
1991	Infamia
1993	Sueño y Realidad	Alejandra

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Cachún cachún ra ra!	Debbie
1988	Un nuevo amanecer	Patricia	Co-lead role
1989	Mi segunda madre	Mónica	Co-lead role
1989	Balada por un amor	Simona Portugal	Co-lead role
1990	Días sin luna	Lorena	Co-lead role
1991	Cadenas de amargura	Cecilia Vizcaíno	Lead role
1992	Triángulo	Sara	Lead role
1996	Mujer, casos de la vida real	Various roles	Episode: "El amor, siempre es el amor"
1996	Cañaveral de pasiones	Julia Santos	Lead role
1997-1998	Desencuentro	Victoria	Lead role
2001	El noveno mandamiento	Isabel Durán / Ana Jiménez	Lead role
2007-2008	Pasión	Lisabeta de Salamanca	Antagonist
2009	Mujeres asesinas	Rosa Domínguez	"Rosa, heredera" (Season 2, Episode 5)
2009	Mi pecado	Rosario Pedraza de Córdoba	Antagonist; 110 episodes
2011-2012	Una familia con suerte	Josefina Arteaga de Irabién	Lead role
2013-2014	Lo que la vida me robó	Graciela Giacinti de Mendoza / Gaudencia Jimenez	Antagonist
2017-2018	Me declaro culpable	Roberta Monroy de Urzúa	Antagonist

Awards and nominations

Premios TVyNovelas

Year	Category	Telenovela	Result
1989	Mejor actriz debutante	Nuevo Amanecer	Won
1990	Best Young Lead Actress	Mi Segunda Madre	Nominated
1991		Dias sin Luna
1992		Cadenas de Amargura	Won
1997	Best Lead Actress	Cañaveral de Pasiones
2008	Best Female Antagonist	Pasión	Nominated
2010	Best First Actress	Mi Pecado
2015	Best Female Antagonist	Lo que la vida me robó	Won
2018	Best Female Antagonist	Me declaro culpable	Won

Premios Bravo

Year	Category	Series/Telenovela	Result
2007	Best Female Performance	Mujer, casos de la vida real	Won[3]
2010	Best Female Antagonist	Mi Pecado

Premios ACE (Argentina)

Year	Category	Telenovela	Result
2011	Best Female Co-acting	Mi Pecado	Won

Premios People en Español

Year	Category	Telenovela	Result
2011	Best Female Antagonist	Mi Pecado	Won[4]
2012		Una Familia Con Suerte	Nominated

References

1. Maza, Luis Reyes de la; Terán, Luis (2000). Lágrimas de exportación: una aproximación al fenómeno de la telenovela (in Spanish). Clío. p. 23. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
2. Gudinni, Alfredo (1996-01-01). Castillo de las estrellas. Grijalbo. p. 336. ISBN 978-970-05-0686-9. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
3. "Premios Bravo 2007". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
4. People en español al mejorvillano - consultado 20 de Octubre de 2010