# Mimí Lazo

Ana María Lazo, commonly known as Mimí Lazo, (born November 23, 1954, in Caracas) is a Venezuelan film, television and theatrical actress and producer. Her most notable role was in the 1996 monologue El Aplauso Va Por Dentro in which she toured all throughout South America and Europe.

## Biography
### Early life

She is the second of the three children of Henrique De La Santísima Trinidad Lazo (1921-1995) and Sara Beatríz Domínguez (1930-2011). His brothers are Henrique Alberto and Andrés Eugenio De Jesús. Mimí, began her acting in the workshops of well known stage directors of Caracas in the mid-1970s. Later she received scholarships to study Scenic Arts in Italy and attended acting classes in the Actors Studio of New York.

### Career

She began her acting career in the Venezuelan theatre performing adaptations of plays by William Shakespeare, such as Twelfth Night, Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge, among others.
In 1979 she made her debut in the Venezuelan cinema with the film El Pez que Fuma, produced by the long time filmmaker Roman Chalbaud, and her first appearance on national television with the popular telenovela Carolina. It wasn't until the year 2000 where she made her debut in the international cinema with the independent film Just for the Time Being alongside Eva Herzigová and Patrick O'Neil.
She has received numerous awards in film festival and theater awards both in her native country and abroad. In 1995 she was among the successful Latin American actresses by Variety magazine, and Style magazine considers her one of the best actresses in Latin America alongside Salma Hayek and María Conchita Alonso.

### Personal life

In 1959 she married Juan Gerardo Martínez and went to live in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Two years later they divorced, she went to live in Italy and there, in 1981, she married Orlando José Aoun. On September 8, 1982, their daughter was born; Sindy Carolina. A little over a year later, they divorced. At the end of the 80's, he married Jean Carlo Simancas in Mérida, Mérida and they ended up divorcing. On December 28, 1995, she married Luis Fernández (actor). Her daughter, is also an actress and her brother, Henrique is a Film Director; Actor and Musician, father of Lasso (singer)

## Filmography
### Films

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1977 | El pez que fuma | | |
| 1986 | Una noche oriental | Leonor Montes | |
| 1991 | Terra Nova | Noemi | |
| 1992 | Máscaro: el cazador americano | | |
| 1992 | Los platos del diablo | Sindia Santos | |
| 1998 | Milagro en la Sabana | Patricia | |
| 1998 | Golpe de estadio | Samara | |
| 2000 | Just for the Time Being | Carmen | |
| 2000 | Borrón y cuenta nueva | Sindia Santos | |
| 2002 | Asesinato en lunes de carnaval | Florencia | |
| 2004 | Perder es cuestión de método | Susan Caviedes | |
| 2005 | El caracazo | | |
| 2006 | Mi vida por Sharon, ¿o qué te pasa a ti? | | |
| 2007 | Tómalo suave | María | Television film |
| 2007 | El café de Lupe | Marilyn | Short film |
| 2014 | Liz en Septiembre | Dolores | |
| 2016 | Tamara | Elena | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1976 | Carolina | Nurbia | Television debut |
| 1984 | La salvaje | | |
| 1986 | Amor prohibido | Elvira | |
| 1987 | Mi nombre es amor | Alejandra | |
| 1990 | De mujeres | Antonieta | |
| 1995 | El desafío | Ana Luisa | |
| 1997 | Contra viento y marea | Ana Luisa | |
| 1998-1997 | El país de las mujeres | Herself | Uncredited |
| 1999 | Toda mujer | Celia Martínez | |
| 2000 | Angélica pecado | Herself | |
| 2001 | Guerra de mujeres | Brigitte Castro de Boni | |
| 2002 | Géminis, venganza de amor | Emperatriz | 7 episodes |
| 2002 | Las González | Azucena | |
| 2002 | Mi gorda bella | Eva Lanz de Villanueva | |
| 2003 | La invasora | Inés Guerra | |
| 2006-2007 | Voltea pa' que te enamores | Gladis López | Co-lead role |
| 2008 | ¿Vieja yo? | Margot Batalla | Lead role |
| 2013 | Los secretos de Lucía | Ayra Mesutti | |
| 2014 | Corazón esmeralda | Federica del Rosario Pérez | Lead antagonist; 138 episodes |
| 2016 | Para verte mejor | | |
| 2017 | Rica, Famosa, Latina | Herself | Main Role |
| TBD | Dramáticas | TBA | |