Marlene Favela

**Silvia Marlene Favela Meraz** (born on August 5, 1977 in Santiago Papasquiaro, Durango, Mexico) is a Mexican actress and model She is known for acting in many soap operas. These include _Gata Salvaje_, _El Zorro, the Sword and the Rose_, _The Heirs of Mount_ and _'s face Vengeance_. She was also in the American movie _Species - The Awakening_.

## Biography

Favela started in show business as a model. She later studied at Centro de Educación Artística (Center of Arts Education) of Televisa in Mexico City. Favela made a first appearance as a cheerleader of a television program called _Shrimp that falls Asleep_.

Later, she began to work with soap operas. These included _The Beach House_, _Baby Face_, _The Intruder_ and _Between love and hate_.  Her first success came with _Wildcat_, because, previously, had always done roles; telenovela starring latter earned her the nickname_ "wildcat "_ for the general public.

She has also worked in theater with actors like Helena Rojo and Julio German, in Again, Sam and are unfaithful and do not look who. She was a presenter of a program called Meridian X, which dealt about extreme sports.

Later in soap operas and always participated in Bridal Veil, where facing the co-starring role, produced by Juan Osorio. She was in Ruby, under the production of José Alberto Castro, playing the character of Sonia, along with Barbara Mori

After these appearances she returned to star in a soap opera, with Against all odds, playing the character of Natalia Rios.

She starred in the telenovela Zorro, the Sword and the Rose was the first soap opera in history to HD, this is the most ambitious project of her career so far. The show was  by Telemundo in collaboration with Sony Pictures and with a remarkable cast of actors like Christian Meier and Harry Geithner.

During 2008-2009 she took a break, in which she rejected the title roles of Doña Bella (RCN) and Beware the angel (Televisa ) with William Levy

In 2011 she returned to screens of Telemundo to star in the telenovela Del Monte Heirs again with Mario Cimarro. This production was recorded in Colombia and has actors such as Jose Luis Resendez, Roberto Mateos, and Natasha Klauss, among others.

In Hollywood she acted in the movie Species - The Awakening, with stars such as:Helena Mattsson, Adam Wylie, Ben Cross, Marco Bacuzzi and Dominic Keating.

In 2012 she returns to screens Venevision to star in the Passions of the Heart in which she won the lead role in history alongside Guy Ecker and Susana Dosamantes. This production is recorded in Miami and has actors Lorena Meritano, Daniela Navarro, Dayana Garroz, Carlos Guillermo Haydon among others. In late August, after signing an exclusive contract with Telemundo, the actress performs a dual role in The Bruiser Where does a star / antagonize melodrama after the end of the characters in Maritza Rodriguez and Elizabeth Gutierrez

## Personal life

She maintained a relationship from 2009 to 2010 with Jorge Kahwagi. Currently in a relationship with Guy Davidyan.

## Stroke

Marlene Favela, suffered a stroke On July 27 of 2012.

The actress was at her home in Miami when she began to feel a tingling in the hands, nausea, dizziness, difficulty speaking, so immediately went to hospital. Favela thought she was poisoned by eating seafood, but it turned out she had a stroke that could have been fatal, but thanks to the quick intervention of doctors was saved. In the hospital, Favela underwent surgery for intracranial bleeding caused by a congenital disease. The actress says that she could have gone blind or died.

## Filmography

|colspan = "5" style = "background: LightSteelBlue;"|Telenovelas|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1995|_ Maria Jose_|Deborah|Televisa|Secondary||
|1997|_ María Isabel_|Patricia|Televisa|Secondary||
|1998|_ That's life_|Mariana||Televisa|Secondary|
|1999|_ DKDA teaser_|Gina|Televisa|Secondary||
|1999|_ Hell in Paradise_|Patricia|Televisa|Secondary||
|1999|_ Women deceived_|Leticia|Televisa|Secondary||
|1999|_ For Your Love_|Monica|Televisa|Secondary||
|2000|_ The Beach House_|Malena Nuñez|Televisa|Secondary||
|2000|_Angel Face_|Ambar Ferrer|Televisa|Secondary||
|2001|_ The Intruder_|Guadalupe Rojas|Televisa|Secondary||
|2001|_ Christmas without end_|Cuquis|Televisa|Secondary||
|2002|_ Between love and hate_|Cecilia|Televisa|Secondary||
|2002|_ Wildcat_|Rosaura Ríos Olivares|Venevision|Bio||
|2003|_ Bridal Veil_|Angeles Villaseñor|Televisa|Co-starring||
|2004|_ Ruby_|Sonia Chavarria Gonzalez|Televisa|Special Performance||
|2005|_ Against all odds_|Natalia Ríos|Televisa|Bio||
|2007|_ Love without makeup_|Josefina Cárdenas "Pina"|Televisa|Bio||
|2007|_ Zorro, the Sword and the Rose_|Esmeralda Sánchez de Moncada|Telemundo|Stellar Protagonist||
|2011|_ The heirs Del Monte_|Paula del Monte|Telemundo|Bio antagonistic||
|2012|_ Heart passionate_|Patricia Miranda Campos|Venevision|Bio||
|2012|_ The Bruiser_|Alicia Ferrer / Eva Samaniego|Telemundo|Protagonist / antagonist||

## Television

- Ugly Betty (2006)
- Meridian X (presenter)
- Billboard Awards 2007 (presenter)
- What happens to us? (Presenter)

## Movie

|colspan = "4" style = "background: LightSteelred;"|Movies|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2008|_ Playball_ - ()|Elena|Protagonist|
|2007|_ Species: The Awakening_ - ()|Azura|Antagonist|

## Theatre

- _Again, Sam_
- _Be Unfaithful and Who Do Not Look_

## Awards and nominations

|Year|Award|Category|Telenovela|Outcome|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2007|ACE Awards|'' 'Best TV actress scenic|_Zorro, the Sword and the Rose_||
|2002|Awards El Heraldo de Mexico|Best Breakout|_The Intruder_||

## Other websites

- Marlene Favela Official Site  (in Spanish and English)

## Infobox (person)

- **image**: File:Marlene Favela 2008.jpg
- **birth name**: Silvia Marlene Favela Meraz
- **birth place**: Santiago Papasquiaro, Durango, Mexico
- **occupation**: Actress, model (person), model
- **relatives**: Carmen, Mabel, Alan, Deborah and Alejandro (siblings)