Adela Noriega

** Adela Noriega ** (), born **Adela Amalia Noriega Méndez** on October 24, 1969, in Mexico City, Mexico, is a Mexican television actress. Noriega gained popularity as a teenager participating in telenovelas as a lead actress. Some of her most famous works include _Quinceañera_ (1987), _Dulce Desafío_ (1989), _María Isabel_ (1997), _El Privilegio de Amar_ (1999), _El Manantial_ (2001) and _Amor Real_ (2003). She is known as the "Queen of telenovelas".

## Personal life

Noriega was born in Mexico City, Mexico, on October 24, 1969. At the age of 12, she was discovered by a talent scout. She started working as a child model and appearing in commercials and music videos. Her father died when Noriega was in her early adolescence. Her mother died in 1995 from cancer. She has two siblings; an older sister, Reyna, and a younger brother, Alejandro. Noriega takes long breaks between projects and avoids publicity. She lives in the United States.

## Career

Noriega made her television debut at the age of 14 in the telenovela, _Principessa_. Soon after, she appeared in another telenovela, _Juana Iris_, and on a comic show, _Cachún cachún ra ra!_. In 1986, she got her first leading role in the telenovela _Yesenia_ where she played a role of a young gypsy. Shortly after, she starred as a leading character of _Quinceañera_. _Quinceañera_ is considered to be the first telenovela made for teenagers because it dealt with the problems of youth (drugs, date rape and gangs) for the first time in the television genre. A year later, she appeared in another teen drama, _Dulce Desafío_.

In 1993, Noriega signed a contract with the U.S. network, Telemundo, and starred in a successful telenovela, _Guadalupe_. In 1995, she moved to Colombia and played the leading role in _Maria Bonita_, co-produced by RTI Colombia and Telemundo network. Noriega returned to Mexico in 1997 and starred as the lead of _María Isabel_, where she portrayed an indigenous woman. A year after, she played the leading female character in _El Privilegio de Amar_, the highest rated television program in Mexico to date.

In 2001, Noriega played the leading role in _El Manantial_. In 2003, she portrayed an aristocrat, Matilde Peñalver y Beristáin, in _Amor Real_. This historical telenovela received critical acclaim and was highly successful.  In 2005, she played the leading role in _La esposa virgen_. Her most recent starring role was in the telenovela, _Fuego en la sangre_, from 2008.

## Filmography

|scope="col" width="170"|Title|scope="col" width="30"|Year|scope="col" width="180"|Role|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1984–1987|Adela|Series regular Televisa||||||
||Alina|Antagonist||||||
||Romina|Antagonist||||||
||Yesenia|Lead||||||
|1987/1988|Maricruz Fernández Sarcoser|Lead||||||
|1988/1989|Lucero Sandoval|Lead||||||
|1993/1994||Guadalupe Zambrano Santos|Lead Telemundo|||||
|1995/1996||María Reynoso/"María Bonita"|Lead RTI Colombia|||||
|1997/1998|María Isabel|Lead||||||
|1998/1999|Cristina Miranda|Lead||||||
|2001/2002|Alfonsina Valdés Rivero|Lead||||||
||Matilde Peñalver y Beristáin de Fuentes Guerra|Lead||||||
||Virginia Alfaro|Lead||||||
||Sofía Elizondo Acevedo|Lead||||||

|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Role|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|||Uncredited||||||
||Lucía|||||||

|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Role|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Artist|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"||Love interest|Lucía Méndez|||||
|Love interest|Luis Miguel|||||||

## Awards and nominations

The following table shows some of the nominations and wins for Adela Noriega.
|Year|Award|Category|Nominee|Result|Ref.||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|1985|style="text-align:center;"|TVyNovelas Awards|Revelation in Comedy Series|style="text-align:center;"|_¡¡Cachún cachún ra ra!!_|style="background:lightgrey"|Nominated|||
|style="text-align:center;"|El Heraldo de México Awards|Female Revelation||style="background:#0067A5"|||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|1986|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|TVyNovelas Awards|Female Debutant|style="text-align:center;"|_Juana Iris_|style="background:#0067A5"||||
|style="text-align:center;"|1987|Best Young Lead Actress|style="text-align:center;"|_Yesenia_|style="background:lightgrey"|Nominated|||||
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|1988|style="text-align:center;"|Palmas de Oro Awards|Best Young Lead Actress|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|_Quinceañera_|style="background:#0067A5"||||
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|TVyNovelas Awards|rowspan="3"|Best Young Lead Actress|style="background:#0067A5"|||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|1990|style="text-align:center;"|_Dulce desafío_|style="background:#0067A5"|||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|1998|style="text-align:center;"|_María Isabel_|style="background:#0067A5"|||||||
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|1999|style="text-align:center;"|Eres Awards|Best Young Actress|rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|_El privilegio de amar_|style="background:#0067A5"||||
|style="text-align:center;"|TVyNovelas Awards|Best Young Lead Actress|style="background:#0067A5"||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|Califa de Oro Awards|Best Leading Actress|style="background:#0067A5"||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|2000|style="text-align:center;"|New York Latin ACE Awards|Best Television Actress|style="background:#0067A5"||||||
|rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|2002|style="text-align:center;"|TVyNovelas Award|Best Lead Actress|rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|_El Manantial_|style="background:#0067A5"||||
|style="text-align:center;"|Palmas de Oro Awards|Best Lead Actress|style="background:#0067A5"||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|New York Latin ACE Awards|Best Television Actress|style="background:#0067A5"||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|Bravo Awards|Best Television Actress|style="background:#0067A5"||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|INTE Awards|Best Television Actress|style="background:lightgrey"|Nominated|||||||
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Sol de Oro Awards <small>(Mexico's National Association of Journalists)</small>|rowspan="2"|Best Television Actress|style="background:#0067A5"|||||||
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|2004|rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|_Amor real_|style="background:#0067A5"|||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|Califa de Oro Awards|Best Leading Actress|style="background:#0067A5"||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|TVyNovelas Award|Best Lead Actress|style="background:#0067A5"||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|New York Latin ACE Awards|Best Television Actress|style="background:#0067A5"||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|INTE Awards|Best Television Actress|style="background:lightgrey"|Nominated|||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|2005|style="text-align:center;"|Laurel de Oro Awards|Best Television Actress|style="background:#0067A5"||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|2006|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|TVyNovelas Award|rowspan="2"|Best Lead Actress|style="text-align:center;"|_La esposa virgen_|style="background:lightgrey"|Nominated||
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|2009|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|_Fuego en la sangre_|style="background:lightgrey"|Nominated||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|FAMA Awards|Best Television Actress|style="background:lightgrey"|Nominated|||||||

## Other websites

- **Adela Noriega ** – official website

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Adela Noriega
- **imagesize**: 200px
- **birth place**: Mexico City, Mexico
- **birthname**: Adela Amalia Noriega Méndez
- **years active**: 1983–present
- **occupation**: Actress