Natalia Oreiro

**Natalia Oreiro** (born May 18, 1977 in Montevideo,Uruguay) is a Latin Grammy-nominated Uruguayan singer and actress.  She has been in both soap operas and movies.  She is best known for her participation in the soap opera, _Muñeca Brava_ (1998-1999), which was an every-afternoon-smash-hit during its run in Argentina. Her most recent soap opera, _Sos mi vida_ (2006), was shown in more than 40 countries.

## Life

Natalia Oreiro was born in Montevideo, Uruguay on May 19, 1977. She is daughter of Carlos Oreiro Poggio and the painter Mabel Iglesias Bourié. She studied drama when she was eight years old than she appeared in advertisements at twelve years old such as Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Johnson & Johnson.

When she was fifteen years old, she joined Latin America's show _El Show de Xuxa_ and won the competition. At the age of 16 she moved to Argentina to work there. She worked as an MTV VJ and in 1995, she landed a role in the soap opera _Dulce Ana_. After that she st in the TV series _90-60-90 modelos_ (1996) and _Ricos y famosos_ (1997). In _Ricos y famosos_, Oreiro played fictional character Valeria.

In 1998, Natalia Oreiro starred in her first movie  _Un Argentino en New York_ with Guillermo Francella. _Un Argentino en New York_ was watched by 1.634.702 people in Argentina. After the movie, she released three studio albums (_Natalia Oreiro, Tu Veneno, Turmalina_) and she starred many TV series and movies.

### _Natalia Oreiro_

In 1998, Natalia Oreiro released single "Que Sí, Que Sí" from _Un Argentino en New York_. Than she launched her first studio album _Natalia Oreiro_ (1998). "Cambio Dolor" was first single from her debut album and became the opening theme for the prime time show _Muñeca Brava_ (1998-1999).

Album was ranked eighty-first in list of "Worldbeat Global Album Chart" and sold over 140,000 copies therefore received a double platinum disc in Argentina and gold disc in countries like Greece, Slovenia and Israel.

### _Tu Veneno_

In 2000, her second studio album, _Tu Veneno_ (Your Poison) was released and was presentation in "Gala de la Hispanidad", "Gala de Murcia" (both in Spain) and "Festival de la Calle 8" in Miami. She was nominated for Latin Grammy Awards,  but lost to Christina Aguilera's _Mi Reflejo_. Oreiro was first Uruguayan nominated for a Grammy. She was crowned Queen of that event at Viña del Mar Festival 2000 in Chile. 3rd music video of album "Cómo Te Olvido" (2001) was directed by Tudor Giurgiu in Dracula's Castle, Romania.

### _Turmalina_

Oreiro's next and last album, _Turmalina_, was released in 2002 and centered around a superhero character named Turmalina who is created by  Oreiro. _Turmalina_ was produced by Latin maker Kike Santander. The album was recorded in USA. "Que Digan Lo Que Quieran" (Should they say whatever they want) was first single from _Turmalina_. "Cuesta Arriba, Cuesta Abajo" became the opening theme for soap opera _Kahorra_. Natalia made contributions with singer/songwriter Jaime Roos and Falta y Resto for the official Uruguayan 2002 FIFA World Cup song "Pasión Celeste".

## Discography

- 1998: _Natalia Oreiro_
- 2000: _Tu Veneno_
- 2002: _Turmalina_

### Soap operas

- Inconquistable corazón (Canal 9, 1994-1995) as _Victoria_
- Dulce Ana (Canal 9, 1995) as _Verónica Iturbe-Montalbán_
- 90-60-90 modelos (Canal 9, 1996-1997) as _Lucía Peralta_
- Ricos y famosos (Canal 9, 1997-1998) as _Valeria García Méndez de Salerno_
- Muñeca brava (Telefe, 1998-1998) as _Milagros 'Mili' Esposito-Di Carlo de Miranda (Cholito/Carlitos)/young Rosario_
- Kachorra (Telefe, 2002) as _Antonia Guerrero (Kachorra) alias Rosario Achával/Piojo_
- El deseo (Telefe, 2004) as _Carmen_
- Sos mi vida (Canal 13, 2006)as _Esperanza Muñoz - La Monita_

### Filmography

- Un Argentino en New York (1998) as _Verónica 'Vero' De Ricci_
- Cleopatra (movie) _(2003)_ as _Sandra_
- La guerra de los gimnasios (2004)
- Las vidas posibles (2005) as _Marcia_
- La Peli (2006) - (2007) as _journalist_
- Rambleras (2007)

## Other websites

- Official website

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Natalia Oreiro
- **img**: Natalia Oreiro.jpg
- **background**: solo_singer
- **birth name**: Natalia Marisa Oreiro Iglesias
- **alias**: Naty
- **origin**: Montevideo, Uruguay
- **instrument**: Singing, Vocals
- **genre**: Latin pop
- **occupation**: Singer, songwriter, actress, model
- **years active**: 1990s-present
- **label**: BMG