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Adela Noriega Biography

(born 24 October 1969), better known as Adela Noriega (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈðela noˈɾjeɣa]), is a Mexican actress. Noriega came to prominence as a teenager, starring in teen-oriented coming-of-age telenovelas in the late 1980s. Some of her most notable works include Quinceañera (1987), Dulce Desafío (1989), María Isabel (1997), El Privilegio de Amar (1999), El Manantial (2001) and Amor Real (2003). Noriega's success as a leading actress has led her to be known as one of the "Queens" of the genre.

Adela Noriega was born and raised in Mexico City, Mexico. Her father died when she was very young and her mother passed away in 1995. She has two siblings; an older sister, Reyna, and a younger brother, Alejandro.[1]

Noriega was discovered as a child, at the age of twelve she was scouted in a shopping centre while she was walking with her mother. Shortly after, she began to work as a fashion model and started appearing in TV commercials and music videos.[2] After being spotted on a shooting of a commercial by Patty de Llano, wife of the producer Luis de Llano Macedo, she began working as a teen actress. She made her television debut at the age of fourteen in the telenovela Principessa and shortly after she participated in Juana Iris. In both shows she interpreted antagonists. She also guest starred on the comic show Cachún cachún ra ra! for a few years.[1]

Noriega obtained a contract with the rival network Telemundo in 1993 and played the leading role in Guadalupe. For signing a contract with a different company, she was banned from her previous network, Televisa. Nevertheless, the telenovela Guadalupe resulted to be an international success and it was especially well received in the Arabic-speaking states, to such an extent that she was invited to be the guest of honour of the King of Morocco in 1994.[8][9][10] In 1995, she moved to Colombia and joined RTI, starring in María Bonita, where she interpreted the title character, a singer who stays trapped on a Caribbean island
She returned to Televisa in 1997 and collaborated with the producer Carla Estrada in four consecutive productions. The same year, she appeared in television as the lead character of María Isabel, interpreting a young indigenous woman faced with discrimination and lack of opportunities because of her origin. The telenovela presented the iconography of the tribe Huichol, based on indigenous folk beliefs and traditional symbols, and dealt with racial, cultural and class themes.[12] For her characterization of the lead female character, Noriega received TVyNovelas Award for "Best Young Actress in a Leading Role."

A year later, she starred in El Privilegio de Amar, adaptation of Cristal, opposite Helena Rojo in a story that revolved around the world of fashion industry and show business. El Privilegio de Amar is officially the highest-rated television program in Mexico to date, according to IBOPE.[13] The show was an international success as well. In 2001, she starred in El Manantial, under the direction of Mónica Miguel and Adriana Barraza, co-starring Mauricio Islas. For her performance as the lead female character Alfonsina Valdes Rivero, she received another TVyNovelas Award, among others.

In 2003, she returned to television in the highly acclaimed historical telenovela, Amor Real in a story that was set in the Mexican post-independence period of the mid-19th century.[14] The novela registered very high records of audience in Mexico[15] and at the time of its airing on Univision, occasionally it managed to beat leading U.S. networks in the raitings.[16][17] In 2005, Amor Real was released on DVD and due to its success, it became the first telenovela to be released with English subtitles.[18][19] Noriega received various recognitions for her portrayal of the aristocrat Matilde Peñalver y Beristáin.

In 2005, she portrayed the leading character of the telenovela La esposa virgen, opposite Jorge Salinas. The telenovela was an adaptation of Caridad Bravo Adams' novel, Tormenta de pasiones. Her most recent starring role was as the lead female character Sofía Elizondo in the telenovela Fuego En La Sangre from 2008. The telenovela was a big success in Mexico[13] and the U.S.,[20] but it received mostly bad reviews.