Mauricio Islas

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Mauricio Islas
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Islas in 2012
Born
Juan Mauricio Islas Illescas

(1973-08-16) August 16, 1973 (age 49)
OccupationActor
Years active1992–present
Spouse
Patricia Villasaña
(m. 2001;div. 2006)
PartnerPaloma Quezada (2007–present)
Children3
Website mauricioislasonline.com

Mauricio Islas (born Juan Mauricio Islas Ilescas, August 16, 1973) is a Mexican actor. He is best known for his work in telenovelas produced by Televisa, TV Azteca, Telemundo, and Venevision.

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Early life

Born in Mexico City, Mexico, Islas is the son of businessman, Juan Islas, and Rosalinda Ilescas, and the youngest of two brothers.

Career

After working in various telenovelas, Islas had his first starring role with Preciosa , alongside Irán Castillo in 1998. [1] [2]

From then on he continued working mainly as a leading actor, but occasionally playing antagonic roles, as in his 2000 participation in Primer amor... a mil por hora where he interpreted the malicious Demián and in 2006 Amores de Mercado , starring as Fernando Leyra.

In 2001, he starred in El manantial , alongside Adela Noriega. He won a TVyNovelas Award for his performance. In 2003, he starred in the acclaimed historical telenovela, Amor real , interpreting the army soldier Adolfo Solis.

In 2004, he signed a contract with Telemundo and starred in Prisionera , Amores de Mercado , Pecados Ajenos and other successful productions from the network.

He returned to Mexico in 2010 and starred in the TV Azteca telenovelas, La Loba and Cielo Rojo .

Personal life

On November 29, 2001, he married Venezuelan singer, Patricia Villasaña. They had a daughter, Camila, born on May 3, 2002. They divorced in 2006.

He later had a son, Emiliano, with his current partner Paloma Quezada. The baby was born on February 24, 2011, in El Paso, Texas. [3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 Punto y aparte Sergio
2005Don de DiosJosé Luis
2006AmbicionaRaúl
2009 El cártel Santos
2010 El secreto Maurice de Gavrillac
Un TigreTigre Short film
2011Viento en contraMatías Parga
2015Entrenando a mi papáLa Araña Salazar [4]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992 Mágica juventud Alfredo
Carrusel de las Américas
1994–1995 Volver a empezar Freddy Landeros
1995–1996 Pobre niña rica David
1996 Canción de amor Édgar
1996–1997 Mi querida Isabel Marcos
1997–1998 Mi pequeña traviesa Juan Felipe
1998 Preciosa Luis Fernando SantanderNominated - TVyNovelas Award for Best Young Lead Actor
1999 Cuento de Navidad Edmundo Soto / Toño4 episodes
Amor gitano Renzo6 episodes
2000 DKDA: Sueños de juventud Mauricio2 episodes
Mi Destino Eres Tú Ramiro Galindo Suárez
2000–2001 Primer amor, a mil por hora Demián Ventura Camargo
2001–2002 El Manantial Alejandro Ramírez Insunza
2001 Primer amor, tres años después Demián Ventura Camargo Television film
2003 Amor real Colonel Adolfo Solís
2004 Prisionera Daniel Moncada #1
2005 Los plateados Gabriel Campuzano
2006–2007 Amores de mercado Fernando Leira / Antonio Álamo
2007 Decisiones Fabricio SalasEpisode: "Un amor para toda la vida"
2007–2008 Pecados ajenos Adrián TorresAward Fama for Best Actor [10]
2009–2010 Hasta que el dinero nos separe Edgardo Regino "El Coyote de las ventas"
2010 La Loba Emiliano Alcázar
2011–2012 Cielo rojo Andrés Renteria
2012 La mujer de Judas Simón Castellanos
2013 Destino Sebastián Montesinos
2014–2015 Las Bravo Leonardo Barbosa / Salvador Martínez
2016–2017 Perseguidos José Vicente Solís "El Capo"
2018–2019 Señora Acero Héctor Ruiz
TBALa mujer de mi vidaEmilio García Fuentes

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