Mimí Lazo

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Mimí Lazo
Born
Ana María Lazo

(1954-11-23) November 23, 1954 (age 70)
Occupation(s) Actress, Producer
Spouse(s)Juan Martínez
Orlando Aoun
Jean Carlo Simancas
Luis Fernández
Children1
Parent(s)Henrique Lazo
Sara Domínguez
Family Lasso (nephew)
Website http://www.mimilazo.com

Ana María Lazo, commonly known as Mimí Lazo, (born November 23, 1954, in Caracas) is a Venezuelan film, television and theatrical actress and producer. [1] [2] Her most notable role was in the 1996 monologue El Aplauso Va Por Dentro in which she toured all throughout South America and Europe.

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Biography

Early life

She is the second of the three children of Henrique De La Santísima Trinidad Lazo (1921-1995) and Sara Beatríz Domínguez (1930-2011). His brothers are Henrique Alberto and Andrés Eugenio De Jesús. Mimí, began her acting in the workshops of well known stage directors of Caracas in the mid-1970s. Later she received scholarships to study Scenic Arts in Italy and attended acting classes in the Actors Studio of New York.

Career

She began her acting career in the Venezuelan theatre performing adaptations of plays by William Shakespeare, such as Twelfth Night , Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge , among others.

In 1979 she made her debut in the Venezuelan cinema with the film El Pez que Fuma , produced by the long time filmmaker Roman Chalbaud, and her first appearance on national television with the popular telenovela Carolina. It wasn't until the year 2000 where she made her debut in the international cinema with the independent film Just for the Time Being alongside Eva Herzigová and Patrick O'Neil.

She has received numerous awards in film festival and theater awards both in her native country and abroad. In 1995 she was among the successful Latin American actresses by Variety magazine, and Style magazine considers her one of the best actresses in Latin America alongside Salma Hayek and María Conchita Alonso.

Personal life

In 1959 she married Juan Gerardo Martínez and went to live in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Two years later they divorced, she went to live in Italy and there, in 1981, she married Orlando José Aoun. On September 8, 1982, their daughter was born; Sindy Carolina. A little over a year later, they divorced. At the end of the 80's, he married Jean Carlo Simancas in Mérida, Mérida and they ended up divorcing. On December 28, 1995, she married Luis Fernández (actor). Her daughter, is also an actress and her brother, Henrique is a Film Director; Actor and Musician, father of Lasso (singer) [3]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
1977 El pez que fuma
1986Una noche orientalLeonor Montes
1991 Terra Nova Noemi
1992Máscaro: el cazador americano
1992Los platos del diabloSindia Santos
1998 Milagro en la Sabana Patricia
1998 Golpe de estadio Samara
2000Just for the Time BeingCarmen
2000Borrón y cuenta nuevaSindia Santos
2002Asesinato en lunes de carnavalFlorencia
2004 Perder es cuestión de método Susan Caviedes
2005 El caracazo
2006Mi vida por Sharon, ¿o qué te pasa a ti?
2007Tómalo suaveMaría Television film
2007El café de LupeMarilyn Short film
2014Liz en SeptiembreDolores
2016 Tamara Elena

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1976CarolinaNurbiaTelevision debut
1984La salvaje
1986 Amor prohibido Elvira
1987 Mi nombre es amor Alejandra
1990 De mujeres Antonieta
1995 El desafío Ana Luisa
1997 Contra viento y marea Ana Luisa
1998-1997 El país de las mujeres HerselfUncredited
1999 Toda mujer Celia Martínez
2000Angélica pecadoHerself
2001 Guerra de mujeres Brigitte Castro de Boni
2002Géminis, venganza de amorEmperatriz7 episodes
2002 Las González Azucena
2002 Mi gorda bella Eva Lanz de Villanueva
2003La invasoraInés Guerra
2006-2007 Voltea pa' que te enamores Gladis LópezCo-lead role
2008 ¿Vieja yo? Margot BatallaLead role
2013 Los secretos de Lucía Ayra Mesutti
2014 Corazón esmeralda Federica del Rosario PérezLead antagonist; 138 episodes
2016 Para verte mejor
2017 Rica, Famosa, Latina HerselfMain Role
TBD Dramáticas TBA

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References

  1. "MIMI LAZO Novelas, películas y, sobre todo, obras de teatro". teleprograma.diezminutos.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  2. "MIMI LAZO En 1978 se marchó "obligada" a Roma". teleprograma.diezminutos.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  3. "MIMI LAZO Se ha casado cinco veces". teleprograma.diezminutos.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 May 2017.