Geraldine Bazán

Geraldine Bazán
Bazán in 2018
Born
Rosalba Geraldine Bazán Ortiz

(1983-01-30) 30 January 1983 (age 41)
OccupationActress
Years active1993–present
Spouse
(m. 2016; div. 2018)
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Children2

Rosalba Geraldine Bazán Ortiz (born 30 January 1983) is a Mexican actress.

Early life

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Bazán was born in Mexico City, Mexico, to Rosalba Ortiz Cabrera. Her father, Manuel Antonio Bazán, is an entrepreneur living in southern California. Her brother is Angel Claude, who is also an actor.

Career

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Bazán began her career in 1988 first appearing in TV commercials, before landing on roles as a child actor in telenovelas. She appeared in Corazón Salvaje, Buscando el Paraíso, María la del Barrio, Preciosa, Traviesa and Camila for Televisa. And later had main roles in the TV Azteca-produced telenovelas Catalina Y Sebastián, Ellas Inocentes o Culpables, Como en el Cine and Dos Chicos de Cuidado.

Towards the end of 2004 she traveled to Miami to film the telenovela Soñar no Cuesta Nada, produced by Venevisión-Univision. In 2005, she was in eight films in Mexico and nine theater plays, including Univision's El Amor No Tiene Precio. The actress starred in Tierra de Pasiones in 2006 from NBC Telemundo. Bazán played an antagonic role in the 2007 teen telenovela Bajo las riendas del amor from Televisa Miami Studios. All three telenovelas were broadcast in the United States, Mexico, Latin America and Europe.

In 2008, Bazán appeared in Victoria, a telenovela filmed in Bogotá, Colombia, alongside Victoria Ruffo, Arturo Peniche and Mauricio Ochmann. Victoria is a remake of Mirada de Mujer, itself a remake of Colombian telenovela Señora Isabel. She worked again with Venevision - Univision in 2010 with Sacrificio de Mujer.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role
1994 Novia que te vea
2001 En el tiempo de las mariposas Patria Mirabal
2002 Punto y aparte Aurora
Espejo retrovisor Paloma
2005 La Hacienda Embrujada Amanda
2019 Los Leones Kala
Mixtape Sammy

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1993 Corazón salvaje Mónica
Buscando el paraíso Alma
1995 María la del Barrio Teresa (child) role
1997 Mi pequeña traviesa Alicia
1998 Camila Paola
1999 Catalina y Sebastián Luisa Negrete Rivadeneira
2000 Ellas, inocentes o culpables Liliana
2001-2002 Como en el cine Regina Linares/Amatista
2001 Lo que callamos las mujeres
2002 Sin permiso de tus padres
2003 Dos chicos de cuidado en la ciudad Fernanda
2004 Historias de la risa real
2005 Soñar no Cuesta Nada Liliana Reyes Retana
El amor no tiene precio Elizabeth Monte y Valle González
2006 Tierra de Pasiones Belinda San Román
2007 Bajo las riendas del amor Verónica Orozco
Victoria Paula Mendoza
2010 Alguien te mira Tatiana Wood
2011 Sacrificio de mujer Victoria "Vicky" Lombardo
2012 La mujer de Judas Emma Balmori
2015 Dueños del paraíso Verónica Romero
2018-2019 Por amar sin ley Elena Fernández
Falsa Identidad Marlene Gutierrez
2022–2023 Secretos de villanas Herself Main cast (season 1–2)[2]
2024 La casa de los famosos Herself Contestant (season 4)[3]

Awards

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Organizations and projects

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Bazán is a member of the First Parliament of Immigrants, the Mex-I-can Foundation and assisted the National Hispanic Conclave in Florida. She worked with La Raza National Convention (NCLR).

Bazán is a founding member of "Women on Film and Television in Mexico", which promotes the work of Mexican and foreign entertainers through its "Muestra Internacional" initiative. Bazán also collaborates with charity organizations that promote the film industry both in Mexico and the United States, such as the "Fundacion Expression en corto y Canana y Documental Ambulante, AC", an entity that promotes film and video as a tool of social conscience.

Géraldine Bazán has been Goodwill Ambassador and International Marshall of the Hispanic and Puerto Rican National Day Parade parades held in Manhattan. In 2008 she was the International Queen of the Mexican Day Parade in New York and Desfile Mexicano de Independencia East LA. She was an honor guest along in the 5 May festival in Flushing M Park in Queens, and Manhattan N.Y., as well as serving as the Godmother of the First Dominican Parade in Miami, Florida. [citation needed]

Personal life

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Bazán was married to actor Gabriel Soto from 2016 to 2018, with whom had two daughters.

References

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  1. ^ ""Cometí errores", dice Gabriel Soto sobre divorcio de Geraldine Bazán". eluniversal.com.mx (in Spanish). 5 December 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  2. ^ Redacción (19 October 2022). ""Secretos de Villanas", un reality que reúne a seis legendarias antagonistas de telenovelas". esjappi (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Geraldine Bazán y Patricia Corcino son las dos nuevas habitantes de 'La Casa de los Famosos 4'". La Opinión (in Spanish). 14 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
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