She is beautiful and successful. Leads the life of an independent woman. She sings and dances beautifully. This is the megastag of Argentine cinema Veronica Castro.
October 19, 1952 Veronica Castro was born at the San Rafael Hospital (Mexico City). Veronica is the daughter of Fausto Saenza and Socorro Castro Alba, and has three brothers, Jose Alberto, Fausto and Beatriz.
At the age of twelve, the girl was able to become a beauty queen at a local competition. The addiction to show business was not an accident. Her paternal relatives were involved in Mexican cinema.
Veronica already at a young age knew that success and happiness do not come by themselves. She did not count on the support of her relatives. She achieved everything in life herself. At school, the girl always stood out for her singing and acting skills. Castro was waiting for a chance that comes to everyone once in a lifetime.
Not far from Veronica's house was the headquarters of one of the most authoritative Mexican parties, where the future actress met Pedro Luis Bartilotti, a candidate for deputy who traveled through his electoral states. At that time the deputy's assistant was Andres Soler, who had his own theater school.
The girl immediately realized that this was the very chance she had been waiting for for a very long time. She threw away her indecision and asked Andres to help her become an actress. The politician could not refuse from amazement the persistent young lady. In the same year, Veronica was not only enrolled in drama school, but also received a scholarship along with her younger sister.
It was not much money, so the family continued to live in poverty. For this reason, the young student made a difficult decision, which her relatives strongly disliked. Veronica got naked for one of the local magazines. The relatives were stunned, but Veronica understood that this act was necessary for her acting dream.
Creativity on television
In order to make money, Veronica took on any job that came along. In Mexico at that time, photo novels were in demand - small brochures, on the pages of which a photograph and a short text were placed. So in 1966, Veronica began her career. La romantica Samantha was the girl's first photo novel, created by Enrique Gou.
A little later, happiness smiled at Veronica, and she got into the television show "Ha-ha", which was hosted by the then famous actor Manuel Valdez. The dazzling girl caught his attention, and he helped her in her career. Veronica continuously worked on her speech technique, learned to sing. The result was not long in coming: Veronica received an announcer diploma. In addition, she began to broadcast her own program on a Mexican radio station.
The energy and determination of the future artist on the way to a career bore fruit and in 1970 Castro won the Face of the Year competition. After that, offers fell on the girl. And, in the end, Veronica got on television screens.
Film career
It is worth noting that Castro refused to appear in soap operas for a long time, believing that this genre is not worth attention. But over time, she agreed. Veronica's film career began in the popular television series The Rich Also Cry, where she played a poor orphan. The series has been sold in over 40 countries worldwide and has been translated into several languages. After this role, Veronica was recognized all over the world.
The actress did not allow herself the slightest rest. Because she was afraid that success would turn away from her. After some time, Veronica moved to Argentina to play in a series of four telenovelas: "Veronica: The Face of Love" (1982), "Face to Face" (1983), "Yolanda Lujan" (1984) and "Forbidden Love" (1986) …
Due to her growing fame as a world star, the actress began to record her music in different languages and began to travel the world, performing in various places. In 1986, she performed in the Latin version of the song "We Are The World". She also released one of her most popular albums to date, Simplemente Todo.
Returning home, the actress starred in 1987 in the new melodrama "Wild Rose", which became famous all over the world. And in 1990, she starred in My Little Soledad, where she plays two characters: Isadora and Soledad, mother and daughter. This was her first telenovela, created by her brother Jose Albert Castro. Since the 1990s, Castro began hosting pop shows.
In 2010, the last series with the participation of Veronica was released on television, where the actress received only a cameo role.
Personal life
Veronica has two children, but she has no husband. Veronica had a romantic relationship with Mexican actor Manuel Valdez. The couple began dating in 1970. And after 4 years they had a son, Christian, who in the future became a famous pop singer. However, the relationship between Valdez and Castro did not last long, they parted in 1978. After parting, Castro had a new romance - in 1981, with the then successful motorcycle racer Jorge Martinez. However, it only lasted a year.
After that, the actress was the common-law wife of the famous Mexican businessman Enrique Niembro for seven years. But it did not work out, Veronica left Enrique because he cheated on her. Therefore, she decided that she would give birth to her second son (Michel) herself. Castro had a love relationship with actor Omar Fierro, which lasted two years. All Mexico hoped that this time everything would end in marriage. However, this did not happen. Recently Veronica became a grandmother - daughter Simona was born in the family of the eldest son Christian.
