Rocío Banquells

She was born in Monterrey, Mexico. Daughter of the famous actor and director Rafael Banquells and actress Dina de Marco. She has 4 siblings: Jose Manuel, Ariadne, Mary Paz and Rafael. She started very young doing musicals, performing the main roles in Grease, The Sound of Music, Anything Goes, Carnival, and at age of 19 in 1981 for the first time, Evita (directed by famous director Harold Prince). She also did for TV famous Latin American soap operas, the most successful ones being where she had the role of the villain in Bianca Vidal as Monica in 1983, La Fiera as Brenda in 1984 and Los Ricos Tambien (The Rich Ones Also Cry) as Esther in 1979 (this one was a big success in Europe and Asia too). She has also a brilliant singer career, she has recorded several albums with big Latin American sales, more than 9,000,000 copies sold, awards with Gold, Platinum and Diamond Albums. Performing also the only duet made by famous Latin Singer Luis Miguel with "No Me Puedo Escapar de Ti." In 1987 she made for Coca Cola Company the Latin American version for the famous song and commercial "First Time". In 1991, Walt Disney Company asked her to do the Spanish Version for the successful movie "The Beauty and the Beast", recording on the same track with Celine Dion. In 1998 she performed "Evita" again in Latin America. Her Broadway album "I Dreamed a Dream" won the ACE Award as the best Latin Album of the decade in New York. In 2000 she toured promoting her album "Recuerdos de un sentimiento" and for 2001 she prepared an International Tour and release. In 2010, she played the role of Josefina Alvarez "Fina" the main villain in the telenovela Cuando me Enamoro with Silvia Navarro and Juan Soler.