Name |
Giselle Blondet |
Height |
5' 7 |
Naionality |
American |
Date of Birth |
9 January 1966, |
Place of Birth |
New York, New York, USA |
Famous for |
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Giselle Blondet, (born January 9, 1966) in Manhattan, New York City, United States to Victor Manuel Blondet and Alba Gomez. Is a Puerto Rican actress with French ancestory on her Father's side.
Blondet became famous at around the age of 14, when she began to appear on Puerto Rico's telenovelas. As a soap opera actress, she was on many of Puerto Rico's soaps of the late 1970s, and the early 1980s.
In 1982 she married Luis Iglesias, a jewler in San Juan, Puerto Rico. They had one daughter, Andrea. They were divorced in 1984. In 1986, she married the famous Bolivian actor Luis Abreu, with whom she had no children. She divorced Abreu in 1987. Around then magazines such as Vea, Teve Guía, etc, started talking of a supposed rivalry between her and Millie Avilés, another young Puerto Rican actress who resembled Blondet physically.
Blondet spent the rest of the '80s participating in different tv shows, soap operas and mini-series, as well as in some theatre plays. In 1987, her romance with actor Raúl Rosado was well publicized.
In 1989, she married producer Harold Trucco, and they had daughter, Gabriela and son, Harold Emmanuel. But this relationship also ran into trouble and they divorced in 1997. During the month of June 1997, her career took off internationally when she was given the opportunity to co-host Univisión's international show Despierta América alongside Rafael José (who was replaced by Venezuelan tv personality, Raul Gonzales in 2002), Fernando Arau, Ana María Canseco, Neyda Sandoval and occasional host Samy, the famous Cuban hair-dresser and. After divorcing Trucco, she has remained single, and she says she wants to dedicate her free time to her kids.
Her children are: Andrea(22), Gabriela(15) and Harold Emmanuel(11).
In 2004, Blondet released her autobiography "Con los Pies en la Tierra". The following year, she left Despierta América to host a new television show about real-life tragedies entitled Historias para Contar but was cancelled before it aired. In 2006, she starred in a Spanish christmas movie alongside Jose Feliciano and Raul de Molina titled "Feliz Navidad." Blondet's movie was set to be released later that year but failed to be shown in theater's. Blondet's career may have had it's setbacks since leaving Despierta America but being the hard working woman that she is, she is once again hosting a new reality show in Univision called Nuestra Belleza Latina(2007); a show with a hint of American Idol/America's Next Top Model/Miss Universe to it. And this time, it is a hit.