Gabriela Spanic Biography

Fast Facts

• She donated the wheelchair that her character used in the TV series "La usurpadora" to charity
• Won the title "Miss Venezuela International" at the 1992 beauty pageant of the same name
• Became the only non-Mexican actress in history to be named one of the 20 Most Influential Latin Stars in 2009
• Briefly studied Psychology before deciding to focus on her acting career
• Her first role was as an extra in the 1991 TV series "Mundo de fieras․"
• Best known for her role as Guadalupe Santos in "Prisionera" and as Ivana Dorantes Rangel in "Soy tu dueña․"
• Played both the twins, Paola and Paulina, in "La usurpadora," but for a fight scene the producers hired her real life twin sister, Daniela Spanic, to play Paulina because it was too hard to film with camera tricks