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Lucero León Biography

Birth Name:Lucero Hogaza León

Birth Place:Mexico City, Mexico

Profession Actress

Fast Facts

  • Her first live album was record in the late 1990s as "Un Lucero en la Mexico," an event that featured more than 40,000 fans celebrating her 20-year career
  • Her handprints can be found along the Paseo de las Luminarias, Mexico City's equivalent of the Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • For more than a decade, she has hosted "Teleton Mexico" and "Teleton USA," which solicit donations to help with children with disabilities
  • Selected by People en Español as the "Queen of the Telenovelas" in their 2013 "Los 50 mas Bellos" issue
  • Divorced husband Manuel Mijares in 2011 after a 14-year marriage
  • Her first starring role came in 1983 with the series "Chispita․"
  • As her music career began to take off in the 1980s, her music was used by Adventure Kingdom and then PepsiCo International
  • First gained notoriety at the age of 10 when she was hired for children's series "Alegrias de Mediodia" ("Mid-day Happiness․")
  • Her popularity with fans and media in Mexico took a hit after an altercation involving an bodyguard who allegedly pulled a gun on members of the press, an action she later defended
  • Her first film role came in 1983's "Coquette․"
  • Has reached multi-platinum status as a singer, songwriter and TV host who can speak and perfom in Spanish, English and Portuguese
  • In 1998, she was hired by Grupo Bimbo to advertise for their bread
  • Provided the voice of Jane in the Spanish dub of 1999 film "Tarzan․"
  • Served as a judge in the 1995 Miss Universe pageant