Ninel Conde - Mexican Actress

Beautiful Mexican actress, model, TV host and Latin Grammy Award-nominated recording artist Ninel Conde was born on September 29th, 1970 in Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico.
Ninel started out as an actress, debuting in the 1995 telenovela Bajo un Mismo Rostro on Televisa.
She appeared in minor roles in La Antorcha Encendida and Luz Clarita the following year, then jumped over to TV Azteca to appear in Catalina y Sebastián in 1999.
Then in 2000, she appeared in two more telenovelas for TV Azteca, Besos Prohibidos and Vuelve Conmigo.
Moving to Univisión in the same year, she appeared on La Revancha.
Ninel appeared on the third season of the reality show Big Brother VIP, and was voted off after 43 days.
That season was won by Mexican actress, singer and television host, Verónica Castro (who has won five Big Brother competitions).

After Big Brother VIP, Ninel landed the role that would bring her the most fame, Alma Rey on the Televisa telenovela, Rebelde.
Rebelde was a remake of the Argentine telenovela Rebelde Way, and ran for three seasons on Televisa and was so popular that it was broadcast in not only Mexico, but in the United States (on Univision), Peru, Romania Acasa TV, Brazil, Spain, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Croatia and Albania.
It was even so popular, that they had guest stars like Hilary Duff, Gorillaz and Lenny Kravitz.

Anyway, Ninel's character Alama Ray was a famous model and singer on the show, and the mother of Roberta Pardo (Dulce Maria).

In 2005, Ninel started appearing on the American series Ugly Betty as Sofia Rivera in the show-within-a-show, Vidas de Fuego.
In 2008, she appeared on the telenovela Fuego en la sangre (Fire in the Blood) as Rosario Rodriguez.
In 2009, Ninel appeared in one episode of the Televisa variety series Desmadruga2.
From 2009 to 2010, she appeared in Mar de Amor (Sea of Love) as Catalina "Coral" Mijares, the main villain.

Ninel has also done stage work, appearing in the play, Mujeres Frente al Espejo in 2002.

And besides acting, Ninel has a singing career.
She released her first album Ninel Conde in 2003, followed by La Rebelde (2005) and Libre (2010).
Ninel has released two compilation albums, Y... Ganó El Amor (2005) and 20 Grandes de Ninel Conde (2008).
She has also released several singles and music videos.
In 2011 she released Ayer y Hoy, her third album.

Also in 2011, Ninel was nominated for three Premios People En Español awards and a Premios Texas award.