Get To Know Dulce Maria – The Mexican Singer With These 5 Facts

Dulce Maria is a Mexican singer, songwriter, actress and author. She has been in the entertainment business since childhood and directs commercials with over 100 works to her credit. However, she long left the commercial world to join several successful music groups, including KIDS – who played a big role in Kids, Jeans, D&D and RBD before going solo in 2009. actress, she is known for her role as Roberto Alexandra in Rebelde. Learn more about her with these five facts.

Dulce Maria’s bio

She was born on December 6, 1985 in Mexico City. Federal District, Mexico and named Dulce María Espinoza Saviñón by her parents, Bianca Saviñón and Fernando Espinoza. She has two sisters, Blanca Ireri and Claudia Maria and is the grand-niece of the legendary Mexican painter Frida Khalo. Her ancestry is mixed, consisting of German, Mexican Indian, and Spanish.

Dulce began her career as an 8-year-old girl in television commercials and appeared on the Mexican version of Sesame Street titled Plaza Sesamo. Among other commercials in which she made a for the Mexican furniture store Viana on Mother’s Day. Besides commercials, she has participated in several specials on the Mexican channel Discovery Kids and has worked in soap operas at Televisa.

5 facts to know about Dulce Maria

Singing career

Dulce became a member of the Mexican music group DES KIDS. in 1996. After three years, she decided to leave for personal reasons and founded another group, D&D, with her then-boyfriend, Daniel Habif, also a member of KIDS The duo recorded five songs but s separated shortly thereafter.

Subsequently, she joined the Mexican girl group, Jeans in the early 2000s until 2002 when she left to film her film Clase 406. She was then cast in Rebelde, whose success launched the group Latin pop RBD, featuring Mexican actors and singers; Dulce, Maite Perroni, Christian Chávez, Alfonso Herrera and Christopher von Uckermann. They enjoyed international success from 2004 until their split in 2009 and were twice nominated for a Latin Grammy Award and won numerous others. Additionally, they have released 9 studio albums, including records in Spanish, Portuguese and English, and sold over 60 million records worldwide, making them the most successful Latin pop group of all time.

She has also collaborated with a number of notable musicians to create hit tracks. Among his collaborators are the Italian singer Tiziano Ferro and the Mexican singer Anahí El Regalo Màs Grande Akon; for his 2009 hit single, Belle, Spanish producer/singer Juan Magan in 2010 on Inevitable, Swedish singer, Basshunter on Wake Up Next to Me in 2013, and Dominican/Spanish singer Henry Mendez on No Regresa Más in 2014 .

After RBD disbanded, Dulce Maria signed with Universal Music in October 2009 and began recording as a solo artist. She has released three studio albums: Extranjera (2010), Sin Fronteras (2014) and DM (2017).

Her debut album debuted at number one on Mexican label AMPROFON and she also became the first Mexican artist to be certified platinum in Brazil. Also, he pays homage to Tejano singer Selena in the title Oui non. His fourth album, called Origen, is due out in 2019.

Acting career

Since her debut in the commercial arena with more than 100 commercials to her name, Dulce has starred in numerous telenovelas, including: El vuelo del águila (1994), Nunca te olvidaré (1999), Clase 406 (2003), Rebelde ( 2004), RBD: La Familia (2007), Verano de Amor (2009), Mentir para Vivir (2013), Corazón Que Mmiente (2016) – where she was chosen to play her first antagonist role and Muy Padres (2018).

She gained international fame after starring in Rebelde as the strong-willed daughter of a famous Mexican singer and received the 2006 TVyNovelas Award for Best Young Telenovela Actress for her work.

Apart from her dominance on television, she also plays an important role on the big screen. In 2010, she portrayed Lupita in the independent film project, Alguien Ha Visto Une Lupita? (Has Anyone Seen Lupita?), alongside Chilean actor Cristian de la Fuente. His other film credits include Inesperado Amor (2000), El agente 00-P2 (2009), Quiero ser fiel (2014).

Additionally, Dulce not only appears on screen to entertain his audience, but also uses his established presence to promote causes close to his heart, such as PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). For example, she appeared in a 2015 PETA video dissuading people from attending circuses using animals. In July 2018, she joined the PETA campaign against SeaWorld.

Awards and recognitions

Dulce Maria has won several international awards such as the MTV Europe Music Award, the Premios TVyNovelas, the People en Español Award, the Premios Juventud, as well as the American, Mexican and Brazilian editions of the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards.

She was also named Febre Teen Magazine’s 2014 Latin Star of the Year and received Para Todos Magazine’s Best Latin Singer award on her 20th birthday in 2015.

Apart from the accolades she has received for her works, she has also been recognized by various media outlets for her features. She was voted among the most beautiful by magazines such as People en Español in 2007, 2010, 2011 and 2016, topped Quien’s list in 2006, Caras in 2012, TVyNovelas in 2016. In addition, Vip magazine l named “The 100 Sexiest Women of All Time” in 2011.

Her influence has also been recognized on social media platforms such as Twitter and in 2015 she was the Mexican with the highest peak (#7) on the Billboard Social 50. Over the course of her career, Dulce Maria has amassed a mouthwatering of $12 million.

Philanthropy

Dulce is not only known as an actress, she is also known for her involvement in campaigns and humanitarian services.

In September 2009, she was chosen by Google, Save the Children and Chicos.net to represent the company. Yes campaign to promote the proper use of technology and the Internet among children and young people. She created her own foundation in October 2009, known as Fundación Dulce Amanecer through which she contributes to social causes such as support for indigenous women’s communities and environmental protection. For her actions and her impact on the environment and society, she received the Pro-Social Award from the Kids Choice Awards Mexico 2011.

Dulce Maria was invited by KaBOOM! and Kool-Aid in August 2012 to help build and open a playground located in Lynwood, California, to promote physical activity among minors and reduce levels of obesity among them.

Other campaigns she has been involved in include Mujeres a Tiempo, organized by Televisa Monterrey to fight breast cancer, she became the face of MTV’s global campaign Someone Like Me in 2015, created to inform and create a dialogue among young people about sex, sexual health and ultimately reaching an HIV-free generation among others.

Private life

His dating arena never seems to run out of activities. Dulce’s relationship timeline would contain names such as Luis Rodrigo Reyes (2011 – 2012), his actor in Verano de Amor, Pablo Lyle (2009), a Mexican professional footballer, Francisco Guillermo Ochoa (2006 – 2007), his partner in RBD group, Alfonso Herrera (2002 – 2005). Besides these confirmed relationships, Dulce is reportedly linked to American singer Joe Jonas after their August 2011 stage performance.

The redhead bombshell started dating Mexican filmmaker, poet, writer, documentary filmmaker and executive producer, Paco Álvarez in 2016.