Laura Zapata

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal family name is Zapata and the second or maternal family name is Miranda.

Laura Zapata
Born	Laura Guadalupe Zapata Miranda July 31, 1955 (age 65)[a] Mexico City, Mexico
Other names	Laura Zapata de Sodi, mamá de Talia.
Occupation	Actress, singer, dancer
Years active	1974-present
Spouse(s)	Juan Eduardo Sodi de la Tijera (divorced)
Children	2
Parent(s)	Yolanda Miranda Mange[1] Guillermo Zapata Pérez de Utrera
Relatives	Thalía (maternal half-sister) Camila Sodi (Half-niece)

Laura Guadalupe Zapata Miranda (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlawɾa ɣwaðaˈlupe saˈpata miˈɾanda] born July 31, 1955) is a Mexican telenovela actress, singer and dancer. She has acted in Televisa productions.

 

Family[edit source]

Born in Mexico City, Zapata is the daughter of Guillermo Zapata Pérez de Utrera (a Mexican boxer, model and businessman) and Yolanda Miranda Mange (from her first marriage), and part of the Sodi family. She married Juan Eduardo Sodi de la Tijera. Zapata is the half-sister of music superstar Thalía, Federica, Gabriela and Ernestina Sodi, a well-known writer, and biographer. She has two sons, Claudio Sodi and Patricio Sodi. Zapata is also a singer and dancer. Laura and Thalía were the first ones of the family to gain international fame by acting and singing. In Maria Mercedes, one of Thalía’s first soap operas, Laura played a villain opposite her sister. In the world of telenovelas, she is as well known for her protagonist roles as she is for her antagonist roles.

Kidnapping[edit source]

In September 2002, Laura and her sister Ernestina were supposedly kidnapped and taken to an unspecified location. The news of their kidnapping made headlines across Latin America and among the Spanish-speaking television channels of the United States.

Thalía, her half-sister, is married to multi-millionaire Tommy Mottola, so it was speculated that their captors would ask for a large sum of money. Instead, Laura was released 18 days after her kidnapping, and her sister Ernestina was released on the 34th day.^[2]

Filmography[edit source]

Films[edit source]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	Alas doradas	Unknown role	Debut film
1978	El patrullero 777	Señorita en delegación
1979	La guerra de los pasteles	Azucena
1980	Nuestro juramento	Nancy
1981	La cosecha de mujeres	Unknown role
2002	Cuatro piernas	Sole
2012	Marcelo	Señora Martha

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Television[edit source]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1974	Mundo de juguete	Unknown role
1977	La venganza	Violeta
1977	Acompáñame	Karla
1978	Mamá campanita	Irene
1980	Juventud	Modesta
1984	Los años felices	Flora
1987–88	Rosa salvaje	Dulcina Linares	Main Antagonist
1992	María Mercedes	Malvina del Olmo	Main Antagonist
1995	Pobre niña rica	Teresa	Main Antagonist
1997	Esmeralda	Fátima Linares de Peñarreal	Antagonist
1998	La usurpadora	Zoraida Zapata	Special appearance
1999	Rosalinda	Verónica del Castillo	Recurring role
2001	Mujer bonita	Celia	10 episodes
2001	La intrusa	Maximiliana Limantur de Roldán	Antagonist
2005	Soñar no Cuesta Nada	Roberta Pérez de Lizalde	Antagonist
2008–09	Cuidado con el ángel	Onelia Montenegro Vda. de Mayer	Antagonist
2010	Zacatillo, un lugar en tu corazón	Doña Miriam Solórzano de Gálvez	Main Antagonist
2013	Todo incluido	Luz María González
2014	The Stray Cat	Lorenza Negrete de Martínez	Main Antagonist
2017	El Bienamado	Bruna Mendoza

Awards and nominations[edit source]

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result
1988	TVyNovelas Awards	Best Female Antagonist	Rosa Salvaje	Won
1993			María Mercedes
2011		Best First Actress	Zacatillo, un lugar en tu corazón	Nominated
2009	Premios People en Español	Best Female Antagonist	Cuidado con el ángel
2010	Premios de la Agrupación de Periodistas Teatrales (APT)[3]	Silvia Pinal Awards for Best Actress	12 Mujeres en Pugna	Won
	Premios de la Asociación de Cronistas y Periodistas Teatrales (ACPT)[4]	Best Actress in Monologue	No seré feliz, pero tengo marido