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Aarón Díaz Spencer (born March 7, 1982) is a Mexican actor, singer, and model.

Biography[link]

Aarón Díaz Spencer was born in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico to an Irish-American mother (surname Spencer) and a Mexican father (surname Díaz).^[1][2] Diaz speaks English and Spanish fluently and lived for several years in Palo Alto, California. He finished high school in Palo Alto, before returning to Mexico to study at the exclusive Televisa Acting School Centro de Educación Artística (CEA).

He made his acting debut in the popular teen drama Clase 406, playing the role of Kike González.^[3] In 2004, he followed Clase 406 with another teen drama titled Corazones al límite co-starring Sherlyn and Sara Maldonado. He then played the role of the older Andrés Romero in the telenovela Barrera de amor starring Yadhira Carrillo. He starred along former flame Sherlyn in Mexico's own version of Grease entitled Vaselina.

Diaz signed on in 2006 with Pedro Damian, (creator of Clase 406) to be Alexander Von Ferdinand, the main male protagonist for the teen telenovela called Lola...Érase una vez, co-starring Eiza González and Grettell Valdez which premiered on February 26, 2007 on "Canal 5" in Mexico.

In 2008 he debuted as a designer and entrepreneur with the clothing brand ‘Perra’. ^[4]

Apart from acting, Díaz is also a singer and he released his first album titled "Enamórate de mí" in June 2009. His second album self-titled "Aaron Diaz," was released in 2011.

In 2010/2011 he was the main protagonist alongside Angelique Boyer and Sebastián Rulli in the latest version of the telenovela Teresa, playing the role of Mariano.

In 2010 he released a 2011 calendar with exclusive, artistic, and original photos of himself. ^[5] The success of the first calendar caused him to release a 2012 version in December of 2011. ^[6]

In November 2011, Díaz made his debut in an American television show in the ABC series Pan Am,^[7] playing the role of Miguel, a dashing, charming, and wealthy entrepreneur in the episode 'Unscheduled Departure'.

For the first time in his career Díaz is playing an antagonist role in the current telenovela, El Talismán,^[8] were he plays the role of Antonio Negrete, the son of the evil Gregorio, (Sergio Reynoso) the husband of Doris, (Marcela Mar) the brother of the seductive Lucrecia, (Lola Ponce), the father of Fabiola (Isabel Burr) and Florencia, (Sandra Itzel) and the lover of Mariana (Karyme Lozano).

Personal life[link]

Diaz dated and eventually married actress Kate del Castillo on August 29, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada, and endorsed with the religious ceremony in the Episcopal Church in San Miguel de Allende (Mexico) on the 5th of September of that year.^[9] They announced their separation in July of 2011. He is currently dating his co-star Lola Ponce.^[10]

Filmography[link]

• Clase 406 (2002-2003) as Enrique 'Kike' González
• Corazones al límite (2004) as Braulio Vallardes Stone
• Barrera de amor (2005) as Andrés Romero
• Amor xtremo (2006) as Sebastián
• Plaza Sésamo (2007) as Doctor
• Lola...Érase una vez (2007) as Alexander Von Ferdinand
• Terminales (2008) as Sebastián
• Dinoshark (2010) as Luis
• Teresa (2010-2011) as Mariano Sánchez Suárez
• Pan Am (2011) as Miguel Ortiz
• El Talismán (2012) as Antonio Negrete

Theater[link]

• 2008: Vaselina as Danny

Discography[link]

• 2009: Enamórate de mí
• 2011: Aaron Diaz

References[link]

External links[link]

• Aarón Díaz at the Internet Movie Database

Lola Ponce
Lola Ponce at the meeting with Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, the President of Argentina (2010).
Background information
Birth name	Paola Fabiana Ponce
Born	(1982-06-25) 25 June 1982 (age 30) Capitán Bermudez, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
Genres	Pop, pop rock, Latin pop
Occupations	Singer, actress, model, spokesperson
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2001—present
Labels	Raimoon/Sony BMG
Associated acts	Gió Di Tonno

Paola Fabiana Ponce (born June 25, 1982), professionally known as Lola Ponce, is an Argentine singer–songwriter, composer, actress and occasional model.

Ponce made her breakthrough in Argentina and Latin America with her debut album Inalcanzable, which was released in 2001. She also earned a great popularity in Italy, after starring in musical Notre-Dame de Paris in Verona. Ponce has since released two more albums — Fearless (2004) and Il diario di Lola (2008) — and has performed in Spanish, Italian and English. In 2008, along with Giò Di Tonno, she won San Remo Festival with the song "Colpo di fulmine".

Life and career[link]

Early life and career (1982—1997)[link]

Lola Ponce was born on June 25, 1982 in Capitán Bermudez, Santa Fe Province^[1] to Hector and María.^[2] She has two siblings, Claudia and Alejandro.^[2] Born and raised in a musical family, she formed a duo with her brother when she was only 3, performing folklore songs.^[2] Ponce took part in many festivals in Latin America as child and teenager.^[1] In 1998, she had a role in Chiquititas, a popular TV series created by Cris Morena,^[3] and signed a recording contract with producer Oscar Mediavilla in 1999.^[3] Ponce entered the University of Buenos Aires, but dropped it due to music career.^[1]

Stardom (2001—present)[link]

Ponce released her debut album Inalcanzable in 2001, achieving a great success in Latin America.^[1] In 2002, she was cast as Esméralda in theatre musical Notre-Dame de Paris, which was shown in Verona, Italy, and Barcelona, Spain. Ponce recorded two songs for the musical soundtrack, "Ave Maria Pagana" and "Ali In Gabbia, Occhi Selvaggi",^[4] and made her breakthrough in Italy and Europe.^[5][6] In 2004, she released her first album in English, Fearless, and in 2005 performed her song "Sleep" in the revival part of the San Remo Festival.^[6]

In 2008, she released third studio albums Il diario di Lola, which contains songs in Spanish, Italian and English. Ponce also won San Remo Festival along with Giò Di Tonno and the song "Colpo di fulmine".^[7] The song reached number one at Italian Singles Chart.^[8] In 2010, Ponce appeared in several television series and films, and starred the stage adaptation of Alessandro Manzoni's novel The Betrothed. She also participated in Argentine version of Dancing with the Stars, Bailando por un sueño,^[9] and released her first compilation album Lola.

Personal and media life[link]

Ponce dated Italian lawyer Manuel Malenotti for five years, from 2005 to 2010,^[10][11] and is now dating her co-star Aarón Díaz,^[12] Ponce is often referred as one of most beautiful women of Argentina and Italy.^[13]

Discography[link]

• 2001 — Inalcanzable
• 2002 — Notre-Dame de Paris
• 2004 — Fearless
• 2008 — Il diario di Lola
• 2010 — Lola

Filmography[link]

References[link]