Sasha Sokol

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Sasha Sökol (born 17 June 1970) is a Mexican singer, composer, actress and TV host.

Biography

When Sökol was still a toddler, her parents (Michael "Happy" Sokol and Magdalena Cuillery) divorced and her mother married Fernando Diez Barroso, an executive at Televisa. As a child, she was known as Sasha Diez Barroso, but now goes by her paternal name, Sokol. She studied at the Colegio Peterson and later at the Centro de Educación Artística (CEA) of Televisa. At that time, the music and television producer Luis de Llano Macedo was seeking to create a Mexican version of the band Parchís, and Sökol held castings at the CEA.

Sökol has one brother named Michel Sokol Cuilleri and two sisters, Alexandra and Ximena Diez Barroso.

Timbiriche

Sökol was selected as one of the original seven members and that is how she started her singing career in 1982. Sökol recorded seven albums with Timbiriche, which earned 25 gold albums and ten platinum albums. Timbiriche earned awards from El Heraldo and the TVyNovelas Awards. In 1984, with Timbiriche, Sökol participated in Vaselina as Sandy, the Spanish-language version of Grease. In 1986, she left Timbiriche and moved to Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. to continue her acting studies.

11:11 (Sasha Sokol album)

After five years of absence , Sasha Sökol returned her music career with 11:11. Different musicians collaborated with her, Julieta Venegas, Nacho Maño from Presuntos Implicados, Juan Pablo Manzanero and Jorge Reyes. It includes cover versions of Suzanne Vega, Nina Hagen and Marry Me Jane. First Single “Serás el Aire” was a huge success. She started an acoustic tour to promote this record .

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