Geraldine Bazán

Rosalba Geraldine Bazán Ortiz (born 30 January 1983) is a Mexican actress.

Geraldine Bazán
Bazán in 2018
Born	Rosalba Geraldine Bazán Ortiz (1983-01-30) 30 January 1983 (age 41) Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1993–present
Spouse	Gabriel Soto ​ ​ (m. 2016; div. 2018)​ [1]
Children	2

Early life

Bazán was born in Mexico City, Mexico, to Rosalba Ortiz Cabrera. Her father, Manuel Antonio Bazán, is an entrepreneur living in southern California. Her brother is Angel Claude, who is also an actor.

Career

Bazán began her career in 1988 first appearing in TV commercials, before landing on roles as a child actor in telenovelas. She appeared in Corazón Salvaje, Buscando el Paraíso, María la del Barrio, Preciosa, Traviesa and Camila for Televisa. And later had main roles in the TV Azteca-produced telenovelas Catalina Y Sebastián, Ellas Inocentes o Culpables, Como en el Cine and Dos Chicos de Cuidado.

Towards the end of 2004 she traveled to Miami to film the telenovela Soñar no Cuesta Nada, produced by Venevisión-Univision. In 2005, she was in eight films in Mexico and nine theater plays, including Univision's El Amor No Tiene Precio. The actress starred in Tierra de Pasiones in 2006 from NBC Telemundo. Bazán played an antagonic role in the 2007 teen telenovela Bajo las riendas del amor from Televisa Miami Studios. All three telenovelas were broadcast in the United States, Mexico, Latin America and Europe.

In 2008, Bazán appeared in Victoria, a telenovela filmed in Bogotá, Colombia, alongside Victoria Ruffo, Arturo Peniche and Mauricio Ochmann. Victoria is a remake of Mirada de Mujer, itself a remake of Colombian telenovela Señora Isabel. She worked again with Venevision - Univision in 2010 with Sacrificio de Mujer.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1994	Novia que te vea
2001	En el tiempo de las mariposas	Patria Mirabal
2002	Punto y aparte	Aurora
	Espejo retrovisor	Paloma
2005	La Hacienda Embrujada	Amanda
2019	Los Leones	Kala
	Mixtape	Sammy

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Corazón salvaje	Mónica
	Buscando el paraíso	Alma
1995	María la del Barrio	Teresa (child) role
1997	Mi pequeña traviesa	Alicia
1998	Camila	Paola
1999	Catalina y Sebastián	Luisa Negrete Rivadeneira
2000	Ellas, inocentes o culpables	Liliana
2001-2002	Como en el cine	Regina Linares/Amatista
2001	Lo que callamos las mujeres
2002	Sin permiso de tus padres
2003	Dos chicos de cuidado en la ciudad	Fernanda
2004	Historias de la risa real
2005	Soñar no Cuesta Nada	Liliana Reyes Retana
	El amor no tiene precio	Elizabeth Monte y Valle González
2006	Tierra de Pasiones	Belinda San Román
2007	Bajo las riendas del amor	Verónica Orozco
	Victoria	Paula Mendoza
2010	Alguien te mira	Tatiana Wood
2011	Sacrificio de mujer	Victoria "Vicky" Lombardo
2012	La mujer de Judas	Emma Balmori
2015	Dueños del paraíso	Verónica Romero
2018-2019	Por amar sin ley	Elena Fernández
	Falsa Identidad	Marlene Gutierrez
2022–2023	Secretos de villanas	Herself	Main cast (season 1–2)[2]
2024	La casa de los famosos	Herself	Contestant (season 4)[3]

Awards

• Gold Aztec Award Premio Azteca de Oro en Los Angeles Cal. Hispanic Heritage
• ACE Award, Premio ACE New York for the face of the year
• Sin Limite Award, Premios Sin Limite New York for best female performance
• Latino Award, Premios Latinos New York as well as female performance
• Diamond Mara Award, Mara de Oro awards in Venezuela for best TV actress
• Palmas de Oro Latinas Award Palmas de Oro Phoenix, AZ, USA
• Premio Amigos del Peru Miami, FL, USA
• Premio Carteles Miami, FL, USA

Organizations and projects

Bazán is a member of the First Parliament of Immigrants, the Mex-I-can Foundation and assisted the National Hispanic Conclave in Florida. She worked with La Raza National Convention (NCLR).

Bazán is a founding member of "Women on Film and Television in Mexico", which promotes the work of Mexican and foreign entertainers through its "Muestra Internacional" initiative. Bazán also collaborates with charity organizations that promote the film industry both in Mexico and the United States, such as the "Fundacion Expression en corto y Canana y Documental Ambulante, AC", an entity that promotes film and video as a tool of social conscience.

Géraldine Bazán has been Goodwill Ambassador and International Marshall of the Hispanic and Puerto Rican National Day Parade parades held in Manhattan. In 2008 she was the International Queen of the Mexican Day Parade in New York and Desfile Mexicano de Independencia East LA. She was an honor guest along in the 5 May festival in Flushing M Park in Queens, and Manhattan N.Y., as well as serving as the Godmother of the First Dominican Parade in Miami, Florida. ^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Bazán was married to actor Gabriel Soto from 2016 to 2018, with whom had two daughters.

References

1. ""Cometí errores", dice Gabriel Soto sobre divorcio de Geraldine Bazán". eluniversal.com.mx (in Spanish). 5 December 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
2. Redacción (19 October 2022). ""Secretos de Villanas", un reality que reúne a seis legendarias antagonistas de telenovelas". esjappi (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2023.
3. "Geraldine Bazán y Patricia Corcino son las dos nuevas habitantes de 'La Casa de los Famosos 4'". La Opinión (in Spanish). 14 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.

External links

• Géraldine Bazán at IMDb