Ladies In Action: Argentine actress, singer and model Luisana Lopilato

Argentine actress, singer and model Luisana Lopilato

Luisana Loreley Lopilato de la Torre (born May 18, 1987) is an Argentine actress, singer and model for the Argentine company, 47 Street. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the television series Chiquititas, Rebelde Way and Casados con Hijos, and as a former member of the musical group Erreway.

Luisana Lopilato was born to Eduardo and Beatriz Lopilato, and has two siblings, actor Darío and nutritionist Daniela. She was raised as an evangelic. Lopilato made her debut in television series 10% vida and Mi familia es un dibujo in 1995, and continued working as a child model. In 1999, she was chosen to play Luisana Maza in Chiquititas, a popular television series created by Cris Morena.
Lopilato signed contract with the Cris Morena Group, and released four Chiquititas soundtrack albums — Chiqutitias Vol. 5 (1999), Chiqutitias Vol. 6 (2000), Chiquititas Vol. 6 (2001) and Chiquititas: Rincón de Luz (2001). She reprised her role of Luisana Maza in Chiquititas, la historia, a mini–series broadcast in 2001, and Chiquititas: Rincón de Luz, a 2001 Chiquititas spin–off film. In 2000, she also appeared in film Un Amor en Moises Ville.
In 2002, Lopilato landed the role of Mía Colucci in 2002—03 television series Rebelde Way, created by Cris Morena. She starred along with Camila Bordonaba, Felipe Colombo and Benjamín Rojas, with whom she formed a pop band Erreway. Erreway released three studio albums — Señales (2002), Tiempo (2003) and Memoria (2004) — which sold in over 5million copies worldwide. Señales and Tiempo earned Platinum certification in Argentina (Señales even earned double Platinum), while Memoria earned Gold. Their 2004 film Erreway: 4 Caminos was also a box–office success.
Erreway officially disbanded in 2005, but the release of their compilation El Disco de Rebelde Way announced the reunion. In 2007 it was announced that Lopilato had left Erreway, and that Bordonaba, Colombo and Rojas would have a tour in Spain as a trio. It was also confirmed that Lopilato would record a solo album, and that she had signed with Universal Music Group.
Lopilato gained great popularity in Latin America, Spain, Greece and Israel after Rebelde Way. She received several subsequent acting offers and ended up signing with Pol-Ka Productions, with which she did two telenovelas, Los Secretos de Papá and Los Pensionados. In 2005 Lopilato appeared in Casados con Hijos, an Argentine version of Married... With Children. She portrayed Paola Argento, a character originally portrayed by Christina Applegate. She was nominated for a Martín Fierro Award for Best Supporting Actress. She once again worked with Cris Morena on Alma Pirata, starring alongside Benjamín Rojas, Mariano Martínez and Nicolas Vázquez.
In 2007, Lopilato was host of Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica, Latin MTV Awards, with former Miss Colombia Valerie Domínguez. She was also nominated for an ACE Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the theatre play Arlequín, and appeared in the Martín Fierro Award-nominated television comedy El Capo. Gente magazine named Lopilato "The Face of the Year". Lopilato starred alongside Rodrigo González and Sabrina Garciarena in the 2008 telenovela Encandilados, made especially for cell-phones, and also starred in the theatre play La Cenicienta with Rodrigo Guirao Díaz. From 2008 to 2009, she starred alongside Gabriel Goity, Rodrigo Guirao Díaz, former Erreway fellow Camila Bordonaba, Elías Viñoles and her brother Darío in the series Atracción x4. Lopilato has also sung backing vocals for her sister Marcia on a number of unreleased tracks.
In 2009, Lopilato starred opposite Nicolás Cabré and Gimena Accardi in film Papá por un Día. Her animated film Plumíferos, which was completed in 2008, was finally released in February 2010. Lopilato is currently working on her new telenovela, Alguien quen me quiera.
Lopilato, a native of Buenos Aires, cited singer Luis Miguel as her idol and River Plate her favourite football club. She dated her Chiquititas and Rebelde Way co–star Felipe Colombo for five years, and they broke up after the Argentine media revealed a private tape of the two during the Nuestro Tiempo Tour in 2003. In 2008, it was rumoured Colombo refused to portray Prince in Cinderella after Lopilato was confirmed to play the lead female role. Lopilato was then engaged to her Alma Pirata co–star Mariano Martínez in 2006, and tennis player Juan Mónaco in 2008. She is currently engaged to Canadian singer Michael Bublé, in whose video "Haven't Met You Yet" she appeared.
Lopilato gained great popularity while starring in Rebelde Way, and earned comparisons with her co–star Catherine Fulop. She has since been spokesperson for many brands, independently or along with her Erreway band mates. Her contracts include Coca Cola, Axe, Gottex and Gillette, Lopilato is a model house of 47 Street clothing company and the company pajamas bathing of Promesse .