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Thalia Profile |
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Birth Date: August 26, 1971
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Birth Place: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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Birth Name: Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda
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Height: 5'6"
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Biography |
Thalia was born the 26th of August 1972, in Hospital
Espanol, Mexico. The youngest of five children, Adriana
Thalia Sodi Miranda was a tomboy when she was younger and
preferred playing sports with the boys and being outdoors. A
more feminine side kicked in when she enrolled in a school
to be trained in Classical Ballet.
Her training and her eldest sister's acting career prompted
Thalia to dream of seeing her name up in lights. She
abandoned her dreams of becoming an Olympic Gold medalist to
become a famous singer and actress.
After piano lessons at the Instituto Mexicano de Musica at
age eight, Thalia joined the music group Din-Din, who had
participated in artistic festivals and released four albums.
In 1984, she joined the group Vaselina and later joined the
popular musical act Timbiriche as one of the backup singers.
She performed as a chorus girl in the musical Grease,
performed by Timbiriche. As luck would have it, the lead
singer of Timbiriche ended up leaving the band, leaving the
lead open for Thalia to fill.
While her career as a singer was soaring, Thalia also began
to establish herself as an actress. Between 1987 and 1989,
she had small roles in soap operas such as La pobre señorita
Limantour, Quinceañera and Luz y Sombra. After Thalia became
the lead of Timbiriche, the popularity of the group
increased even more, until disagreements between the group
caused the band to breakup. With the split of Timbiriche,
Thalia moved to Los Angeles for a year, a move that almost
transformed her. When she returned to Mexico after a year,
Thalia began her work as a solo artist with the release of
her debut solo album Thalia that revealed the all new
"Thalia". This was her first work with producer Alfredo Diaz
Ordaz, who also produced her next two albums.
Then came more acting roles for Thalia. She was the co-host
of a popular variety show called VIP de noche in Spain,
where she also agreed to work on a trilogy of soap operas.
The first one was a hit when it came out in 1992, while the
second soap opera, Marimar, was equally a huge success,
receiving high ratings in the United States. In 1995, the
third soap opera, Maria la del barrio was also a big hit.
In 1995, En Extasis was released, Thalia's first album after
having signed with EMI Music Mexico. The album, which was
produced by Gloria Estefan's husband, Emilio Estefan, as
well as Oscar Lopez, was number one for several weeks. The
success of the album broke records in twenty countries and
received many honors for the amount that it sold in Central
America. After the success of En Extasis and her success as
an actress, Thalia became recognized worldwide, creating an
international fan base for the artist.
In 1997, Thalia released another hugely successful album
Amor a la mexicana, not to mention an album in the Filipino
language, entitled Nandito Ako. The following honors are
among the recognition that Thalia has received:
As of 1997, Los Angeles declared April 25 "Thalia Day".
- She has been Queen of the Miami Carnival and Queen of the
Broadway party in Los Angeles.
- A wax figure of Thalia was unveiled in Mexico City.
Thalia had a role on another soap opera, Rosalinda and
recently appeared in the feature film Mambo Caf. Her latest
album Arrasondo has so far spawned a Billboard Top 10 Latin
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Her father died when she was just five years old.
Sister of Laura Zapata, Federica, Gabriela, and Ernestina.
Born at 7:30 pm.
Mother is Yolanda Miranda Mange and father is Ernesto Sodi
Pallares.
Fluent in French.
Is the youngest of five children
Her latest album "El Sexto Sentido", was released in 2005
and was recorded mostly in the Spanish language, but with a
few of the cuts sung in English as well.
Was a member of the Pop group Timbiriche.
Aunt of Camila Sodi.
Currently the March of Dimes spokeswoman for premature
births
Launched her Dulceria Thalia chocolate and candy line under
the Hershey's company |
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