Laura Zapata

Template:Short description Template:Family name hatnote Template:Infobox person Laura Guadalupe Zapata Miranda (Template:IPA born July 31, 1956)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> is a Mexican telenovela actress, singer, and dancer. She has acted in Televisa productions.

Life and career

Born in Mexico City, Zapata is the daughter of Guillermo Zapata Pérez de Utrera (a Mexican boxer, model, and businessman) and Yolanda Miranda Mange. She is the maternal sister of Thalía (also a singer and actress), Federica, Gabriela, and Ernestina Sodi.

Zapata is a singer and dancer. In Maria Mercedes, one of Thalía's first soap operas, Zapata played a villain opposite her sister. She is well known for her antagonist roles in telenovelas.

Zapata was married to Juan Eduardo Sodi de la Tijera. She has two sons, Claudio Sodi and Patricio Sodi.

Kidnapping

In September 2002, Zapata and her sister Ernestina Sodi were kidnapped and taken to an unspecified location. The news of their kidnapping made headlines across Latin America and on Spanish-language television channels in the United States.

Their sister, Thalía, is married to multi-millionaire Tommy Mottola, leading to speculation that their captors would demand a large ransom. However, Zapata was released 18 days after her kidnapping, and Ernestina was released on the 34th day.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	Alas doradas	Unknown role	Debut film
1978	El patrullero 777	Señorita en delegación
1979	La guerra de los pasteles	Azucena
1980	Nuestro juramento	Nancy
1981	La cosecha de mujeres	Unknown role
2002	Cuatro piernas	Sole
2012	Marcelo	Señora Martha
2019	La peor de mis bodas 2	Doña Leonor
2023	La peor de mis bodas 3

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1974	Mundo de juguete	Unknown role
1977	La venganza	Violeta
1977	Acompáñame	Karla
1978	Mamá campanita	Irene
1980	Juventud	Modesta
1984	Los años felices	Flora
1987–88	Rosa salvaje	Dulcina Linares	Main cast
1992	María Mercedes	Malvina del Olmo
1995	Pobre niña rica	Teresa
1997	Esmeralda	Fátima Linares de Peñarreal	Recurring role
1998	La usurpadora	Zoraida Zapata	Guest star
1999	Rosalinda	Verónica del Castillo	Recurring role
2001	Mujer bonita	Celia	10 episodes
2001	La intrusa	Maximiliana Limantur de Roldán	Main cast
2005	Soñar no Cuesta Nada	Roberta Pérez de Lizalde	Recurring role
2008–09	Cuidado con el ángel	Onelia Montenegro Viuda de Mayer	Main cast
2010	Zacatillo, un lugar en tu corazón	Doña Miriam Solórzano de Gálvez
2013	Todo incluido	Luz María González
2014	The Stray Cat	Lorenza Negrete de Martínez	Main cast
2017	El Bienamado	Bruna Mendoza
2021	MasterChef Celebrity México	Herself	Contestant (Season 1); 5th place<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2022	Siempre reinas	Herself	Season 1<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2023	Top Chef VIP	Herself	Contestant (season 2); runner-up<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2023–present	Secretos de villanas	Herself	Main Cast (since season 2)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result
1988	TVyNovelas Awards	Best Female Antagonist	Rosa Salvaje	rowspan=2 Template:Won
1993			María Mercedes
2011		Best First Actress	Zacatillo, un lugar en tu corazón	rowspan=2 Template:Nom
2009	Premios People en Español	Best Female Antagonist	Cuidado con el ángel
2010	Premios de la Agrupación de Periodistas Teatrales (APT)<ref>VIP Latino "Silvia Navarro nominada los Premios APT"</ref>	Silvia Pinal Awards for Best Actress	12 Mujeres en Pugna	rowspan=2 Template:Won
	Premios de la Asociación de Cronistas y Periodistas Teatrales (ACPT)<ref>Premios ACPT a lo mejor de 2010 Template:Webarchive</ref>	Best Actress in Monologue	No seré feliz, pero tengo marido

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