Alma Delfina (née Martínez Ortega) is a Mexican actress.
Acting career
She started her career in 1974 in the
telenovela
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar Drama (film and television), drama genres around the w ...
''
Mundo de juguete''. In the 1970s she was active principally on movies. In the 1980s acted in soap operas like ''Guadalupe'' (1984), ''Vanessa'' (1982) with
Lucía Méndez
Lucía Leticia Méndez Pérez (born January 26, 1955) is a Mexican telenovela and film actress, top model and singer. Méndez was born in León, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Career
Her first work in television was in the telenovela “Muchacha itali ...
, ''
Chispita'' (1983), ''
Vivir un poco'' (1985) with
Angelica Aragón and ''Marionetas'' (1987). In the 1990s starred ''
Cañaveral de Pasiones'' (1996) and ''
Pueblo chico, infierno grande'' with
Verónica Castro in the role of the evil prostitute ''La Beltraneja''. In 1999 she moved to the United States. Starred in TV series like ''
ER'' and ''
CSI: Miami'' (2002). In the 2005 she returns to Mexican telenovelas with her appearance in the Fonovideo/Televisa production ''
Inocente de Ti''. Throughout the 2000s, Delfina would appear in multiple productions for Fonovideo/Televisa (El Amor No Tiene Precio, Bajos Las Riendas Del Amor), Univision (Vidas Cruzadas, El Talisman, Cosita Linda), and Azteca (Vidas Robadas, Bajo El Alma). In 2016, Alma Delfina joined the cast of the NBC soap opera ''
Days of Our Lives
''Days of Our Lives'' (also stylized as ''Days of our Lives''; simply referred to as ''Days'' or ''DOOL'') is an American television soap opera that aired on the network NBC from November 8, 1965, to September 9, 2022; the soap has streamed n ...
'' as Adriana Hernandez.
Personal life
She is the sister of director
Gonzalo Martinez Ortega, writer Mario Iván Martínez and actresses
Socorro Bonilla and Evangelina Martínez. She is also the aunt of actors Roberto Sosa, Evangelina Sosa and
Mario Iván Martínez.
Filmography
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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1960 births
Living people
Alma
Alma or ALMA may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Alma'' (film), a 2009 Spanish short animated film
* ''Alma'', an upcoming film by Sally Potter
* ''Alma'' (Oswald de Andrade novel), 1922
* ''Alma'' (Le Clézio novel), 2017
* ''Alma'' ( ...
Mexican telenovela actresses
Mexican television actresses
Mexican film actresses
20th-century Mexican actresses
21st-century Mexican actresses
Actresses from Chihuahua (state)
People from Camargo, Chihuahua
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