Amaya Forch Barry (born 5 March 1972) is a Chilean actress and pop singer known for making appearances on various Chilean television programs. After playing in a number of television and theatre productions, Forch began to venture into singing. At the

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, she sang alongside

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. In 2002, Forch played Carmela in a production of ''

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'' and also joined the talent show ''

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'' as a judge. In 2004, she played in the

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(TVN)

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' and a production of ''

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'' in 2009. That same year, she appeared on TVN's '' El Baile en TVN'', the Chilean version of ''

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''. In 2019–20, she played in the Chilean-German thriller television series ''

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'' a recurring character. In 2010, Forch and Valentín Trujillo recorded a collaboration song for an album featuring numerous Chilean artists to raise relief funds for the 2010 earthquakes in Chile and

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. In 2006, Forch married journalist Amaro Gómez-Pablos and their marriage would end a decade later in 2014 over several months. After the divorce, she returned to acting and singing with the seventh season of ''

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''.

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