Sandra Itzel (born 31 December 1993) is a Mexican actress and singer, best known for her role of Mayrita in the

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telenovela '' Gata salvaje'' (2002–2003). She is currently part of the Colombian band

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as a vocalist.

Career

Itzel began her acting career at age 5 on the 1997 Mexican

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'', where she played Dulce. Two years later she entered at the

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, two months after joining the Televisa academy, Nicandro Díaz chose her to be part of the telenovela '' Carita de ángel'', where she played Chabelita Pérez. Subsequently,

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chose her to appear in an episode of her series '' Mujer, casos de la vida real'', where she played the role of a girl with

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. Then made the theater version of '' Carita de ángel'' entitled ''Carita de ángel, las nuevas aventuras en vivo'', where she played the villain of the story. Her rise to fame was in the

filming in

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, titled '' Gata salvaje'', where she acted alongside

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. In this telenovela she played Mayrita, a sweet girl whom her mother does not love. After ''Gata salvaje'', she had a participation in the 2004

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''. Since then it lasted several years away from the

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. Subsequently, before she turned 18 years old, she joined the cast of the telenovela ''

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'' in 2011, and subsequently she appears in the 2013

telenovela entitled ''

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''. Her last appearance in a series or long-running telenovela was in the third season of the series ''

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'', where she played Luciana Morejón, the president's daughter during that season.

Personal life

She had a relationship with Cuban actor

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from 2013 until 2023 when they filled for divorce arguing psychological violence from his side against her.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Itzel, Sandra 1993 births Living people 20th-century Mexican actresses 21st-century Mexican actresses 21st-century Mexican women singers Mexican women singers Actresses from Mexico City Singers from Mexico City People educated at Centro de Estudios y Formación Actoral