Nora Salinas Biography

Nora Salinas (born Nora Alicia Ortiz Salinas on June 7, 1975 in Monterrey, Mxico) is a Mexican actress and former model. She has appeared in numerous soap operas, several plays and film "Cicatrices" for which she won a "Diosa de Plata" award as New Actress.

Career

Salinas first obtained international recognition in the telenovela "Esmeralda" alongside Leticia Calderon, as the damsel in distress Graciela. She was noticed in Esmeralda for her ability to portray the dramatic and often extremely love-obsessed character of Graciela who was in love with a poor foreman Adrian (Alejandro Ruiz) but has to suffer under the control of her aristocratic mother Fatima (Laura Zapata).

She was further internationally recognized as the antagonist Fedra in the telenovela "Rosalinda". In Rosalinda, Salinas portrayed a cruel and ambitious woman who makes the lead character, Rosalinda (Thalia) suffer. As a new twist in her career, veering away from her villainous and often mature roles, Salinas joined the telenovela for children, "Carita de Angel". In "Carita de Angel" Salinas gave life to the character of Tia Pelucas. Salinas showcased her comic side in "Carita de Angel" and was identified with the characters various wig color changes.

Her more recent important work is Fuego en la Sangre, where she portrayed the role of the conservative Sarita, who eventually discovers true love from a man who happens to be her family's mortal enemy.

Personal life

Nora was born in Monterrey. Her parents are Nora Alicia Salinas de Len and Jose Luis Ortiz. Her siblings are Jos Luis, Natalia y Karla. She was a model before she became an actress, and she won 'Miss Tamaulipas' in 1993 and came in second place in the Miss Mexico Pageant the same year. Later in 1996 she won the 'El Rostro del Heraldo' award.

Salinas was married briefly to Miguel Borbolla, from 2002 to 2004, and they have a son together, Jos Miguel, born in 2002. She has a daughter called Scarlett Becker Ortiz, born in 2010 with Mauricio Becker.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Cicatrices	Clara	Debut film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Agujetas de color de rosa	Jessica	Television debut
1996	Confidente de secundaria	Bianca
1997	Esmeralda	Graciela
1999	Rosalinda	Fedra Prez Romero
2000	DKDA: Sueos de juventud	Leticia del Rosal
2000-01	Carita de ngel	Estefana Larios de Gamboa
2001	Mara Beln	Ana del Ro
2001	Navidad sin fin	Alejandra
2004	Amy, la nia de la mochila azul	Dr. Emilia lvarez-Vega
2005	Sueos y caramelos	Lupita
2006	La fea ms bella	Carolina ngeles
2007	Destilando amor	Karla
2007	Amor sin maquillaje	Adriana
2008	Fuego en la sangre	Sarita Elizondo Acevedo
2009	Tiempo final	Cristina Sarmiento	Episode: "Periodista"
2009-10	Atrvete a soar	Nora	3 episodes
2011	Como dice el dicho	Elena	Episode: "Quien mucho amenaza"
2011	Historias delirantes	Susana	Episode: "La adivina"
2012	Un refugio para el amor	Aurora	3 episodes
2013	Nueva vida	Clara	2 episodes
2013	La Tempestad	Rebeca
2014	La malquerida	Juliana Palacios
2015	Amores con trampa	Estefany
2017	El bienamado	TBA

Awards and nominations

TVyNovelas Awards

Year	Category	Telenovela	Result
1997	Best Female Revelation	Confidente de secundaria
1998	Best Co-star Actress	Esmeralda
2000	Best Female Antagonist	Rosalinda	rowspan=2
2007	Best Co-star Actress	La fea ms bella

Premios Diosa de Plata

Year	Category	Telenovela	Result
2006	Best Female Revelation	Cicatrices

As herself

Year	Title	TV-Show
2004	Premios TVyNovelas	Herself
	El efecto domin
	Big Brother VIP: Mxico
	Big Brother VIP 3
2005	Celebremos Mxico: Para amarte ms
	Lo que no vio de premios - TVyNovelas
2007	Premios TVyNovelas