Actress, singer and model Natalia Marisa Oreiro Iglesias Poggio Bourie was … Read Full Bio ↴Actress, singer and model Natalia Marisa Oreiro Iglesias Poggio Bourie was born on the 19th of May 1977, in Montevideo, Uruguay as the youngest child of Carlos Alberto and Mabel. She started studying theatre at the age of eight, and today at 30 years old her life passes between cameras, stages, recording studios, presentations of recording productions, and she is already a phenomenon. When she was twelve she auditioned for a film that needed child actors, and started a career in the commercial world. Between 12 and 16 years she recorded 37 commercials for O.b. Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and Johnson & Johnson, between others. At 14 she was hand-picked out of 10,000 competitors to accompany Xuxa (Meneghel) on her tour in America, and representing her in programmes (_"Show de Xuxa, El" (1991)_) and homages. But most of her earnings went on tickets to Buenos Aires to participate in film castings.

When she was 17 she relocated to Argentina alone. She participated in a small role in the television play called "Inconquistable corazon" (1994) (at first as ordinary extra, later as Victoria, one of schoolgirls of Monica Sandoval, protagonist of series). She renounced her part as an ambassadress (called "paquita") to Xuxa (Meneghel) to be a presenter on MTV Latino and in 1995 she was called to play the role of Patricia Palmer's niece - Veronica Iturbe Montalban in the telenovela "Dulce Ana" (1995). Afterwards she appeared in "90-60-90 modelos" (1996), and a year later in the role of Valeria Garcнa Mйndez de Salerno Ortigoza in "Ricos y famosos" (1997), which got attention all over Argentina and abroad. Already in 1996 she participated in in her sole theatre play "Las mariposas son libres". In 1998 she co-conducted together with Fernando Bravo gala of "Martнn Fierro Awards" (an equivalent of Emmy Awards in Argentina). She also appeared in the film "Un Argentino en Nueva York" (1998) together with Guillermo Francella, as an ambitious teenage lady who dreams of being a triumph in the music world. The film beat all audience records with 1,634,702 spectators, and was the initial kick-off to her singing career.

In 1998 she launched her first record worldwide called "Natalia Oreiro", and interpreted the song "Cambio dolor" that opened the television play "Muneca brava" (1998) which was the rating leader of daytime television. Her songs ("Me muero de amor", among others) are heard all over the world. On the 27th January of 2000, she received the "Celebrity of the year" prize from E! Entertainment Television Network in the television category for her outstanding career and for being the celebrity revelation of 1999. She was also nominated for a "Martin Fierro Award" in two consecutive years (in 1999 and 2000) as best dramatic actress in a leading role for her part as Milagros `Mili' Esposito-Di Carlo de Miranda Rapallo (Cholito/Carlitos), a boyish and sensual orphan girl, who seduced the viewers in "Muneca brava" (1998). This series was screened in more than 80 countries over the world. In her musical career, she sang together with ‘Raffaella Carra’ ; in Italy (song "03, 03, 456"), was part of "Gala de la Hispanidad", a classical Spanish show in Punta del Este. She was also in "Festival de la Calle 8" in Miami and in "Gala de Murcia" in Spain. After making public her decision to dedicate her career to singing in 2000, she travelled to Los Angeles to put her voice to a second record titled "Tu Veneno" ("Your Poison") - she took on a pop-rock style with an andaluz touch, and she was nominated for a "Grammy Latino Award" as best female pop album. Natalia received various offers to film in Spain, Italy and United States of America. In 2000 and 2001 she did an extensive tour of recitals including countries like Romania, Philippines, Hungary, Greece, Poland, Czech Republic, Israel, Slovakia, Slovenia, Russia, Belarus, between others. In February 2001 she was elected as the Queen of the Vina del Mar Festival 2000, conquering all the Chilean public by singing and beauty. Next year she participated as a guest to sing in the Vina del Mar Festival 2001; for the second year running and was chosen to co-host one of the festival nights.

She was invited by the Uruguayan national football team to participate in the opening of a friendly game between Uruguay and Korea, where she did a show and the honoured invitation was to Uruguayan singer and author Jaime Roos. In February 2002 she is named the godmother to the Uruguayan national football team and was invited to accompany them to the world cup Korea-Japan. In March 2002 she continued her tour in Russia and Belarus and started to record her new album titled "Turmalina", which came on sale in June 2002. A month earlier, Natalia started recording "Kachorra" (2002), together with ‘Pablo Rago’ , finished in December of the same year and transmitted in various countries of Latin America, Philippines, the Middle East and Europe. For this part, another in 2003 she was nominated for a "Martin Fierro Award" as best comedy actress in a leading role and for a "Inte Award" as best actress. In March 2003 she started filming her second film _Cleopatra (2003)_ together with Norma Aleandro, Leonardo Sbaraglia and Hector Alterio, under the direction of Eduardo Mignogna, a co-production with Spain. In the middle of 2003, she started a tour for Eastern Europe and Latin America. On 1st of March 2004 she starts filming "El Deseo" (2004). Her most important guest appearance was in the prestigious Latin TV show "Sabado Gigante" (1962).

In the date of 23 May(2oo7) she got ''Martin Fierro Prize'' for her personage in ''Sos Mi Vida'' -which she played with Facundo Arana- as the best comedy actress in Argentina.

Name: Natalia Marisa Oreiro Iglesias
Date of birth: 19th May 1977
Place of birth: Montevideo, Uruguay
Zodiac sign: taurus
Favourite color: red
Favourite movie: It's A Wonderful Life
Favourite song: Imagine by John Lennon
Hobbies: listen to music and to travel
Favourite sport: swimming
Idol: Botero
What she likes most is: eating
Aim in life: happiness
Favourite flower: jasmine
Spy dream: to buy her own island
Favourite parfume: Kenzo
She fears: seclusion
Favourite food: lasagna, pizza, salads, sandwiches and icecream
Weight: 53kg
Height: 1,74m
Measure: 92-60-94
Real color of hair: brown
Color of eyes: green
Marital status: married (31.12.2001)
Mother: Mabel Oreiro
Father: Carlos Oreiro
Sister: Adriana Oreiro
Tatoos: first is above the left ankle, second is on a left ring finger
clothes that she likes wearing: at home style hippies, to society miniskirt
Favourite singer: Janis Joplin
Favourite actor: Nicolas Cage, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer
Favourite Group:The Ramons,Pearl Jam
Favourite celebrity: Evita, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley and all who fight for what they want
Soft spots: Chocolate and tenderness

Years Active 1990s. Her last album was realized in 2002.

Mar
Natalia Oreiro Lyrics

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Cuentan que se marchó
Una tarde gris y en el mar
Su barca se perdió
Cuentan que él dejó
A su amada Helena y en su
Vientre una historia de dos

Y las lunas pasaban

Y ella nombres buscaba
Dibujando en la arena
Esperando estaba Helena

Naufragio de un amor
A la deriva sin horizonte
Sal, mar y espera
Regreso de primavera

Le rogó a Lemasha
Tejer con sus cabellos una red
Tan grande como el mar
Cuentan que él volvió
Como a una estrella
Que a su amada iluminó

Todavía lo espera
Anochece en la rivera
Cada estrella que pasa
Su esperanza vuelve a casa

Naufragio de un amor
A la deriva sin horizonte

Sal, mar y espera
Regreso de primavera

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Natalia Oreiro's song Mar recount a tragic love story of a man who left his beloved Helena and went out to sea never to return. It is said that he left on a gray afternoon and his boat was lost at sea. Helena, left behind with the memory of the man she loved and the news of the life they created together, spent her days waiting for him, drawing names on the sand, hoping that he would return to her.

As time passed, the moons shifted, but Helena continued to wait, hoping that one day he would return. She asked the goddess of the sea, Lemasha, to weave a net as big as the sea to help bring her lover back to her, but still he did not return. However, one day he did finally come back - like a shining star that illuminated his beloved, Helena. Despite his long absence, she continues to wait for him, with every passing star renewing her hope for his return.

The lyrics paint a picture of a woman's undying love for a man who is lost at sea - a love that transcends time and distance. The repetition of the phrase "Naufragio de un amor," meaning "the shipwreck of love," emphasizes the tragedy of a love lost at sea. The song is a poignant tribute to the power and resilience of love that stands the test of time.

Line by Line Meaning

Cuentan que se marchó
It is said that he left

Una tarde gris y en el mar
On a gray afternoon and in the sea

Su barca se perdió
His boat was lost

Cuentan que él dejó
They say he left behind

A su amada Helena y en su
His beloved Helena and in her

Vientre una historia de dos
Womb, a story of two

Y las lunas pasaban
And the moons passed

Y ella nombres buscaba
And she searched for names

Dibujando en la arena
Drawing in the sand

Esperando estaba Helena
Helena was waiting

Naufragio de un amor
Shipwreck of a love