Natalia Marisa Oreiro Iglesias, artistically known as Natalia Oreiro, is a Uruguayan actress, dancer, singer, host, fashion designer, model and businesswoman. She is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for the Río de la Plata and Buenos Aires. She was born on May 19, 1977 in Montevideo, Uruguay, and began studying theater at the age of eight. At twelve she appeared in a casting that asked for child actors and she began a career in the world of commercials.
Until she was 16, she recorded more than 30 commercials. When she turned 14, she was chosen among 10,000 competitors from each country in America to accompany Xuxa on her tours and represent her in programs and tributes. But a large part of her earnings went to tickets to Buenos Aires to participate in castings. At 17, she left her parents’ house and settled in Argentina. She had a small participation in the telenovela “Inconquitable corazón”. She resigned from being the ambassador of Xuxa and from being a video presenter on a television channel. In 1995 she was summoned to play the role of Patricia Palmer’s niece in the soap opera “Dulce Ana”, where she starred in the young love story. In 1996, she starred in “90-60-90 modelos” alongside Silvia Kutika, Raúl Taibo and Osvaldo Laport, and established herself with the character of “Valeria” in “Ricos y famosos”, a novel that led the ratings that year and was sold abroad. She starred in the film “Un Argentino en Nueva York” with Guillermo Francella, where she represented a young woman who dreams of succeeding in the world of music. The film, which broke audience records with 1,600,000 viewers, was the kickoff of her career as a singer.
In 1998 she released her self-titled debut album worldwide, which includes the hit “Me muero de amor”, and she performed the opening song of the soap opera “Muñeca brava”. In January 2000 she received the “Celebrity of the Year” award from the cable network E! Entertainment Television in the Television category for her outstanding career and for her projection as a Revelation Character in 1999. She was also nominated for the Martín Fierro two years in a row for best dramatic actress for her character as “Cholito”, a sensual soccer orphan who seduced Facundo Arana and the viewers in “Muñeca brava”, a soap opera sold in 60 countries around the world including the United States, Russia, Greece, Slovenia, Cyprus, Lithuania, Romania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Hungary, the Czech Republic and all of Latin America . On the musical level, she sang a duet with Rafaella Carrá in Italy, she participated in La Gala de la Hispanidad, a classic Spanish show, and in a song show in Punta del Este. In addition, she participated in the 8th street festival in Miami. After making public her decision to dedicate the year 2000 to her singing career, she traveled to Los Angeles to provide vocals for her second album, titled “Tu veneno”. This one has a pop-rock style with an Andalusian touch. Among the 14 songs, “Basta de ti” stands out, a song composed by Natalia herself together with Fernando López Rossi, “Río de la plata” that tells her story and “Qué pena me das”, written for her by Andrés Calamaro. . Musicians of the level of Abraham Laboriel Jr., Seal’s drummer, and Jimmy Johnson, James Taylor’s bassist, participated in the album. Alex Acuña, a talented man who has played with legends from Elvis Presley to Weather Report, provided percussion. Greg Mathison accompanied on keyboards and Michael Thompson, Michael Landau -both played for Céline Dion and Madonna- collaborated on guitars, Rusty Anderson on electric guitar and José Antonio Rodríguez and Ramón Stagnaro on Spanish guitars. The musicians Ed Calle (sax), Dana Teboe (trombone) and Tony Concepción (trumpet), who worked together with Gloria Estefan, make up the horn section.
In 2001 she formed a couple with Ricardo Mollo, leader of Divididos. During the years 2000, 2001 and 2002 she made an extensive tour of recitals throughout Argentina and abroad, including countries such as Israel, Slovakia, Poland, Romania, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia and Russia. During this year she is invited by the Uruguayan Soccer Team to participate in the opening of the Uruguay-Korea friendly match, where she performs a show and has Uruguayan singer-songwriter Jaime Roos as guest of honor. She participates as a guest singing at the Viña del Mar Festival for the second consecutive year and is chosen to co-host one of the nights of the festival. In March she continues her tour of Russia and begins recording a new album, “Turmalina”, for sale in August. The production is by Kike Santander and has the participation of Jaime Roos in the composition and production of two songs. It includes the hit “Que digan lo que quieran”. She records soap opera “Kachorra”. In 2003 she filmed the movie “Cleopatra”, with Leonardo Sbaraglia and Norma Aleandro. In 2004 she stars in the series “El Deseo”, without success.
Between 2006 and 2007 he starred in “Sos mi vida”, along with Facundo Arana. In 2007 she launched the clothing line Las Oreiro, together with her sister Adriana. In April of 2008, she became the Sedal’s face, advertising the shampoo of the company. She hosted the program “Recurso Natural”, produced by channel 7. She starred to the internet telenovela “Amanda O” along with Luciano Castro and Valeria Lorca. The same year she filmed the movie “Musica en espera” with Diego Peretti and Norma Aleandro. In 2009, she filmed the movie “Francia”, directed by Israel Adrian Caetano. She was chosen as the face of the company “Tarjeta Naranja”. In 2010 she returns to the cinema with the musical comedy “Miss Tacuarembó”. At the beginning of 2011, Natalia filmed the movie “Infancia Clandestina”, directed by Benjamin Avila, but also the film “Mi primera boda”, directed by Ariel Winograd. She hosted successfully “Martin Fierro Awards” along with Mike Amigorena in Argentina. She was chosen as the face of L’Oreal Paris Argentina. In June, she start filming the series “Lynch” in Colombia, where she stayed for 3 months. On January 26, 2012 her son was born in a c-section. After giving birth, Natalia returned to work and filmed a movie called “Wakolda” by Lucia Puenzo. She returned to Colombia for filming the second season of the series “Lynch”. By the end of the year she started filming the soap opera “Solamente vos”, with Adrián Suar, a totally successful series. In December, she announced that she will go on tour under the name “Tour Hits 2023” where she did 3 concerts in Russia and one in Poland. She was chosen to be the face of cosmetic store San Roque, located in Uruguay. In 2014, She chosen as the face of healthy drinks of Terma but also the hair products of Schwarzkopf. In November was anounced the big tour named “Nasha Natasha” in Russia where she performed in 16 cities.
In 2015, Natalia Oreiro announced a tour named “Fiesta Tour” in Rusia but due to disagreements with the tour organizers it was canceled. Although she did not have plans to do television, she received an offer to star a new soap opera named “Entre canibales”, where the theme was focused on politics and a woman who was raped by 4 men, seeking revenge. Natalia’s dream was to interpret the role of Gilda, who tragically died in a car accident, finally come true. She got the rights to embody the cumbia singer in big screen. She started to film the movie “Gilda, no me arrepiento de este amor” with a premiere on September 15, and records the soundtrack of the same name, coinciding with the 20th Anniversary of Gilda’s death. Her first single is “No me No me arrepiento de este amor”. Among the 13 songs that make up the album, there are two collaborations: Ángela Torres in “Sólo dios sabe” and Rubén Rada in a version of “Corazón valiente”. During the first part of December she toured some Russian cities and upon her return, on the 18th she presented her show “Cumbia And Hits” at the Teatro de Verano in Uruguay and later at festivals in Argentina. In 2017, she make a break as an actress and she focus on her music career. In July, she hosted the Platino Awards in Madrid, Spain. Later, she traveled to Kenya, Africa, under UNICEF projects. In 2018, she started filming the movie “Reloca”, directed by Fernan Miras. She had the opportunity to sing two songs for the FIFA World Cup: United by love in Spanish, English and Russian lyrics and Mi podebim in Russian. Natalia filmed a trailer for a series named “Grisel” in which she wrote it by herself and had plans to be the producer of it. The trailer was presented to Los Angeles but the project was discontinued. In March of 2019, Natalia announced another tour called “Unforgettable Tour” in Russia, Belarus, Moldova and Armenia. After she started filming the movie “Hoy se arregla el mundo” with Leonardo Sbaraglia. Her agenda was always full of movies and she filmed another two: “La noche magica” and “Las Rojas”. The last one was filmed on the mountains of Mendoza, Argentina.
She started filming the program “Got Talent Uruguay” in the beginning of 2020. Natalia announced another tour called “20 anos juntos” in Russia but it was canceled. Because of the pandemic, Natalia did not participate to many projects. She focused on participating in charity events, organizations. She got an offer to host the second season of the program “Got Talent Uruguay” where she filmed in February of 2021. Soon after it was got revealed her participation in a mini series called “Iosi, el espia arrepentido” where she had a non-pleasant role. In March 2021, she collaborated with Bajofondo for the song “Listo pa bailar”, in which she sings in Russian and Spanish. In April, she started to film the series “Santa Evita” where she embodied the late president Eva Peron. She needed a lot of preparation, she lost a lot of weight and she dyed her hair blond for her role. Later, she received Russian citizenship from the Russian diplomatic representative, Dmitri Feoktistov. She hosted the talent show “La Voz Uruguay”. In September of 2022, it was released the song and video clip “Quiero todo” with Lali and Soledad. That month she participated as host of the television program “Quien es la mascara?” where her husband, Ricardo Mollo, was one of the participants. Also, she hosted the third season of “Got Talent Uruguay”. By ending the year, she filmed a movie called “Casi muerta”, directed by Fernan Miras. Natalia did a small appearance to the movie “Asfixiados”, starring by Leonardo Sbaraglia. She did collaborations with Ana Prada to the song “No hay verdades”, with La Delia Valdez to the song “Cumbia de los dos” and a cumbia version of her song “Me muero de amor” with Juan Ingaramo.
In November of 2023, as a great supporter of LGBTQ she performed at the Pride Parade (Marcha del Orgullo) where she sang Que digan lo que quieran, Tu veneno and Soy lo que soy. At the end of the year she started filming the movie “Una noche sin ti”, previously known as “Porque soy grande”. In January of 2024, she started filming the movie “Campamento con mama” for the Netflix platform, in which her son, Atahualpa, made a small appearance. From the moment of the premiere was placed at Top 10 Movies in 30 countries in the first week. The soundtrack of the movie was published the same day as the movie’s premiere and was a big hit. Later, she flew to Russia for the filming of the movie “A letter to the Santa Claus”, where she speaks in Russian. In May, Natalia announced the filming of the movie “La mujer de la fila”, directed by Benjamin Avila. Without anyone expecting it, it was announced her participation to the series “La jefa…aunque no quiera” which will premiere on Disney+. Another music collaboration come to light when it was revealed that she sang the song “Russian girls” and an official video was published with the participation of the actor Vladimir Kanukhin. In December, she was revealed that she was chosen to be the face of the GA.MA Italy for Uruguay where she is promoting the new products of the company. Natalia Oreiro was tributed as a Fashion Icon to the Martin Fierro Awards of the Fashion and received the award for Best Female Fashion Icon.
Last update: 24.1.2025