María Antonieta de las Nieves acquired overwhelming fame as Chilindrina, a character she has given life to for four decades.
The comic actress who plays the ‘Chilindrina’ in the Mexican series ‘El Chavo del 8′ He is only eight weeks away from his 71st birthday and despite his age, his warm personality remains intact.
The Mexican actress, María Antonieta de las Nieves, was born on December 22, 1950 in Tepic, Nayarit and at the age of 20 she began to make a name for herself in the entertainment industry at the hands of her friend Roberto Gómez Bolaños, who added her to the cast. that marked the lives of thousands of followers who enjoyed Chespirito’s programs.
As a child, the actress dreamed of winning a dance contest, but fate took her the other way; She participated as a dramatic actress in theater at the Palacio de Bellas Artes and at the age of seven she made her film debut Thumb.
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He joined Televisa to do dubbing for American movies and series and later appeared on soap operas.
In 1971 he debuted in El Chavo del Ocho as La Chilindrina, a character she created three years before starting the series.
The actress also did theater, cinema, soap operas and was the only one of the group of El Chavo del Ocho who had his own series on Televisa Here is the Chilindrina and she was also the only one who made her own movie, called La Chilindrina in Trouble.
For more than 30 years, De las Nieves has toured Mexico, the United States, Central and South America with his show The Chilindrina circus; They have paid tributes to her and she has received awards as the best children’s comedian in all of Latin America.
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The “Chilindrina”, María Antonieta de las Nieves, impacted the networks with her slender figure at age 70
With her character Chilindrina, the Mexican woman has won the hearts of many and even, in honor of the character that catapulted her to fame, she wrote a 350-page biography book about her experience and the kind and sour moments she lived through. with her character from “La Chilindrina”.
The book, titled “This is my story. Once upon a time there was a girl in a neighborhood ”(Planeta), dedicates the longest chapter, of 58 pages, to recounting the lawsuits that confronted her with the producer Roberto Gómez Bolaños and the Televisa network for the rights to the freckled girl she played and her victory in court. In addition, in 2018 he launched his book entitled ‘I love the family’, aimed at combating sexual abuse and harassment in boys, girls and pre-adolescents from 6 to 12 years old, thanks to the support of the Fundación Funda Joven de Paraguay,
On her Instagram profile, the actress has 130,000 followers and shares with them several photos and videos of her days with her children, her book, her trips to Ecuador or other special moments; and she has even surprised users by showing off her body in a bathing suit.
The last few years have not been easy, not only because of the coronavirus pandemic, but also because of an irreparable loss. In September 2019, her husband, Gabriel Fernández, who was also the narrator of the Chavo del 8 series, passed away; and before the event, she fell into a deep depression that little by little she has been overcoming.
A news that made his life happy and he did not hesitate to share on his social networks was when he was part of the famous Guinness book. And it is that last November 10, her recognition as the actress with the longest professional career playing the same child character, given by GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS, uploaded to the platform.
“I am proud of this award, it is a great recognition that I never thought they would give me. These years have been wonderful, having traveled the world with this character is something unique “, he told Efe From the Snows. (AND)
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