GABY ESPINO BIOGRAPHY

Biography

Birth name María Gabriela Espino Rugero
Birth date 15 November 1976
Birth place Caracas, Venezuela
Height 5' 9¼" (1.76 m)
Nationality Venezuelan
Ethnicity white
Husband Cristobal Lander
Children She has one daughter Oriana
Occupation actress and model
Studies:
1995-1997: Acting, Animation, Luz Columba School in Caracas with Professor Nelson Ortega.
1995-1997: Dancing at the Academy of Xiomara Vasconcelos de Caracas.
1995-1997: Acting Workshop in Caracas with Elba Escobar.
1999: Acting Workshop in Caracas with Victoria Robert.
2000: Acting Workshop in Caracas with Julio Rodriguez.

Life and Career
Gaby Espino, a stunning Venezuelean beauty, was born on November 15 in Caracas, Venezuela. Her dad is a chemical engineer and her mom is a publicist. She has 4 siblings: Andreina, Gustavo, Mariando and Nelly. When she entered the university, she wanted to study medicine, but finally decided to study ontology. She changed her mind again and finished 3 semesters of publicity. In 1995 she began studying dancing and acting in "Escuela Luz Columbia" in Caracas. Her debut role on TV was in the Venezuelean teen series "A todo corazon" (1997), where she played Natalia. Just one year later she got her first protagonist role as Ivana in "Enamorada" (1999). She later acted in many other soaps like "Amantes de Luna Llena" (2000), "Guerra de mujeres" (2001) and "González, Las" (2002). In 2003 she portrayed her first villain - Princesa Izaguirre Zabaleta in "Rebeca". She lately filmed two more soaps as a protagonist - "Luna, la heredera" (2004)" and "Se solicita príncipe azul" (2005). She also participated in the Peruvian movie "Mujer de mi hermano, La" (2005)where she played Laura.

Maria Gabriela Espino Rugero is the oldest daughter of her family. She has two brothers, Marian
o and Gustavo; and two sisters, Andreina and Nelly (the youngest). Her father was a chemical engineer, her mother, Mariela Rugero de Guinand works in publicity.

Since she was young she was fascinated by animals, and she wished to be a veterinarian. So, despite the first steps in acting, initially wanted to study veterinary medicine or dentistry, but finally started advertising studies in Caracas; career did not end because when only started with 18 years (1995) won an audition to be in Section DALINA Nubeluz children's program.

So, studied acting at Columbia College of Light by 2 years2 Caracas and later worked in telenovelas juveniles Full Heart (1997) and That's Life.

Simultaneously with his work as a television actress, model Gaby Espino has been advertising in several countries in Latin America for consumer products Pepsi-Cola, Gatorade, Nestle, Didijeans, Kandu, Pantene, Movistar, Alphi Sunglasses, swimsuits Fiz, and various sweets.

This area deserves special mention as their participation Girl Venezuelan Polar beer of the same name. During the riots and demonstrations that rocked Venezuela during the first decade of XXI century, the popularity of Espino in the country was highlighted by one of the slogans used by the groups opposed to Hugo Chi¡vez, which said "Viva la beer! Gaby Espino Viva!"

Gaby Espino is very well known from her modeling career, and also from her acting career. Along her career she did numerous videoclips, commercials and movies. She also appeared on the front page of many magazines such as: "My Guide" (Mexico), "Parentheses" (Venezuela), "Magazine" (USA), "Look" (Mexico) and many more.

Filmography:
1. "Mi¡s sabe el Diablo".... Manuela / ... (35 episodes, 2009)
2. "El rostro de Anali­a" (2008) TV series.... Mariana Andrade
3. "Sin vergi¼enza"(2007) TV series.... Renata
4. "Mundo de fieras".... Marii¡ngela (1 episode, 2006)
5. "Elipsis" (2006).... Leonora Duque
6. "La mujer de mi hermano" (2005).... Laura
7. "Se solicita pri­ncipe azul".... Mari­a Carlota Rivas (1 episode, 2005)
8. "Luna, la heredera".... Luna Mendoza (1 episode, 2004)
9. "Rebeca" (2003) TV series.... Princesa Izaguirre Zabaleta
10. "Las Gonzi¡lez"(2002) TV series .... Aleli­ Gonzi¡lez
11. "Guerra de mujeres" (2001) TV series.... Yubiri­ Gamboa
12. "Amantes de Luna Llena" (2000) TV series.... Abril Ci¡rdenas (2000)
13. "Enamorada" (1999) TV series.... Ivana
14. "A todo corazon" (1997) TV series (as Gabriela Espino) .... Natalia
15. "Nubeluz" (1990) TV series.... Host/Dalina (1995-1996) (Venezuelan Season)