Telenovela Star Gabriela Spanic

Gabriela Elena Spanic Ulterra was born in Ortiz, the state of Guarico in Venezuela on December 10th, 1973. She has a twin sister Daniela, a younger sister Patricia and one brother, Antonio. The Spanic family is traditional Croatian-Venezuelan family. Her father moved with her grandparents from Croatia to Venezuela back in 1947. Gaby attended psychology classes for a year, but her real passion was always acting. She attended acting classes at "Luz Columbia Theatre research Centre". Later on she took different courses at the "Training Centre of Professionals Communication", as well as in the "Free Workshop for the actors" She also got into modeling attending "Herman's Institute". Gaby knew that modeling would bring her into the acting business. She was elected Miss Guarico on 1992 and Miss Body in the "Miss Venezuela International" beauty pageant.

Like many famous actors, Gabriela started to appear as an extra and later she gained smaller parts in Venezuelan telenovelas. For Venezuelan TV station VENEVISION she gained number of triumphs. Gaby appeared in a small role in telenovela ROSANGELICA (1991), where she played Karla, then in MUNDO DE FIERAS and LA LOBA HERIDA (1992), among others. Little by little, the producers started to pay close attention to her. MORENA CLARA came in 1993, where she showed all of her talent as bitchy Linda Prado. This role opened the doors for her MARIA CELESTE (1994).

Gabriela gained her first lead role in COMO TU NINGUNA (1994 / 1995) and she became internationally recognized. Her partner on the show was Venezuelan actor Miguel de Leon. Gabriela didn't like Miguel at first. She thought that he looked like a doll on a cake. As the filming continued further, Gaby realized that she felt more and more for him. By the time the novela finished, they become a couple. They broke up with their previous partners. COMO TU NINGUNA became one of the best telenovelas made in Venezuela. It was sold in over then 80 countries and translated to many different languages.

Now 25 years old, Gabriela Spanic was on her way to superstardom. She was now an internationally recognized figure of adoration and admiration by many people. As a reward, TELEVISA offered her an exclusive 3-year contract to make two more telenovelas for them. In 1999, Gaby was offered to participate in another big TELEVISA production, called POR TU AMOR, side by side another big star of Mexican TV dramas, Saul Lisazo. She got to play the girl named Maria del Cielo.

Gabriela's 3-year contract with TELEVISA expired in May of 2001 and she still didn't sign a new one, unlike her husband Miguel who signed for 3 years as well. Gaby would like to stay with TELEVISA in the future, even though she's open to work in other countries as well, but now she wants to dedicate all of her energy to become a mother. She is planning to take two years of absence from TV to enjoy the life as a wife and a future mother in her colonial style house in Mexico City. She also wants to dedicate her time to her hobbies, cooking, and her dogs, Vampi & Linda. No matter what the future has in store for our Gaby, she has managed to made a name for herself and we can be certain about one thing: We still didn't see the last from GABRIELA SPANIC...