Irán Castillo

Irán Castillo

Profile
Birth name                  Irán Castillo Pinzón
Birth date                   January 4, 1977 (age 34)
Birth place                 Veracruz, Mexico.
Occupation                Actress, singer, tv host.
Years active               1985–present
Parents                      Carlos Hiram Castillo
                                  Martha Alicia Pinzón



Career
Irán Castillo Pinzón is a Mexican actress, TV Host and singer.  who reach the fame in the 1990s, after roles in successful telenovelas such as Agujetas de color de rosa, Confidente de Secundaria, Preciosa. She has since established her career with telenovelas such as Soñadoras, Amar Otra Vez and Clase 406 or films like El Tigre de Santa Julia, La Segunda Noche or Cabeza de Buda. Also she is known by being a singer, because of her hit single Yo por el which had an smashing success in Mexico in 1997.

Castillo started her artistic career at the age of 7 years doing commercials. She took acting classes with Martha Zabaleta and Pedro Damián at the age of 12, and from that moment on began her career as an actress starring in the soap opera Ángeles Blancos in 1989.

She has acted in 15 telenovelas (soap operas) in her career, some famous are: Agujetas de color de rosa made in 1994, Retrato de familia in 1996, Confidente de secundaria in 1996, Preciosa in 1998 and Soñadoras made in 1998; she also participated in El Club de Gaby and the series Qué chavas.

She began her career as a singer in the musical group Mosquitas Muertas in 1991. She later recorded songs featured in soap operas she starred in until she finally released her first album Tiempos Nuevos and the hit single titled Yo Por El in 1997 featuring rhythmical ballads.  (Source Wikipedia)