Biography

Early life

Maite Perroni Beorlegui was born in Mexico City but she grew up in Guadalajara, until the age of 12, when her family moved back again in Mexico City. She has two siblings, Adolfo and Francisco, who are three and nine years younger than she is.

Perroni studied acting at Televisa's Centro de Educación Artistica (CEA) in the year 2000, completing two years of a three-year course.

Career

Acting career

Perroni made her acting debut in Rebelde, a remake of the acclaimed Argentinean novela Rebelde Way. She portrayed Guadalupe "Lupita" Fernández, a teenage girl from a lower-class family who gets the opportunity to study at the fictitious Elite Way School. Rebelde ran from 2004 to 2006, filming 440 episodes.

Following the success of Rebelde, in 2007, Televisa released RBD: La Familia, which starred the members of RBD. The characters of the sitcom were not based on the band's characters in Rebelde, but intended to be similar to the actors' real personalities. RBD: La Familia was the first Mexican show shot entirely in high definition and ran from March 14, 2007 to June 13, 2007, and only lasted 13 episodes.

In 2008, She starred as the lead character in Cuidado con el ángel, opposite William Levy. The show had great success around the world. She starred in her second leading role in Mi Pecado opposite Eugenio Siller. She was part of the third season of Mujeres Asesinas in the sixth episode called Las Blanco, Viudas along with Diana Bracho, Luz Maria Aguilar, and Mark Tacher Estela Blanco.

In 2009, Perroni was named the new queen of the telenovelas by Univision.

In 2010, Mai was confirmed to star with her previous co-star, William Levy, in Triunfo del Amor, a remake of the Venezuelan classic Cristal.

In 2012, Perroni was confirmed to star with Pedro Fernandez in Cachito de Cielo, her fifth lead role.

In 2014, it was confirmed that Perroni was to star in her sixth lead role in a telenovela called La Gata along with Daniel Arenas, Erika Buenfil, and Laura Zapata. It aired on May 5, 2014.

On July 12, 2014, People en Español named Perroni and Angelique Boyer the new queens of Mexican telenovelas.

Musical career

Perroni was a member of the popular band RBD, which was launched off of the success of the most-watched telenovela in years, Rebelde. To date, RBD has made 9 studio albums, including albums in Spanish, Portuguese, and English. They have sold over 15 million albums worldwide, and have embarked on various international tours including shows throughout Latin America and Europe.

Mai composed "Tal Vez Mañana", for RBD's fourth Spanish language album, Empezar Desde Cero and sang solo on the title track for the album.

On August 8, 2008, RBD released a message telling fans that they had decided to split up. They went on one final tour, Gira Del Adios World Tour, which ended in early 2009. Perroni was absent part of the tour, due to her filming of Cuidado con el ángel.

For her role in Cuidado con el ángel, Perroni recorded three songs for the show called "Esta Soledad", "Separada De Ti", and "Contigo".

She recorded a song with Reik, entitled "Mi Pecado", which was used as the opening song for the telenovela, Mi Pecado.

On July 17, 2010, Mai released her new single "No Vuelvas", which was featured on an EP she released for her Brazilian Pocket Show performances, on her website MaiteMVP.com.

She recorded a song with Marco di Mauro called "A Partir De Hoy" which forms part of the musical soundtrack of the telenovela Triunfo del Amor, her third lead role.

In late 2012, Maite announced that she will record her first solo album called Eclipse de Luna.

On July 16, 2013, Maite released a bachata song called "Tu y Yo".

On May 2014, Maite released another bachata song called "Vas A Querer Volver" which is also the theme song for her soap opera La Gata.

On June 2014, Maite released a duet song with Alex Ubago called "Todo lo que soy" which was the couple's theme song in the telenovela La Gata.

Products and endorsements

Mai is the Spokemodel for NYX Cosmetics. In 2007, a Barbie doll version of Perroni was released, based on her character in Rebelde.

In June 2009, Perroni announced her support for the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico.

Mai stars in commercials for Giraffas, Pepsi, Proactiv, Teleton, Pantene, Coppel.

In fall 2014 Maite partnered with National Stores to introduce her Coleccion Maite Perroni, a contemporary fashion line inspired by her favorite designers reflecting her own personal taste. "Latinas who accept, love themselves... who want to look good and feel better, who maximize your qualities and analyze the defects you project onto the world...and discover that you love yourself and you are passionate... "And you know how to face life, how to live life, give life and be alive, who are who they are and don't follow stereotypes."

Personal life

Perroni began dating RBD's bassist and musical director Guido Laris in 2005 and was engaged to him but the pair split in August 2008.

Discography

Year	Album details	Peaks				Certifications
2013	Eclipse de Luna Release date: August 23, 2013 Label: Warner Music CD, Digital download	9	2	6	3

Singles

Year	Song	Peaks									Album
2013	"Tú y Yo"	65	25	9	4	4	1	20	25	12	Eclipse de Luna
	"Eclipse de Luna"	122	43	27	12	11	5	—	—	—
2014	"Vas a Querer Volver"	62	21	13	6	—	3	23	—	19
	"Todo Lo Que Soy"	—	20	24	8	—	4	—	—	—

Duets

Year	Song	Peaks								Album
2009	Mi Pecado (with Reik)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Un Día Más Edición Especial
2011	A Partir De Hoy (a dueto con Marco Di Mauro)	4	3	1	44	44	24	29	17	Algo Que Me Faltaba

Promotional singles

Year	Song	Album
2012	Te Daré Mi Corazón	Cachito de Cielo

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	El arribo de Conrado Sierra	Ninfa
2015	Selección Canina	Maite Terranova	Voice only
2015	Un gallo con muchos huevos	Di	Voice only

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004-2006	Rebelde	Guadalupe "Lupita" Fernández	Co-lead role
2007	RBD: La Familia	May	Lead role; 13 episodes
2007	Lola, érase una vez	Herself / Mujer en Austria	Guest role
2008-2009	Cuidado con el ángel	María de Jesus "Marichuy" Velarde	Lead role
2009	Mi pecado	Lucrecia Córdoba Pedraza de Huerta	Lead role
2010	Mujeres asesinas	Estela	"Las Blanco, Viudas" (Season 3, Episode 4)
2010-2011	Triunfo del amor	Maria "Desamparada" Iturbide Gutiérrez	Lead role
2012	Cachito de Cielo	Renata Landeros	Lead role
2014	La Gata	Esmeralda "La Gata" de la Santa Cruz	Lead role
2015-2016	Antes muerta que Lichita	Alicia Gutiérrez López / Lichita	Lead role

Awards and nominations

TVyNovelas Award

Year	Category	Nominated	Result
2006	Musical Theme	Rebelde	Won
2009	Best Young Lead Actress	Cuidado con el ángel	Won
2010		Mi pecado	Nominated
2012	Best Lead Actress	Triunfo del Amor	Nominated
	Musical Theme		Nominated
2015	Best Lead Actress	La Gata	Nominated
2016		Antes muerta que Lichita	Won

• Special award of most influential (2012).

Premios Juventud

Year	Category	Nominated	Result
2008	The Girl of My Dreams	RBD: La Familia	Nominated
2009	She's Got Style	Herself	Nominated
	The Girl of My Dreams	Cuidado con el ángel	Won
2010	The Girl of My Dreams	Mi Pecado	Nominated
2011	The Girl of My Dreams	Triunfo del Amor	Won
2014	The Girl of My Dreams	Cachito de Cielo	Nominated
2015	Favorite Male Actress	La Gata	Nominated
	Best Theme Novelero		Nominated
2016	Favorite Male Actress	Antes muerta que Lichita	Pending
	Actress Who Steals the Show	Un Gallo con Muchos Huevos	Pending

People en Español Award

Year	Category	Title of work	Result
2009	Best Actress	Cuidado con el ángel	Nominated
	Best Couple (with William Levy)
2010	Best Actress	Mi Pecado
	Best Couple (with Eugenio Siller)
	Best Young Lead Actress
2011	Best Actress	Triunfo del Amor
	Best Couple (with William Levy)		Won
2012	Queen of Twitter	Maite Perroni
2013	Album of the Year	Eclipse de Luna	Nominated
	Song of the Year	"Tú y Yo"
	Music Video of the Year
	Best New Artist	Maite Perroni
	The Most Beautiful Instagram
2014	Best Couple (with Daniel Arenas)	La Gata	Nominated
	Best Actress
	Best Theme Song	'"Vas a Querer Volver"

People en Español's 50 Most Beautiful

Year	Category
2009	50 Most Beautiful
2010	50 Most Beautiful
2011	50 Most Beautiful
2012	50 Most Beautiful
2013	50 Most Beautiful
2014	50 Most Beautiful
2015	50 Most Beautiful

Kids' Choice Awards Mexico

Year	Category	Title of work	Result
2014	Favorite Actress	La Gata	Nominated
2013	Favorite Actress	Cachito de Cielo	Nominated
	Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie	El Origen de los Guardianes

Estilo DF

Year	Category	Title of work	Result
2014	Artist With Best Style	Herself	Won

Solo Tour

Tours
Year	Title
2010	Maite Perroni Brazilian Tour 2010
2013-2015	Eclipse de Luna Tour

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