1. Erika Buenfil is best known for her lead roles in several successful telenovelas including Amor en Silencio, Marisol, Tres Mujeres and Amores Verdaderos.
24 Facts About Erika Buenfil
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Since September 2019, Buenfil has run a YouTube channel named as 'Sazonando con la Buenfil'.
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Erika Buenfil started her career in show business at the age of 11.
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Two years later, in 1988, Erika Buenfil appeared in Amor en silencio.
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Erika Buenfil played two characters; Marisela in the first half, and Ana in the second half of the telenovela.
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The story continued with the plot progressing 12 years, and emerged with Erika Buenfil reappearing in the story, now playing the teenage daughter of her former murdered character.
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Erika Buenfil made appearances in many entertainment magazines and on TV shows.
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The telenovela had some success, but after it ended Erika Buenfil disappeared from the spotlight .
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Erika Buenfil was offered the part of the antagonist, "Aimee," but she initially refused it.
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In 1996, Erika Buenfil admitted on El Show de Cristina that she had refused the role because she wanted to be the star and did not want to accept a secondary role.
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Erika Buenfil said that she changed her mind over the weekend, but when she called the producer Jose Rendon, she was told that the role had already been given to actress Ana Colchero.
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Erika Buenfil's voice was heard and producer Juan Osorio wanted her to star in his upcoming production of Marisol alongside Eduardo Santamarina, in his first starring role.
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Erika Buenfil declined and the role went to Venezuelan Gabriela Spanic.
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The next year, in 1999, Erika Buenfil found herself headlining the cast of the novela Tres Mujeres, where she shared the lead with Karyme Lozano and Jorge Salinas, in their first starring roles.
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The role of Barbara was the first time Erika Buenfil played a mature woman who committed infidelity.
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In 2000 Erika Buenfil had a special participation in the children's novela Carita De Angel.
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That same year Erika Buenfil had a small role as a villain in Amarte Es Mi Pecado.
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In June 2012, after an exhausting casting battle over the lead role in the telenovela Amores Verdaderos, Erika Buenfil was selected as the heroine.
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In 2014, Erika Buenfil returned to television with a starring role in La Gata.
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In 2015, Erika Buenfil returned to television with a starring role in A que no me dejas, a remake of the telenovela she had led 26 years before; Amor en silencio.
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Erika Buenfil was reunited with Arturo Peniche who was her partner in the successful telenovela they starred in during 1989.
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In 2005, Erika Buenfil became a mother, having given birth to Nicolas de Jesus.
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Erika Buenfil later revealed that the father of her child is the son of Mexican ex-president Ernesto Zedillo.
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Erika Buenfil appeared on many TV shows such as Cristina and Don Francisco Presenta, where she talked about the hardships on being a single mother in the TV industry, but said she was going through the happiest time of her life being a mother to her child.