thalia"s biography

Thalía (born Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda, August 26, 1971 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico) is a successful Latin Grammy-awarded Mexican actress, singer, record producer, composer, and businesswoman. Her voice is considered a mezzo-soprano. She is amongst Mexico's most famous telenovela actresses and has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide. Since 2004, she is naturalized citizen of the United States
Biography
In 1981, Thalía began her career as a vocalist in the Mexican child group Din Din. She performed in the music festival Juguemos a Cantar as a member of the group and later, as a soloist. In 1984, she was cast in the teenage version of the stage production Grease, being cast in the lead role of Sandy. In 1986, she replaced one of the original female vocalists of Timbiriche, Sasha Sokol. That same year she was cast in her first soap opera, Pobre Señorita Limantour. In 1988, she starred in the Mexican telenovela Quinceañera, after which she went to Los Angeles, California to prepare for a solo career.

In 1991, she traveled to Spain and starred in different television programs.

In 1992, Thalia starred in Televisa's telenovela María Mercedes, following a series of others like Marimar, María la del Barrio, and Rosalinda, which all have been sold to 110 countries and viewed by millions of viewers. Her soap operas were shown throughout Latin America and countries like China, Indonesia, Greece, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and USA. Her telenovelas are based on adaptations of the Cinderella story. The main character is born in poverty and meets a wealthy young man; later, they get married.

In 1997, Atlantic Records released the soundtrack for the animated feature film Anastasia, which included the Spanish version of Journey to the Past as a bonus track and performed by Thalía. That same year, she recorded a special album for the Philippine market titled Nandito Ako. Nandito Ako was recorded completely in Tagalog, the official language of the Philippines.

21 April 1997 was declared "Thalía Day" in Los Angeles, California, USA.[1] She has been named one of the "25 (or 50) Most Beautiful People", more than once, by the magazine People en Español.[2]

Thalia has been a guest on television programs like Hard Copy, Entertainment Tonight, El Show de Cristina, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, 20/20 on abc, and Good Morning America. She starred in the independent film, Mambo Café, a modest Hollywood production in which she played a young Puerto Rican girl, alongside Danny Aiello, Paul Rodriguez, and Rosanna de Soto.

On December 2, 2000, Thalía married the former Sony Music president, Tommy Mottola (ex-husband of Mariah Carey), at St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York in a three-million dollar ceremony and reception. They currently live in New York City.

In 2003, Thalia released a clothing line, exclusively available at selected Kmart stores, under the brand name Thalía Sodi Collection.[3] Thalia has also sold her own brand of Hershey's chocolate.