Telemundo taps Mexican superstar: Paola returns to TV
Mexican star Danna Paola’s decision to return to the small screen after a five-year absence is another coup for the flourishing international television business, says Michael Pickard. She was the young star who turned her back on television to focus on a career in music and theatre. But after a five-year absence from the small screen, Mexican actor Danna Paola is set to return in a new telenovela produced by US Spanish-language broadcaster Telemundo. Telemundo Studios confirmed this week that Paola(pictured above with Telemundo’s Joshua Mintz) will star in the forthcoming Quién es Quién (aka Who’s Who). She will play Paloma, a strong and feisty young mother who, together with her son, has found success in life in the face of adversity. “I am honoured to be part of the Telemundo family, and to have the chance to play the lead in a project of this magnitude,” Paola said. “I know viewers will love Quién es Quién. They’ll get to see me play a unique character with lots of nuances – someone very different from the roles I’ve played before.” The actor made her name by starring in around a dozen telenovelas as a young girl, including Maria Belen, which gave Paola her first leading role at the age of six. She played a girl whose adoptive parents are killed in a car crash and she becomes the heir to her family’s property, much to the anger of her evil uncle. Roles in Amy, la Niña de la Motel Azul (Amy, … Continue reading Telemundo taps Mexican superstar: Paola returns to TV
