2011-10-02

Zharick León: a Colombian actress

Zharick León born on 17 November 1974 at Cartagena, Colombia

Became a big sexual icon in South America after her role in "Pasión de Gavilanes" (2004)

Was majoring in communications when she decided to move to Bogotá, Colombia and pursue acting.

Went to Miami, Florida to audition amongst many talented actresses for the part of "Rosario Montes" in the famous Colombian soap-opera "Pasión de Gavilanes" (2004), where she blew the casting judges away with her talent and good looks.

On 7th of July 2008 she gave birth to her first child, son Lucian. The father is her boyfriend, Argentinian actor Martin Karpan.

Sonya Smith: an Venezuelan actress

Sonya Eleonora Smith Jacquet (born April 23, 1972) is an Venezuelan actress best known for her roles in telenovelas.

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she is the daughter of Venezuelan actress Ileana Jacquet and Federico Albertini Smith, who is part-Colombian and part-American. Smith grew up in Venezuela and identifies herself with Venezuelan culture.

Her breakthrough came in the early 1990s when she played Estrellita Montenegro, the main character in Cara Sucia, her most successful telenovela as the lead actress. Smith remains a popular actress not only in Venezuela, also in other countries where her telenovelas have shown. In 2006, she returned to telenovelas with Olvidarte Jamás, her biggest hit as the lead actress since Cara Sucia, which was shot in Miami. Later, in 2007, she reappeared in Acorralada, in which she was one of the main stars and which has been a huge success. There, she was Fedora Gaviota.

During 2005, Smith made her Hollywood debut, playing Angela LaSalle in Cyxork 7, where she acted alongside Ray Wise. In 2007 she participated in another Hollywood film, Ladrón que roba a Ladrón, where she shared credits with actors, Fernando Colunga, Gabriel Soto, Miguel Varoni, and Saul Lizaso among others.

In 2007 she acted in Telemundo's Pecados Ajenos, where she played her first antagonist role, the hysterical Elena Torres.

In 2010 she acted in Telemundo's ¿Dónde Está Elisa?, where she played Dana Riggs Altamira.

Smith secretly married Mexican actor Gabriel Porras, her co-star in the telenovela Olvidarte Jamas, on 29 February 2008. They reside in Miami, Florida.

Compassionate and Passionate Love

Psychologist Elaine Hatfield has described two different types of love: compassionate love and passionate love. Compassionate love involves feelings of mutual respect, trust and affection, while passionate love involves intense feelings and sexual attraction.

Hatfield defined passionate love as: "A state of intense longing for union with another. Passionate love is a complex functional whole including appraisals or appreciations, subjective feelings, expressions, patterned physiological processes, action tendencies, and instrumental behaviors. Reciprocated love (union with the other) is associated with fulfillment and ecstasy. Unrequited love (separation) with emptiness, anxiety, or despair".

Factors Influencing Passionate and Compassionate Love
Some of the factors associated with passionate love include:
Timing: Being "ready" to be in love with another person is essential.
Early attachment styles: Securely attached individuals tend to form deeper, longer lasting love, while those who are anxiously attached tend to fall in and out of love quickly.
Similarity: Hatfield and Rapson note that we tend to fall passionately in love with people who are relatively good looking, personable, affectionate and similar to ourselves.

While passionate love is intense, it is generally very fleeting. Researchers have looked at how relationships progress among new couples, newlyweds and those married for a longer time and found that while passionate love is more intense at the beginning of relationships, it tends to give way to compassionate love that is focused on intimacy and commitment.

Passionate love may be quick to fade, but compassionate love endures.

Final Thoughts
While research on love has flourished over the past 20 years, Hatfield’s early research on this topic was not without critics. During the 1970s, U.S. Senator William Proxmire railed against researchers who were studying love and derided the work as a waste of taxpayer dollars. Other defended Hafield's and other researchers important work, noting that if psychologists could understand patterns of human love, then perhaps they could also understand divorce and failed relationships.

Despite the debate, the work created by Hatfield and her colleagues contributed tremendously to our understanding of love and inspired further research on attraction, attachment and interpersonal relationships.

Altair Jarabo: a Mexican actress

Altair Jarabo García (born August 7, 1986, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actress, best known for portraying roles in Mexican telenovelas Subete a Mi Moto (2002), Inocente de Ti (2004), Código Postal (2006) and Al Diablo con los Guapos (2007) and En Nombre del Amor (2008). She has a brother named Jorge Jarabo Garcia.

Already well-known as a fashion model in Mexico, Altair Jarabo debuted in 2002 in, Subete a Mi Moto, in a role of Gaby, co-starring Vanessa Acosta and Sandra Echeverría.

She became popular worldwide portraying Isela in 2004 the telenovela Inocente de Tí, co-starring Camila Sodi, Valentino Lanús and Helena Rojo. In 2005, she appeared in the telenovela El Amor No Tiene Precio as Vanessa.

Jarabo portrayed Afrodita Carvajal in 2006 telenovela for teenagers Código Postal. It was kind of remix of famous television series Beverly Hills, 90210 and Baywatch. Although it was successful worldwide, it was not so successful in Mexico.

In 2007, the audience saw her as Catherine in Lola...Érase una vez and Valeria in Al Diablo con los Guapos. She appeared on Premios TVyNovelas 2008 event. In 2008, she appeared as Romina in En Nombre del Amor, then in 2009 she replaced Vannya Valencia as Lorena Mendizabal in Mi Pecado. Her most recent telenovela is Llena de amor.

Martha Higareda: a Mexican actress

Martha Elba Higareda Cervantes (born August 24, 1983) is a Mexican actress.

Higareda was born in Villahermosa, Tabasco, the daughter of actress Martha Cervantes and artist Jose Luis Higareda, and sister of the actress Miriam Higareda. Her debut was participating in various plays like Bang, Don Juan Tenorio, La Fonda de las Siete Cabrillas, La Casa de Té en la Luna de Agosto, Mujercitas, Muerte Que Te Quiero Muerte, La Corbata, Flores Para Chava Flores and Niñas Mal. She also appeared in diverse advertising campaigns and video clips. It is not until 1999, when she receives her first professional debut as a show hostess in Disney Channel’s "Zapping Zone". After that she also appeared in other Mexican soaps like Carita de Ángel and "Cara o Cruz."

In 2002, Higareda finally appeared in her first movie as a protagonist. The movie "Amarte Duele", directed by Fernando Sariñana, in which she shares credits with Luis Fernando Peña and Alfonso Herrera. A year after, she debut as a protagonist in the Mexican soap opera, "Enamórate", TV Azteca Mexican TV chain, next to Yahir, where she also shared credits with Martha Cristiana, Fernando Sarfati, and Amara Villafuerte. In 2004, she participates in another protagonist for “Las Juanas” another of TV Azteca’s soap opera.

In 2005, Higareda returned with the movie "Siete Días", next to Jaime Camil, in which she interprets a girl whose dream is to make U2 come to the city of Monterrey, in less than a week. She also appeared in the Mexican movie, “Fuera del Cielo” which was first named "El Malboro y el Cucú". In 2007, she came with her latest production "Niñas Mal", directed by Fernando Sariñana where she shared credits with Camila Sodi and Ximena Sariñana. She also finished the production of a movie named "Borderland" where she shares credits with Brian Presley and Beto Cuevas. In 2008, she appeared in the film Street Kings, sharing credits with Keanu Reeves, Hugh Laurie, and Forest Whitaker. In 2010, she appeared in the prequel to the crime/action film Smokin Aces, Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball, as a deadly female assassin with poisonous lips.

Danna Paola: a Mexican actress and singer

Danna Paola Rivera Munguía (born June 23, 1995 in Distrito Federal, Mexico) is a Mexican actress and singer better known as Danna Paola. She is best known for playing Amy in the Amy: La Niña de la Mochila Azul with the Mexican singer Tatiana. She has also performed in other telenovelas like Querida Enemiga and Muchachitas. She appeared in the 2009 telenovela Atrevete a Soñar.

Danna Paola was born on June 23, 1995 in Mexico City. She is the daughter of Patricia Munguia and Juan Jose Rivera, the former singer of Grupo Ciclón and Los Caminantes

The telenovela Maria Belen was broadcasted in over 17 countries worldwide with great acceptance and rating, even brought a doll with its image in Brazil, managed to sell over 200 thousand units. It was about a little girl living a normal life and then noticing that she met her dad.

In 2003 participates in the program now for 8 months driving next to Juan Jose Ulloa, also involved in the play Regina, next to Lucero, participating in the musical CD.

In 2004, she stars in her second soap opera Amy, la niña de la mochila azul, sharing credits with Pedro Armendáriz Jr. and Tatiana recorded out two CDs and a DVD with great success and doing a musical tour with the cast throughout the republic. She was also involved that year in her second play Anita la huerfanita, giving life to the protagonist.

In 2009 she got her first starring in a telenovela called Atrévete a Soñar. She played a teenage girl named Patito Castro who was bullied by another teenage girl called Antonela. She also participated in the disc of the same soap opera.The theme song was Mundo de caramelo.

Adriana Fonseca: a Mexican actress

Adriana Fonseca Castellanos (born March 16, 1979 in Veracruz, Veracruz) is a Mexican actress.

Adriana started her acting career performing in a local television show. At the age of 16 she was accepted in C.E.A. (Centro de Education Artistica) in Mexico. Winning the award in the competition "El rostro de El Heraldo de México" in 1997,[1] she participated in the soap opera La Usurpadora.

Adriana had an important role in the soap opera Rosalinda next to Thalia where she played the little sister of Rosalinda, Lucy.

She had her first protagonistic role in the soap opera Amigos Por Siempre next to Ernesto LaGuardia and other talented actors and actresses. She combined this soap opera with a theater performance Mama nos guita los novios with famous personalities such as Angelica Maria, Hulio Aleman. Adriana also had some roles in other soap operas such as Gotita de amor, Preciosa but the role of Rosalinda's sister gave her tremendous exposure. Now Adriana comes back to star with Rene Strickler in a ten-episode soap opera called Mujer Bonita where she plays a beautiful woman named Charito. Adriana is one the brightest new stars of novelas. She used to model, and 1999 was the year of her big break, when she landed roles on Gotita de Amor, Preciosa, and La Usurpadora. At 1998's Premios Lo Nuestro, she won the award for Rostro del Año.

She has recently gained tremendous exposure in the high profile role of Rosalinda's sister Lucy on Rosalinda.