Biography
"Talented man talented in everything" - this statement confirms an incredibly versatile career of Venezuelan beauty Patricia Velasquez. The woman received world glory as a talented model and actress, in addition, she is a public figure, produces its own line of cosmetics and composes books.
The future star born in the low-income family managed to achieve dizzying success in the youth, to get the title of the first Latin supermodel, work with the best fashion houses - Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Versace, Chanel, Carolina Herrera, as well as to play in Hollywood blockbusters "Mummy" and " Mummy returns. "
Childhood and youth
Patricia Carol Velasquez Samprun was born in one of the largest cities of Venezuela, Maracaibo, January 31, 1971. The girl grew in the teachers family with five brothers and sisters. Although they lived and not too rich, but happy together. Becoming the famous, the artist told in one of the interviews, as her with her relatives had to carry water into the 15th floor every day due to water supply and elevator problems.
Thanks to the work of the family of the family, they managed to live in Paris and Mexico. However, before entering the college, the girl returned to his homeland to get engineering education. The student years began the model stage in the life of Patricia.
Model Career
One of the first to see the one of the first to see the creative potential of the girl and sent a few of her photos to the local modeling agency. Up to this point, Patricia was actively engaged in dancing and was going to associate his profession with them. But fate ordered otherwise: the appearance and to become a student fell to the taste of fashion agents, and already at the age of 17 she shone on Dolce & Gabbana's defile.
Success came to the girl rapidly, it was literally tearned on parts of designer houses from all over the world - Japan, Britain, Italy, France, Spain. Exotic features of the face made the Patrician of the Latin American Star of Podiums. At 18 years, Velasquez took part in the beauty contest "Miss Venezuela", during which she took the 7th place.
Over the years of model career, the girl managed to take part in advertising of luxury spirits from Chanel and Roberto Verino, to play in underwear and in a swimsuit for the Victoria's Secret catalog, as well as to face the cover of such glossy publications, like Bazaar, Vogue and Marie Claire.
In 1997, the model decided to leave the podium and devote himself to work in the cinema. She began to attend acting lessons, which helped to leaf on a new meager for her. Nevertheless, the girl always remembered the model years of her biography, calling them extremely interesting and saturated.
Films
Although Velasquez considered a primitive transformation from the model to the actress and some time was thinking about to continue to develop in the profession of engineer, she first starred in full-length cinema in 1996. Patricia played a heroine named Maya in the French adventure comedy "Jaguar" with Jean Reno and Patrick Bruelem in high roles.
In the picture, despite the humorous submission, important themes of the future of the Forests of Amazon and the locals - Indians rose. The artist, herself who is a distant descendant of the Waija tribe, happily agreed to work. However, the debut of the girls as actresses happened 4 years earlier - she appeared in the video on the song Breaking The Girl of the American Rock Group Red Hot Chili Peppers.
The next job in the movie took place at the beginner artist only in 1999. She fulfilled a secondary role in the fantastic horror movie directed by Graham Baker Beowulf, based on the classical poem of the 8th century. Film critics reacted to the picture skeptical due to the chromatic dialogs, a non-professional acting acting and a strong retreat from the plot of the original source.
The greatest acting breakthrough Velasquez occurred in the same year - she played the fahane Ank-Su-Namun concubines, which sacrificed his life for his beloved in the adventure film "Mummy" with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Wece starring.
Initially conceived as a low-budget horror, the picture turned into a popular and commercially successful project. Two years later, the world premiere of the second part called "Mummy Returns", which was also positively encountered by the audience and critics.
In addition, in filmography, actresses have episodic roles in the divorce TV series - "Sex in another city" (about the life of Los Angeles lesbians), "Save me" (about the work of firefighters), "Delay in Development" (about the former richaries trying to get up On your feet) and others.
Also, Patricia played on the theater stage, was a judge on television model projects, performed as a guest in the legendary "Winfrey Oprahi show" and even independently produced films.
Personal life
Patricia Velasquez is an open lesbian and the first model of Latin origin who has committed a camining-out as a homosexual. She first told the details of his personal life and orientation in 2015, having released an autobiographical book called "Direct Gait." The actress told on the pages of the publication of childhood, take off to the star Olympus and relations with her girlfriend Sandra Bernhard - the famous American singer and comic.
Their love story developed tragically - Velasquez was crazy in love with Bernhard, which by that moment was in relations with the Pop Performed Madonna. According to the model, it was with Sandra who was her first same-sex kiss and it was with her completely determined with his sexual preferences.
Patricia argues in the book that he experienced the strongest feelings in his life and suffered after parting 2 years. She also admitted that she had tried relations with men, but nothing good came out of this. A woman has no children.
Velasquez is an active user of the Social Network "Instagram", where the results of its social activities are postponed (is the official defender of UNESCO, as well as the creator of the Non-Profit Foundation Wayuu Taya, which is improving the living conditions of the groups of indigenous people), photos from travel and from filming. The actress has a stunning figure and appearance (its height is 178 cm, and the weight is 59 kg).
Patricia Velasquez now
Now it is preparing for the release of a detective horror film of the novice director of Michael Chávez "Curse of the crying", in which the actress performed one of the central roles.
The picture will be discussed by the avenue ghost of La Yoronene, drowned his own children. The world premiere is scheduled for April 18, 2019.
Filmography
- 1996 - "Jaguar"
- 1999 - "Beowulf"
- 1999 - "Mummy"
- 1999 - "No Places"
- 2000 - "Madly faithful wife"
- 2000 - "Make Pogroms"
- 2001 - "Mummy Returns"
- 2004 - "Reason Hunters"
- 2011 - "Eternal ash"
- 2014 - "Fox in September"
- 2019 - "Curse of Crying"