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Loreto Valverde
Born	Loreto Valverde Martín (1966-10-01) October 1, 1966 (age 58) Barcelona,  Spain
Occupation(s)	Actress, singer, theatre producer and TV presenter
Spouse(s)	Alejandro Carracedo (1995-1996) Roberto Rodríguez (1999-present)
Children	Judith Rodríguez Valverde Ruth Rodríguez Valverde

Loreto Valverde Martín (born October 1, 1966) is a Spanish actress, singer and television presenter.

Theater

Born into a family of artists, she is the daughter of singer Lorenzo Valverde and Ángeles Martín (who died on April 2, 2012), and sister of actress and singer Marta Valverde. She began her career in the entertainment industry at a young age, participating in shows such as Por la calle de Alcalá, Con la vida del otro, El chaleco blanco, and Amor a medias (2000), by Alan Ayckbourn.

In 2010, she began a tour of Spain with the play Desnudos en Central Park, directed by Jaime Azpilicueta and co-starring with Manuel Galiana.

In 2012, she appeared in the musical The Sound of Music a production by Drive Entertainment and Vertigo Tours, directed by Jaime Azpilicueta. In 2017, she was part of the cast of another musical, Menopause, the Musical, alongside her sister Marta.

Film

She made her film debut in 1988 in the comedy by Mariano Ozores Ya no va más (No more bets), in which she starred with her own sister and Antonio Ozores. She would go on to appear in La chica de Tahití (1990), Superagentes en Mallorca (1990), Horror en el Museo de Cera (Wax Museum Horror) and La noche del ejecutor (The Night of the Executioner) (1992), directed by Paul Naschy, Vividor (2000), directed by Luis Alberto Serrano and made a cameo in ¡Ja me maaten...! (2000), directed by Juan Muñoz, while pregnant.

Television

Her first contact with the world of television was in the sports program Estudio Estadio, on TVE, in which she participated as a hostess for a few months in 1989.

However, her popularity would come thanks to Telecinco, the network on which she began collaborating as a regular guest on the program VIP Noche (1990), which was presented by Emilio Aragón and Belén Rueda.

Her spontaneity and naturalness in front of the camera - not to mention the uniqueness of her laughter - won her the sympathy of the public, and she was signed as a presenter for the network. In 1991, she joined veteran journalist Javier Basilio to present the humor program Qué gente tan divertida (What fun people).

She then went on to host Goles son amores (Goals Are Love) (1992), with Manolo Escobar, Bellezas al agua (Beauties in the Water) (1993), with Agustín Bravo, and La batalla de las estrellas (The Battle of the Stars) (1994), with Bertín Osborne.

In 1995, she was one of the main actresses in the series La revista for TVE, with 9 appearances singing, dancing, and acting in this series, which was a great success. She starred in performances of, among others, the popular La blanca doble.

After a hiatus, she returned to television in 1997, co-hosting the variety show Risas y Estrellas with José Luis Moreno and Paloma Lago for TVE until 1999. For six years she had time to present the International Habaneras and Polyphony Contest of Torrevieja, broadcast on TVE's second channel and on the international channel for all of Latin America. She returned to TVE with the program Humor se escribe con Hache, at the end of 2000 and the beginning of 2001.

During 2002 and 2003 she focused on a business project that kept her away from the cameras.

She returned to the screen in 2004, replacing Leticia Sabater on the program Mentiras Peligrosas on Canal 7, a version of the Peruvian show Laura en América by Laura Bozzo. In 2004 she participated in the reality show La Granja, on Antena 3, of which she became the winner of the first edition, demonstrating that she maintains her popularity and sympathy for the Spanish public. She resumed her profession in 2007, returning to present the International Habaneras and Polyphony Contest of Torrevieja for Antena 3, on its Nova channel and Antena 3 international, she also did it in 2008 for Canal Nou. From 2008 to 2011 she participated as an actress in the Sketches series within the entertainment program Noche Sensacional for FORTA. In 2011 she appeared in the musical The Sound of Music.

Music

She has also recorded two albums with her sister Marta: Caramelo and Ángelo. Both were finalists at the Benidorm International Song Festival in 1993, with the song Enamoradas del mismo sueño.

Personal life

She has two daughters, Judith (2000) and Ruth (2006). In 2012, her mother died from a fatal blow to the head after falling down a staircase. In 2018, she publicly announced that she was diagnosed with breast cancer. In February 2021, her father Lorenzo Valverde passed away due to respiratory complications unrelated to COVID-19.

References

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8. "Qué fue de Loreto Valverde, la presentadora y actriz de risa contagiosa que un día desapareció de la tele". El Español. April 26, 2020.
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