Huge black eyes, plump sensual lips,luxurious curly hair, exciting forms - American actress Constance Marie is almost an ideal image of a Latin American beauty, which in many ways predetermined the nature of her roles in film and television. He started as a dancer, but managed to break into the coveted world of Hollywood, and has done a lot in serials, sometimes appearing on large screens.
Constance Marie Lopez was born in 1965in East Los Angeles. It comes from a family of Mexicans who lived in the US second generation. From childhood in the biography of Constance Marie, dancing was the most important place, the girl practiced them practically professionally.
Already at the age of nineteen, she was a member of the musical Cosmopolis, which was staged by the famous Japanese director Ruichi Sakamoto.
Returning from an Asian tour, Constance Mariehas received an excellent chance for further career development. At that time America's pop idol David Bowie was recruiting a group of dancers for his tour "The Glass Spider". Hard selection was 500 applicants, among which was the Mexican. Constance Marie successfully passed the test and was able to get closer to the cherished world of show business.
A plastic, attractive dancer does notLeft undetected, participating in the speeches of David Bowie. To begin with, she was offered the role of one of the dancers in the movie "Salsa". This was not a full-fledged actor's work, but it was important to find new connections and acquaintances in the world of cinema. This helped Constance Marie in her future career. The choreographer of "Salsa" introduced her to Steve Tish, who offered her a role in the series "Dirty Dancing".
The image of Penny Rivera - the first real rolegirl, after which she becomes a frequent guest of the Hollywood film sets. However, it is removed basically in teleserials, moreover, often the roles were so small that they were not even mentioned in the credits. During this time, she managed to work in such projects as "Substantiated doubts", "Morning Edition", "Blood Brothers", "Ellie Macbill" and some others.
The actress has also brightened up in the most popular in RussiaAmerican TV series of the early nineties - "Santa Barbara". Some fans of the cult soap opera can remember the heroine Nikki Alvarez, played by Constance Marie. The girl was tired of the monotonous short roles, the constant change of scenery and the frenzied rhythm of shooting everyday life.
The most notable films of Constance Marie were removeddirected by Gregory Nava. Cooperation with him was a big step for a young actress. The most unusual role she also played in one of the films of Nava.
In the biographical drama "Selena" she happenedwork on the same platform with Jennifer Lopez, who by that time was a real world star. The plot of the film was based on the history of the Latin American dancer Selena Quintanilla Perez, who died tragically at a young age. The main role was played by Jennifer, and Marie had to embody the image of her mother. In this case, both actresses, bearing the same name, were the same age.
Make-up artists had to work hard to make an elderly woman from a thirty-year-old, beauty-rushing beauty.
In addition, Constance Marie took part in moreone movie Nava. The drama "My Family" told about the life of the Mexican family, which survived the Spanish period in the history of California, as well as joining the States.
Of the other works of Marie you can recall "Twelve Zero One by Midnight", "Tortoise Soup" and an exciting thriller "Servant of the Law".
In the two thousand years, Constance Mari continuesactively work on television, taking part in the filming of a huge number of sitcoms. You can recall the image of Angie in the series "George Lopez", Victoria in the popular show "As Jim said." The longest time the actress stayed in the project "They were confused in the hospital", where she played Regina Vasquez.
Marie's activity is not limited toacting. In 2007, she launched her own clothing line, which was represented by a wide range of models suitable for women regardless of size and social status.
For many years Constance Mari lives with a yoga coach Kent Katich. During this time, they became the parents of a girl named Luna Marie.
