Mónica Ayos | |
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Born |
Mónica Ayos June 19, 1971 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Nationality | Argentine |
Occupation | Actress |
Spouse(s) | Diego Olivera (2002-present) |
Children | Federico Ayos (b. 1992) Victoria Olivera (b. 2004) |
Parent(s) | Víctor Ayos Mónica Crámer |
Mónica Ayos (born June 19, 1971 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine actress. She studied to be an actress, si ver and dancer, but as she could not get a job, she began her career as a musical comedy or vedette instead. Producer Sebastián Borestein gave her the chance of a notable work in Tiempo Final, and she has kept working as an actress since then.
Mónica Ayos was born on June 19, 1974, in Buenos Aires. She is the daughter of the dancers Víctor Ayos and Mónica Crámer. As her parents frequently left the country on dance tours, she lived with her grandmother in Mar del Plata, and attended the elementary school. She returned to Buenos Aires, and attended high school in San Telmo. She had small assignments as an actress at the age of 12. She was emancipated at the age of 16, and visited Chile. She had a son with a Chilean that she broke up with a few months later, and raised her son as a single mother.
After several castings, she got minor roles in the TV comedies La Familia Benvenuto, Mi cuñado and Naranja y Media. Working in Canal 9 at midnight, she became a notable dancer and singer, and worked with Nito Artaza, Miguel Ángel Cherutti, Tristán and Jorge Corona. She soon declined that work and worked as an actress instead. She married the actor Diego Olivera in 2002, and had a daughter with him.
Her first main works in television were in Telefe. She worked in Franco Buenaventura, el profe in 2001. She was nominated to the Martín Fierro Award as best actress for this work. Producer Sebastián Borestein gave her the chance of a work in Tiempo Final. In 2006, she moved to El Trece and worked in the comedy Sos mi vida; the telenovela starred by Natalia Oreiro and Facundo Arana was aired in several countries. She was nominated again for the Martín Fierro Award as best actress. She also worked in the drama Mujeres Asesinas and the comedy Por amor a vos, also produced by Pol-Ka.