Magali Carrasquillo

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Magali Carrasquillo (born on a January 17) is a Puerto Rican film and television actress. She is also a teacher, television producer and cultural manager.[1] During the 1980s, she was known for her participation in many telenovelas in her island-country of Puerto Rico.

Early life

Carrasquillo is the daughter of Alfredo Carrasquillo, who was a dentist.[2]

As a young woman, Carrasquillo enrolled at the

Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Morelos in Cuernavaca, Morelos.[1]

Carrasquillo was working in Argentine theater producer

Acting career

Island-wide celebrity came for her about that time, as she soon began acting in some

, among others.

Later in the 1980s, Carrasquillo became a talk-show host, participating in "Cultura Viva" ("Live Culture") and in the major Puerto Rican television hit, "

Margot Deben
.

She followed her initial, television success with a film acting career that included a number of Puerto Rican film productions, such as "Luisa Capetillo, Pasion de Justicia" ("Luisa Capetillo, Passion for Justice"), "El Sueño del Regreso" ("Dream of Returning"), "Kabo y Platon" ("Corporal and Platoon") and "Quien Eres Tu?" ("Who Are You?").[1]

Carrasquillo has won several acting awards; in 1988 and 1994, she was recognized as best antagonist actress by the Puerto Rico Theater Critics' Circle.[3]

Teaching career

A teacher also, Carrasquillo has been busy on the Puerto Rican education system, and she has worked as a teacher in Spanish and Teather and Communications classes, among others.[3]

Personal life

Carrasquillo met Rafael Jose Diaz in 1979; the couple married in 1981 and divorced in 1989 but they remain lifelong friends.[4]

Carrasquillo had a son with Jose, the actor and singer Juan Pablo Diaz.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Magali Carrasquillo".
  2. ^ "De luto Magali Carrasquillo y Juan Pablo Díaz". El Nuevo Día. April 29, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Magali Carrasquillo".
  4. ^ "Inalterable el amor entre Rafael José y Magali Carrasquillo". 23 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Juan Pablo Díaz encarnará al luchador puertorriqueño TNT en nueva película". 7 June 2021.