Fernanda Romero
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Fernanda Romero is a Mexican
Mexican people
Mexican people refers to all persons from Mexico, a multiethnic country in North America, and/or who identify with the Mexican cultural and/or national identity....

 actress, model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....

 and singer.

Biography

Fernanda Romero (real name, Maria Fernanda Romero Martinez) was born in 1985 in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Mexico
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. She began her singing career when she joined BMG's recording ensemble group, Frizzby. Her parents were originally skeptical of her career in music, they were concerned she would not be able to make enough money to support herself through her music.

She was only 16 when the group began touring from Mexico to Central America
Central America
Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...

 to promote their two top ten singles. They performed for Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II
Blessed Pope John Paul II , born Karol Józef Wojtyła , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005, at of age. His was the second-longest documented pontificate, which lasted ; only Pope Pius IX ...

 at the famous Estadio Azteca
Estadio Azteca
Estadio Azteca is a stadium in Santa Ursula, Mexico City, Mexico. It is the official home stadium of the Mexico national football team and the Mexican team Club América.The stadium was the venue for football soccer in the 1968 Summer Olympics....

 in Mexico City.

By the time Romero reached eighteen she was in ad campaigns for brands like Rock and Republic
Rock and Republic
Rock & Republic is an American jeans brand founded by Michael Ball in 2002. Ball is a cyclist who gained design experience by creating his cycling team's uniforms...

, Clean & Clear
Clean & Clear
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, Pepsi
Pepsi
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, Apple, and J.C. Penney
J.C. Penney
J. C. Penney Company, Inc. is a chain of American mid-range department stores based in Plano, Texas, a suburb north of Dallas. The company operates 1,107 department stores in all 50 U.S. states and Puerto Rico. JCPenney also operates catalog sales merchant offices nationwide in many...

.
She also appeared in magazines such as GQ Mexico, OK Magazine Espanol, Reforma Magazine and ELLE Mexico Magazine.

Filmography

  • El alma herida (2003) - Clarita
  • La ley del silencio (2005) - Virginia
  • Pit Fighter
    Pit Fighter (film)
    Pit Fighter is a 2005 action movie directed by Jesse Johnson. The film stars Dominique Vandenberg, Steven Bauer and Stephen Graham and also Scott Adkins. The film is in no way related to the 1990 arcade videogame Pit-Fighter.-Plot:...

     (2005) - (uncredited) Conchita
  • She Builds Quick Machines
    She Builds Quick Machines
    "She Builds Quick Machines" is a rock song by Velvet Revolver, and was released as the first single off the album Libertad on May 21, 2007. The song was made available for digital download on May 16, 2007. Besides being featured on Libertad, "She Builds Quick Machines" was also featured on the EP...

     (Velvet Revolver
    Velvet Revolver
    Velvet Revolver is an American hard rock supergroup consisting of former Guns N' Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum, alongside Dave Kushner formerly of punk band Wasted Youth. Stone Temple Pilots vocalist Scott Weiland was Velvet Revolver's lead singer from their formation until...

     music video) (2007) - Libertad
  • Eternamente tuya (2009) - Antonia
  • The Eye
    The Eye (2008 film)
    The Eye is a 2008 supernatural horror film starring Jessica Alba. It is a remake of the Pang Brothers' 2002 film of the same name.-Plot:Sydney Wells is a successful classical violinist who has been blind since the age of five. Fifteen years later, Sydney undergoes a cornea transplant, which causes...

     (2008) - Ana Cristina Martinez/Ling
  • Drag Me to Hell
    Drag Me to Hell
    Drag Me to Hell is a 2009 American horror film, directed by Sam Raimi, with a screenplay by Sam and Ivan Raimi. The plot focuses on loan officer Christine Brown , who tries to impress her boss by refusing to extend a loan to a gypsy woman by the name of Mrs. Ganush...

     (2009)
  • Ready or Not (2009)
  • Silver Case
    Silver Case
    Silver Case is a 2011 crime comedy, produced and directed by Christian Filippella, starring Oscar Nominees actors Eric Roberts and Seymour Cassel, Brian Keith Gamble, Chris Facey, Vincent De Paul , Shalim Ortiz, Claire Falconer, Brad Light, Art Hsu, Stanely B...

     (2011) - Lola ....directed by Christian Filippella
    Christian Filippella
    Christian Filippella is a filmmaker living and working in Los Angeles, California, Rome, Italy and Belfast, Northern Ireland.Filippella began working as an independent filmmaker in Spain and Ireland...

  • Geezers! (film) (2012) Tiffany

Future/Released Productions

Films with appearances by Romero include Hunter's Moon a sci-fi
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 thriller, directed mainly by Emmy and Mark Stouffer, Ready or Not, 2 Dudes and a Dream, and Legend of the Pit Fighter. Romero has also appeared the a reality show
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...

 Control as a hostess.
Romero has recently appeared in the horror film Drag Me to Hell
Drag Me to Hell
Drag Me to Hell is a 2009 American horror film, directed by Sam Raimi, with a screenplay by Sam and Ivan Raimi. The plot focuses on loan officer Christine Brown , who tries to impress her boss by refusing to extend a loan to a gypsy woman by the name of Mrs. Ganush...

.

There are currently several more films in line for release in 2009 and 2010, including The Red Canvas, Milo (pre-production), Creature of Darkness, Once Fallen (post-production), Las Angeles (post-production), and El precio del paraiso (in production).

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