Nicky Mondellini
Encyclopedia
Nicoletta Edna Mondellini Hammond (born July 6, 1966 in Milano, Italy
) is a Mexican
actress.
Nicky Mondellini was born to a British
mother, Joan, and an Italian father, Mario. She moved to Mexico City
with her family when her father was transferred by his employer. She has two sisters.
From early childhood, she was introduced to the arts of acting and dancing by her mother, a professional choreographer. She began her acting career when she was 12 in the musical Sweet Charity
, and continued her career in Telenovela
s (soap operas) with the Mexican network Televisa
, classical theater plays, and movies.
Nicky decided to move with her family to Houston, Texas
in 2005 following the kidnapping of two of her actress friends in Mexico City. She now is the hostess of the Television program Salud-Vital, has participated in 2 movies produced in the Houston area, and has her own voice over company.
She has been nominated twice for the Premios TVyNovelas
as Best Lead Actress. She is fluent in five languages (Spanish
, English
, Italian, French
and German
), is a professional dance
r, a voice over talent, and has Bachelor's and Master's degrees in arts.
Nicky is married to an American
Petroleum engineer, Al Wilson. The couple have three children: Mario, Robert, and Stephanie.
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
) is a Mexican
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
actress.
Nicky Mondellini was born to a British
British people
The British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants...
mother, Joan, and an Italian father, Mario. She moved to 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...
with her family when her father was transferred by his employer. She has two sisters.
From early childhood, she was introduced to the arts of acting and dancing by her mother, a professional choreographer. She began her acting career when she was 12 in the musical Sweet Charity
Sweet Charity
Sweet Charity is a musical with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields and book by Neil Simon. It was directed and choreographed for Broadway by Bob Fosse starring his wife and muse Gwen Verdon. It is based on Federico Fellini's screenplay for Nights of Cabiria...
, and continued her career in Telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
s (soap operas) with the Mexican network Televisa
Televisa
Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...
, classical theater plays, and movies.
Nicky decided to move with her family to Houston, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
in 2005 following the kidnapping of two of her actress friends in Mexico City. She now is the hostess of the Television program Salud-Vital, has participated in 2 movies produced in the Houston area, and has her own voice over company.
She has been nominated twice for the Premios TVyNovelas
Premios TVyNovelas
The TVyNovelas Awards, also known as the Premios TVyNovelas are presented annually by Televisa and the magazine TVyNovelas to honour the best Mexican television productions, especially telenovelas. Instituted in 1983, the award ceremony is held in Forum Mundo Imperial in Acapulco...
as Best Lead Actress. She is fluent in five languages (Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, Italian, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
), is a professional dance
Dance
Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
r, a voice over talent, and has Bachelor's and Master's degrees in arts.
Nicky is married to an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Petroleum engineer, Al Wilson. The couple have three children: Mario, Robert, and Stephanie.
Filmography
- Contra Viento y MareaContra viento y mareaContra viento y marea is a Mexican telenovela aired from April 25 until November 4, 2005. This was also the last acting role of Beatriz Sheridan, who died in 2006 of a heart attack.-Plot:...
(2005) (series) as Constanza Balmaceda - Corazones al límiteCorazones al límite-Plot:Corazones al límite was a Mexican telenovela about a teenage girl named Diana who was emotionally neglected from her parents, and felt unwanted. After being expelled from her boarding school in Switzerland, Diana goes back to live with her parents...
(2004) (series) - ¡Vivan los Niños! (2002) (series)
- Ramona (2000) (series)
- Una Luz en el Camino (1998) (series)
- EsmeraldaEsmeralda (telenovela)Esmeralda is a telenovela that was released by Televisa in 1997. It is a remake of a 1970 Venezuelan telenovela of that same name, and was itself remade in Brazil in 2004. Another version is Topacio from Venezuela in 1984.-Plot:...
(1997) (series) - Nic Habana (1997)
- Retrato de FamiliaRetrato de FamiliaRetrato de Familia is a 1976 Spanish film directed by Antonio Giménez-Rico. It stars Antonio Ferrandis, Amparo Soler Leal and Miguel Bosé, making his film debut. This is Giménez-Rico ’s best known film. The script was written by him, based on the novel Mi idolatrado hijo Sisi , by Miguel...
(1995) (series) - Marimar (1994) (series)
- Puerto EscondidoPuerto EscondidoPuerto Escondido is a small port and tourist center in the municipality of San Pedro Mixtepec Distrito 22 in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. Prior to the 1930s, no real town existed. The bay had been used as a port intermittently to ship coffee, but there was no permanent settlement due to the lack...
(1992) - María MercedesMaría Mercedes (telenovela)María Mercedes was a Mexican telenovela directed by Beatriz Sheridan and starring Thalía and Arturo Peniche.-Plot:Maria Mercedes is a poor girl who is abandoned with her brothers and sister by her ambitious mother...
(1992) (series) as Mistica de Ordoñez - La Pícara SoñadoraLa Pícara SoñadoraLa Pícara Soñadora was a Mexican telenovela shown in 1991, based on a 1956 Argentine film of the same name directed by Ernesto Arancibia. This telenovela contains 80 episodes and stars the late Dina de Marco, Irán Eory, Eduardo Palomo, and Mariana Levy.- Synopsis :Lupita is young and pretty and...
(1991) (series) - La Telaraña (1986) (series)
- Videocosmos (1983) (series)