Laura Flores

Laura Aurora Flores Heras (born August 23, 1963) is a Mexican actress, hostess and singer.^[1]

Flores had a hit single, "El Alma No Tiene Color" ("The Soul Has No Color"), which was a duet with Marco Antonio Solís taken from the album Me Quedé Vacía, which received a Gold album certification in Mexico.^[2] Solís also produced her album Nunca Hagas Llorar a Una Mujer (1995), which had four successful singles: "Antes de Que Te Vayas," "Porque Sé Que Me Mientes," the title track, and the Grupo Mojado cover "Te Felicito."^[2][3] These singles received airplay on the grupera charts in Mexico.^[4]

Her first taste of stardom came when she joined Hermanos y Amigos,^[1] a group composed of her family members. The band toured extensively in Mexico, the Netherlands, Germany, and Spain for almost three years. Flores' desire to improve her acting skills led her to study at the El Centro de Estudios Artísticos de Televisa (CEA). Her first acting opportunity came during a musical presentation in Tampico, where a producer offered her a role in the telenovela El combate, starring Ignacio López Tarso. In 1980, Luis de Llano Macedo offered her the opportunity to sing and record some songs in English in the program Noche de Noche, hosted by Verónica Castro. In 1981, Flores starred in her first musical, Los Fantásticos. She later hosted several special programs that aired in the early 1980s. In 1992, she recorded her first solo album, Barcos de papel, which led her to tour throughout Mexico.

In 1986, Flores married Uruguayan songwriter and singer Sergio Fachelli, who produced De Corazón a Corazón y Fruto Prohibido, but the marriage ended three years later. She has appeared in telenovelas such as Los Años pasan, Clarisa, El vuelo del águila, Marisol, El Amor tiene cara de mujer, El alma no tiene color, Gotita de amor, and Siempre te amaré. In 2005, after a brief hiatus, she returned to acting in Piel de otoño.

In 1995, she sang some of her songs in a radio station event at the Rancho Moreno in Chino, California. At the 9th Lo Nuestro Awards, Flores received a nomination for Regional Mexican Female Singer of the Year.^[5] The following year, she was nominated for Pop Singer of the Year.^[6]

From 1995 to 1997, she hosted the Mexican version of Wheel of Fortune, La Rueda de la Fortuna. The program aired on El Canal De Las Estrellas ("The Channel of the Stars").

In 2006, she played a co-protagonist role in Mundo de Fieras with César Évora. The next year, she continues working as his wife in Al Diablo con los Guapos as a villain who later turns good.

In 2008, she left the program Hoy to star in the telenovela En Nombre del Amor as Camila Ríos, the mother of the villain.

In 2009, she was part of the telenovela Corazón salvaje as Juan del Diablo's mother.

In fall 2010, she appeared in Mujeres Asesinas.

Since 2014, Flores has been working with Telemundo. She first played a special participation in En Otra Piel as Mónica Serrano, and later became part of the main cast of Reina de Corazones.

For her work in television and in the recording industry, Flores has had her handprints embedded at the Paseo de las Luminarias in Mexico City.

In 2019, she returned to Televisa in the telenovela Juntos el corazón nunca se equivoca starring Emilio Osorio and Joaquín Bondoni, in which she played the role of Soledad de Ortega.^[7][8]

• Laura Flores at IMDb
• Laura Flores at the telenovela database
• Laura Flores at the esmas