Maite Perroni Beorlegui (born 9 March 1983) is a Mexican actress, singer, songwriter and producer.
1986
She has two younger brothers, Adolfo (born in 1986) and Francisco (born in 1992).
In early childhood, Perroni had an inclination towards acting and appeared in many TV commercials and in some music videos.
In school she was involved in acting, art, singing and dancing.
She also participated as a dancer in a Disney Channel show.
After graduating from high school, Perroni signed up for the Centro de Educación Artística (CEA), an acting school run by Televisa, and signed up for a three-year course, though it only took her two years to complete.
She graduated and landed the role Guadalupe "Lupita" Fernandez, in the Mexican telenovela Rebelde.
She was one of the six protagonists alongside Anahí, Dulce María, Christian Chávez, Alfonso Herrera, and Christopher von Uckermann.
The series lasted three seasons.
Through the musical group she was a part of, RBD, she is a recording artist, performing sold-out concerts throughout Brazil, Mexico, Spain and Ecuador.
2004
Perroni gained international fame in 2004 as a member of the Latin Grammy-nominated Latin pop group RBD.
As an actress, Perroni's career began in 2004 and since then she has starred in numerous television series'.
2008
Her popularity was cemented in 2008 when she was selected by Mexico's youth to become one of the first Latin women to have an iconic Barbie Doll fashioned after her.
The Maite Perroni Barbie was a success in Mexico, elsewhere in Latin America, the United States, and Spain.
2009
She gained acclaim in 2009 when she was named "The New Queen of Telenovelas" by Univision.
2010
During the 2010s, Maite voiced the lead roles in the Spanish language versions of several movies such as the DreamWorks movie "El Origen de los Guardianes" (Rise of the Guardians) being "El Hada de los Dientes" (Tooth Fairy), Nahuala Film's "Selección Canina" (K9 World Cup) as "Maite Terranova" and Huevocartoon's "Un gallo con muchos huevos" (Huevos: Little Rooster's Egg-cellent Adventure) as "Di".
Maite's TV career began when she starred in the telenovela (soap opera) "Rebelde".
From the show came the musical group RBD, which featured Maite as a lead singer.
She helped carry the group to worldwide recognition and acclaim; they won several awards including "Best Group of the Year," "Best album of the Year," "Best Concert," and "Best Song of the Year."
RBD has sold over 50 million records and entirely sold venues such as "Estadio Maracaná" in Brazil, Madison Square Garden in New York, L.A. Coliseum, American Airlines Arena in Miami, Estadio Vicente Calderón in Spain, Auditorio Nacional and Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City among others.
2011
She has won numerous awards including the Tvynovelas Award's "Best Young Actress" for the soap opera, "Cuidado con el Ángel" (Don't mess with an Angel), Tvynovelas Award's "Most Popular Social Media Artist 2011", "Alta Inspiration Award 2016" by Alta Med, Tvynovelas Award's "Best Actress in a Leading Role" and "Favorite Leading Actress" at the "Premios Juventud 2016" both for the soap opera "Antes Muerta Que Lichita" (Anything But Plain).
2012
In 2012, Perroni signed a contract with Warner Music Group and the following year Perroni released her first solo album Eclipse de Luna (2013), which debuted in the third position at AMPROFON Top 20, the main table of Mexican albums, and got to the ninth position on the Billboard Latin Albums and second in Latin Pop Albums.
Maite Perroni Beorlegui was born in Mexico City but grew up in Guadalajara until age 12, when her family moved back to Mexico City.
2013
Her first solo album, Eclipse de Luna, was released on the Warner Brothers label in August 2013, and was considered a commercial success.
It quickly climbed to number 3 on the Mexican Albums Chart and number 2 on the Billboard Latin Pop Albums chart.
She released her first solo album in 2013, entitled "Eclipse de Luna" (Moon Eclipse).
The release of the music video for the album's first single, "Tu y Yo" was during the "Premios Juventud 2013" (2013 Youth Awards), which aired on Univision and was seen by over 13 million viewers.
The CD reached No. 2 on the U.S. Latin Pop Charts.
2014
In 2014, she launched her own clothing line, known as Colección Maite Perroni.
2015
She has hosted prestigious awards shows such as the 2015 "Lo Nuestro Awards" and "The 25th Annual Hispanic Heritage Awards Ceremony."
She has 8 million followers on Facebook, over 4 million on Twitter, more than 9 million on Instagram, and more than 2 million YouTube subscribers.
2016
In 2016 she won the Premios TVyNovelas of Best Actress of the Year for her work in Antes muerta que Lichita.
Perroni is more recently known for starring in the Mexican telenovela Rebelde and the Netflix series Dark Desire
In July 2016, she released a new single, Adicta.
Its official video has over 7.5 million views on YouTube.
During that year she also won numerous music awards such as "Best Latin Female Artist / Best Latin Female Video - Adicta" at the "Latin Music Italian Awards 2016" and "Latin Artist of the Year" by "La Caja de Música" in Spain.
Renowned for her beauty, Maite was selected to be among the top ten of the "100 Most Beautiful Faces 2016" by TC Candler - the only Mexican on the list for 5 years in a row.
She has also made "The 50 Most Beautiful People in the World" list by People Magazine En Español for 8 years running.
Maite has been an ambassador for the brand Proactiv in the U.S. Hispanic market for a long time.
