Patricia Navidad

Ana Patricia "Paty" Navidad Lara (; born May 20, 1973) is a Mexican actress and singer.

Biography Navidad developed an interest in music before acting, mainly influenced by her father, Jesús. She once was quoted as saying that his voice has been her inspiration since she was born. When she was nine years old, she sang to the public for the first time in a school festival, and at fifteen she made her professional debut.

Twitter suspended Navidad's account in January 2021 after she spread false information about the COVID-19 pandemic. In August 2021, her team confirmed she had tested positive for COVID-19 and was hospitalized. By late August, Navidad had recovered enough to return to television.

Career Navidad participated in the Señorita Sinaloa (Miss Sinaloa) contest which offered as a grand prize a scholarship to Televisa's renowned youth acting academy, the Centro de Educación Artística.

Singer Navidad continued her musical career, releasing the album Instantes ("Instances") in 1998 which reached sales of over 100,000, it was awarded gold record. In May 2000 she released her second album entitled "Mexican", rescuing her Mexican roots.

Carnival In 2000, Navidad was awarded Queen of the Banda in the Carnival of Mazatlán, Sinaloa for the recording of the disc Don Cruz Lizárraga presenta a Patricia Navidad: Raíces de mi tierra ("Don Cruz Lizárraga presents Patricia Navidad: Roots of my Homeland").

Television

Year Title Role Notes 1992 María Mercedes Iris 1993 Los parientes pobres Esmeralda 1994–2002 Mujer, casos de la vida real Various roles 7 episodes 1993 Más allá del puente Rosalía 1994 Marimar Isabel 1995 Acapulco, cuerpo y alma Clara 1996 Cañaveral de pasiones Mireya 1997 El alma no tiene color Sarita 1997 Picardía mexicana Herself Television host 1998 Ángela Ximena Chávez 2001 El manantial María Magdalena Osuna 2002 Las vías del amor Rocío Zárate 2003–2004 Mariana de la noche Yadira de Guerrero 2005 Sueños y caramelos Deborah 2006–2007 La fea más bella Alicia Ferreira 2007 Amor sin maquillaje Herself 2008–2009 Juro que te amo Antonia Madrigal 2009 Mujeres asesinas Concha Garrido "Las Garrido, codiciosas" (Season 2, Episode 2) 2010 Zacatillo, un lugar en tu corazón Zorayda Dumont de Zárate Main role 2012 Por ella soy Eva Mimí de la Rose Main role 2013–2014 Como dice el dicho Adela / Erminia 2015 Parodiando, noches de traje Psicóloga Guest star 2015–2016 Antes muerta que Lichita Marlene Guest star 2016 Señora Acero: La Coyote Margarita Casanova Recurring role 2017 Mi adorable maldición Apolonia Ortega Galicia Main role 2018 Por amar sin ley Cecilia de Aguirre Recurring role 2023; 2025 La casa de los famosos Housemate Runner-up (season 3) Participating (season 5) 2024 Top Chef VIP Herself Winner (season 3) 2026 Tierra de amor y coraje Roxie