Yolanda Andrade

Yolanda Josefina Andrade Gómez (born 28 December 1970) is a Mexican actress and television presenter born in Culiacán, Sinaloa. She started her career at the telenovela Yo no creo en los hombres, along with Gabriela Roel and Alfredo Adame, which allowed her to work in bigger productions such as Las secretas intenciones (1992) with Cristian Castro.

Biography

Yolanda Josefina Andrade Gómez was born on 28 December 1970 in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. After completing high school there, she moved to Mexico City and started her acting studies at the Centro de Educación Artística (CEA) in Televisa for 3 years. Upon completion of her acting studies, she obtained her first role in a soap opera Yo no creo en los hombres. Her next role was as Larissa in Las secretas intenciones acting next to Cristian Castro, for which she obtained a TVyNovelas Award as Best Young Actress.

She then continued towards other soap operas until she obtained a leading role. Her first starring role was in Buscando el Paraíso (1993) with Karla Alvares and Alex Ibarra, then Retrato de Familia (1995); Sentimientos Ajenos (1996) with Carlos Ponce and Chantal Andere, Los Hijos de Nadie (1997) with Silvia Derbez and Ramón Abascal. On that same year she also participated in the Mexican movie ¿Quién Diablos es Juliette?.

Throughout her career, she received public and media attention and was awarded several “Best Actress” honors.

On March 1, 2000, Yolanda hosted the TV show Hijas de la Madre Tierra with her friend Montserrat Oliver. The show was very successful and they even did a special transmission from the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia

Like many other Mexican celebrities, in 2003 she entered Big Brother VIP where she won second place after the winner Omar Chaparro.

Television

Soap operas 1997: Los hijos de nadie – Lucila 1996: Sentimientos Ajenos – Sofia 1995: Retrato de Familia – Elvira 1994: Buscando el Paraiso – Dalia 1993: Las Secretas Intenciones – Larissa 1991: Yo no creo en los hombres – Clara

Drama shows 1995: Mujer, casos de la vida real – El Lugar Ideal 1994: Mujer, casos de la vida real – Perdon por Amor

Reality shows 2002: Big Brother VIP – as herself 2023: La lei de la serva (Netflix) – as herself

Variety shows 2007: Mojoe – as herself 2006: Netas Divinas – as herself 2005: Otro Rollo – as herself 2003: Gran Musical – as herself 2003: Las Hijas de la Madre Tierra – as herself