Karen Martello
Karen Martello | |
|---|---|
 Martello in 2022 | |
| Born | 1 February 1978 Cumaná, Venezuela |
| Nationality | Venezuelan |
| Occupations |
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| Spouse |
Brenda Rovero
(m. 2015; sep. 2019) |
Karen Martello (born 1 February 1978) is a Venezuelan singer and television presenter.[1]
Biography
[edit]Martello was born in Cumaná and grew up in Maracaibo. She studied at the Rafael Belloso Chacín University, although she abandoned her studies to dedicate herself to music.[2] Her references include Celia Cruz and Marc Anthony.[3] Martello's voice is a contralto, which is uncommon among women.[4]
At the age of seventeen she won the First Pan American Voice Festival.[3] In 2016, along with Vanessa Senior, she made a video for an original song by Vanesa Martín, No te pude retener.[5] In 2019, she starred in the musical play La verdadera historia de Pedro Navaja, being the first woman to play the role of El Lince de la Barandilla.[3]
In 2021, she participated in the film Mírame así by Héctor Márquez.[6] She was guest actress in the play Monólogos de la Vagina with Gabriela Spanic and Susana Pérez. On November 18, 2022 she premiered with Free Cover in Homenaje a Diomedez Díaz.[3]
Martello has hosted the television program La buena onda aimed primarily at Latin American audiences in the United States on TVV Network.[7]
Personal life
[edit]Martello was the first Venezuelan artist to get married in Florida after the law approving same-sex marriage went into effect on 6 January 2015.[3] She married businesswoman Brenda Rovero. After an in vitro fertilization treatment in Panama, Rovero became pregnant and they became mothers of two twins.[8] They separated in 2019.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Karen Martello: la ambigüedad como bandera". El Nuevo Herald.
- ^ "Karen Martello". www.marathi.tv. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
- ^ a b c d e "Briografia" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-22.
- ^ "Karen Martello irrumpe en la escena musical venezolana | Revista Sala de Espera Venezuela". www.saladeespera.com.ve (in Spanish). 2013-07-29. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
- ^ dearmas, Bloque. "Vanessa Senior incursiona en la música". Meridiano.net (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-22.
- ^ "El actor cubano Tony Cortés coproduce película con Miami como telón de fondo". El Nuevo Herald.
- ^ "TVVenezuela | Canal de televisión por suscripción". TVV Network. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
- ^ "Karen Martello cantará en La Avispa: lesbiana, casada, con hijos y sin discriminación". La Nación (in Spanish). 2017-05-12. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
- ^ "Karen Martello y su esposa se separan". elsiglo.com.pa (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-22.