Andy Vila
{{Short description|Uruguayan actress, model and television presenter}}
{{Family name hatnote|Vila|Pereira|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Andy Vila
| image = Andy Vila.jpg
| caption = Vila in 2024
| birth_name = Andrea Laura Vila Pereira
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1987|1|30}}
| birth_place = Montevideo, Uruguay
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|model|presenter|television personality}}
| years_active = 2006–present
| television =
}}
Andrea Laura Vila Pereira (born January 30, 1987) mostly known as Andy Vila, is a Uruguayan actress, model and television presenter.{{Cite web|url=http://www.andyvila.com/bio/|title=Andy Vila|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-09}} She began her media career at the age of eighteen, on the sketch comedy show El Show del mediodía.{{Cite web |date=2017-05-03 |title=Irreconocible: El video del casting de Andy Vila en Teledoce doce años atrás |url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/tvshow/personajes/irreconocible-el-video-del-casting-de-andy-vila-en-teledoce-doce-anos-atras |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=EL PAIS |language=en}}
Early life
Andrea Vila was born on January 30, 1987, in Montevideo, Uruguay. She attended Elbio Fernández School.{{Cite web |title=Anchor - The easiest way to make a podcast |url=https://anchor.fm/elbio-fernandez/episodes/Exalumnos--Entrevista-a-Andy-Vila---Actriz-y-conductora-e1m8qu1 |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=Anchor |language=en}} Her relatives already knew in her childhood that she was going to be an "artist."{{Cite web|last=ElPais|title=Andy Vila: "Nunca quise que el qué dirán me frenara a probar cosas nuevas"|url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/domingo/andy-vila-nunca-quise-diran-me-frenara-probar-cosas-nuevas.html|access-date=2022-01-26|website=Diario EL PAIS Uruguay|language=spanish}}
Career
At just 7 years old, she began attending theater classes. She began working on advertisements, catwalks and photo campaigns. At the age of 18 she auditioned and was selected to participate in the Teledoce's sketch comedy series El show del mediodía in 2005.{{Cite web |last=ElPais |title=Irreconocible: El video del casting de Andy Vila en Teledoce doce años atrás |url=https://www.tvshow.com.uy/personajes/irreconocible-video-casting-andy-vila-teledoce-doce-anos.html |access-date=2020-02-09 |website=Diario EL PAIS Uruguay |language=spanish}} The following year, after the success she had in the previous program, she was summoned to participate in the Uruguayan soap opera, La Oveja Negra, and in the film 14 días en el paraíso.{{Cite web|last=ElPais|title=El álbum de Andy Vila|url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/sabado-show/album-andy-vila.html|access-date=2022-01-26|website=Diario EL PAIS Uruguay|language=spanish}} That same year she started presenting Click on Nuevo Siglo TV.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/sabado-show/album-andy-vila.html|title=El álbum de Andy Vila|last=ElPais|website=Diario EL PAIS Uruguay|language=spanish|access-date=2020-02-09}}
In 2009 she co-starred in the movie Bad Day to Go Fishing, portraying Maria Victoria.{{Cite web |date=2017-03-25 |title=En pantalla grande: Andy hará cine |url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/sabado-show/en-pantalla-grande-andy-hara-cine |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=EL PAIS |language=en}} In 2011 he was a recurring character in Adicciones. The next year he gave life to Lydia in the movie La culpa del cordero. In the summer of 2012-2013, she served as a reporter for the Uruguayan show Verano Perfecto and the Argentine Bien de Verano. In 2013, Vila made her premiere at the theater with Encadenados, where she toured the entire country. In 2014, she continued in Verano Perfecto but with a new, leading role.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvshow.com.uy/personajes/emotiva-despedida-andy-vila-verano-perfecto.html|title=La emotiva despedida de Andy Vila a Verano perfecto|last=ElPais|website=Diario EL PAIS Uruguay|language=spanish|access-date=2020-02-09}} From 2015 to 2017 she was a panelist for the morning television show Desayunos informales.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvshow.com.uy/personajes/comenzo-desayunos-informales-nueva-propuesta-matinal.html|title=Comenzó Desayunos informales, la nueva propuesta matinal del 12|last=ElPais|website=Diario EL PAIS Uruguay|language=spanish|access-date=2020-02-09}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvshow.com.uy/personajes/andy-vila-desayunos-informales.html|title=Andy Vila se va de Desayunos informales|last=ElPais|website=Diario EL PAIS Uruguay|language=spanish|access-date=2020-02-09}}
From September 2018 to January 2019 she hosted Channel 4's Modo avión travel program.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvshow.com.uy/personajes/diosa-nunca-andy-vila-fecha-regreso-tv-avion.html|title=Más diosa que nunca, Andy Vila tiene fecha de regreso a la tv con Modo avión|last=ElPais|website=Diario EL PAIS Uruguay|language=spanish|access-date=2020-02-09}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvshow.com.uy/personajes/acusan-andy-vila-aparecer-tanga-programa-responde.html|title=Acusan a Andy Vila de aparecer mucho "en tanga" en su programa y ella responde|last=ElPais|website=Diario EL PAIS Uruguay|language=spanish|access-date=2020-02-09}} On December 3, 2018, she began co-hosting Vamo Arriba, Channel 4's daytime television show.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pantallazo.com.uy/Pantallazo/Con-Vamo-arriba-comenzo-la-nueva-manana-de-Monte-Carlo-Television-uc701811|title=Con “Vamo' arriba” comenzó la nueva mañana de Monte Carlo Televisión|website=Pantallazo|language=es|access-date=2020-02-09}} From September 2021 to mid-2022, she hosted Los 8 escalones―Edición Famosos, a spin-off of the game show Los 8 escalones featuring celebrities.{{Cite web |last=ElPais |title=Andy Vila habla de "Los ocho escalones: famosos": "Para mí esto es un crecimiento" |url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/tvshow/tv/andy-vila-habla-ocho-escalones-famosos-mi-esto-crecimiento.html |access-date=2022-01-26 |website=Diario EL PAIS Uruguay |language=spanish}} On December 16, 2022, she left Vamo Arriba, claiming that she wanted to dedicate herself to caring for her newborn daughter.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-16 |title=Entre lágrimas y abrazos, Andy Vila se despidió de "Vamo Arriba" |url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/tvshow/personajes/entre-lagrimas-y-abrazos-andy-vila-se-despidio-de-vamo-arriba |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=EL PAIS |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Andy Vila tras su salida de Canal 4: "Encontraré la vuelta para volver a la televisión" |url=https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/andy-vila-tras-su-salida-de-canal-4-encontrare-la-vuelta-para-volver-a-la-television--2022122013218 |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=El Observador}}
Filmography
= Television =
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Title !Role !Notes !Channel |
| 2006
| |Host assistant | rowspan="2" |Teledoce |
| 2007
|La Oveja Negra | |Special participation |
| 2007-15
|Click |Herself |Host |Nuevo Siglo TV |
| rowspan="2" |2008
|El Lolo |Natalia | | rowspan="3" |Teledoce |
| Los profesionales del espectáculo
|Herself |Special participation |
| 2011
|Adicciones | |Recurring |
| rowspan="2" |2012-13
|Luxo | |Recurring |
| rowspan="2" |Verano Perfecto
| rowspan="6" |Herself |Reporter | rowspan="3" |Teledoce |
| 2014
|Panelist |
| 2015-17
|Panelist |
| 2018-19
|Host | rowspan="3" |Channel 4 |
| 2018-2022
|Co-Host |
| 2021
|Los 8 escalones - Celebrity Edition |Anchor |
| 2024
|Choclo |Contestant; 12th Eliminated |
= Movies =
| class="wikitable"
!Year ! colspan="2" |Movie !Rol !Director |
| 2007
| rowspan="3" |{{flagicon|URU}} |14 días en el paraíso |Minor role |Bill Marks |
| 2009
|Cecilia |
| 2012
|La culpa del cordero |Lydia |Gabriel Drak |
= Theater =
| class="wikitable"
!Year ! colspan="2" |Title !Character !Director |
| 2013
|{{flagicon|URU}} |Encadenados | |Alfredo Goldstein {{Citation|title=Encadenados|url=https://www.cartelera.com.uy/averespectaculo.aspx?7195|language=es|access-date=2020-02-09}} |
Personal life
Vila began a relationship with Emiliano Álvarez in 2013. They separated in May 2019, but got back together in July 2020.{{Cite web|last=ElPais|title=Andy Vila vuelve al equipo de las solteras|url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/tvshow/personajes/andy-vila-vuelve-equipo-solteras.html|access-date=2022-01-26|website=Diario EL PAIS Uruguay|language=spanish}}{{Cite web|last=ElPais|title=Con un divertido video, Andy Vila oficializó el regreso con su exnovio|url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/tvshow/personajes/divertido-video-andy-vila-oficializo-regreso-exnovio.html|access-date=2022-01-26|website=Diario EL PAIS Uruguay|language=spanish}}{{Cite web|date=2020-12-14|title=Andy Vila reconciliada: "Con Emiliano nos volvimos a elegir"|url=https://www.caras.uy/noticias/actualidad/2020-12-14-andy-vila-reconciliada-con-emiliano-nos-volvimos-a-elegir.phtml|access-date=2022-01-26|website=Caras|language=es}} On November 22, 2021, during the live broadcast of Vamo Arriba, she announced that she was pregnant with her first child.{{Cite web|last=ElPais|title=Andy Vila será madre por primera vez: lo anunció en vivo en "Vamo' arriba"|url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/tvshow/personajes/andy-vila-sera-madre-primera-vez-anuncio-vivo-vamo.html|access-date=2022-01-26|website=Diario EL PAIS Uruguay|language=spanish}}{{Cite web|title=Andy Vila embarazada de su primer hijo: “Te estamos esperando”|url=https://www.pantallazo.com.uy/Pantallazo/Andy-Vila-embarazada-de-su-primer-hijo--Te-estamos-esperando--uc804926|access-date=2022-01-26|website=Pantallazo|language=es}}
References
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External links
- {{Twitter|id=Andyyvila|name=Andy Vila}}
- {{Instagram|id=andyyvila|name=Andy Vila}}
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Category:21st-century Uruguayan actresses
Category:Uruguayan female models
Category:Uruguayan film actresses
Category:Uruguayan television presenters
Category:Uruguayan stage actresses