Felicia Mercado

{{short description|Mexican actress, singer and TV hostess (born 1959)}}

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|name = Felicia Mercado

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|birth_name = Felicia Mercado Agud

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|12|17}}

|birth_place = Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

|title = Señorita México 1977

|parents = José Luis Mercado
Ofelia Agud

|spouse = Eugene Santoscoy (1997–present)[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0580157/ Felicia Mercado's biography]

|partner =

|children =Ivana Francesca (b. 1998)

|relatives =

|years_active = 1980–present

|occupation = Actress, singer, tv host

}}

Felicia Mercado (born Felicia Mercado Agud on December 17, 1959) is a Mexican actress, singer, TV host and beauty pageant titleholder, best known for her appearances in telenovelas . She appeared in Between Love and Hatred and Teresa. Her first role in Telemundo was of Eva in La Casa de al Lado. She played Valeria Samaniego in El Rostro de la Venganza and Estela in Dama y Obrero (2013).

Biography

=Miss Mexico=

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Born in Tijuana, Baja California, the daughter of Ofelia Agud and José Luis Mercado, Felicia began her career by entering Miss Mexico 1977.[http://foro.univision.com/t5/Reinas-de-Mexico/FELICIA-MERCADO-SE%C3%91ORITA-MEXICO-1977/td-p/355579883 Felicia Mercado] Winning the contest gave her the right to represent Mexico in Miss Universe 1977 held in the Dominican Republic. She then began acting, appearing in the telenovela I won, I was starring Mexican diva Angélica María. During that time she appeared in many films.

=Rosa Salvaje=

In 1987, she shot to fame when she replaced the actress Edith González in the telenovela Rosa Salvaje, playing the evil Leonela Villarreal.

=Sortilegio =

In 2010 Felicia made a brief appearance in the telenovela Sortilegio. She played Adriana de Lombardo.[http://www.imdb.es/name/nm0580157/ Biography of Felicia Mercado (Spanish)]

Personal life

In 1997 she married Eugene Santoscoy. One year later her daughter Ivana Francesca was born.[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0580157/ Felicia Mercado's biography]

Filmography

= Telenovelas =

Year	Title	role	Notes
class="wikitable"
1981	El hogar que yo robé	Odalisca	Supporting role
1984-1985	Si, mi amor	Lady Simpson
1985-1986	Vivir un poco	Magdalena Dávalos
1986-1987	El precio de la fama	Doris	Supporting role
1987-1988	Rosa Salvaje	Leonela Villareal #2
1989	Lo blanco y lo negro	Déborah
1993	Entre la vida y la muerte	Cristina	Guest star
1993-1994	Mas allá del puente	Sara
1995	Lazos de Amor	Nancy Balboa	Guest star
1996	Cañaveral de Pasiones	Margarita Faberman de Santos	Guest star
1996	Confidente de secundaria	Casandra	Supporting role
1996-1997	Te sigo amando	Dr. Carmen	Guest star
1998	Preciosa	Enriqueta de San Román
2000	Por Un Beso	Eugenia Mendizábal de Ballesteros	Supporting role
2001	Amigas y rivales	Sonia Villalobos Vda de Torreblanca/de De la O	Guest star
2002	Entre el Amor y el Odio	Lucila Montes
2009	Sortilegio	Adriana Villavicencio de Lombardo	Guest star
2010-2011	Teresa	Genoveva Alba De Icaza	Supporting role
2011	La Casa de al Lado	Eva Spencer de Conde	Main cast
2012-2013	El rostro de la venganza	Valeria de Samaniego	Supporting role
2013	Dama y obrero	Estela Mendoza de Santamaría	Main cast
2022-2023	Cabo	Jimena Manrique	Supporting role