Isabella Castillo
{{Short description|American actress (born 1994)}}
{{family name hatnote|Castillo|Díaz|lang=Spanish}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Isabella Castillo
| image = Isabella Castillo 2023.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Castillo in 2023
| birth_name = Isabella Castillo Díaz
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1994|12|23}}
| birth_place = Havana, Cuba
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|singer}}
| years_active = 2008–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Matías Novoa|2019|2021|end=div.}}
| website = {{URL|isabellacastillo.com}}
| signature = Isabella Castillo signature.png
}}
Isabella Castillo Díaz (born 23 December 1994) is a Cuban-American actress and singer best known for her role as Graciela "Grachi" Alonso, the lead character of the Nickelodeon fantasy television series Grachi, for which has released several songs. Castillo has also starred on the telenovelas Tierra de reyes, El Señor de los Cielos and Malverde: El Santo Patrón, as well as the musical film La Usurpadora: The Musical.
Biography and career
Isabella Castillo was born on 23 December 1994, daughter of singer Delia Díaz de Villegas{{cite news|language=es|url=http://entretenimiento.aollatino.com/2011/04/13/isabella-castillo-baby-shower/|title=Isabella Castillo hizo Baby Shower sorpresa para su hermana|trans-title=Isabella Castillo did a Baby Shower surprise for her sister|date=13 April 2011|access-date=4 May 2012|archive-date=31 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731041047/http://entretenimiento.aollatino.com/2011/04/13/isabella-castillo-baby-shower/|url-status=dead}} and percussionist José Castillo. Her older sister is Giselle, a pianist and music teacher. In 1997, at the age of three, she emigrated to Belize, moving to Miami, Florida, some months later. At the age of five, she debuted as a singer in one of her mother's concerts: from that moment, she began to take dancing, singing and acting lessons,{{cite web|url=http://isabellacastillo.com/english/about-isabella/|title=About Isabella|access-date=9 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121228092822/http://isabellacastillo.com/english/about-isabella/|archive-date=28 December 2012|url-status=dead}} studying music at Musical Procenter and winning four times the Grand Prize at the Youth Fair of the Florida International University. On 26 March 2005, she won the first prize as Most Promising in the Children Singing Division at the USA World Showcase and on 15 July, she took the stage on the Manuel Artime Theater in Miami in the musical Fantasia en Disney; she also participated in the contest Best New Talent in Los Angeles and in the concert offered by the Israeli Embassy for Cuban people living in the USA. In 2007, she gained the Magnet Outstanding Performance recognition at the South Miami Middle Community School and she was invited to honor the neo-elected president of Israel Shimon Peres. Again in 2007, persuaded by the producer Óscar Gómez, she started an intensive course of acting with Cuban actress Lili Rentería, preparing for the audition in Madrid for the musical El diario de Ana Frank – Un canto a la vida;{{cite news|language=es|url=http://www.isabellacastillo.info/extras/recortes/xlsemanal.pdf|title=XL Semanal Magazine – Así fue el día mas largo|trans-title=XL Semanal Magazine – That was the longest day|date=6 April 2008|access-date=4 May 2012}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} moving in Spain with her family, after three rounds of auditions she was given the main role.{{cite news|language=es|url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2008/01/08/videos/1199811238.html|title=Entrevista a Isabella Castillo, la voz de Ana Frank|trans-title=Interview with Isabella Castillo, Anne Frank's voice|date=1 August 2008|access-date=4 May 2012}} The musical, which opened on 28 February 2008, won her the Gran Via Award as Best Revelation in a Musical.
Back in the United States in 2009, she began her acting career in Telemundo on the telenovela El fantasma de Elena (2010), in which she played as seventeen-year-old girl Andrea Girón;{{cite news|language=es|url=http://www.terra.com/entretenimiento/tv/noticias/isabella_castillo_con_solo_15_aos_hace_fenomenal_debut_en_el_fantasma_de_elena/oci1050986|title=Isabella Castillo: con sólo 15 años hace fenomenal debut en 'El Fantasma de Elena'|trans-title=Isabella Castillo: only 15, phenomenal debut in 'El Fantasma de Elena' (Elena's ghost)|access-date=4 May 2012}} at the end of Elena, she got the role of Grachi, the main character of the homonymous telenovela of Nickelodeon Latin America.{{cite news|language=es|url=http://fansites.tv/grachi/grachi-isabella-castillo-es-grachi-fotos/|title=Grachi: Isabella Castillo es Grachi (Fotos y Videos)|trans-title=Grachi: Isabella Castillo is Grachi (photos and videos)|access-date=4 May 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507180838/http://fansites.tv/grachi/grachi-isabella-castillo-es-grachi-fotos/|archive-date=7 May 2012}}{{cite news|language=es|url=http://www.todotnv.com/isabella-castillo-protagonizara-grachi.html|title=Isabella Castillo protagonizará "Grachi"|trans-title=Isabella Castillo will star in "Grachi"|date=30 December 2010|access-date=4 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813010728/http://www.todotnv.com/isabella-castillo-protagonizara-grachi.html|archive-date=13 August 2011|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|language=es|url=http://popjoven.com/2011/04/26/grachi-nueva-serie-de-nickelodeon/|title=GRACHI nueva serie de Nickelodeon|trans-title=GRACHI new Nickelodeon series|date=26 April 2011|access-date=4 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621214355/http://popjoven.com/2011/04/26/grachi-nueva-serie-de-nickelodeon/|archive-date=21 June 2013|url-status=dead}} During the broadcast, in February 2012, of the second of three seasons,{{cite news|language=es|url=http://popjoven.com/2012/02/24/estreno-de-grachi-segunda-temporada-27-de-febrero/|title=Estreno de Grachi Segunda temporada 27 de febrero|trans-title=Grachi second season premiere on 27 February|date=24 February 2012|access-date=5 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428233524/http://popjoven.com/2012/02/24/estreno-de-grachi-segunda-temporada-27-de-febrero/|archive-date=28 April 2012|url-status=dead}} Castillo participated in the musical Grachi: El show en vivo. Thanks to Grachi, between 2011 and 2012, Castillo won the Favorite Actress award at the Kids' Choice Awards México,{{cite news|language=es|url=http://entretenimiento.aollatino.com/2011/09/07/isabella-castillo-grachi-gana-premio-nickelodeon/|title=Isabella Castillo gana un Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award México (VIDEO) (FOTOS)|trans-title=Isabella Castillo wins a Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award México (VIDEOS) (PHOTOS)|date=7 September 2011|access-date=5 May 2012|archive-date=31 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731041046/http://entretenimiento.aollatino.com/2011/09/07/isabella-castillo-grachi-gana-premio-nickelodeon/|url-status=dead}} Kids' Choice Awards Argentina and Meus Prêmios Nick, becoming also the first to win the Favorite Latin Artist award at the 2012 Kids' Choice Awards.{{cite news|url=http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/notitas-de-noticias/details/isabella-castillo-wins-nobel-kids-choice-award-for-nickelodeon-latin-americ/15228/|title=Isabella Castillo Wins Nobel Kids' Choice Award for Nickelodeon Latin America's "Grachi"|date=16 April 2012|access-date=5 May 2012|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426220648/http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/notitas-de-noticias/details/isabella-castillo-wins-nobel-kids-choice-award-for-nickelodeon-latin-americ/15228/|archive-date=26 April 2012}}
On 21 February 2013, she signed with Warner Music Latina{{cite news|language=es|url=http://iritmo.blogspot.it/2013/02/isabella-castillo-firma-contrato-con.html|title=Isabella Castillo Firma Contrato Con Warner Music|trans-title=Isabella Castillo signs contract with Warner Music|date=21 February 2013|access-date=22 February 2013}} for her first album, Soñar no Cuesta Nada, released on 23 April.{{cite news|language=es|url=http://www.mayacomunicacion.com.mx/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3056:isabella-castillo-de-qgrachiq-lanza-su-primer-album-qsonar-no-cuesta-nadaq&catid=70:disqueras&Itemid=391|title=ISABELLA CASTILLO DE "GRACHI", LANZA SU PRIMER ALBUM "SOÑAR NO CUESTA NADA"|trans-title=Isabella Castillo from "Grachi" launches her first album "Soñar no cuesta nada"|date=1 April 2013|access-date=23 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195950/http://www.mayacomunicacion.com.mx/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3056:isabella-castillo-de-qgrachiq-lanza-su-primer-album-qsonar-no-cuesta-nadaq&catid=70:disqueras&Itemid=391|archive-date=29 October 2013|url-status=dead}} In March, Castillo won the Favorite Latin Artist Award for the second time at the 2013 Kids' Choice Awards.{{cite news|language=es|url=http://www.clarin.com/espectaculos/chicos/Tiempo-votar-esperar-show_0_871112980.html|title=Tiempo de votar y esperar el show|trans-title=Time to vote and wait for the show|date=23 February 2013|access-date=23 February 2013}} In September 2014, singer Patricio Arellano published his third album, featuring a duet with Castillo titled "Que duermas conmigo".{{cite news|language=es|url=http://partedelshow.com.ar/noticia/pato-arellano-en-el-velma-adelanto|title=PATO ARELLANO EN EL VELMA – ADELANTO|date=26 August 2014|access-date=2 September 2014|archive-date=1 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001031149/http://partedelshow.com.ar/noticia/pato-arellano-en-el-velma-adelanto|url-status=dead}} On 21 October, it was announced that Castillo was cast in the telenovela Tierra de reyes and portrayed the dual role of Alma Gallardo and Verónica Saldívar. She also appeared on ¿Quién es quién?. Meanwhile, she acted in Araceli Álvarez de Sotomayor's Tacones enanos, a Spanish theater play, from 9 December 2015 to 10 January 2016.{{cite web|url=http://microtheatermiami.com/#portfolio-page/prime-time/1|title=Micro Theater Miami – Portfolio|access-date=24 December 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.miami.com/calendario-de-artes-esc-nicas-0|title=Calendario de Artes Escénicas|date=16 December 2015|access-date=24 December 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224143459/http://www.miami.com/calendario-de-artes-esc-nicas-0|archive-date=24 December 2015}}
Filmography
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|+ Film roles | |||
Year | Title | Roles | Notes |
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2023
| Valeria and Victoria | Lead role |
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|+ Television roles | |||
Year | Title | Roles | Notes |
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2010–2011
| Andrea Girón | Recurring role | |||
2011–2013
| Grachi | Graciela "Grachi" Alonso | Lead role (seasons 1–3); 205 episodes | |||
2014–2015
| Alma Gallardo and Verónica Saldívar | Main role; 135 episodes | |||
2015–2016
| Tania Sierra | Supporting role; 86 episodes | |||
2016
| Luz | Recurring role (season 2); 41 episodes | |||
2017
| Roxana "Rox" Cruz | Main role; 59 episodes | |||
2017
| Marina | Episode: "Un milagro en la cocina" | |||
2018–2024 | |||
2018
| Linda Morris | Recurring role | |||
2019
| Club 57 | Amelia | Main role | |||
2021
| La China Navajas | Main role | |||
2024–2025
| Lead role |
Discography
= Albums =
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scope="row"| Soñar no Cuesta Nada
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colspan="3" style="font-size:90%;" |"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. |
Awards and nominations
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References
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External links
{{commons category|Isabella Castillo}}
- {{Official website|http://www.isabellacastillo.com/}} {{in lang|es|en}}
- {{IMDb name|4378173}}
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Category:Cuban television actresses
Category:Cuban television presenters
Category:Cuban women television presenters