Katherine Salosny

{{short description|Chilean actress and television presenter (born 1964)}}

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| birth_name = Katherine Estrella Salosny Reyes

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| birth_place = Santiago, Chile

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| occupation = Actress, TV presenter

| years_active = 1984–present

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Chilevisión (1985–1991, 1994)
Canal 13 (2002)
TVN (1991–1993, 1998–2000, 2003–2013, 2018–present)
Mega (2013–2018)

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Katherine Estrella Salosny Reyes (born 8 April 1964) is a Chilean actress and television presenter.

Early years

As a child, Katherine Salosny lived with her mother in Mendoza, Argentina. She returned to Chile in her adolescence and attended Redland School for her primary and secondary education.{{Cite news |url=http://impresa.lasegunda.com/2016/07/08/A/SM2VCA76/all |title=Kathy, la activista |trans-title=Kathy, the Activist |first=Ana María |last=Sanhueza |work=La Segunda |language=Spanish |date=8 July 2016 |access-date=30 April 2019}}

Television presenter

=1980s and 1990s=

In 1984 Salosny was working as a supermarket promoter, when in September she was cast as the face of the "Pepsi Challenge" campaign. After her advertising debut, in March 1985 she was hired by Universidad de Chile Televisión (Channel 11, now Chilevisión), where she had her television premiere on the program Extra-mujeres, on which she had a youth segment.{{Cite web |url=https://www.guioteca.com/los-80/extra-jovenes-el-programa-juvenil-de-culto-de-la-television-chilena/ |title=Extra Jóvenes, el programa juvenil de culto de la televisión chilena |trans-title=Extra Jóvenes, Chilean Television's Youth Program |first=Jorge |last=Fuentes |work=El Mercurio Guioteca |language=Spanish |date=8 March 2013 |access-date=3 May 2019}}

Salosny's segment was so successful that it was spun off into a new program, {{ill|Extra jóvenes|es}}, of which she was the sole presenter until 1990, when Felipe Camiroaga joined as co-host. During those years, she was a participant in the campaign for the 1988 plebiscite, supporting the "Yes" option that proposed to keep General Augusto Pinochet in power until 1997, appearing in the {{ill|electoral slot|es|Franja electoral}} chapter corresponding to 26 September.{{Cite web |url=https://www.24horas.cl/politica/a25anosdelplebiscito/que-opcion-apoyaron-los-famosos-en-el-plebiscito-de-1988-874583 |title=¿Qué opción apoyaron los famosos en el plebiscito de 1988? |trans-title=What Option Did Celebrities Support in the 1988 Plebiscite? |work=24 Horas |language=Spanish |date=5 October 2013 |access-date=30 April 2019}} After leaving Extra jóvenes in 1991, she moved to Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN), appearing mainly on Ene TV and participating in some of the station's other programs.

Due to a lack of projects for her in 1993, she decided to return to Chilevisión for a morning show with {{ill|Juan Guillermo Vivado|es}} and actor {{ill|Felipe Izquierdo|es}}. In turn, she took charge of the show El baile. These two programs did not achieve high ratings, and Katherine Salosny disappeared from television until 1998, when she returned on {{ill|Canal 2 Rock & Pop|es}} to make one of the first Chilean docu-reality shows, Taxi.

=Return to TVN=

In 2007, she returned to the media as a panelist on TVN's Buenos Días a Todos and, due to her favorable reception, she was hired to present the program {{ill|Pasiones (TV program)|es|Pasiones (programa de televisión)|lt=Pasiones}} in February 2008, during Bárbara Rebolledo's vacation.

In 2009, she debuted an evening program called Digan lo que digan together with the renowned psychologist Pilar Sordo, but it did not receive high ratings and was quickly canceled. Later that year, she hosted the reality show Pelotón before the departure of Karen Doggenweiler, but this lasted only a few days since Tonka Tomicic left Buenos Días a Todo to go to Canal 13.

In late 2010, Salosny had a controversial exit from the morning show, as the channel's executives decided to replace her with the model Carolina de Moras. This generated displeasure from the public,{{Cite news |url=http://www.mercuriovalpo.cl/prontus4_noticias/site/artic/20101126/pags/20101126232535.html |title=Entre lágrimas Salosny deja el matinal de TVN |trans-title=Amid Tears Salosny Leaves TVN's Morning Show |work=El Mercurio de Valparaíso |first=Flor |last=Arbulú |language=Spanish |date=26 November 2010 |access-date=3 May 2019}} culminating in co-host Felipe Camiroaga being loudly booed at that year's Copihue de Oro awards.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/entretencion/television/pifias-a-felipe-camiroaga-marcaron-la-premiacion-del-copihue-de-oro/2010-12-07/021128.html |title=Pifias a Felipe Camiroaga marcaron la premiación del Copihue de Oro |trans-title=Booing of Felipe Camiroaga Marks the Awarding of the Copihue de Oro |work=Radio Cooperativa |language=Spanish |date=7 December 2010 |access-date=3 May 2019}}

One of Salosny's best-known productions is the docu-reality show {{ill|Esta es mi familia|es}}. In addition, she led the talk show {{ill|Fruto prohibido|es|Fruto prohibido (programa de televisión)}} together with journalist {{ill|Ignacio Franzani|es}}. During the first quarter of 2013, she hosted {{ill|Perdidos en la tribu (Chile)|es|lt=Perdidos en la tribu}} and, once the broadcast was over, she decided to terminate her contract with TVN in order to sign a three-year contract with Mega to be the new host of that station's morning show.

=''Mucho gusto'' and Queen of Viña del Mar=

On 2 May 2013, Salosny became the new host of Mega's morning show Mucho gusto, alongside Luis Jara.{{Cite news |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/magazine/2013/05/02/596520/llegada-de-katherine-salosny-a-mucho-gusto-lidera-la-sintonia-matinal.html |title='Mucho Gusto' lidera la sintonía matinal en el debut de Katherine Salosny |trans-title='Mucho Gusto' Morning Viewership Leader in Katherine Salosny's Debut |work=El Mercurio |location=Santiago |language=Spanish |date=2 May 2013 |access-date=30 April 2019}} In 2015 she was a candidate for Queen of the Viña del Mar Festival, presenting herself as the first candidate in the history of the festival to reign with her own song, called "Mi Reina", a cumbia from the Chilean group La Mecha. The same year she won an Enersis Women's Energy Award in the Best Television Host category.{{Cite news |url=http://anp.cl/noticias/2015-03-10-13-07-54/ |title=Grupo Enersis destaca a Paula Escobar con premio Energía de Mujer 2015 |trans-title=Enersis Group Recognized Paula Escobar with 2015 Women's Energy Award |agency=Asociación Nacional de la Prensa |language=Spanish |date=10 March 2015 |access-date=30 April 2019}}

In February 2018 it was announced that her contract with Mega would not be renewed, and that month she left Mucho gusto.{{Cite news |url=https://www.latercera.com/entretencion/noticia/mega-saca-katherine-salosny-la-conduccion-del-mucho-gusto/76526/ |title=Mega saca a Katherine Salosny de la conducción del Mucho Gusto |trans-title=Mega Removes Katherine Salosny from Hosting Mucho Gusto |work=La Tercera |language=Spanish |date=22 February 2018}}

=Venture into late show format=

In mid-April 2018, Salosny returned to TVN for the fourth time in her television career.{{Cite web |url=https://www.radioagricultura.cl/entretencion/2018/04/18/a-la-competencia-kathy-salosny-tiene-nueva-casa-televisiva-y-deja-atras-los-matinales.html |title=¡A la competencia! Kathy Salosny tiene nueva casa televisiva y deja atrás los matinales |trans-title=To the Competition! Kathy Salosny Has a New TV Home and Leaves Behind the Morning Show |first=María Eugenia |last=Noriega |publisher=Radio Agricultura |language=Spanish |date=18 April 2018 |access-date=30 April 2019 |archive-date=15 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615083516/https://www.radioagricultura.cl/entretencion/2018/04/18/a-la-competencia-kathy-salosny-tiene-nueva-casa-televisiva-y-deja-atras-los-matinales.html |url-status=dead }} On this occasion, she became the host of {{ill|No culpes a la noche (TV program)|es|No culpes a la noche (programa de televisión)|lt=No culpes a la noche}}, a nightly late show which premiered on 14 May.{{Cite news |url=https://www.latercera.com/entretencion/noticia/katherine-salosny-vuelta-tvn-aqui-me-siento-casa/151595/ |title=Katherine Salosny y su vuelta a TVN: 'Aquí me siento en casa' |trans-title=Katherine Salosny and Her Return to TVN: 'Here I Feel at Home' |first=Francisca |last=Pérez |work=La Tercera |language=Spanish |date=3 May 2018 |access-date=30 April 2019}}

Acting career

In the theatrical world, Salosny entered the academy of {{ill|Fernando González Mardones|es|lt=Fernando González}} to study and begin her career as an actress. She has appeared on TVN telenovelas such as {{ill|Borrón y cuenta nueva (telenovela)|es|Borrón y cuenta nueva|lt=Borrón y cuenta nueva}}, {{ill|Santo ladrón|es}}, and Aquelarre, as well as some national series such as {{ill|La vida es una lotería|es}} and Cuentos de mujeres.

In 2011, she appeared in the play Contracciones.{{Cite news |url=http://www.lasegunda.com/Noticias/CulturaEspectaculos/2011/05/645863/Katherine-Salosny-vuelve-al-teatro-tras-doce-anos-en-Contracciones |title=Katherine Salosny vuelve al teatro tras dos años en 'Contracciones' |trans-title=Katherine Salosny Returns to the Theater After Two Years in 'Contracciones' |work=La Segunda |language=Spanish |date=6 May 2011 |access-date=3 May 2019}}

Activism

Salosny is a board member of the Fundación para la Confianza (Foundation for Trust) which advocates on behalf of victims of sexual abuse, including those involved in the Karadima case.

Filmography

=TV programs=

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1986

|Extra-mujeres

|Co-presenter

|Chilevisión

1986–1991

|{{ill|Extra jóvenes|es}}

|Host

|Chilevisión

1991–1992

|Ene TV