Nicky Mondellini
{{Short description|Italian-Mexican actress and ballerina}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Nicky Mondellini
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|7|6}}
|parents = Mario Mondellini
Joan Hammond
|spouse = Al Wilson (2000-present)
|children = Stephanie, Mario, and Robert
|relatives = 2 sisters
|years_active = 1983-2005
|occupation = Actress, ballerina
|nationality = Italian
Mexican
}}
Nicky Mondellini (born Nicoletta Edna Mondellini Hammond on July 6, 1966, in Milan, Italy) is an Italian-born Mexican actress and professional ballerina.
Early life
Mondellini was born to a British mother,{{Cite web |last=Rojas |first=Edith |date=2023-08-08 |title=¿Qué ha sido de Nicky Mondellini, la villana de "María Mercedes"? |url=https://www.unotv.com/entretenimiento/que-ha-sido-de-nicky-mondellini-mistica-la-villana-de-maria-mercedes-thalia/ |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=UnoTV |language=es-mx}} Joan Hammond, and an Italian father, Mario Mondellini. She moved to Mexico City with her family when her father was transferred by his employer. She has two sisters.
From early childhood, she was introduced to the arts of acting and dancing by her mother, a professional choreographer. She began her acting career when she was 11 years old in the musical "Gypsy", and continued her career in Telenovelas (soap operas) with the Mexican network Televisa, Spanish classical theater and movies.
Mondellini decided to move with her family to Houston, Texas{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-06-09 |title=María Mercedes: así vive Nicky Mondellini, la actriz que dio vida a Mística hace 30 años en la telenovela |url=https://eltiempomx.com/noticia/2023/maria-mercedes-asi-vive-nicky-mondellini-la-actriz-que-dio-vida-a-mistica-hace-30-anos-en-la-telenovela.html |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=eltiempomx.com |language=es}} in 2006 following the kidnapping of two of her actress friends in Mexico City.
She won the Voice Arts award for Best Spanish Language Narrator in 2017. She has been nominated twice for the Premios TV y Novelas as Best Lead Actress and Best supporting Actress. She is fluent in five languages (Spanish, English, Italian, French and German), is a professional ballerina, a voice over talent, and has bachelor's and master's degrees in arts.
Mondellini is married to an American Petroleum engineer, Al Wilson. The couple have three children: Mario, Robert, and Stephanie.
Filmography
Awards and nominations
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! Year | Category | Telenovela | Result |
| 1993 | Best Young Lead Actress | Marimar | {{nom}} |
| 1995 | Best Supporting Actress in a Classical Theatre Play | "La Amistad Castigada" | {{nom}} |
| 2017 | Best Spanish Language Narrator | {{win}} |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0597721}}
- [http://www.televisa.com Nicky Mondellini] at the Televisa
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100723112630/http://www.saludvital.tv/ Nicky Mondellini] at the Salud-Vital
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Category:Italian emigrants to Mexico
Category:Naturalized citizens of Mexico
Category:Mexican child actresses
Category:Mexican telenovela actresses
Category:Mexican television actresses
Category:20th-century Mexican actresses
Category:21st-century Mexican actresses
Category:Italian people of British descent
Category:Mexican expatriate actresses in the United States
Category:Italian expatriate actresses in the United States
Category:People of Lombard descent
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