Niurka Marcos

{{Infobox person

| name = Niurka Marcos

| image = 6.6.10UCParadeToplessByLuigiNovi6.jpg

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| caption = Marcos in 2010

| birth_name = Niurka Marcos Calle

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|11|24|df=y}}{{cite news |url=https://lavibra.com/2022/11/25/niurka-marcos-celebro-55-anos-de-edad-con-varios-mensajes-en-instagram-soy-bendita/ |title=Niurka Marcos celebró 55 años de edad con varios mensajes en Instagram: 'Soy bendita' |publisher=La Vibra |date=25 November 2022}}

| birth_place = Havana, Cuba

| other_names = {{flatlist|

La Mujer Escándalo
La Reina del escenario
La Emperadora
La Cubana de Fuego

}}

| citizenship = Cuba (1967-present)
Mexico (2002-present){{cite web|url=https://norte-monterrey.vlex.com.mx/vid/niurka-es-mexicana-78284586|title=Niurka ya es mexicana|publisher=vLex|access-date=2018-07-22}}

| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|actress|dancer}}

| spouse = {{plainlist|

{{marriage|Bobby Larios|2004|2006|reason=divorced}}
{{marriage|Yanixán Texido|2007|2011|reason=divorced}}

}}

Niurka Marcos Calle{{cite web|url=http://www.esmas.com/espectaculos/artistas/322531.html|title=Niurka Marcos|publisher=EsMas.com|language=es|access-date=2009-08-02|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140823042534/http://www.esmas.com/espectaculos/artistas/322531.html|archive-date=2014-08-23}} (born 24 November 1967) is a Mexican vedette, actress, dancer and singer.

Personal life

Marcos was born in Havana, Cuba to Carmelo Marcos, a Cuban navy major, and Salustiana "Celeste" Calle, a housewife. She has five siblings: Martha, Maribel, Thomas, María del Carmen, and Ernesto.

In 2003 Marcos dated actor Bobby Larios. They subsequently married, but that marriage ended in divorce. Marcos was then married to Yanixán Texido in 2007. The couple separated in May 2009 and on February 6, 2011, they divorced.{{cite news|url=http://www.peopleenespanol.com/pespanol/articles/0,22490,1901037,00.html|title=Niurka Marcos y Yanixán se separan|work=People en Español|language=es|access-date=2009-08-03|archivedate=July 1, 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090701042302/http://www.peopleenespanol.com/pespanol/articles/0,22490,1901037,00.html}}{{cite news|url=http://www.aztecauno.com/ventaneando/anecdotario/notas/niurka-finalmente-se-divorcio-de-yanixan/53291|title=Niurka finalmente se divorció de Yanixán|work=Azteca Uno|language=es|access-date=2011-02-15|archive-date=9 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009052832/http://www.aztecauno.com/ventaneando/anecdotario/notas/niurka-finalmente-se-divorcio-de-yanixan/53291|url-status=dead}}

She was part of the first group of foreigners naturalized by President Vicente Fox,{{Cite web |last=Venegas |first=Juan Manuel |date=2002-01-30 |title=Fox dio la bienvenida a nuevos ciudadanos mexicanos |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/2002/01/30/015n1pol.php?origen=politica.html |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=www.jornada.com.mx}}{{Cite web |date=2017-11-01 |title=Soy más mexicana que muchas otras: Niurka - Grupo Milenio |url=http://www.milenio.com/hey/mexicana-muchas-Niurka_0_169783070.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171101123331/http://www.milenio.com/hey/mexicana-muchas-Niurka_0_169783070.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-11-01 |access-date=2023-08-15 }} and has three Mexican-born children:{{cite web |title=Soy más mexicana que muchas otras: Niurka |url=http://milenio.com/hey/mexicana-muchas-Niurka_0_169783070.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171101123331/http://www.milenio.com/hey/mexicana-muchas-Niurka_0_169783070.html |archive-date=1 November 2017 |access-date=25 May 2015 |publisher=Milenio}} Itzcoatl "Kiko", Romina, and Emilio.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEtD2YlkChA&t=534s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/GEtD2YlkChA| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Jaime Bayly entrevista a Niurka Marcos|publisher=Mega TV|language=es|access-date=2018-08-03}}{{cbignore}}

In 2018, Marcos stated in an interview that her mother had died.{{cite web|url=https://www.univision.com/shows/despierta-america/niurka-marcos-sorprende-al-revelar-que-su-madre-murio-este-ano-y-las-razones-por-las-que-guardo-silencio-video|title=Niurka Marcos sorprende al revelar que su madre murió este año y las razones por las que guardó silencio|publisher=Univision|language=es|access-date=2018-12-20}}

Career

Marcos starred in the telenovela Velo de Novia, produced by her then-boyfriend Juan Osorio. In 2001, Marcos portrayed an erotic dancer named Karicia in the Mexican soap opera Salomé starring Edith González and Guy Ecker, for which she earned a TVyNovelas Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 20th TVyNovelas Awards. In 2004, she was a contestant on the reality series Big Brother México. She appeared as a supporting actress on La Fea Más Bella during 2006 and sang on its soundtrack album on the track "Se Busca Un Hombre." In 2007, she released an album titled La Emperadora and posed for the February 2007 issue of the Mexican edition of Playboy magazine.

She started her own show in 2008 called Espectacularmente Niurka. She also hosts El Show De Niurka which features games, dancing, singing and a jacuzzi in which she interviews other artists. Marcos was cast for a theatrical remake of La ronda de las arpías in August 2009.{{cite news|url=http://www.peopleenespanol.com/pespanol/articles/0,22490,1914372,00.html|title=Niurka Marcos se rapa para ser una arpía |date=2009-08-03|work=People en Español|access-date=2009-08-03}} In 2011, Marcos joined the cast of Emperatriz as the new villain.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oem.com.mx/esto/notas/n2192020.htm|title=Organización Editorial Mexicana|access-date=21 August 2011|archive-date=11 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011133643/http://www.oem.com.mx/esto/notas/n2192020.htm|url-status=dead}}