Patricia Velasquez

"A talented man is talented in everything" - this statement confirms the incredibly versatile career of Venezuelan beauty Patricia Velazquez. The woman gained worldwide fame as a talented model and actress, in addition, she is a public figure, produces her own line of cosmetics and composes books.

Born into a poor family, the future star managed to achieve dizzying success in his youth, to get the title of the first Latin supermodel, to work with the best fashion houses - Gucci, Dolce and Gabbana, Versace, Chanel, Carolina Herrera, as well as to star in Hollywood blockbusters "The Mummy" and "The Mummy Returns".

Patricia Carola Velazquez Semprun was born in one of Venezuela's largest cities, Maracaibo, on January 31, 1971. The girl grew up in a family of teachers with five brothers and sisters. Although they lived and not too rich, but amicably and happily. Becoming famous, the artist told in an interview how she and her family had to carry water by hand every day on the 15th floor because of problems with water supply and elevator.

Thanks to the work of the father of the family, they managed to live in Paris and Mexico. However, before going to college, the girl returned home to receive an engineering education. In the student years began the modeling stage in the life of Patricia.

A classmate and friend of young Velazquez was one of the first to see the girl's creativity and sent some of her photos to the local modeling agency. Up to this point, Patricia was actively engaged in dance and was going to associate with them his profession. But fate ordered otherwise: the appearance and become a student came to the taste of fashion agents, and already at the age of 17 she shone on the fashion show Dolce and Gabbana.

Success came to the girl rapidly, she was literally torn apart by designer houses from all over the world - Japan, Britain, Italy, France, Spain. Exotic facial features made Patricia a Latin American catwalk star. At the age of 18, Velazquez took part in the Miss Venezuela beauty contest, during which she took 7th place.

During the years of modeling career she managed to take part in advertising of elite perfumes from Chanel and Roberto Verino, to star in underwear and swimsuit for the catalog Victoria's Secret, as well as to become the face of such glossy publications as Bazaar, Vogue and Marie Claire.

In 1997, the model decided to leave the catwalk and devote herself to work in the cinema. She began to attend acting classes, which helped to get used to a new path for her. Nevertheless, the girl always fondly remembered the model years of her biography, calling them extremely interesting and rich.

Although Velazquez considered the primitive transformation from a model to an actress and for some time thought about continuing to develop in the profession of engineer, she first starred in a feature film in 1996. Patricia played a heroine named Maya in the French adventure comedy "Jaguar" starring Jean Reno and Patrick Bruel.

In the picture, despite the humorous presentation, raised important topics about the future of the Amazon forests and locals - Indians. The artist, herself a distant descendant of the Vaiyu tribe, gladly agreed to work. However, the debut of the girl as an actress happened 4 years earlier - she appeared in the music video for the song Breaking the Girl american rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers.

The next work in cinema took place at the aspiring artist only in 1999. She played a supporting role in director Graham Baker's sci-fi horror film Beowulf, based on an 8th-century classic poem of the same name. Film critics were skeptical about the film because of lame dialogues, unprofessional acting and a strong deviation from the plot of the original source.

Velazquez's biggest acting breakthrough came in the same year - she played the concubine of Pharaoh Ank-sous-namun, who sacrificed her life for the beloved in the adventure film "The Mummy" with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz in the lead roles.

Originally conceived as a low-budget horror, the painting turned into a popular and commercially successful project. Two years later, the world premiere of the second part called "The Mummy Returns" took place, which was also well received by viewers and critics.

Among other things, in the filmography of the actress there are episodic roles in multi-genre series - "Sex in another city" (about the life of Los Angeles lesbians), "Save me" (about the work of firefighters), "Delayed development" (about former rich people trying to get back on their feet) and others.

Patricia also played on the stage, was a judge on television modeling projects, acted as a guest in the legendary "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and even independently produced films.

Patricia Velazquez is an openly lesbian and the first model of Latin descent to come out as a homosexual. She first revealed details of her personal life and orientation in 2015, releasing an autobiographical book called "Straight Walk." The actress told the pages of the publication about the poor childhood, the rise to the star-studded Olympics and the relationship with her girlfriend Sandra Bernhard - a famous American singer and comedian.

Their love story was tragic - Velazquez fell madly in love with Bernhard, who by that time was in a relationship with the pop singer Madonna. According to the model, it was with Sandra was her first same-sex kiss and it was with her she fully decided on her sexual preferences.

Patricia claims in the book that she had the strongest feelings for the American woman in her life and suffered after the separation for 2 years. She also admitted that she tried relationships with men, but it did not come out any good. A woman has no children.

Velazquez is an active user of the social network "Instagram" where he posts the results of his social activities (he is the official defender of UNESCO, as well as the creator of the non-profit foundation Wayuu Taya, which is dedicated to improving the living conditions of indigenous groups), photos from travel and from filming. The actress has a stunning figure and appearance (her height is 178 cm, and the weight - 59 kg).

Now preparing for the release of the detective horror film aspiring director Michael Chavez "The Curse of the Crying", in which the actress played one of the central roles.

The film will refer to the vengeful ghost of La Joron, drowned his own children. The world premiere is scheduled for April 18, 2019.

1996 - Jaguar

1999 - Beowulf

1999 - "The Mummy"

1999 - "No Places"

2000 - "Mad wife"

2000 - "Make it louder"

2001 - "The Mummy Returns"

2004 - "Mindhunters"

2011 - "Eternal Ashes"

2014 - "Fox in September"

2019 - "The Curse of the Crying"

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