Irán Castillo Pinzón (born January 4, 1977 in Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico) is a Mexican actress and musician. Biography Castillo started her artistic career at the tender age of 7 years doing commercials. She took acting classes with Martha Zabaleta and Pedro Damián at the age of 12, and from that moment on began her career as an actress starring in the soap opera Ángeles Blancos in 1989. She has acted in 15 telenovelas (soap operas) in her career, some famous are: Agujetas de color de rosa made in 1994, Retrato de familia in 1996, Confidente de secundaria in 1996, Preciosa in 1998 and Soñadoras made in 1998; she also participated in El Club de Gaby and the series Qué chavas. She began her career as a singer in the musical group Mosquitas Muertas in 1991. She later recorded songs featured in soap operas she starred in until she finally released her first album Tiempos Nuevos and the hit single titled Yo Por El in 1997 featuring rhythmical ballads. Tatuada en tus besos is the title of the second and last album that she released in 1999. In the same year, she had success with her performance in the musical comedy Gypsy opposite Silvia Pinal. Previously, she had acted in other plays such as Celos-Dije and Vaselina (Grease) taking the main role of Sandy. She also starred in Mexican films such as Que Vivan los Muertos and La Segunda Noche. Irán acted in a television soap opera titled Locura de Amor, playing Natalia, and managed to captivate the public, in spite of her short appearance on-screen. Irán replaced Adriana Nieto, who left the series on bad terms late into the show's production. In 2001 Irán made a special role in the telenovela Aventuras en el Tiempo. In 2002 Irán appeared in the soap opera Clase 406 and the film El Tigre de Santa Julia, which was a big success and she got a nomiation for the mtv movie awards. In 2003 Irán starred in Amar otra vez, in which she played the protagonist, under the production of Lucero Suárez. This melodrama was released in January 2004 in the United States and in May of the same year in Mexico. During the previous year, Irán formed part of Alborada, a soap opera by Carla Estrada, as Catalina Escobar, sister of the protagonic role, played by Lucero. In 2006 Iran was featured in two Mexican films: Amor Xtremo with a protagonist role, and Efectos Secundarios, in special participation as Gabriela. In summer 2006, Iran was invited to form part of the Mexican reality show Bailando por la Boda de Mis Sueños, with her partner Romeo. In September 2006, Iran made a photoshoot for Max Magazine, which is characterized for its revealing pictorials featuring popular actresses, singers, and female models. Later in May, 2007 she made another photoshoot for H magazine, and also in July, Iran appeared nude in H Extremo, which is the uncensored version of H. During 2007, Iran was part of some movies, like "Victorio", "Viernes de Animas", and also on TV series with "El Pantera", participating in the first and second season with a leading role, and also in "Mujeres Asesinas". In 2008, worked in more movies, one of them "Sabel" an animation movie made in Mexico, and the last one "Cabeza de Buda" with Kuno Becker. Lately during this year, Iran returned to theaters this time with two: "12 mujeres en Pugna", and "Los 39 escalones". For the next year she's planning to release her brand new album in the trip-hop genre, but this time with a band called "desert mondays", singing in English and also being the lead singer. Discography Tiempos Nuevos (1997) Release date Sept. 2 Tatuada en tus besos (1999) Release date June. 15 Desert Mondays (2010) TBA Singles Tiempos Nuevos (1997) Yo Por El Locos De Amor La Flor Del Paraíso Tatuada en tus besos (1999) Por Ti, Por Mi Sola No Vendrá Di Que No Y Pienso En Ti Others Amandote from Confidente de Secundaria (1995) Confidente De Secundaria from Confidente De Secundaria (1995) Feliz Navidad from Estrellas de Navidad(1997) Girando En El Tiempo from Preciosa (1998) Filmography Toy Story 3 (2010) Ghost in the ring (2010) Sabel Redemption (2009) (voice) Cabeza de Buda (2009) Viernes de Ánimas (2009) El Secuestro (2008) Victorio(2008) Chiles Xalapeños (2007) Amor Xtremo (2006)... Melissa Efectos secundarios (2006).... Gabriela Tigre de Santa Julia, El (2002) ... Gloria Galicia Toy Story 2 (1999) ... (voice for latinamerica) Jessie Segunda noche, La (1999) ... Rosalía ¡Que Vivan Los Muertos! (1998) T.V shows Mujeres Asesinas (2008)... Mónica Acorralada El Pantera (2007)... Rosaura Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real (1996) ... Special Guest El Club de Gaby (1993) ¡Qué Chavas! (1994) Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real (1991) ... Special Guest [edit] Telenovelas Mundo de Fieras (2007) ... Cecilia Alborada (2005) ... Catalina Escobar Amar otra vez (2003) ... Rocío Clase 406 (2002) ... Magdalena Rivera Aventuras en el tiempo (2001) ... Azucena El derecho de nacer (2001) ... Isabel Cristina Armenteros del Junco Locura de amor (2000) ... Natalia Sandoval Soñadoras (1998) ... Ana Preciosa (1998) ... Preciosa San Roman Ruiz Confidente de secundaria (1996) ... Jackie Retrato de familia (1995) ... Cristina Agujetas de color de rosa (1994) ... Cecilia Entre la vida y la muerte (1993) ... Anita Ángeles blancos (1989) ... Biela [edit] Theatre Vaselina (1994–1995) Celos Dije (1996) Gypsy: A Musical Fable (1998) Vaselina (2001) 12 Mujeres en Pugna (2009) Los 39 Escalones (2009) El Mago de Oz 2010 (2010) Reality shows Bailando por la boda de mis sueños (fifth place) (2006)
