Jacqueline Bracamontes Biography

Jacqueline Bracamontes Van Hoorde (born 23 December 1979) is a Mexican actress, former model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Nuestra Belleza Jalisco 2000, Nuestra Belleza Mxico 2000 and represented her country at Miss Universe 2001.

Early life

Bracamontes born in Guadalajara, Jalisco to Jess Bracamontes, the former coach of the popular Mexican football team Chivas Rayadas del Guadalajara, and Jacqueline Van Hoorde, a Mexican of Belgian descent. She is the oldest of three children. She has a sister Alina, and a brother, Jesus, Jr. Her father is currently a football analyst for the Hispanic-American television network Univision.

After high school, Bracamontes moved to France to study French. She then returned to Mexico and studied Communication Science at the Instituto Tecnolgico de Estudios Superiores de Occidente. While there, she began working as a model. She speaks Spanish, French and English fluently.

Pageant career

After seeing her on a magazine cover, ex-Miss Universe Lupita Jones contacted her and asked her to enter the Nuestra Belleza Mxico. Bracamontes went on to win the state and national beauty titles and to represent Mexico in Miss Universe 2001, which took place in Puerto Rico.

Acting and hosting career

After being crowned Miss Mexico in 2000, Bracamontes decided to pursue a television career. She began her career hosting various award shows and special programs, including Acafest, Premios TVyNovelas and Fiesta Mexicana.

A soccer aficionado, in August 2008 she became host of a Mexican sports radio show on Vision AM, and was later invited by univision to be a host and correspondent of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. She has also worked with Televisa Deportes.

In 2003, she was cast in the Mexican telenovela Alegrijes y Rebujos, produced by Rosy Ocampo. One year later, she landed a role in the popular soap-opera Rub, alongside Brbara Mori and Eduardo Santamarina.

In 2006, she landed her first lead role in the Mexican novela Heridas de Amor, alongside Brazilian-born actor Guy Ecker. The program was broadcast in several countries.

In spring 2007, Bracamontes was cast in her first feature film, entitled Cuando Las Cosas Suceden, playing the role of a nun named Lucia. Later that year, she briefly returned to hosting with the Mexican game show De Por Vida, but the show was quickly cancelled.

In 2008, she starred in the comedic Mexican telenovela Las Tontas No Van al Cielo, alongside Jaime Camil, which was extremely successful in both the Latin American and United States market.

After finishing filming with Las Tontas No Van al Cielo, she starred in Sortilegio, with Cuban actor William Levy. Filming was completed in October 2009.

Bracamontes was chosen as one of the killers in the popular series Mujeres Asesinas which premiered in the fall of 2010.

Personal life

Bracamontes is a fan of Mexican soccer club Chivas de Guadalajara. She married Martn Fuentes, a Mexican businessman and racetrack racer, on 1 October 2011 in Guadalajara. On 12 November 2012, Bracamontes and Fuentes announced in an exclusive interview with Caras magazine that Bracamontes was pregnant and she was expecting twins. Bracamontes gave birth to Fuentes' twin children, a boy, Martn, who died at birth due to respiratory complications, and a girl, Jacqueline, on 29 March 2013. On 15 December 2013, Bracamontes announced that she was pregnant with Fuentes' third child, and gave birth to a girl named Carolina on 9 July 2014. On 15 July 2016, she gave birth to Fuentes' fourth child, Renata.

Filmography

Telenovelas, Series, Films, Theater

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Entre el Amor y el Odio	Leonela Montenegro de Valencia	Supporting role
	Cmplices al rescate	Jocelyn	Special appearance
2002-03	Vivan los nios!	Hada de los Dientes	Special appearance
2003	La hora pico		Episode:"El reventn"
2003-04	Alegrijes y Rebujos	Anglica Rivas Mrquez	Protagonist
2004	Rub	Maribel de la Fuente de Crdenas	Co-Protagonist
2006-07	La Fea Ms Bella	Magaly Ruiz Esparza	Special appearance
2006	Heridas de Amor	Miranda San Llorente de Aragn	Protagonist
	Un Gallego en Paris		Theatrical performance
2007	Cuando las cosas suceden	Hermana Luca	Film
2008	Las Tontas No Van al Cielo	Cndida "Candy" Morales Alcalde	Protagonist
	La Obra Hasta Que La Muerte Nos Separe		Theatrical performance
2009	Sortilegio	Maria Jos Samaniego Miranda Lombardo/Sandra Samaniego Miranda	Protagonist
	Hasta que la Boda nos Separe		Theatrical performance
2010	Sortilegio, el show	Maria Jos Samaniego	Protagonist
	Mujeres Asesinas	Irma	Episode:"Irma, de los peces"
2014	Hijo de Dios	Marta	Mexican version
2015	Entrenando a mi pap		Film
2017	El Bienamado	Laura	Special participation

Presenter, TV programs

Year	Title	Notes
	Teletn (Mexico)	Presenter
	De por vida
2012	La Voz... Mxico 2
2013	Hoy
	La Voz... Mxico 3

Awards and nominations

Premios TVyNovelas

Year	Category	Telenovela	Result
2004	Best Female Revelation	Alegrijes y Rebujos
2007	Best Lead Actress	Heridas de Amor	rowspan=3
2009		Las tontas no van al cielo
2010		Sortilegio

Premios Juventud

Year	Category	Nominated	Result
2010	Chica que me quita el sueo	Sortilegio
	The best dressed	Herself

Premios People en Espaol

Year	Category	Telenovela	Result
2010	Best Actress	Sortilegio	rowspan=2
	Best Couple with William Levy