Yolanda Guadalupe "Lupita" Ferrer (born December 6, 1947) is a Venezuelan theater, film and television actress. She is known as a "Queen of telenovelas" or "Queen of drama".
Biography Yolanda Guadalupe Ferrer in Maracaibo, Venezuela, to Spanish immigrant parents. She became known for her beauty (especially her large and expressive eyes) and her strong theatrical presence.
Ferrer has a theatrical background. She started at the age of 15 performing in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" as Ofelia. At the age of 18, then Venezuelan President Raul Leoni saw her performing in the piece "Dona Rosita La Soltera" ("Dona Rosita, the single one"), and was greatly impressed by her talent.
In the 1960s Ferrer worked in many Mexican and Venezuelan-Mexican film co-productions next to actors like Mario Moreno "Cantinflas", and during the 1970s worked in Hollywood movies sharing the screen with actors like Tony Curtis.
Her first telenovelas were Esmeralda, about a blind young woman, Mariana de la Noche (1975), about the forbidden love of Mariana Montenegro and Ignacio Lugo Navarro (José Bardina), María Teresa, a woman who goes insane after the loss of her little daughter, La Zulianita, Pecados Ajenos, and Cristal.
She lives in Miami.
She was married to the American film director Hall Bartlett for four years, who cast her alongside Anthony Quinn and the legendary Dolores del Río in his film The Children of Sanchez (1978), better known for its Grammy Award winning musical score by Chuck Mangione.
In 1985 she starred in a hugely successful telenovela produced in Venezuela by Radio Caracas Television named "Cristal" where she impersonates Victoria Ascanio, a very humble girl who after a brief forced encounter with a priest-to-be young man gets pregnant and is forced to leave her baby girl away after delivering her. Years after she comes back as the owner of a high couture clothes designing company which she rules with an iron fist. She hires a very beautiful girl who, after many plot devices applied, she discovers is her long lost daughter, whose estrangement make Victoria feel guilty and bittered. Cristal was a big success in South America, the U.S., Europe and Asia and was dubbed in many languages.
In 2006, Ferrer made a comeback in the American drama series Ugly Betty, in which she played an actress in a telenovela who gets into a fight with a nurse on the show played by (Ugly Betty series creator) Salma Hayek. In 2007, Ferrer participated in Telemundo's Pecados Ajenos, which has since become a cult classic, as the main villain, the evil Agata Mercenario. In 2010, Ferrer participated in Univision Studios - Eva Luna as Justa Valdéz. In 2012, Ferrer also acted a telenovela by the name "Rosa Diamante" (Precious Rose), playing the character Rosaura Sotomayor. In this telenovela, she played alongside Carla Hernandez who was her long lost daughter after she had abandoned her at a boarding school.
Filmography Films Year Title Role Notes 1965 Me ha gustado un hombre Gloria Film debut 1968 La cama 1969 Lío de faldas Luisa 1969 Duelo en El Dorado 1969 Un Quijote sin mancha Angélica 1970 El manantial del amor 1970 El oficio más antiguo del mundo Estela 1970 Las chicas malas del padre Méndez 1970 El cinico Roberta Uribe 1970 La vida inútil de Pito Pérez 1971 Los corrompidos 1971 OK Cleopatra 1972 Una mujer honesta 1978 Los hijos de Sánchez Consuelo Sánchez 1983 Balboa Rita Carlo 1996 Tú asesina, que nosotras limpiamos la sangre Marie Clement 2015 Ana Maria in Novela Land Sra. De La Roca 2015 Medardo Doña Rosa 2017 Donaire y Esplendor Massiel
Television Year Title Role Notes 1967 Donde no llega el sol Television debut1967Rebelde Lead role 1969 Tú eres mi destino 1969 La frontera de cristal 1970 Esmeralda Esmeralda Rivera Lead role 1972 María Teresa Maria Teresa / Muñeca Montiel Lead role1973EnamoradaLead role 1973María Soledad María Soledad Lead role 1974Gabriela GabrielaLead role 1974De la misma sangre Lead role 1974La Guaricha PalmiraLead role 1974 Mi hermana gemela Marta / Mara Lead role 1975 Mariana de la noche Mariana Lead role 1976 La zulianita Martha María Dominguez Lead role 1979 Julia Julia Lead role 1981 Ligia Sandoval Ligia Sandoval Lead role 1984 Los años felices Marcela 1985 Cristal Victoria Ascanio Lead role1985Doña PerfectaPerfectaLead role 1988 Lisette Mistral Series regular 1990 Lisette Series regular 1992 Las dos Dianas Catalina Lead role 1993 Rosangelica Cecilia Gel de la Rosa Series regular 1993 Truhanes "Dos mujeres ofendidas" (Season 1, Episode 6) 1995 Morelia Ofelia Santibáñez Campos Miranda Series regular 1996 Nada personal María Dolores de los Reyes Recurring role 1997 Destino de mujer Aurora Co-lead role 1999 Rosalinda Valeria Del Castillo Series regular 2001 Victoria Álvarez CalderónSeries regular 2003 Amor descarado Morgana Atal 2004 Inocente de ti Gabriela Smith 2006 Ugly Betty Rich Latina "Pilot" (Season 1, Episode 1) 2007 Pecados ajenos Ágata Mercenario Series regular 2010 Eva Luna Justa Valdéz Recurring role 2012 Rosa diamante Rosaura SotomayorLead role 2015 Voltea pa' que te enamores Doña Elena Salas Recurring role 2017 La Fan Silvia Special Appearance 2017 Milagros de Navidad María Collins 2022 Amores que engañan Mamá Diana Episode: "Derecho a ser feliz" 2023 Dramáticas Yolanda Mistral 2025 Velvet: El nuevo imperio Juliette Recurring role
Theater Year Title RoleNotes2019 Divinas
Discography 1992: Tiemblo 1970: Esmeralda
References
External links
Lupita Ferrer in VenCOR