Conoce a la actriz mexicana Sofía Olea

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A sus 32 años, la actriz y cantante mexicana construye con paso firme una carrera que va en ascenso. Hoy coprotagoniza su primera telenovela, A.MAR, donde el amor teje sus redes.

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00:00I always liked to sing, but when I was a kid I was very shy, I remember one time at school they made us sing in front of the whole classroom.

00:09Everyone sang, I was the only one who didn't dare to sing, I was very shy.

00:15Then I started singing, until one day my best friend saw me sing and at Christmas he gave me Baileys and he made me sing with him in the karaoke.

00:25My mom saw me and she was like, how can you sing like that?

00:28I started singing classes, I started to let go a little more.

00:33I was going to be a veterinarian, I am from Playa del Carmen and I finished high school, there are not many universities there.

00:41And when I was deciding which veterinary university I was going to go to, or something related to animals or something like that,

00:48I was singing in places, I ended up singing in events.

00:52Once I sang in a place and a man saw me and told me, hey, I'm bringing a musical theater company to the beach,

01:00I wanted to see if you wanted to audition to do a play.

01:05And I was like, I don't know if I'm interested in acting.

01:08And he told me, well, you go to the audition and you stay, I don't know.

01:13I went, but it was like, well, I don't have anything to do, I'm going to go.

01:18I don't even, I mean, it doesn't even happen to me around here.

01:22I stayed with the character, I loved it, and then I did another play.

01:26And I said, no, I think I want to be an actress.

01:29When I decided that I wanted to be an actress, I investigated where I could go.

01:33I got into the CEA because there they have singing, dancing, acting.

01:37And it's much more complete, we have classes in television, acting focused on theater, voice.

01:44I mean, it's one of the most complete schools, really.

01:47And I got into the CEA.

01:49That's when I started getting jobs in small projects.

01:55Well, in La Rosa de Guadalupe, Como Dice El Licho.

01:59In the last year I got a novel, En La Que No Me Dejas, with Carlos Moreno.

02:05A character, well, the telenovela had already started when I met Carlos.

02:11And he told me that they wanted me in the novel.

02:15This character came out, who was Mirna, a short character, but who did have an important role.

02:21After that, I did Mujeres de Negro, also with Carlos Moreno.

02:28I was doing...

02:30Ah, in Las Amazonas, it's been many years.

02:35I ride a horse, so...

02:37Well, not for a long time, but in Las Amazonas, which was a Salvador Mejia novel,

02:42they needed someone who was the double of Gretel Valdez on horseback.

02:46And, well, I was looking for a job.

02:49They told me, like, hey, do you want to come? It's to ride a horse.

02:52These scenes.

02:54It was great, I really had a great time.

02:57I was riding a horse, which I love.

03:01Well, I loved it, not anymore, because I'm vegan and I don't do activities that include animals.

03:08But at that time, it wasn't me.

03:10Well, and I continued doing novels, small things.

03:13And then my first musical came out, which was Rock of Ages,

03:18which was a production by Gerardo Quiroz,

03:20which was associated with some TV producers, including Lalo Morguia,

03:25who is a musical producer and is, I mean, top.

03:29In fact, he is the one who composed the song, right now,

03:32Enamórate de mí, by Amar, the novel in which I am.

03:37But well, I was in Rock of Ages and Sashary,

03:41it was from 2017 to 2019.

03:45The truth is that I loved the work and everything,

03:50but it is too heavy to be a musical theater.

03:54And look, TV is heavy, but musical theater,

03:58to begin with, they don't pay you the same as they pay you on TV.

04:01And I feel that it is too repetitive.

04:04I mean, on TV you do different scenes,

04:07you may get 25 scenes in one day, but they are all different,

04:10it is always a different situation, it is very fun.

04:13And in the musical theater, maybe there will be someone who hates me for saying it,

04:19but it is always the same.

04:21And besides, you have to take care of yourself too much,

04:24because your voice, I am very sensitive to my voice,

04:27and with anything I get hoarse, as a result of this musical, too.

04:32So, yes, I couldn't go out, I didn't have a life.

04:37It was on weekends, well, it was from Tuesday to Sunday,

04:41we rested only one day, no, from Monday to Wednesday,

04:44no, from Wednesday to Monday, we rested only one day a week.

04:48So, two years like that, yes, it was too heavy,

04:51and I said, I don't think I prefer to do TV.

04:56But just coming back from doing Rock of Ages,

04:59I said, ok, I need to take a break from acting,

05:02like, to find myself again, I don't know what's going on.

05:05I went to Europe for a few months,

05:08I was alone, like, to find myself.

05:11I came back, and that's when the pandemic hit,

05:14so everything stopped.

05:17I said, ok, I'm going to Playa del Carmen,

05:20because, as I told you, I'm from there, I came back to live there.

05:23In what I would say I was doing, I was doing things online,

05:26and in 2022 I said, no, I need to go back to acting,

05:29this is not filling me up.

05:32I came back to live there.

05:35Well, I was taking some workshops to reactivate myself,

05:38and to update myself too,

05:41and in 2023 I came back to live here in Llano,

05:44and two or three months later I did a soap opera

05:47with Juan Osorio,

05:50El Amor No Tiene Receta, by Dr. Monica,

05:53and from there it was like, ok,

05:56I'm back on track,

05:59and in a little while I got this.

06:06As you say, it's my first co-protagonist,

06:09it's my biggest work,

06:12and a very complex character,

06:15that had a lot of changes,

06:18a lot of development,

06:21so yes, emotionally it was heavy.

06:24All the time something was happening to her,

06:27and you have to be careful not to take that as an actor,

06:30not to bring those emotions home,

06:33because one day, at the beginning,

06:36I felt sad and down,

06:39and I was like, what do I have?

06:42And suddenly I realized,

06:45no, this is not mine, this is Marina's,

06:48I was crying all day,

06:51shake it, nothing happened,

06:54so most of my calls were about crying,

06:57so it was a work of,

07:00ok, I'm going to build this,

07:03I'm going to use it as Marina,

07:06to get to those emotions,

07:09and not have to resort to my things,

07:12to get to the emotion.

07:15Pedro is a great person,

07:18and it's cool because with everyone who has talked about Pedro,

07:21everyone always has super nice opinions about him,

07:24he is a great person,

07:27he is a great co-worker,

07:30at the beginning he knew he was my first co-star,

07:33he even told me that he heard,

07:36I don't know if I can say this,

07:39that he heard,

07:42we hadn't started recording yet,

07:45but he said he heard some worries,

07:48like, let's see if he fills the character,

07:51because he hasn't done something so big,

07:54and he said, I'm going to help him,

07:57he is a super nice co-worker,

08:00to the point where he would tell me,

08:03what is your legacy,

08:06so you can always feel better,

08:09or he would tell me, let's study,

08:12and things like that,

08:15I feel like fate sent him to me,

08:18to be my co-worker,

08:21to give me a hand and help me with this project,

08:24he often advised me,

08:27and things like that,

08:30for the career.

08:33He could have been someone who said,

08:36I take advantage of his lack of experience,

08:39so I can shine,

08:42and he was like, no,

08:45let's make the couple work,

08:48and grow together as a couple,

08:51we are getting really nice comments,

08:54we are at the beach,

08:57and my character is floating in the sea,

09:00and she got sunburned,

09:03and I was like, ok,

09:06I have to be tanned,

09:09because I didn't have time,

09:12because we were recording,

09:15Nayarit, I had 2 or 3 days off,

09:18but I didn't want to get sunburned,

09:21and I didn't want the novel to last,

09:24so I got tanned,

09:27and I couldn't go to the tanning salon,

09:30so I did it myself,

09:33but I didn't look good,

09:36and the hysterical makeup,

09:39because I was all stained,

09:42it was a topic,

09:45and it was very metaphorical,

09:48because I was lost,

09:51I was in a relationship,

09:54I didn't know what was going to happen,

09:57I was like, I don't know,

10:00and Marina arrives,

10:03and she is lost,

10:06she doesn't know what to do with her life,

10:09right now she left Gabriel's house,

10:12and she said,

10:15I have to get a job,

10:18and she is on her own,

10:21and that's what was happening to me,

10:24when I started the novel,

10:27I was on my own,

10:30my ex left me with the dog,

10:33and my 2 cats,

10:36so it was all up to me,

10:39and I was on my own,

10:42and you can see Marina's growth,

10:45she is on her own,

10:48and she is very well positioned,

10:51and that's what was happening to me,

10:54I am very spiritual,

10:57I think everything happens for a reason,

11:00and the universe sends you messages,

11:03the way you will understand,

11:07I thank the project,

11:10for giving me this growth,

11:13as an actress,

11:16this maturity,

11:19to realize that I am already in bigger leagues,

11:22because once I talked to the producer,

11:25that everything comes when it has to,

11:28and I told him,

11:31because I had done casting with him 7 years ago,

11:34and I told him,

11:37if I had a character like that,

11:407 or 8 years ago,

11:43I would not have had half the maturity I have now,

11:46as an actress and as a person,

11:49to be able to carry out what it entails,

11:52a job like that,

11:55to start,

11:58you are super pressured all the time,

12:01and you have to be super responsible,

12:04your number one priority at that time,

12:07is the project,

12:10and get there, and be well,

12:13and have the health to be whole,

12:16but also the one that is pressing you there,

12:19and then put everything on your side,

12:22so that everything works,

12:25and not to delay the project,

12:28to realize everything that entails,

12:31that maturity,

12:34everyone tells me to rest,

12:37and I want to work again,

12:40they don't understand how much I love being on set,

12:43but my body needs right now,

12:46no more than 2 weeks of rest,

12:49yesterday I went to Televisa,

12:52I had a day off,

12:56I'm looking for a casting,

12:59today I have another one,

13:02what I would love to do would be series,

13:05a Netflix series,

13:08or a movie,

13:11but I trust that everything comes at its time,

13:14step by step,

13:17I feel that at this time it is no longer fought,

13:20to make novels with making series,

13:23because it is work,

13:26and you learn,

13:29and the audience sees you,

13:32and they learn something about the character you made,

13:35I would not stop making novels,

13:38to make series,

13:41I would like to be able to do both.

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