Luisana Lopilato

Luisana Loreley Lopilato (Buenos Aires, May 18, 1987) is an Argentine actress. She is known for her performances in the television series Chiquititas, Rebelde Way, Casados con Hijos, Alma pirate and Attraction x4, and for her leading role as Manuela "Pipa" Pelari in the Netflix films, Lost, La corazonada and Pipa. She is the younger sister of actor Darío Lopilato and wife of Canadian singer Michael Bublé.

Acting career

1998-2001: Beginnings

Luisana began her career at the age of five doing different advertisements. In 1998 she was chosen to be part of the cast of the Argentine sitcom My family is a drawing in its third season; she was 11 years old.

Meanwhile, after appearing for a casting, she was chosen by producer Cris Morena to be part of the cast of Chiquititas, a novel in which she had made a small appearance a year before as one of the girls from the neighborhood who were beginning to learn choreography with Belén Fraga (Romina Yan). Her permanent entry came in 1999, playing Luisana Maza until 2001.

Being very young she got a small participation in the film A love in Moisés Ville, which shows how several groups of Jews escape from Tsarist Russia by moving to different places in Argentina. In the film, the actress' lyrics were in English.

The following year he participated with the cast in the film Chiquititas: Rincón de Luz, filmed in the Patagonian city of Villa La Angostura.

2002-2011: Transition

In 2002 Cris Morena created the soap opera for teenagers Rebelde Way, choosing Luisana, this time for the role of Mía Colucci, a rich girl spoiled by her father. The first season of the soap opera was broadcast on Channel 9 and the second on América 2 and came to an end at the end of 2003.

In 2004, and after two uninterrupted seasons of the series, Cris Morena decided to give a cinematographic closure to the fiction through the film 'Erreway: 4 paths', performed by the four main actors, one adventure road-movie with the same components that the series had during its broadcast. The film was filmed in Buenos Aires and different routes and towns in northwest Argentina.

In that same year, he embarked on a new project, Los pensionados, on the El Trece screen. However, the fiction was canceled in mid-2004, just six months after its premiere, due to its low audience. Luisana begins another strip to replace the previous one, together with the actor and comedian Dady Brieva: Daddy's Secrets. The strip lasted until February 2005.

In 2005, he returned to television, in the sitcom Married with Children; adaptation of the American original Married with Children. On this occasion she co-starred in the fiction alongside her brother Darío Lopilato and the legendary comedy actors Guillermo Francella and Florencia Peña, on the air channel Telefe. In Married with Children, she plays Paola Argento; She is the clumsy, ignorant and daring daughter of the Argento family.

In 2006, she was called to star in the strip Alma Pirata, broadcast by Telefe, at 9 p.m., along with Mariano Martínez, Nicolás Vázquez, Benjamín Rojas, Elsa Pinilla, Fabián Mazzei and Isabel Macedo. In the middle of her work on this series, she begins recording the second season of Married with Children again. The series continued to air over the years, establishing itself as a television classic. Argentina.

In 2007, he played for the contest called Odisea, Aventura Argentina led by Marley, in the red team that won in the city of El Calafate. He participated in the play "Arlequino two-pattern server" at the Teatro de la Ribera and in the soap opera El Capo, playing Ornella, sister of Gianella Neyra's main character.

In addition, he gave his voice to one of the main characters in the film Plumifers, the first Argentine film made entirely with Blender, a free software (GNU) for animation and editing, released in 2010.

In 2008, she began working in theater with Cinderella, a classic that premiered in April at the Teatro Astral in Buenos Aires called "Princesa Cinderella" being a musical work, with whom she starred alongside Rodrigo Guirao Díaz with whom also the same year they would be a youthful leading couple in Attraction x4 in Dream Beach along with Camila Bordonaba, Gabriel Goity and Carola Reyna.

In 2009 he acted in the film Papa por un día alongside Nicolás Cabre and Gimena Accardi.

In November 2010, Someone who loves me was released by El Trece in a leading youth role, but it did not have the expected success and was canceled shortly after. Luisana moved to Los Ángeles to film the pilot for the series Río and in Argentina she participated in the unitary Maltratadas.

2012-present: New jobs

She was part of the cast of Lobo, a fiction series by El Trece, where she played a villain for the first time in her career; She was a counterfigure to the character of Vanesa González.

In 2013 she played a young victim of cancer in the second season of the series En Terapia, starring Diego Peretti and broadcast on Public TV. For her work she was nominated for the Premios Tato and Martín Fierro as Supporting Actress in Drama.

In 2014 she played Silvia, one of the main roles, in the Italian miniseries Una buona stagione (A good season) broadcast on RAI. The series was recorded during 2012. In film she stars in Las insoladas alongside Carla Peterson, Violeta Urtizberea, Marina Bellati, Elisa Carricajo and Maricel Álvarez. For her performance she obtained her first nomination for the Silver Condor, as revelation actress.

In 2015 he returned to Argentine television, participating in the miniseries Variaciones Walsh, on public television. She also debuted in Hollywood, as the protagonist of the film Fair Market Value alongside Tina Benko and Wendy Makkena, this being her first role in English. That same year she was the guest judge of the program Your face sounds familiar to me .

In 2016, she had a special participation in the opening of the new cycle of Showmatch, the program that Marcelo Tinelli has hosted for eleven years and is currently broadcast on Channel 13. In addition, she is one of the protagonists of Super Nafta, the Space signal series derived from the movie Kryptonite.

In 2017 he starred in the film Those who love, hate alongside Guillermo Francella, an adaptation of the novel of the same name written by Adolfo Bioy Casares and Silvina Ocampo published in 1946.

In 2018 she played police officer Manuela "Pipa" Pelari in the police thriller film Perdida, adaptation of the novel Cornelia by the writer Florencia Etcheves. In 2020, she reprized her role for the prequel, La corazonada, released exclusively on the video-demand platform Netflix, which was based on the novel The Virgin in Your Eyes by Florencia Etcheves. In 2022 he played the role again in the third film of the saga, and sequel to the first, Pipa, also released by Netflix.

Other jobs

Singing career

Luisana began her career as a singer in the series that launched her to fame, Chiquititas.

After Chiquititas, producer Cris Morena hired Luisana again for the new youth fiction Rebelde Way. Along with the novel, the musical band Erreway emerged, made up of Lopilato, Benjamín Rojas, Camila Bordonaba and Felipe Colombo. The group released three albums; Signs (2002), Time (2003) and Memory (2004).

Some time later and with the band dissolved, the series was sold to other countries. Due to the success of their music, they launched a tour of Spain (but without Luisana Lopilato) and a fourth and fifth album came to light, compilations titled El disco de Rebelde Way (2006) and Erreway in concert (2006, CD and DVD), from a show held in 2004 in Israel. The following year, the Box Set Collection edition went on sale. All exclusive to Spain.

Also in 2009, with the help of the novel Attraction x4 on Dream Beach, they would release a CD plus DVD with the songs they performed in the novel.

Modeling career

Luisana has been the image of a candy advertisement and the prestigious clothing brand for teenagers, 47 Street. She has also made numerous advertisements in her country, Argentina, Israel and even He even had proposals in Spain to carry out several advertising campaigns.

She was the face of the Argentine underwear brand Marcela Koury and the English Último, of the jeans brand Ona Saez, from the shoe brand Nazaria and L'Oreal Elvive products.

In 2012, she launched her own clothing brand together with the Marcela Koury brand under the name Luisana Lopilato.

In 2023, he participated in the L'Oréal fashion show held in Paris.

Personal life

He was born on May 18, 1987 in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is the daughter of Eduardo and Beatriz. She has two older siblings, Daniela and Darío, with whom she shares the profession.

She is married to the Canadian singer Michael Bublé, whom she married on March 31, 2011 in a civil ceremony in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. On April 2 was the religious wedding and on the 31st of the same year, it was the second marriage in Canada.

On August 27, 2013, the couple's first son, Noah, was born in Canada. On January 22, 2016, their second son, Elías, was born. In November 2016, their eldest son Noah was diagnosed with liver cancer. On July 25, 2018, the couple's third daughter, whom they named Vida, was born in Canada. On February 21, 2022, Luisana announced that they were expecting their fourth child. On August 19, 2022 Their fourth daughter, Cielo, was born.

Philanthropy

In 2012, Lopilato joined other celebrities in the Cartoon Network campaign to stop bullying, called "Enough bullying, don't stay silent", in which parents and students to sign a commitment to react when they see bullying situations.

In 2013, together with UNICEF, Luisana presented “Mini Bublé's Diary”, an online application with information and advice for carrying out a healthy pregnancy. Through this platform, Luisana shared with the online community her own experience to help women around the world take care of their pregnancy through prenatal checkups, healthy eating, and compliance with the vaccination schedule, among other recommendations. The objective of “El Diario de Mini-Bublé” was to raise awareness about the importance of healthy behaviors during the pregnancy of a baby. Nutrition, physical exercise, medical check-ups and disease prevention before, during and after pregnancy are essential for the mother and the newborn.

Filmography

Cinema

Television

Theatre

Discography

Advertising

• "Pent Ten"
• "Sugus Combined"
• "Motor Oil Underwear for Juniors" (1996)
• "Ripley Jeans" (2002)
• "John Foos" (2002-2004)
• "47 Street" (2002-2007)
• "Kukuloco" (2003) (Israel)
• "Rebelde Way Underwear" (2003)
• "Bubbaloo" (2003-2004)
• "Gottex" (2004) (Israel)
• "McDonald's" (2004) (Israel)
• "Keff" (2003-2004, 2006-2007) (Israel)
• "Axe" (2004) (Israel)
• "Coca Cola" (2005, 2006, 2009)
• "Gillette" (2007)
• "Axe" (2007)
• "Promesse" (2007-2010)
• "Blackberry" (2010)
• "Marcela Koury" (2011-2013)
• "Last" (2012-2013) (England)
• "Ona Saez Jeans" (2012-2013)
• "Nazaria Zapatos" (2012-2013)
• "L'Oréal Elvive" (2012-2018)
• "Vitamine" (2017-2018)

Awards and nominations