Giselle Blondet
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| Born | Alba Giselle Blondet January 9, 1964 New York, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | actress, model and host |
| Spouse(s) | Luis Iglesias (1982-1984) Luis Abreu (1986-1987) Harold Trucco (1989-1997) |
Giselle Blondet, (born January 9, 1964 in New York, New York, United States to Victor Manuel Blondet and Alba Gomez) is a Puerto Rican actress with French ancestry on her father's side.
Blondet became famous at around the age of 14, when she began to appear on Puerto Rico's telenovelas. As a soap opera actress, she appeared in many of Puerto Rico's soaps of the late 1970s, and the early 1980s.
In 1982 she married Luis Iglesias, a jeweler in San Juan, Puerto Rico. They had one daughter, Andrea and were divorced in 1984. In 1986, she married the famous Bolivian actor Luis Abreu, with whom she had no children. She divorced Abreu in 1987. Around then magazines such as Vea and Teve Guía started talking of a supposed rivalry between her and Millie Avilés, another young Puerto Rican actress who resembled Blondet physically.
Blondet spent the rest of the 1980s participating in different TV shows, soap operas and mini-series, as well as in some theatre plays. In 1987, her romance with actor Raúl Rosado was well publicized.
In 1989, she married producer Harold Trucco and they had daughter, Gabriela, and a son, Harold Emmanuel. This relationship also ran into trouble and they divorced in 1997. During the month of June 1997, her career took off internationally when she was given the opportunity to co-host Univisión's international show Despierta América alongside Rafael José (who was replaced by Venezuelan TV personality, Raul Gonzalez in 2002)), Fernando Arau, Ana Maria Canseco, Jackie Guerrido and Neida Sandoval. Since divorcing Trucco, she has remained single and she says she wants to dedicate her free time to her children, Andrea, Gabriela and Harold Emmanuel.
In 2004, Blondet published her autobiography Con los Pies en la Tierra. The following year, she left Despierta América to host a new television show about real-life tragedies entitled Historias para Contar but it was cancelled before it was broadcast. In 2006, she starred in a Spanish Christmas movie alongside Jose Feliciano and Raul De Molina entitled Feliz Navidad. Blondet's movie was due to be released later that year but failed to be shown in theaters. Blondet's career may have had setbacks since she left Despierta America but she is once again hosting a reality show in Univision, called Nuestra Belleza Latina (Our Latin Beauty) (2007). This is a show with hints of American Idol, America's Next Top Model and Miss Universe to it, and so far, it is a hit.
