Early life She is the second of the three children of Henrique De La Santísima Trinidad Lazo (1921-1995) and Sara Beatríz Domínguez (1930-2011). His brothers are Henrique Alberto and Andrés Eugenio De Jesús. Mimí, began her acting in the workshops of well known stage directors of
Caracas in the mid-1970s. Later she received scholarships to study
Scenic Arts in
Italy and attended acting classes in the
Actors Studio of New York.
Career She began her acting career in the Venezuelan theatre performing adaptations of plays by
William Shakespeare, such as
Twelfth Night and
Arthur Miller's
A View from the Bridge, among others. In 1979 she made her debut in the Venezuelan cinema with the film
El Pez que Fuma, produced by the long time filmmaker Roman Chalbaud, and her first appearance on national television with the popular
telenovela Carolina. It wasn't until the year
2000 where she made her debut in the international cinema with the
independent film Just for the Time Being alongside
Eva Herzigová and Patrick O'Neil. She has received numerous awards in film festival and theater awards both in her native country and abroad. In 1995 she was among the successful Latin American actresses by
Variety magazine, and
Style magazine considers her one of the best actresses in Latin America alongside
Salma Hayek and
María Conchita Alonso.
Personal life She married Juan Gerardo Martínez and went to live in
Thibodaux, Louisiana. Two years later they divorced, she went to live in
Italy and there, in 1981, she married Orlando José Aoun. On September 8, 1982, their daughter was born; Sindy Carolina. A little over a year later, they divorced. At the end of the 80's, he married
Jean Carlo Simancas in
Mérida, Mérida and they ended up divorcing. On December 28, 1995, she married
Luis Fernández (actor). Her daughter, is also an actress and her brother, Henrique is a Film Director; Actor and Musician, father of
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