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  Laura Zapata - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Laura Zapata (born in 1956) is a famous Mexican telenovela actress.
Zapata is the half sister of singer Thalía and of Ernestina Sodi, a famous writer.
Zapata announced she will put that project on hold and concentrate on another play, one which stars former Menudo Johnny Lozada, but as of 2005 the play based on her kidnapping was about to be premiered, despite legal threats from Thalia, which doesn't appear in the play but it's mentioned.
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 Laura Zapata Biography
Zapata is the half sister of singer Thalia and of Ernestina Sodi, a famous writer.
Zapata was the first one of the family to gain international fame, acting in such soap operas as Rosalinda, Pobre Nina Rica and, specially, Rosa Salvaje, alongside Veronica Castro.
Zapata ultimately announced she will put that project on hold and concentrate on another play, one which stars former Menudo Johnny Lozada.
www.biographybase.com /biography/Zapata_Laura.html   (242 words)

  
 Me siento triunfadora: Laura Zapata :: Noticias :: esmas.com
Laura al entrar a la casa comenzó a recordar cosas, incluso que les llevaban hamburguesas y quesadillas.
Zapata dejó claro que no reconoció a ninguno de los secuestradores, porque nunca los vio, “no tienen rostro para mí”, pero tienen olores, sensaciones, emociones, energía.
Zapata al entrar a ese cuarto sintió una fuerte emoción, lloró, pero después se sintió triunfadora de poder cerrar ese círculo, y lo bueno de esta horrorosa experiencia es que puede participar socialmente.
www.esmas.com /laoreja/noticias/465637.html   (423 words)

  
 Latest News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
The correspondent mentioned that he tried to get in contact with Laura Zapata, but according to what he explained, when he called the house a servant told him that the señora was not available to answer the telephone.
Laura Zapata and Ernestina Sodi, sisters to the Mexican actress and singer Thalía, were still missing on Monday, and are presumed to be a kidnapping investigated by the authorities.
Laura Zapata, the artistic name of the actress and singer Laura Sodi Miranda (de Zapata), has been part of the cast of more than a dozen telenovelas produced by the television network Televisa.
www.thaliasworld.com /Archives/2002/pages/6.html   (6902 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Mexico -- Official: Sister of Mexican actress Thalia released
MEXICO CITY – Laura Zapata, sister-in-law to Sony Music Chairman Tommy Mottola, has been released after kidnappers held her for 18 days, Mexico City's attorney general said Friday.
Laura and Ernestine are the sisters of the Latin Grammy performer Thalia.
Zapata's family had declined to file an official report on the disappearance of the two sisters, and had asked police to stay out of negotiations.
signonsandiego.com /news/mexico/20021011-0713-mexico-thaliasisters.html   (257 words)

  
 "Inside Scoop"-News
Laura Zapata, hermana de Thalía, invitó a la cantante a unírsele a su campaña electoral, con el fin de buscar el mayor número de votos como candidata a diputada en esta capital.
Laura Zapata acaparó la atención cuando fue secuestrada en septiembre junto con su hermana Ernestina Sodi, expresó que sería maravilloso estar acompañada por Thalía, quien, según dijo, la ha instado a abandonar México a raíz de aquel episodio.
Laura Zapata invitará a su hermana Thalía para que la acompañe en uno de los recorridos que realiza como candidata a Diputada federal del PAN, por el distrito 26 de la Delegación Magdalena Contreras.
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 Press Release: Thalia’s Sister, Laura Zapata, Breaks Her Silence On Univision’s "El Gordo Y La Flaca"
Zapata is better known as the sister of famous Mexican singer/actress, Thalia, who is married to top music executive Tommy Mottola.
Zapata revealed for the first time that the captors used her and her sister in order to target Mottola’s money and that the initial ransom request was in the amount of $5 million.
Zapata was the program’s first guest 5 years ago and is considered an honorary guest host.
www.univision.net /corp/en/pr/Miami_06032003-2.html   (423 words)

  
 Latest News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
Zapata declined to let her sister speak on the phone: "She is in a very altered state." Still, she said both had been treated relatively well by their abductors.
The house is still furnished and decorated by Laura Zapata, who has lived there for years, but according to the sources the family decided to put the house on sale in order to raise the money which was being demanded by the kidnappers of Zapata and her sister, Ernestina Sodi.
After making her dedication of the performances to Laura Zapata, Guilmáin took the hands of the actors in the cast, all dressed in white, to make a chain which brought a long ovation from those present, according to the press.
www.thaliasworld.com /Archives/2002/pages/7.html   (6069 words)

  
 Good medicine / UCSF doctor finds a second calling in Mendoza
Catena Zapata's winemaking facility, designed to resemble an ancient Mayan pyramid, opened in 2001 in the Agrelo district of Mendoza, with a sweeping view of Mt. Aconcagua, the highest peak in the Americas at 23,000 feet.
Laura and her brother, Ernesto, 38, acquire grapes from 22 sites for their respective Mendoza brands (his is Tikal), including a bit of fruit from their father's vineyards.
Laura Catena is the vice president of Bodega Catena Zapata, her family's ultrapremium winery in the Mendoza region of Argentina, and a UCSF Medical Center emergency room physician.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/07/29/WIG487S66P1.DTL   (2854 words)

  
 Boston.com / A&E / Celebrity news / Actress writing play on her kidnapping
Mexican actress Laura Zapata, sister of pop singer Thalia, says she's completing a play based on her kidnapping.
Zapata and her sister, writer Ernestina Sodi, were abducted from their car last year after Zapata appeared in a play.
Zapata has indicated that her family paid a ransom but hasn't disclosed the amount.
www.boston.com /ae/celebrity/articles/2003/12/11/actress_writing_play_on_her_kidnapping?mode=PF   (164 words)

  
 Zapata
Zapata is a town located in Zapata County, Texas.
Zapata was allowed to rejoin the police force.
Zapata, in an attempt to silence the son, shot and wounded him.
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 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Mexico -- Federal prosecutors: Mexican kidnapper says he helped abduct singer ...
Mexican actress Laura Zapata, sister of pop star Thalia, sings the national anthem during a ceremony at the offices of Mexico's Federal Agency of Investigations (AFI) in Mexico City, Mexico on Thursday.
Officials were investigating the man's claims, and one of Thalia's sisters, actress Laura Zapata, was working with police to help them determine if the man's confession was true, a federal spokeswoman said on customary condition of anonymity.
Zapata co-wrote a play about her ordeal that is set to open next month.
signonsandiego.com /news/mexico/20050804-1314-mexico-people-thalia.html   (242 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Americas | High-profile Mexican kidnapping over
Laura Zapata was the first sister to be released
In a telephone call to Televisa news presenter Joaquin Lopez Doriga late on Monday, Ms Zapata expressed thanks to Mexicans for their good wishes but said that the family had been "devastated by this experience".
Ms Zapata declined to let her sister speak on the phone, saying: "She is in a very altered state."
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/2371873.stm   (291 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Latin star's sisters feared kidnapped
Thalia's sisters, actress Laura Sodi and author Ernestina Sodi, disappeared in the early hours of Sunday morning after leaving a theatre in Mexico City and are believed to have been abducted.
It is thought that the kidnappers have contacted the family demanding a ransom, but the Mexican police have been unable to investigate the matter as the family have so far decided not to involve the police.
Laura Sodi, who uses the stage name Laura Zapata, is a successful actress in her own right.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/entertainment/2283893.stm   (319 words)

  
 Star's family rejects police kidnap help - smh.com.au
Laura Zapata, who is a television and stage actor, and Ernestina Sodi disappeared a week ago on Sunday evening.
The occupants of the two cars got out when Zapata stopped at a red light and smashed the windows of her car, kidnapping both women, the witnesses said.
Shanik Berman, a journalist and friend of Zapata's, said Thalia and Mr Mottola were in Mexico and did not want any intervention by the police.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/09/28/1032734371876.html   (432 words)

  
 AP Worldstream: Thalia's sister, Laura Zapata, decides to run for Mexican Congress@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
Dateline: MEXICO CITY Mexican actress Laura Zapata, sister of singer Thalia, announced Wednesday she is running for Congress, saying she wants to help shape Mexico' s laws after being kidnapped last year
Zapata said she would run under President Vicente Fox's National Action Party.
Zapata and her sister Ernestina Sodi were abducted from their car Sept.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:72265430&refid=holomed_1   (225 words)

  
 CelebrityAccess Headline News
Laura Sodi, a Mexican actress and singer known by her stage name Laura Zapata, is seen in this photo from late 2001 in Mexico City.
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Laura Zapata, sister-in-law to Sony Music Chairman Tommy Mottola, has been released after kidnappers held her for 18 days, Mexico City's attorney general said Friday.
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 Club Oficial Internacional Mundo de Cristal Thalia Romania .:: www.mdcromania.com
She was born on a 26th of August in the Spanish Hospital in Mexico City, to a happy and well-to-do Mexican family, being the fifth and last child.
Of her four sisters besides the actress Laura, Federica is an archaeologist, Ernestina, an ex-Miss Mexico City, is a writer and has a doctorate in Philosophy and Letters, and Gabriela is an art historian.
In September her family was living a nightmare, as the news said her two sisters, actress Laura Zapata and writer Ernestina Sodi, had been kidnapped when leaving a theater in Mexico City.
www.mdcromania.com /biography.php   (2142 words)

  
 Billboard.BIZ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
Mexico City prosecutors have said they were investigating whether the women were kidnapped and have created a special group to look into their disappearance.
Police found Zapata's Volkswagen Jetta abandoned along a Mexico City road, the capital's attorney general, Bernardo Batiz, said at a news conference.
She began her career in 1977, and starred along with Thalia in the popular soap operas "Maria Mercedes" and "Rosalinda." Thalia, who performed last week's Latin Grammy Awards, is married to Sony Music Chairman Tommy Mottola.
www.billboard.biz /bb/biz/newsroom/printable_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1715550   (261 words)

  
 Mexican pop star Thalia calls for end to terror - Jun. 02, 2003
Thalia has been away from Mexico since September, when her two sisters, Laura Zapata and Ernestina Sodi, were kidnapped as they left a Mexico City theater where Zapata was starring in a play.
Zapata, 46, was freed uninjured after 18 days, and Sodi was freed 18 days later.
The star of such soaps as "Marimar" and "Rosalinda," and frequent MTV performer, lives in the United States with her husband, Sony Music chief Tommy Mottola.
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 ONE OF THALIA’S SISTERS RELEASED BY KIDNAPPERS
“Laura Zapata is at home… and she is doing well,” said Doriga, adding that there had been no word on the status of the other kidnap victim, Ernestina Sodi.
The news was later confirmed by a federal district official, who said Laura, a famous actress in the Latin American country, had returned to her Tecamachalco home with no apparent injuries.
Laura and Ernestina were snatched in Mexico City on September 22, disappearing soon after leaving a local theatre where Laura was performing in a play.
www.hellomagazine.com /music/2002/10/11/thalia   (216 words)

  
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- Mexican actress Laura Zapata, who was kidnapped for 18 days last year, said Wednesday she is running for Congress.
Zapata and her sister, Ernestina Sodi, were abducted from their car Sept. 22 after Zapata appeared in a play.
Zapata has indicated that her family paid a ransom but has refused to give the amount.
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 mexican actress   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
00-00-0000 Dateline: MEXICO CITY Mexican actress Laura Zapata, who was kidnapped for 18 days last year, said Wednesday she is running for Congress.
Laura) showed up, Batiz said told reporters at a morning news conference.
Dateline: MEXICO CITY Kidnappers want $1 million for the safe release of Laura Zapata and Ernestina Sodi, the sisters of Mexican actress and Latin Grammy performer Thalia, a friend of the victim said Thursday.
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 LAURA ZAPATA - MEXICAN POP KIDNAP SUSPECTS ARRESTED
The gang is believed to have kidnapped actress LAURA ZAPATA and her sister, writer ERNESTINA SODI.
The two were abducted from their car in September (02) after Zapata appeared in a play.
Last month, Zapata announced she was running for Congress, saying her kidnapping made her want to help shape Mexican laws and politics.
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 CBS News | Rudy To The Rescue | October 11, 2002 09:06:48
Cab drivers have been known to kidnap passengers, holding them for several days and driving them to automatic teller machines until their bank accounts are empty.
Last month, Laura Zapata and Ernestina Sodi, sisters of Mexican actress and Latin Grammy performer Thalia, disappeared from their car after leaving a play in which Zapata had a starring role.
Thalia and her husband, Sony Music Chairman Tommy Mottola, were reportedly in the Mexican capital after Sodi and Zapata disappeared, but the family has declined to report the kidnapping to police.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2002/10/10/world/main525126.shtml   (513 words)

  
 Kidnapping Becomes Play: From The Tampa Tribune   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
The play is a ``type of catharsis'' and a way to move forward with her life, Zapata told the newspaper El Universal this week in Mexico City.
Zapata and her sister, writer Ernestina Sodi, were abducted from their car last year.
The play doesn't have a title, and Zapata said she hopes to finish it by Christmas.
www.tampatrib.com /News/MGATNFDT3OD.html   (116 words)

  
 [Diario Latino] Qué Vida: Lleva 'Cautivas'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
La actriz Laura Zapata está lista para estrenar "Cautivas" aún cuando existen "roses"con su familia por su decisión de llevar al escenario la historia del secuestro que sufrieron ella y su hermana Ernestina Sodi.
Zapata dijo esperar que a través de las notas periodísticas su hermana Thalía acepte venir al estreno de "Cautivas": "No está (la relación con Thalía).
Y reiteró que los nombres de su cuñado (Tommy Mottola), de su hermana Thalía y de todas sus hermanas están en el libreto, aunque este hecho causo molestia en aquellas en primer lugar por lo que en algún momento Laura Zapata dudó en incluirlos.
www.diariolatino.com /2005/07/26/QueVida/Lleva_Cautivas   (364 words)

  
 Forum 189996
I have just read his interview and I think he doesn't look like Argentinians or Latinas because generally latinas have got dark hair,bodies but I don't mean negro (I hope you understand me) I thought that he was American or German.I was right.
hi laura this is a arteria damage, i hope u undrstund,(arteria, heart, blood)...
Laura - lol for a second there I was
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