Paola Fabiana Ponce (born 25 June 1982),[1] known professionally as Lola Ponce (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlola ˈponse]), is an Argentine singer and actress.
Ponce made her breakthrough in Argentina and Latin America with her debut album Inalcanzable, which was released in 2001. She also earned a great popularity in Italy, after starring in musical Notre-Dame de Paris in Verona. Ponce has since released two more albums — Fearless (2004) and Il diario di Lola (2008) — and has performed in Spanish, Italian and English. In 2008, along with Giò Di Tonno, she won San Remo Festival with the song "Colpo di fulmine". She sings in many Concerts with Andrea Bocelli and Riccardo Cocciante.
Lola Ponce was born in Rosario, Santa Fe Province,[2] to Hector and María.[3] She has two siblings, Claudia and Alejandro.[3] Born and raised in a musical family, she formed a duo with her brother when she was only eight, performing melodic songs.[3] Ponce took part in many festivals in Latin America as child and teenager.[2] In 1998, she had a role in Chiquititas, a popular TV series created by Cris Morena,[4] and signed a recording contract with producer Oscar Mediavilla in 1999.[4] Ponce entered the University of Buenos Aires, but dropped it to pursue her music career.[2]
Ponce released her debut album Inalcanzable in 2001, achieving a great success in Latin America.[2] In 2002, she was cast as Esméralda in theatre musical Notre-Dame de Paris, which was shown in Verona, Italy, and Barcelona, Spain. Ponce recorded two songs for the musical soundtrack, "Ave Maria Pagana" and "Ali in Gabbia, Occhi Selvaggi",[5] and made her breakthrough in Italy and Europe.[6][7] In 2004, she released her first album in English, Fearless, and in 2005 performed her song "Sleep" in the revival part of the San Remo Festival.[7]
In 2008, she released third studio albums Il diario di Lola, which contains songs in Spanish, Italian and English. Ponce also won the 58th Sanremo Music Festival along with Giò Di Tonno and the song "Colpo di fulmine".[8] The song reached number one at Italian Singles Chart.[9] In 2010, Ponce appeared in several television series and films, and starred the stage adaptation of Alessandro Manzoni's novel The Betrothed. She also participated in Argentine version of Dancing with the Stars, Bailando por un sueño,[10] and released her first compilation album Lola.
Ponce dated Italian lawyer Manuel Malenotti for five years, from 2005 to 2010.[11][12]
She began a relationship with her co-star Aarón Díaz in 2012. The pair began dating after meeting on the set of the telenovela El Talisman.[13] They have two daughters: Erin (born February 2013)[14] and Regina (born August 2014). The couple got married in June 2015, in a private ceremony held in Morocco.
Title | Year | Role | Notes |
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Tiny Angels | 1998 | Serena | (TV Series) Chiquititas |
Notre-Dame de Paris | 2002 | Esméralda | (Stage) Produced by Verona Arena |
Notre-Dame de Paris – Live from Verona Arena | 2002 | Esméralda | (TV Film) Notre Dame de Paris – Live Arena di Verona |
Without Code | 2004 | Luna | (TV Miniseries) Sin código |
Never Say Big Brother | 2009 | Herself / Co-Host | (Comedy Show) Mai Dire Grande Fratello Show |
Powder | 2009 | Marcela | Polvere |
Cinderella 2000 | 2010 | Cenicienta | (TV Film) Cenicienta 2000 |
Love at First Sight | 2010 | Maya Rivera | (TV Film) Colpo di fulmine |
Dancing with the Stars 2010 | 2010 | Herself / Contestant | (TV Show) Bailando por un sueño 2010 |
The Two Faces of Love | 2010 | Jessica | (TV Series; 1 episode) Le due facce dell'amore |
Love & Slaps | 2010 | Gladys | La bellezza del somaro |
The Betrothed – A Modern Opera | 2010 | Monaca di Monza | (Stage) I promessi sposi – Opera moderna |
El Talismán | 2012 | Lucrecia Negrete[15] |
Preceded by | San Remo Festival winner (with Giò Di Tonno) 2008 |
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1950s | Nilla Pizzi ("Grazie dei fiori") · Nilla Pizzi ("Vola colomba") · Carla Boni / Flo Sandon's ("Viale d'autunno") · Giorgio Consolini / Gino Latilla ("Tutte le mamme") · Claudio Villa / Tullio Pane ("Buongiorno tristezza") · Franca Raimondi ("Aprite le finestre") · Claudio Villa / Nunzio Gallo ("Corde della mia chitarra") · Domenico Modugno / Johnny Dorelli ("Nel blu, dipinto di blu") · Domenico Modugno / Johnny Dorelli ("Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)") |
1960s | Tony Dallara / Renato Rascel ("Romantica") · Betty Curtis / Luciano Tajoli ("Al di là") · Domenico Modugno / Claudio Villa ("Addio, addio") · Tony Renis / Emilio Pericoli ("Uno per tutte") · Gigliola Cinquetti / Patricia Carli ("Non ho l'età") · Bobby Solo / The New Christy Minstrels ("Se piangi, se ridi") · Domenico Modugno / Gigliola Cinquetti ("Dio, come ti amo") · Claudio Villa / Iva Zanicchi ("Non pensare a me") · Sergio Endrigo / Roberto Carlos ("Canzone per te") · Bobby Solo / Iva Zanicchi ("Zingara") |
1970s | Adriano Celentano / Claudia Mori ("Chi non lavora non fa l'amore") · Nada / Nicola Di Bari ("Il cuore è uno zingaro") · Nicola Di Bari ("I giorni dell'arcobaleno") · Peppino di Capri ("Un grande amore e niente più") · Iva Zanicchi ("Ciao cara come stai?") · Gilda ("Ragazza del sud") · Peppino di Capri ("Non lo faccio più") · Homo Sapiens ("Bella da morire") · Matia Bazar ("E dirsi ciao") · Mino Vergnaghi ("Amare") |
1980s | Toto Cutugno ("Solo noi") · Alice ("Per Elisa") · Riccardo Fogli ("Storie di tutti i giorni") · Tiziana Rivale ("Sarà quel che sarà") · Al Bano and Romina Power ("Ci sarà") · Ricchi e Poveri ("Se m'innamoro") · Eros Ramazzotti ("Adesso tu") · Gianni Morandi, Umberto Tozzi and Enrico Ruggeri ("Si può dare di più") · Massimo Ranieri ("Perdere l'amore") · Anna Oxa and Fausto Leali ("Ti lascerò") |
1990s | Pooh ("Uomini soli") · Riccardo Cocciante ("Se stiamo insieme") · Luca Barbarossa ("Portami a ballare") · Enrico Ruggeri ("Mistero") · Aleandro Baldi ("Passerà") · Giorgia ("Come saprei") · Ron and Tosca ("Vorrei incontrarti fra cent'anni") · Jalisse ("Fiumi di parole") · Annalisa Minetti ("Senza te o con te") · Anna Oxa ("Senza pietà") |
2000s | Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel ("Sentimento") · Elisa ("Luce (Tramonti a nord est)") · Matia Bazar ("Messaggio d'amore") · Alexia ("Per dire di no") · Marco Masini ("L'uomo volante") · Francesco Renga ("Angelo") · Povia ("Vorrei avere il becco") · Simone Cristicchi ("Ti regalerò una rosa") · Giò Di Tonno and Lola Ponce ("Colpo di fulmine") · Marco Carta ("La forza mia") |
2010s | Valerio Scanu ("Per tutte le volte che...") · Roberto Vecchioni ("Chiamami ancora amore") · Emma Marrone ("Non è l'inferno) · Marco Mengoni ("L'essenziale") · Arisa ("Controvento") · Il Volo ("Grande amore") · Stadio ("Un giorno mi dirai") · Francesco Gabbani ("Occidentali's Karma") · Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro ("Non mi avete fatto niente") · Mahmood ("Soldi") |
2020s |