Irán Castillo

Irán Castillo Pinzón (born January 4, 1977 in Veracruz, Veracruz) is a Mexican actress and musician.
Iran started her artistic career at the tender age of 7 years doing commercials. She took acting classes with Martha Zabaleta and Pedro Damián at the age of 12, and from that moment on began her career as an actress starring in the soap opera Ángeles Blancos in 1989.
She has acted in 15 telenovelas (soap operas) in her career, some famous are: Agujetas de color de rosa made in 1994, Retrato de familia in 1996, Confidente de secundaria in 1996, Preciosa in 1998 and Soñadoras made in 1998; she also participated in El Club de Gaby and the series Qué chavas.
She began her career as a singer in the musical group Mosquitas Muertas in 1991. She later recorded songs featured in soap operas she starred in until she finally released her first album Tiempos Nuevos and the hit single titled Yo Por El in 1997 featuring rhythmical ballads.
Tatuada en tus besos is the title of the second and last album that she released in 1999. In the same year, she had success with her performance in the musical comedy Gypsy opposite Silvia Pinal.
Previously, she had acted in other plays such as Celos-Dije and Vaselina (Grease) taking the main role of Sandy. She also starred in Mexican films such as Que Vivan los Muertos and La Segunda Noche.
Irán acted in a television soap opera titled Locura de Amor, playing Natalia, and managed to captivate the public, in spite of her short appearance on-screen. Irán replaced Adriana Nieto, who left the series on bad terms late into the show's production. In 2001 Irán made a special role in the telenovela Aventuras en el Tiempo.
In 2002 Irán appeared in the soap opera Clase 406 and the film El Tigre de Santa Julia, which was a big success. In 2003 Irán starred in Amar otra vez, in which she played the protagonist, under the production of Lucero Suárez. This melodrama was released in January 2004 in the United States and in May of the same year in Mexico. During the previous year, Irán formed part of Alborada, a soap opera by Carla Estrada, as Catalina Escobar, sister of the protagonic role, played by Lucero.
In 2006 Iran was featured in two Mexican films: Amor Xtremo with a protagonist role, and Efectos Secundarios, in special participation as Gabriela. In summer 2006, Iran was invited to form part of the Mexican reality show Bailando por la Boda de Mis Sueños, with her partner Romeo. In September 2006, Iran made a photoshoot for Max Magazine, which is characterized for its revealing pictorials featuring popular actresses, singers, and female models. Later in May, 2007 she made another photoshoot for H magazine, and also in July, Iran appeared nude in H Extremo, which is the uncensored version of H.
During 2007, Iran was part of some movies, like "Victorio", "Viernes de Animas", and also on TV with "El Pantera". In 2008, worked in more movies, the last one "La Cabeza de Buda" with Kuno Becker.
For her upcoming projects, Irán is planning to return to the music industry with brand new songs by Volován.

Discography

Albums

* Tiempos Nuevos (1997) Release date Sept. 2
* Tatuada en tus besos (1999) Release date June. 15

Singles

Tiempos Nuevos (1997)

* Yo Por El
* Locos De Amor
* La Flor Del Paraíso

Tatuada en tus besos (1999)

* Por Ti, Por Mi
* Sola
* No Vendrá
* Di Que No
* Y Pienso En Ti

Others

* Amandote from Confidente de Secundaria (1995)
* Confidente De Secundaria from Confidente De Secundaria (1995)
* Feliz Navidad from Estrellas de Navidad(1997)
* Girando En El Tiempo from Preciosa (1998)

Filmography

* Sabel Redemption (2009) (voice)
* La Cabeza de Buda (2009)
* Viernes de Ánimas (2009)
* El Secuestro (2008)
* La Ciudad Perdida (2008)
* Victorio(2008)
* Chiles Xalapeños (2007)
* Amor Xtremo (2006)... Melissa
* Efectos secundarios (2006).... Gabriela
* Tigre de Santa Julia, El (2002) ... Gloria Galicia
* Toy Story 2 (1999) ... (voice for latinamerica) Jessie
* Segunda noche, La (1999) ... Rosalía
* ¡Que Vivan Los Muertos! (1998)

T.V shows

* Mujeres Asesinas (2008)... Mónica Acorralada
* El Pantera (2007)... Rosaura
* Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real (1996) ... Special Guest
* El Club de Gaby (1993)
* ¡Qué Chavas! (1994)
* Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real (1991) ... Special Guest

Telenovelas

* Mundo de Fieras (2007) ... Cecilia
* Alborada (2005) ... Catalina Escobar
* Amar otra vez (2003) ... Rocío
* Clase 406 (2002) ... Magdalena Rivera
* Aventuras en el tiempo (2001) ... Azucena
* El derecho de nacer (2001) ... Isabel Cristina Armenteros del Junco
* Locura de amor (2000) ... Natalia Sandoval
* Soñadoras (1998) ... Ana
* Preciosa (1998) ... Preciosa San Roman Ruiz
* Confidente de secundaria (1996) ... Jackie
* Retrato de familia (1995) ... Cristina
* Agujetas de color de rosa (1994) ... Cecilia
* Más allá del puente (1994) ... Irán
* Entre la vida y la muerte (1993) ... Anita
* Ángeles blancos (1989) ... Biela

Theater

* Vaselina (1994 - 1995)
* Celos Dije (1996)
* Gypsy: A Musical Fable (1998)
* Vaselina (2001)

Reality shows

* Bailando por la boda de mis sueños (fifth place) (2006)
* La estrella más estrella
o -first season- (habitant;2006)
o -second season- (hosting in the first five programs; 2006)