Amaya Forch

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Forch and the second or maternal family name is Barry.
Amaya Forch
Amaya Forch in 2014
Born
Amaya Vivienne Forch Barry

(1972-03-05) 5 March 1972 (age 52)
NationalityChilean
Occupation(s)Singer, actress
Years activeSince 1973
SpouseAmaro Gómez-Pablos (divorced)

Amaya Forch Barry (born 5 March 1972) is a Chilean actress and pop singer known for making appearances on various Chilean television programs.[1]

After playing in a number of television and theatre productions, Forch began to venture into singing. At the Viña del Mar International Song Festival, she sang alongside David Hasselhoff.[2] In 2002, Forch played Carmela in a production of La pérgola de las flores and also joined the talent show Rojo as a judge.[3] In 2004, she played in the Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN) telenovela Ídolos [es] and a production of Man of La Mancha in 2009. That same year, she appeared on TVN's El Baile en TVN, the Chilean version of Dancing with the Stars.[4] In 2019–20, she played in the Chilean-German thriller television series Dignity a recurring character.

In 2010, Forch and Valentín Trujillo recorded a collaboration song for an album featuring numerous Chilean artists to raise relief funds for the 2010 earthquakes in Chile and Haiti.[5]

In 2006, Forch married journalist Amaro Gómez-Pablos and their marriage would end a decade later in 2014 over several months. After the divorce, she returned to acting and singing with the seventh season of Los 80.[6]

Citations

  1. ^ "Amaya Forch – Biografía". musicapopular.cl (in Spanish). Musica Popular. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  2. ^ "El piquero de Amaya". El Mercurio (in Spanish). 24 April 2003. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Amaya Forch deja Rojo para lanzar su carrera de cantante". El Mercurio (in Spanish). 1 April 2003. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Amaya Forch canta como Dulcinea junto a Milostic". La Nación (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 April 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Amaya Forch vuelve con El Hombre de La Mancha y ayuda a Haití". diario.elmercurio.cl (in Spanish). El Mercurio. Retrieved 10 January 2011.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ "Amaya Forch tras su quiebre matrimonial: '¡Ahora no me para nadie!'". Caras (in Spanish). 11 September 2014. Archived from the original on 21 September 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2017.