{{Short description|Mexican singer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}} {{family name hatnote|Marcos|Calle|lang=Hispanic American}} {{Infobox person | name = Niurka Marcos | image = 6.6.10UCParadeToplessByLuigiNovi6.jpg | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = Marcos in 2010 | birth_name = Niurka Marcos Calle | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|11|24|df=y}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://lavibra.com/2022/11/25/niurka-marcos-celebro-55-anos-de-edad-con-varios-mensajes-en-instagram-soy-bendita/ |title=Niurka Marcos celebró 55 años de edad con varios mensajes en Instagram: 'Soy bendita' |publisher=La Vibra |date=25 November 2022}}</ref> | birth_place = Havana, Cuba | other_names = {{flatlist| *La Mujer Escándalo *La Reina del escenario *La Emperadora *La Cubana de Fuego }} | citizenship = Cuba (1967-present)<br>Mexico (2002-present)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://norte-monterrey.vlex.com.mx/vid/niurka-es-mexicana-78284586|title=Niurka ya es mexicana|publisher=vLex|access-date=2018-07-22}}</ref> | occupation = {{hlist|Singer|actress|dancer}} | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Bobby Larios|2004|2006|reason=divorced}} * {{marriage|Yanixán Texido|2007|2011|reason=divorced}} }} }} '''Niurka Marcos Calle'''<ref name="EsMas">{{cite web|url=http://www.esmas.com/espectaculos/artistas/322531.html|title=Niurka Marcos|publisher=EsMas.com|language=es|access-date=2009-08-02|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140823042534/http://www.esmas.com/espectaculos/artistas/322531.html|archive-date=2014-08-23}}</ref> (born 24 November 1967) is a Cuban vedette, actress, dancer and singer.
==Personal life== Marcos was born in Havana, Cuba to Carmelo Marcos, a Cuban navy major, and Salustiana "Celeste" Calle, a housewife. She has five siblings: Martha, Maribel, Thomas, María del Carmen, and Ernesto.
In 2003, Marcos dated actor Bobby Larios.<ref name="EsMas" /> They subsequently married, but their marriage ended in divorce. Marcos then married Yanixán Texido in 2007. The couple separated in May 2009, and on February 6, 2011, they divorced.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.peopleenespanol.com/pespanol/articles/0,22490,1901037,00.html|title=Niurka Marcos y Yanixán se separan|work=People en Español|language=es|access-date=2009-08-03|archivedate=July 1, 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090701042302/http://www.peopleenespanol.com/pespanol/articles/0,22490,1901037,00.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.aztecauno.com/ventaneando/anecdotario/notas/niurka-finalmente-se-divorcio-de-yanixan/53291|title=Niurka finalmente se divorció de Yanixán|work=Azteca Uno|language=es|access-date=2011-02-15|archive-date=9 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009052832/http://www.aztecauno.com/ventaneando/anecdotario/notas/niurka-finalmente-se-divorcio-de-yanixan/53291|url-status=dead}}</ref>
She was part of the first group of foreigners naturalized by President Vicente Fox,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Venegas |first=Juan Manuel |date=2002-01-30 |title=Fox dio la bienvenida a nuevos ciudadanos mexicanos |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/2002/01/30/015n1pol.php?origen=politica.html |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=www.jornada.com.mx}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-11-01 |title=Soy más mexicana que muchas otras: Niurka - Grupo Milenio |url=http://www.milenio.com/hey/mexicana-muchas-Niurka_0_169783070.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171101123331/http://www.milenio.com/hey/mexicana-muchas-Niurka_0_169783070.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-11-01 |access-date=2023-08-15 }}</ref> and has three Mexican-born children:<ref name="Milenio">{{cite web |title=Soy más mexicana que muchas otras: Niurka |url=http://milenio.com/hey/mexicana-muchas-Niurka_0_169783070.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171101123331/http://www.milenio.com/hey/mexicana-muchas-Niurka_0_169783070.html |archive-date=1 November 2017 |access-date=25 May 2015 |publisher=Milenio}}</ref> Itzcoatl "Kiko", Romina, and Emilio.<ref name="Mega TV">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEtD2YlkChA&t=534s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/GEtD2YlkChA| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Jaime Bayly entrevista a Niurka Marcos|publisher=Mega TV|language=es|access-date=2018-08-03}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
In 2018, Marcos stated in an interview that her mother had died.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.univision.com/shows/despierta-america/niurka-marcos-sorprende-al-revelar-que-su-madre-murio-este-ano-y-las-razones-por-las-que-guardo-silencio-video|title=Niurka Marcos sorprende al revelar que su madre murió este año y las razones por las que guardó silencio|publisher=Univision|language=es|access-date=2018-12-20|archive-date=12 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212082420/https://www.univision.com/shows/despierta-america/niurka-marcos-sorprende-al-revelar-que-su-madre-murio-este-ano-y-las-razones-por-las-que-guardo-silencio-video|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Career== Marcos starred in the telenovela ''Velo de Novia'', produced by her then-boyfriend Juan Osorio. In 2001, Marcos portrayed an erotic dancer named Karicia in the Mexican soap opera ''Salomé'' starring Edith González and Guy Ecker, for which she earned a TVyNovelas Award for ''Best Supporting Actress'' at the 20th TVyNovelas Awards. In 2004, she was a contestant on the reality series ''Big Brother México''.<ref name="EsMas"/> She appeared as a supporting actress on ''La Fea Más Bella'' during 2006 and sang on its soundtrack album on the track "Se Busca Un Hombre." In 2007, she released an album titled ''La Emperadora'' and posed for the February 2007 issue of the Mexican edition of ''Playboy'' magazine.
She started her own show in 2008 called ''Espectacularmente Niurka''. She also hosts ''El Show De Niurka'' which features games, dancing, singing and a jacuzzi in which she interviews other artists. Marcos was cast for a theatrical remake of ''La ronda de las arpías'' in August 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.peopleenespanol.com/pespanol/articles/0,22490,1914372,00.html|title=Niurka Marcos se rapa para ser una arpía |date=2009-08-03|work=People en Español|access-date=2009-08-03}}</ref> In 2011, Marcos joined the cast of ''Emperatriz'' as the new villain.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oem.com.mx/esto/notas/n2192020.htm|title=Organización Editorial Mexicana|access-date=21 August 2011|archive-date=11 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011133643/http://www.oem.com.mx/esto/notas/n2192020.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Discography== * ''Alcatraz Es... Dulce'' (1999) * ''Latin Pop'' (2001) * ''La Emperadora'' (2007) * ''Niurka Marcos'' (2021)
==Filmography== ===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1998 | ''Vivo Por Elena'' | Myrtha | Recurring role |- | 1998 | ''Gotita de amor'' | Constanza | Recurring role |- | 1999 | ''Nunca te olvidaré'' | Alcatráz Cordero | Recurring role |- |1999 | ''Tres mujeres'' | Yamilé Nuñez | Recurring role |- | 2001 | ''Salomé'' | Karicia | Supporting role |- | 2003–2004 | ''Velo de novia'' | Vida | Supporting role |- | 2004 | ''Big Brother México'' | Herself | Contestant (season 3) |- | 2004 | ''Corazones al límite'' | Dulce María | Recurring role |- | 2004 | ''Escándalo TV de noche'' | Herself | Co-host |- | 2006–2007 | ''La fea más bella'' | Paula María Conde | Supporting role |- | 2008 | ''Fuego en la sangre'' | Maracuya | Recurring role |- | 2008 | ''Espectacularmente Niurka'' | Herself | Host |- | 2008 | ''El Show de Niurka'' | Herself | Host |- | 2010 | ''Mira quién baila'' | Herself | Participant (season 1) |- | 2011 | ''Ella es Niurka'' | Herself | Host |- | 2011 | ''Emperatriz'' | Ángela 'Quimera' Galván | Recurring role |- | 2012 | ''La mujer de Judas'' | Ricarda Araujo | Recurring role |- | 2014 | ''Mi corazón es tuyo'' | Herself | Guest role |- | 2014 | ''Soy tu doble'' | Herself | Judge |- | 2015–2017 | ''Rica, Famosa, Latina'' | Herself | Main role (seasons 3-5) |- | 2016 | ''El minuto que cambió mi destino'' | Herself | Documentary |- | 2019 | ''Alma de ángel'' | Alma Marcela Silva | Main role |- | 2022; 2025 | ''La casa de los famosos'' | Herself | Participant (seasons 2 and 5) |}
==Other== *2007: "Que Lloren" (Music video by Ivy Queen)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category}} * {{IMDb name|id=0633093|name=Niurka Marcos}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Marcos, Niurka}} Category:Living people Category:Mexican vedettes Category:Mexican female dancers Category:Mexican women singers Category:Mexican television presenters Category:Mexican women television presenters Category:Cuban emigrants to Mexico Category:Mexican telenovela actresses Category:Naturalized citizens of Mexico Category:Singers from Havana Category:Mexican Santeríans Category:Mexican LGBTQ rights activists Category:1967 births