Ivelin Giro

Birthday: 1970, Miami, Florida, USA

Height: 173 cm

Ivelin Giro was born and raised in Havana, Cuba. At an early age, Giro began studying theater and folk dance, and later taught dance to younger children in Havana. In Cuba, Giro studied acting with th ...Show More

Ivelin Giro was born and raised in Havana, Cuba. At an early age, Giro began studying theater and folk dance, and later taught dance to younger children in Havana. In Cuba, Giro studied acting with the renowned actor and director Alejandro Lugo, who founded the Actors School of the Cuban Broadcasting Institute. While studying with Lugo, Giro had her first starring role in the Cuban film La Novia para David. She also hosted the program Revista de la Mañana Cubana for the Cuban Television Network ICRT Instituto Cubano de Radio y Television . During an international fashion event held in Cuba, she was chosen as the event's "Most Popular Model." Thanks to the publicity from that event, she signed with a Milan-based modeling agency. Giro landed campaigns with Givenchy, L'Oreal, and others. She was also featured on many magazine covers around the world for international publications such as Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire, and Madame Figaro. As an international model, Giro walked in couture shows for designers Giorgio Armani, Dolce & Gabbana, Chloé, and Valentino, just to name a few. It was during this period that Giro lived in Italy for two years, followed by a 5-year residence in Paris where she gave birth to her first child, daughter Zoe. Giro later relocated to Miami in order to move her family out of Cuba; after much struggle and hardship, she reunited her family after 10 years of separation. During that time, Giro gave birth to her two sons, Samuel and Marlon. In Miami, Giro re-launched her acting career with the play Baño de Damas, in which she played the character Marines, a cocaine-addicted young woman. Later, she performed the role of Olga Knipper, a Russian actress, in the play I Take Your Hand in Mine for the director Jim Tommaney. A passionate actor and teacher, Giro co-founded an experimental theatre company called Obstaculo with director Victor Varela. Obstaculo provides acting classes for adults and children, as well as producing original theatrical works. Giro persuaded her acting career on television leading many episodes of the Telemundo series "Decisiones", as well as several series as "El Zorro La Espada y la Rosa" where she played the leading role of Queen of Spain for Telemundo, Sony Pictures Television transmitted in All Latin America, United States, the Caribbean, Spain, Russia, all the Scandinavian countries, all Eastern Europe, Japan, and China She performed a variety of leading roles for different soap operas for Univision and Televisa. Giro also hosted the Telemundo program Cada Dia. At the same time she had a part in the movie "Bad Boys 2" with Will Smith. She also participated in other movies as: "Hey DJ" ''Category 4" and "Tumbe". After achieving much success on television, Giro took time away from acting to dedicate herself to her family. During that time, Giro, along with her children, developed an underwear line made of organic bamboo called Touche Muah. Today, Giro is a successful actress and clothing designer, and a very happy single mother with three wonderful children. In her admittedly limited free time, she loves practicing yoga and dancing salsa and bachata. Ivelin Giro is fluent in: Spanish, English, Italian, French and she can also speak different regional accents such as Mexican and Cuban. Hide