Biography:

         Gabriela Elena Spanic Ulterra was born in Ortiz,
         the state of Guarico in Venezuela on December
         10th, 1973. She has a twin sister Daniela, a younger
         sister Patricia and one brother, Antonio. The Spanic
         family is traditional Croatian-Venezuelan family.
         Her father moved with her grandparents from
         Croatia to Venezuela back in 1947.

         Gabriela first appeared as an extra, which brings
         her the opportunity to earn bigger parts in the future.
         She appared in "Rosangelica", where she plays Karla.
         The role the openned her doors to her firts lead role
         was when she peformed in "Morena Clara" where she
         shows all of her talent as bitchy Linda Prado. In 1994
         her lead role was for sopa opera"Como Tu ninguna".

         A big star of Mexican TV series, Fernando Colunga.
         Her husband Miguel also got a chance to participate in
         this show; he played a supporting role as billionaire
         Douglas Maldonado. LA USURPADORA broke all the
         records with audiences and it became one of the most
         recognized telenovelas ever.