Niurka Melanie Marcos Calle

Niurka Marcos, known simply as Niurka, is a Cuban vedette, singer, dancer, and actress who resides in Mexico and has built an artistic career in this country since the 1990s.

Marcos was born in La Habana, Cuba. Daughter of Carmelo Marcos, a major in the Cuban Navy and Salustiana "Celeste" Calle, a homemaker. She has five siblings: Martha, Maribel, Thomas, María del Carmen, and Ernesto.

From a young age, Niurka developed a special passion for the performing arts, a passion that led her to seek professional training in this field. With this goal in mind, she decided to enroll in the prestigious Escuela Nacional Circense de Cuba, where she studied for 4 years and perfected the dance and acting techniques that would later lead her to begin an artistic career in Mexico.

In 1983, she was hired to participate in the main cast of Cabaret Parisien, at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba. After that, she was part of the cast of Cabaret Tropicana and made international tours through several countries in Europe and America.

Niurka left her country to go to Mexico with her husband, a Mexican man who worked in Mazatlán named Federico. Later, in Baja California, she had her first son. However, Niurka returned to Cuba with her son and her mother due to the constant abuse she suffered from her husband.

Niurka's Partners
Yanixán Texido (2007-2009)
Bobby Larios (2004-2006)
Juan Osorio (1998-2003)

Niurka's Children
Kiko Ávila (b. 1991)
Romina Marcos (b. 1995)
Emilio Osorio (b. 2002)

Her History in Mexico
In the mid-1990s, Niurka made the decision to return to Mexico. There, she settled in cities like Mérida and Cancún, where she found job opportunities in television as a presenter of variety shows for the whole family.

Niurka shared the screen with other hosts, but also stood out for making small appearances in comic sketches that later opened the doors to the world of acting in Mexico City, the capital of the country and a place known as the platform for many Mexican stars.

In 1998, Niurka met telenovela producer Juan Osorio, who gave her her first roles in Mexican melodramas; the first of them was in 1998, when she played the character of Myrtha in the successful telenovela "Vivo por Elena", starring Victoria Ruffo and Saúl Lisazo.

The relationship with Osorio and the sympathy she had generated with the public allowed her to continue participating in television, generally playing supporting characters in both comedies and dramas.

After "Vivo por Elena", she acted in the children's telenovela "Gotita de amor" and later in "Nunca te olvidaré".

Niurka lived in the city of Mérida, Mexico. There she had relative success in Televisa telenovelas, a company she joined through producer Juan Osorio, who, upon seeing the host on a Televisa affiliate program in Yucatán, Grupo SIPSE, called "De los pies a la cabeza", co-hosted by Marcos Valdéz, was amazed by her versatility and immediately transferred her to Mexico City.

Niurka and Osorio began a highly publicized relationship in 1998, which is why she began to participate in all of Osorio's productions. The couple had a son named Juan Emilio, the third child of the Cuban who had a daughter named Romina and a son named Kiko from previous relationships.

She acted in the play Aventurera alongside Carmen Salinas and Armando Palomo, which made her known throughout Mexico, thanks to her beauty and charisma. In this work she was able to put into practice her knowledge acquired in the academy and those obtained during her stay at the Tropicana show.

Niurka and Osorio had planned to marry in February 2004; however, in January of that year, a scandal broke out in which the dancer revealed to the press that she had a secret relationship with actor Bobby Larios, who was part of the telenovela Velo de novia, which Osorio was producing at that time and in which she also participated; she also revealed her plans to end her relationship with Osorio, however she went out in 2009 with Gloria Torres Palazuelos, a Mexican dancer.

The news caused a great scandal in the entertainment industry, especially due to the public insults that Niurka hurled at Osorio, blaming him for their separation, among other things, with the argument that he did not satisfy her sexually. On February 19, 2004, she married Larios and months later they announced that they would be the protagonists of a Reality show called Lo veremos todo where their married life would be exposed, premiering on November 9 of that same year. Said program was a failure and was no longer broadcast; that same year they acted together in the youth telenovela Corazones al límite.

In early 2006 they announced their separation and divorced on June 28. Marcos married Yanixán Texido in 2007; the couple separated in May 2009 and, on February 6, 2011, they divorced.

Niurka appears as a supporting actress in the telenovela La fea más bella, playing the receptionist named Paula María, during 2006 and singing in the "soundtrack" of the album; she also released an album called La Emperadora. In February 2007, she appeared on the cover of the Mexican edition of Playboy.

In 2008 she had a participation as a dancer in the telenovela Fuego en la sangre. She currently works for TV Azteca in a late-night show called El Show de Niurka, shortly after her divorce from Cuban Yanixán, in 2010 she was in the contest Mira quién baila, in 2010-2011 in the theatrical work Perfume de Gardenia, later joining the ranks of Ventaneando with Pati Chapoy, in its Azteca América version.

Niurka has been part of the theatrical work Perfume de gardenia since 2011-2012. Since January 24, 2011, she has been the host of her program on TV Azteca Ella es Niurka. The program is a talk show that competes in the same 4:00 PM time slot with Laura Bozzo and her program on Televisa. Also on TV Azteca she is part of the telenovela Emperatriz and the new version of La mujer de Judas in 2012.

Television Programs
• El show de Niurka Azteca America
• Ella es Niurka Azteca Trece
• Ventaneando America Azteca America
• AL EXTREMO Azteca Trece
• Mira Quien Baila Univision

Telenovelas
• Vivo por Elena 1998... Myrtha
• Gotita de amor 1998... Constanza
• Nunca te olvidaré (telenovela) 1999... Alcatraz
• Tres mujeres (telenovela) 1999... Yamilé
• DKDA Sueños de juventud 1999... Perla
• Salomé 2001... Karicia
• Velo de novia 2003... Vida
• La fea más bella 2007... Paula María Fuentes
• Fuego en la sangre 2008... Maracuya
• Emperatriz 2011.... Quimera
• La mujer de judas 2012....

Theatrical Works
• Aventurera 2002-2003
• Perfume de gardenia 2011-2012

Discography
• Alcatraz es dulce.... (1999)
• Salome.... (2002)
1. Huellas
• Velo de novia.... (2004)
1. Taxi
• Lo veremos todo.... (2004)
1. Nos vale (a duet with Bobby Larios)
• La fea más bella.... (2007)
1. Se busca un hombre
• La emperadora.... (2007)
1. La Emperadora
2. Soy mexicana de corazón
3. Mi verdad
4. Yo no me voy a callar
5. No te quiere
6. Bailando y cantando
7. Ni loca
8. De parte de quién
9. Vida, vida
10. Amante toda la noche


Niurka was part of the first group of foreigners naturalized by President Vicente Fox and has three children born in Mexico. Their names are Itzcoatl "Kiko", Romina, and Emilio.

In 2018, Marcos stated in an interview that her mother had passed away.

Career
Marcos starred in the telenovela Velo de Novia, produced by her then-boyfriend Juan Osorio. In 2001, Marcos plays an erotic dancer named Karicia in the Mexican telenovela Salomé starring Edith González and Guy Ecker, for which she won a TV y Novelas Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 20th TV y Novelas Awards.

In 2004, she was a contestant on the reality television series Big Brother México. She appeared as a supporting actress in La Fea Más Bella during 2006 and sang on its soundtrack "Se Busca Un Hombre". In 2007, she launched an album titled La Emperadora and posed for the February edition of the Mexican edition of Playboy magazine.

She began her own program in 2008 called Espectacularmente Niurka. She also hosts El Show De Niurka in which games, dances, songs, and a jacuzzi are featured in which she interviews other artists. Marcos was chosen for a new theatrical version of La ronda de las arpías in August 2009. In 2011, Marcos joined the cast of Emperatriz as the new villain.

Discography
Alcatraz Es ... Dulce (1999)
Pop latino (2001)
La Emperadora (2007)
Soy La Llave (TBA)

Filmography
Television
Year Title Role 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 Gran Hermano México Herself Contestant
2004 Corazones al límite Dulce Maria 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 Maracuyá recurring role
2008 Espectacularmente Niurka Herself Host
2008 El Show de Niurka Herself Host
2010 Mira quién baila Herself Participant
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 Principal role
2016 El minuto que cambió mi destino Herself Documentary
2019 Alma de ángel Alma Marcela Silva Principal role
Other
2007: "Que Lloren" (Music video by Ivy Queen)

In recent years Niurka has had a major presence in the media, flaunting her nickname of "The Scandal Woman" as the media encouraged her to give her opinion on entertainment news at any moment during interviews, which earned her a large number of fans as Niurka's phrases became very famous: Do you dance?, Do you sing?, Hashtag your visa expired, If you get pricked scratch yourself, I'm sorry for you, and You are not a vedette, are among the most famous.

In 2021, taking advantage of her fame, Niurka launched a line of t-shirts. She also presented a calendar in which she displays photos of herself in scanty outfits.