Ninel Conde

About Ninel Conde

Ninel Herrera Conde is a Mexican actress, model and singer.

She started her career after winning the title "Señorita Estado de Mexico" (Miss Mexico State) in 1995. Conde studied at the Centro de Arte y Teatro Emilia Carranza and workshops of Sergio Jiménez and René Pereira. After her studies Conde worked on Televisa, and with Bajo el Mismo Rostro (1995), Luz Clarita (1996) and on TV Azteca with Catalina y Sebastián (1999) and Como en el cine (2001).

In addition to telenovelas (soap operas), Ninel has participated in several television shows such as Al Derecho y Al Derbez, Lo Que Callamos Las Mujeres, Gente con Chispa, El Gordo y La Flaca, Sábado Gigante, among others.

Her career as an actress has been mostly on television but Ninel also appeared in the film Mujeres Frente al Espejo in which she shared credits with other major actresses, such as Silvia Pasquel, Gabriela Goldsmith and Isaura Espinoza, under the direction of Sergio Jiménez.

She was awarded the Sol de Oro for the telenovela Catalina y Sebastián, as Best New Actress and the Palmas de Oro for Mujeres frente al Espejo.

In 2003, Ninel released her first album titled Ninel Conde which contains the single "Callados" on which she sings with her boyfriend Jose Manuel Figueroa. This album contains songs of Joan Sebastian (father of Jose Manuel Figueroa), Fato, Roberto Libi and Kiko Campos.

This actress and singer, who admires Angelica Aragón, Maria Felix, Demi Moore and Meryl Streep, has also participated on 7 mujeres, 1 homosexual y Carlos (2004) directed by René Bueno and co-starred by Mauricio Ochmann (from Como en el cine).

She has posed for mags in Mexico and latinamerica versons of H, Maxim, Playboy and much others.

Ninel Conde gained popularity in 2004 when she participated in the third edition of the reality show Big Brother VIP, and was voted-off after 43 days of confinement. In October of the same year she began acting on Rebelde produced by Pedro Damián. That same year she broke up with Jose Manuel Figueroa. Though her most powerful role has been as Alma Rey in Rebelde (2004-2006). In that role she expanded her career from the Chile, to Romania , Africa and Australia in which the telenovela appeared.

In 2006 Conde began appearing on the American dramedy series Ugly Betty where she portrays an actress on a 'faux' telenovela that is seen by the main character´s family.

Ninel also has 1 daughter from a previous marriage, Sofia.

Ninel was nearly killed during an aircraft flight. Upon departing Costa Rica, the aircraft aborted its take off and fell into a lake. Fortunately, the people on board were saved. She married businessman Juan Cepeda in a ceremony at the port of Acapulco, Mexico on 9 December 2007.

As of March 2024, she has amassed 5.9 million followers on Instagram and 2.9 million followers on her TikTok platform.