Nationality Mexican Years active 2000–present Labels Independent | Occupation Singer, actress Instruments Vocals Home town Guadalajara | |
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Full Name Leticia Jannet López Ramos Known for La Academia, Mentiras el Musical, Si Nos Dejan - El Gran Musical Mexicano, La Reina del Mariachi Genres Pop music, Music of Latin America, Ranchera, Mariachi Similar Hiromi Hayakawa, Lolita Cortés, Mariana Treviño, Mary Boquitas, Monica Huarte Profiles | ||
Leticia Jannet López Ramos, known professionally as Lety López (and formerly Leticia López), is an award-winning Mexican theater actor, musical artist and voice actor. She was awarded with the Bravo, APT and ACPT awards for Best New Female Actress in a Musical in 2012 for her work in Si Nos Dejan - El Gran Musical Mexicano. She was named La Reina del Mariachi, or Queen of Mariachi, by multiple Grammy Award-winning mariachi artist Pepe Aguilar following a competition; López opened for Aguilar during his 2014 concert dates and was awarded with a recording deal from Aguilar's record company.
She also placed fourth in La Academia, a Mexican musical talent show aired on Azteca in its 2004 season. She also played the roles of Dulce, Yuri and Lupita in Jose Manuel Lopez Velarde's musical Mentiras el musical, leading to her role in Si Nos Dejan - El Gran Musical Mexicano. She is also a voice actress, voicing the character of Skelita Calaveras in the Spanish-language version of Monster High.
Life and career
López was born in Guadalajara, Mexico. She was pursuing a degree in communications from the Western Institute of Technology and Higher Education (or the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente) in Gudalajara, but she turned her attention to performing and trained in singing at the Center for Artistic Training West (Centro de Capacitación Artística de Occidente).
In 2004, she was part of the Mexican musical reality show La Academia and placed fourth. She later landed roles in the musical theater as Dulce, Yuri and Lupita in Jose Manuel Lopez Velarde's Mentiras el Musical, one of the country's most successful musicals, from August 2009 to June 2011. Her association with Velarde would continue with Si Nos Dejan - El Gran Musical Mexicano, in the lead role of Paloma and toured with production throughout South America. López's work in Si Nos Dejan - El Gran Musical Mexicano won the ACPT (Agrupación de Críticos y Periodistas de Teatro or the Association of Theatre Critics and Journalists), APT (Agrupación de Periodistas Teatrales or the Association of Journalists) and Bravo awards for Best New Female Actress in a Musical in 2012.
In December 2013, López was named La Reina del Mariachi or Queen of Mariachi, by musical artist Pepe Aguilar in Los Angeles. As winner of the competition, López was awarded with a record deal through Aguilar's record company and opened for his concerts in Mexico and the US in 2014. Lopez released Cuando Ama Una Mujer in September 2015, her first solo album, produced by Arturo G. Alvarez.
In June 13 2015, she reportedly married Rolando Cortez at the Basilica of Our Lady of Zapopan.
She currently appears in Vaselina USA (which toured in the US, playing at the Fox Performing Arts Center and Alex Theatre) ), and appeared in productions of The Jungle Book, Beauty and the Beast, The Wizard of Oz, as well as Jesus Christ Superstar. She also voices the character of Skelita Calaveras in the Spanish-language version of Monster High and appeared in the first three episodes of the fourth season in the reality series Rica, Famosa, Latina.