Maite Perroni is a Mexican actress and singer/songwriter. Born in Mexico City, she was raised in Guadalajara. Perroni came to fame in 2004 as the lead actress (Guadalupe "Lupita" Fernández) in the cast of the wildly successful 2004 teen telenovela Rebelde, and as part of
RBD, the Latin Grammy-nominated pop group that emerged from it. The group toured, recorded seven albums, and sold millions of records and downloads throughout the Americas before they disbanded in 2009.
Perroni left the show in 2006. She acted and sang in four other telenovelas: Cuidado con el Ángel (2008), Mi Pecado (2009), Triunfo del Amor (2010), and Cachito de Cielo (2012).
Perroni singed to
WEA Latina in 2012 and recorded her debut album. Her first two singles, "Tú y Yo" and "Eclipse de Luna" both reached the top spot on the Mexican charts. Her debut album, also entitled Eclipse de Luna, was released in August of 2013. It hit number three on the Mexican chart, number two on the U.S. Latin pop chart, and number nine on the U.S. Top Latin albums chart. In 2020, Perroni landed a leading role on the Netflix series Dark Desire. ~ Thom Jurek, Rovi