Her first brush with fame came appearing nude on Caballero magazine, a men's magazine published in Mexico City, when she was only 16 years of age. After appearing in a series of films and telenovelas her career took-off with Los ricos tambi??n lloran, playing a poor orphan. This soap became a success in Latin America, Spain, France, Russia, China and the Philippines. Two years later she played the main role in the telenovela version of El derecho de nacer. In 1987 her career got a huge boost internationally when ... [more]she played the main character in Rosa salvaje alongside Guillermo Capetillo. The theme song for that telenovela, also named Rosa salvaje, became one of her biggest #1 hits as a singer. In 1990 Castro participated in Mi peque??a Soledad. Castro embarked during the 1990s into the world of variety show hosting, and she has done that successfully for 12 years now. Her son, Cristian Castro, is a teen idol singer all over Latin America and the United States and is the son of a famous Mexican comedian Manuel El Loco Valdez who Ver??nica never married.
Nationality: Czech [less]