Name: Gabriela Elena Spanic Ulterra
Birthday: 10 December 1973,
Born: Ortiz, Guarico, Venezuela
Nationality: Venezuelan
Siblings: twin sister Daniela; sister Patricia; brother Antonio
Height: 174 cm
Occupation: actress, model
Spanic's father is Croatian, having moved to Venezuela with his parents in 1947. Her mother is Venezuelan.
Her career started in the Miss Venezuela pageant in 1992 as Miss Guarico. Spanic began her university studies in psychology, but always had a latent desire for acting. Her career received a major boost in the mid 90s when she started having leading roles in Venezuelan soaps.
Spanic was married to Miguel de León. Around that time, she left Mexico to film a telenovela in Colombia alongside actor Jose Angel Llamas. The couple eventually divorced and Spanic wrote in her autobiography later about how her ex-husband had physically abused her throughout their relationship.