Amaya Forch
Chilean actress and pop singer
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Amaya Forch Barry (born 5 March 1972) is a Chilean actress and pop singer known for making appearances on various Chilean television programs.[1]
5 March 1972
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| Born | Amaya Vivienne Forch Barry 5 March 1972 |
| Occupations | Singer, actress |
| Years active | Since 1973 |
| Spouse | Amaro Gómez-Pablos (divorced) |
After playing in a number of television and theatre productions, Forch began to venture into singing. At the Viña del Mar International Song Festival, she sang alongside David Hasselhoff.[2] In 2002, Forch played Carmela in a production of La pérgola de las flores and also joined the talent show Rojo as a judge.[3] In 2004, she played in the Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN) telenovela Ídolos and a production of Man of La Mancha in 2009. That same year, she appeared on TVN's El Baile en TVN, the Chilean version of Dancing with the Stars.[4] In 2019–20, she played in the Chilean-German thriller television series Dignity a recurring character.
In 2010, Forch and Valentín Trujillo recorded a collaboration song for an album featuring numerous Chilean artists to raise relief funds for the 2010 earthquakes in Chile and Haiti.[5]
In 2006, Forch married journalist Amaro Gómez-Pablos and their marriage would end a decade later in 2014 over several months. After the divorce, she returned to acting and singing with the seventh season of Los 80.[6]