Yolanda Josefina Andrade Gómez was born on 28 December 1970 in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. After completing high school there, she moved to Mexico City and started her acting studies at the Centro de Educación Artística (CEA) in Televisa for 3 years. Upon completion of her acting studies, she obtained her first role in a soap opera Yo no creo en los hombres. Her next role was as Larissa in Las secretas intenciones acting next to Cristian Castro, for which she obtained a TVyNovelas Award as Best Young Actress.
She then continued towards other soap operas until she obtained a leading role. Her first starring role was in Buscando el Paraíso (1993) with Karla Alvares and Alex Ibarra, then Retrato de Familia (1995); Sentimientos Ajenos (1996) with Carlos Ponce and Chantal Andere, Los Hijos de Nadie (1997) with Silvia Derbez and Ramón Abascal. On that same year she also participated in the Mexican movie ¿Quién Diablos es Juliette?.
Throughout her career, she received public and media attention and was awarded several “Best Actress” honors.
On March 1, 2000, Yolanda hosted the TV show Hijas de la Madre Tierra with her friend Montserrat Oliver. The show was very successful and they even did a special transmission from the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia
Like many other Mexican celebrities, in 2003 she entered Big Brother VIP where she won second place after the winner Omar Chaparro.
