Ninel Conde

Biography

Ninel Herrera Conde is a Mexican singer, actress, model and television host known for her performances in Rebelde, Fuego en la sangre, Mar de amor and Porque el amor manda, among others.

Career

Her first record production was titled Ninel Conde (2003), which contains the song "Callados", played a duet with singer José Manuel Figueroa. This material was nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2004 for "Mejor álbum grupero."
In 2004, Conde participated in the third edition of the reality show Big Brother VIP and was voted-off after 43 days of confinement. In October 2004, she began acting on Rebelde, produced by Pedro Damián. Her most remarkable role so far has been this one. Her role as Alma Rey in Rebelde (2004–2006) expanded her career to Chile, Romania, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Spain and Croatia. This show was nominated for the awards TVyNovelas 2006 as "Best Lead Actress." She was aLao involved in the films 7 mujeres, un homosexual y Carlos and Mujeres infieles 2.
In 2005 she released her second album La Rebelde from which emerge the songs "Todo conmigo", "Ingrato", "Que no te asombre", and "Tú". Conde began appearing on the American dramedy series Ugly Betty where she portrays an actress on a "faux" telenovela that is seen by the main character's family. She also participated in contest reality show titled El Show de los Sueños, alongside Pee Wee, Kalimba Marichal, Gloria Trevi, DJ Flex/Nigga, Mariana Seoane, and Priscila.
In 2008, Conde played the character Rosario Montes in Fuego en la sangre alongside Adela Noriega and Eduardo Yañez, where she was nominated by the participating TVyNovelas Award as "Best actress co-star."
In August 2009, she was confirmed to appear in the Mexican telenovela Mar de amor as Coral (main-villain of the story), the telenovela was produced by Natalie Lartilleux. This show was nominated for "Best Actress antagonistic." In 2012, Conde participated in the soap opera Porque el amor manda as Discua Paz De La Soledad.
In September 2013, Conde becomes a judge on the fourth season of Univision's dancing competition Mira quién baila.
On June 16, 2025, Colombian singer Karol G released the trailer for her Tropicoqueta album, inspired by Mexican Telenovelas, where Conde reprised her role as Alma Rey from Rebelde, along with fellow Mexican actresses Anahí and Itatí Cantoral.
She was cast for the third season of reality show La casa de los famosos México, set to premiere on 27 July 2025, by Las Estrellas and Canal 5.

Personal life

From 1996 to 1998, she was married to Mexican actor Ari Telch. She and Telch have one daughter together: Sofía (born May 7, 1997). On December 7, 2007, Conde married her second husband, businessman Juan Zepeda. The couple separated in August 2013. It was reported in 2015 that the marriage to Zepeda was invalid as he was already married to María Sol Corral from Ecuador. It was reported in October 2013 that Conde was dating businessman Giovanni Medina. In April 2014, Conde announced that she and Medina were expecting a baby boy. On October 21, 2014, she gave birth to their son Emmanuel. Ninel Conde married her third husband Larry Ramos on October 28, 2020. Ninel Conde sued Anabel Hernández for moral damage, after Hernández published in a book that Conde had been in a relationship with the Mexican drug trafficker Arturo Beltrán Leyva, who died in 2009. Conde lost the lawsuit in 2024.