Name	Ana Belen
Height
Naionality	Spainish
Date of Birth	27-May-1951
Place of Birth	Madrid, Spain
Famous for	Acting

Ana Belen is Spanish actress and singer. Ana Belen studied acting in Spain during her youth and began acting in theatrical and cinematic productions in the mid-1960s. While working on the film Morbo by Gonzalo Suarez, she met Victor Manuel, marrying him in 1972 in Gibraltar. At this time she also started her career as a singer, releasing several successful albums. Ana Belen also appeared in various films: La peticion by Pilar Miro, Emilia parada y fonda by Angelino Fons, El buscon by Luciano Berriatua, La oscura historia de la prima Montse by Jordi Cadena, La criatura by Eloy de la Iglesia and Sonambulos by Manuel Gutierrez Aragon. She gave birth to her first child in 1976.

In 1991 she recorded Como una novia, with songs by Gloria Varona, Pancho Varona and Antonio Garcia de Diego, this being the first album that did not include any songs composed or adapted by Victor Manuel. In 1997 she released a new album, Mirame, which consisted of her own songs and duets and which went on to become the best-selling album of her solo career. With its release, she went on tour throughout Spain, and in the autumn of the same year, the El gusto es nuestro tour went to America, where it was received with the same enthusiasm as in Spain. In 1998, Belen commemorated Federico Garcia Lorca's centenary by releasing two albums under the title of Lorquiana, a collection of poems and popular songs by Lorca. The following year another album was released Ana Belen y Miguel Rios cantan a Kurt Weill, and she had a role in the Tele 5 series, Petra Delicado.