Who was going to guess. Surely not even in the wildest dreams of the scriptwriters of PPT, Jorge Lanata’s popular program, would they have imagined an ending like this. What was going to be a technical tie finally became a clear victory for Javier Milei in the second round of the Argentine presidential elections. The ultra-conservative libertarian candidate will become the new president of the country and will do so with a clear majority.
At his side, his partner, the actress Fátima Flórez -real name María Eugenia Flórez-, who will become first lady and who, as fate would have it, will do so in a country where she achieved popularity imitating another first lady and later president: Cristina Kirchner.
In her early days, the actress surprised viewers with her charisma and physical attractiveness, but instead of following the predictable career as a dancer that everyone expected, she struggled to carve out a niche for herself through other paths. “If you have a good back you have to know how to take advantage of it in this medium. I was tempted several times to be a star, but I really like doing what I do,” she confessed in an interview.
She knew she wanted to be an artist since she was a child, and although she completed her studies following family tradition – she is the daughter of an architect and a geography teacher – she managed to debut as a dancer in Pepe Cibrián Campoy’s musicals. Her artistic life changed when she made the decision to travel to Peru, where she met her ex-husband Norberto Marcos, who was also her producer until the end of 2022, when they separated after 20 years of marriage. relationship.
Since then, she has managed her career herself, and with great success. She describes herself, or was described, as a woman who lives a thousand lives and who is normally thinking about work, rehearsals, and scheduled notes.
The fame she gained on her own merit with her participation in the humorous segment of PPT allowed her to become the best television impersonator in the country, with her best-known and most applauded character being that of Cristina Fernánzdez de Kirchner. Not only her, but also with other politicians, such as Patricia Bullrich or María Eugenia Vidal. Outside of that area, she makes people laugh with figures like Susana Giménez, Carmen Barbieri and Moria Casán, the mother-in-law of her boyfriend’s rival, Sergio Massa.
In the middle of last August, however, Florez came to the forefront of the media for a new role: that of partner of the candidate with the most votes in the primary elections on August 13 in Argentina, Javier Milei. Unexpected news, since the actress had always been extremely discreet with her private life.
The couple met at Mirtha Legrand’s table, back in December 2022. The relationship began a few months later. Ironically, Fátima Florez will become the only first lady capable of imitating a peer and former tenant of the famous presidential house. Of course, she doesn’t get involved in politics.
“Oh, I don’t understand anything about politics,” the actress confessed in statements to Clarín. “When I play political characters like Cristina, I have scriptwriters. In Lanata’s I had a scriptwriter, but if you ask me, I, Fátima, don’t think you have to give an opinion on politics. In politics you get dirty.”
