This week The idol has been released on HBO Max and Las invisibles on Skyshowtimes. The two series have nothing in common, except that they star singers: The Weeknd and Lolita, respectively. Since in 2002 she won the Goya as a revelation actress for Rencor, the daughter of Lola Flores began a discontinuous career, although with excellent reviews in the world of acting, especially in the theater. For his part in his second foray as an actor, the Blinding Lights singer has received poor reviews.
They are not isolated cases, it is increasingly common to see singers performing in front of the cameras and not just because the character requires having to know how to sing. Lady Gaga, for example, is shooting the second part of Joker, where she plays the evil clown Harley Quinn and previously she was Patricia Reggiani in La casa Gucci. Two very different roles from the singer Ally in A Star Is Born.
The singer Harry Styles is currently filling stadiums with his Love on Tour, but he is also successful in the cinema with titles like Dunkirk or Don’t worry, dear.
The recent death of Tina Turner has highlighted her triumphant career in music and her foray into the cinema with an award-winning performance in the third part of Mad Max, in 1985, alongside Mel Gibson, a film in which she also signs the soundtrack. Shortly after, in 1987, one of Turner’s best friends, singer Cher won the Best Actress Oscar for Moonstruck. Barbra Streisand treasures a large number of awards as a singer and as an actress. Among them, the Oscar for her work in Funny girl, in 1969. Three years later another singer won the Oscar for best actress, it was Liza Minnelli for Cabaret, although her character was that of a singer.
Despite poor reviews, The Bodyguard is one of the highest-grossing films in movie history and was the acting debut for Whitney Houston, whose version of I Will Always Love You is the best-selling soundtrack of all time. .
Rihanna, Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Jennifer Hudson, Dolly Parton, Will Smith, Eminem, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra, Jennifer Lopez, David Bowie, Sting, Jaret Leto, Vanessa ParadÃs, Awkwafina, Bing Crosby , Christina Aguilera, Taylor Swift… are some examples of singers who have also made a career as actors and actresses with better or worse fortune.
In Spain, in addition to the aforementioned Lolita, last year Aitana made her debut as an actress with the series La última, along with her then partner Miguel Bernardeau. The singer Sebastián Yatra, the current one, also acted as an actor in Once upon a time… but not anymore. Ana Mena, Fran Perea, Rosario, Dani MartÃn, Miguel Bosé, Carles Sabater, Pepa Flores and folkloric artists such as Lola Flores or Carmen Sevilla are other examples of the fine line that exists between these two artistic facets.
