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Lourdes Reyes

Mexican actress

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ9024469 ↗
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Lourdes Reyes (born María Lourdes Reyes Barragán on June 15, 1972 in San Luis Potosí City, San Luis Potosí, Mexico) is a Mexican television actress and singer. She is the daughter of Jesus Reyes and Lourdes Barragan. Lourdes is active in television and social activism.

Biography

Lourdes began her singing career in 1987, participating in a local musical group of San Luis Potosi. In 1991, she participated in Valores Juveniles Bacardi & Cia.

Career

Lourdes television debut was in 1993, acting in some episodes of Televiteatros. She subsequently enters the Centro de Educación Artística de Televisa (CEA), where she graduated in 1994. In 1998, Lourdes is cast in the telenovela Camila, playing the character of 'Selene Olivares'. Later the same year, she appears in the melodrama Sin ti. A year later Lourdes joined the cast of ¿Qué nos pasa?

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The public source identifies “Lourdes Reyes” as mexican actress. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Lourdes, Reyes and Mexican.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1972, 1987, 1991, 1993—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1972-06-15. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Lourdes, Reyes and Mexican providing the first useful test.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q9024469. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1972, 1987, 1991 and 1993.

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This entry incorporates text from “Lourdes Reyes” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.