Paloma San Basilio
World Music Singer
Legendary singer and actress who was awarded a Latin Grammy for Lifetime Excellence in Spanish music. She began her career in the 1970s and enjoyed decades of success before her retirement in 2013. She even represented her home nation in the 1985 Eurovision Song Contest.
Before entering entertainment in 1975, she studied philosophy and psychology at Complutense University of Madrid. She then began her career hosting the show Siempre en domingo and acting in Divertido siglo.
A successful stage actress, she took on the title role in the Spanish-language adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita. She has also starred in numerous other musicals throughout her career.
She was briefly married to athlete Ignacio Gómez Pellico in the 1970s. She later began a relationship with businessman Claudio Rey. She has one daughter, Ivana Gómez.
In 1994, she performed a duet concert with opera singer Jose Carreras.