Claudia Fernández


Claudia Fabiana Fernández Viera is a Uruguayan award-winning TV hostess, fashion model, and actress, known for her work in Uruguay and Argentina. Fernández is also an entrepreneur and businesswoman.

Early and personal life

Claudia Fabiana Fernández Viera was born on June 22, 1976, in the barrio of Punta de Rieles – Bella Italia, in Montevideo, Uruguay, and was raised by her father Fernando Fernández, a mechanic and her paternal-grandparents, Irma & Juan Antonio Fernández. Frenández attended two nun schools: Sagrado Corazón de Jesús College and Liceo Vedrana, both form a single educational institution. She later when on to study at the Uruguayan Institute of High Fashion, taking on the career of high fashion and couture designer clothing. She has four siblings: Mariana, Fernando, Adriana and Karina, and has three nephews, two born in 2009 and the oldest is a girl named, Agustina.
Claudia is currently living in the capital city and state of Argentina, Buenos Aires. She married Argentine businessman Leonel Delménico on April 24, 2009 in Buenos Aires and on June 5, 2009 in Montevideo. On November 6 of the same year Fernández gave birth to her first child named, Mía Elena. On December 8 of 2013 she had a second baby, a boy called Renzo.

Career

Modeling

Her beginnings in the world of fashion began when she was 15 years old and a photographer discovered her arm walking with her grandmother, Irma by Avenue July 18 next to the cinema of Censa. She began working as the model for María Raquel Bonifaccino & Carlos Cámara, soon after her figure started to appear on Channel 4. She also ranks among the books of the model agency of Diego Ríos.
Fernández has modeled for Caras in Argentina, Playboy in Argentina and Uruguay and Gente in Uruguay, among others.

Theatre

Fernández is currently in the theater comedy, "Cirugía para Dos" in Villa Carlos Paz since late-2012. The show is led by actress-comedian, supervedette and creator of the comedy, Florencia de la V and dancer, choreographer and theater director, Aníbal Pachano as well as vedette cómico, actress and model Silvina Luna, Playboy model Micaela Breque and actor-comedians Alejandro "Huevo" Muller, Matías Alé and Gladys Florimonte.
In 2007 Fernández entered in the fourth season of ShowMatch with Maximiliano D'Iorio as a replacement for the Argentine actress, vedette and comedian, Iliana Calabró in the re-entry round. She was eliminated in the 22nd round.

Bailando 2008

Claudia Fernández participated in the fifth season of Bailando with Julian Carvajal as a replacement for the Argentine vedette and model, Eliana Guercio in the re-entry round. She was eliminated in the 26th round, having danced only 2 rounds.

Got Talent Uruguay

In September 2019, it was confirmed that she will serve as a judge in Got Talent Uruguay, which premiered on 22 June 2020, on Channel 10. The other judges will be Orlando Petinatti, María Noel Ricceto and Agustín Casanova.