Jimena Guevara Barón better known as Jimena Barón o J Mena, is an Argentineactress and singer-songwriter. She is the sister of actor Federico Barón.
Career
Her beginnings in the world of art and entertainment date back to her childhood. It was with her foray into the cinema, when she was ten years old, that she made herself known to the public, by playing the leading role of little Aneta in the 1998 filmEl Faro. Her interpretation of Loli in Gasoleros she was nominated for two consecutive years for the Martín Fierro Awards for Best Child Actress, winning it the first time. She was followed by her Malena character in the series Calientes and her character of Anita Campos in El sodero de mi vida. This is how she got to participate in productions such as Son amores she played the character of Lila and Los Roldán she played the character of María Roldán González. After a participation in Sos mi vida in 2008 she acted in Por amor a vos she played the character of María Concepción Molinari. Between 2009 and 2010, she played the character of Esperanza "Hope" Bauer in the Cris Morena youth series Casi Ángeles. She also participated in the theatrical season of the cycle in 2009. In 2011, she returned to work at Pol-Ka to play the character of María Paula "Poly" Said in the series Los únicos. Also in that year she was called to participate in the contest of Bailando 2011. That same year she participated in the Carlos Baute music video Tu cuerpo bailando en mi cuerpo. In 2012 she played the character of Rosa Montes in the series Sos mi hombre broadcast by the screen of Canal 13 and starring Luciano Castro and Celeste Cid. In 2015 she integrates the cast of Esperanza mía where she played the character of Gilda Albarracín. In 2016, she played the character of Belén in the series Educando a Nina telecomedy broadcast by Telefe and starring Griselda Siciliani. In 2017 she played the character of Florencia "Floro" Petrocelli in the series of Pol-Ka Quiero vivir a tu lado. She participated in the contest of Bailando 2018. Jimena dabbled in music since she was a child, interpreting the odd subject in the different fictions in which she participated, but it is 28 May 2015, which debuts as the band's vocalist "Barón Band". In 2017 Jimena presents "La tonta", her first single as a solo singer and releases her debut album, with the same name. With the release of the album she presented "Qlo" the second single from the album. In May 2019, this time, under the artistic name of J Mena, she released her new single "La cobra" that quickly went viral in his native country, making 2,000,000 reproductions, it fits emphasize that now it already has +51,000,000 views on YouTube and +20,000,000 streams on Spotify. After the great debut of "La cobra" J Mena released her second single for her new record work "Quién Empezó" with the biggest female exponent of Argentine trap Cazzu, this single had great acceptance by the public taking 2,100,000 views on YouTube and a # 1 in music trends in Argentina. On 2 August, Jimena released her second album of the name of her first single, which includes eight songs of which, among them, she makes two collaborations with the cumbia group Ráfaga and the trap singer Cazzu. After her great success as a solo singer, J Mena signed with Sony Music Enterteiment that already has a new single titled "Taxi Voy" under the management of this record. In November 2019, J Mena won the MTV EMA award for Best Latin Artist.
Personal life
She met the soccer playerDaniel Osvaldo by phone, under the suggestion of actress Eugenia Tobal. He was playing in Italy at the time and returned to Argentina to meet her under the pretense of a legal problem. In early 2013 Jimena left the cast of Sos mi hombre and went to live in Italy with her boyfriend, the footballer Daniel Osvaldo and he left his wife Elena Braccini and his two daughters. On 9 March 2014, her first child with Daniel Osvaldo was born, named Morrison Osvaldo. Together they returned to Argentina in February 2015 for Daniel Osvaldo to play in the Club Atlético Boca Juniors on loan for six months. In May 2015 they separated, under rumors of infidelity from Daniel Osvaldo to Jimena Barón, which were then confirmed. In June 2015, Jimena Barón denounced him for gender violence. In 2018 Jimena Barón had a relationship with the Argentinetennis playerJuan Martín del Potro, which lasted for a short time and then, with her dance partner in the program of Bailando 2018, Mauro Caiazza, with whom she had a relationship for a year and separated in 2019.
