Her work has had a huge impact on people around the world, she is a multi-platinum selling artist worldwide. So lets take a closer look into her life...

Full Name: Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda Birthday: August 26, 1972 at 7:30 p.m. Birthplace: Hospital Espanol, in Mexico City Parents: Yolanda Miranda Mange and Ernesto Sodi Pallares Siblings: Laura, Federica, Gabriela, and Ernestina

Being the fifth daughter of the Sodi Miranda marriage, Thalía grew up as the baby of the family. Like she always says “I felt like I had five mothers, my mom and four sisters.” Family has always been very important to Thalía. She began her TV career very early in her life. When she was just a little twelve month old baby she appeared in a commercial for juice and at the age of three she was on a show called ‘Estudiantinas que Estudian.’

Thalía was a kid who hated being a girl, instead she enjoyed playing baseball with boys, dressing in jeans, and climbing trees. She didn’t really like going to school which was why she would always be late, even though she lived right in from of the school. She attended Thomas Alva Edison School but later she was enrolled at the French school, Liceo Franco Mexicano, where she became fluent in French.

At the age of six, she was about to become autistic because of the pain caused by her father’s death. When he died she didn’t speak for a whole year. She was so quiet that they took her to psychiatrists and doctors specialized in children, but nobody found the reason for her silence. Because of these experiences, later she wrote the song ‘En Silencio’ (In Silence) for her second album, which says a lot about her childhood.

Her childhood home, known as “La casa de los Perros” is located in the city of Mexico. This house brings back a lot of fond memories to Thalía. In one interview she said, “My house was like the one from The Adams Family’s. At the entrance, there was a bear like the one from the Adams and a fountain in the middle. The furniture was all different colors… right when you knocked, there was a man like Largo to greet you.” Thalía didn't always want to be in music or acting at the age of seven to thirteen, she dedicated herself to gymnastics, according to her she was going to be like the famous athlete, Nadia Comaneci.

During her early childhood years she took ballet and piano lessons. By the time she was nine, she joined a musical group called Pac Man, which later changed its name to Din Din. This group participated in the TV show ‘Juguemos a Cantar.’ Din Din recorded four albums; ‘Pitubailando,’ ‘Somos Alguien Muy Especial,’ ‘En Accion,’ and ‘Recordando el Rock and Roll.’

Towards the end of 1984 she was in the musical ‘Vaselina’ (Grease) in Mexico. At first she was a substitute for another girl in some scenes and then she got the part of the main character, Sandy. She loved the theatre because it reminded her of watching her oldest sister, Laura Zapata, a well known actress.

In 1986, Sasha got out of the group Timbiriche and Luis de Llano asked Thalía to join the group. At this time Timbiriche was the most popular group in Latin America and Thalía had the opportunity to be a member in the group’s best years. At the time she had a small role in a soap opera called ‘La Pobre Senorita Limantour.’ At the age of sixteen she co-starred in ‘Quinceañera,’ a soap opera with the actress Adela Noriega. She loved it because she had never before been a main actress on TV and people really liked her work. Then she made another soap opera ‘Luz y Sombra’ with Alberto Mayagoitia, which she didn’t like too much because nobody supported her.

During the time Thalía was in Timbiriche they recorded three of the best albums, ‘Timbiriche VII,’ ‘Timbiriche VIII,’ and ‘Timbiriche IX.’ When she got out of the group, she went to Los Angeles to study. Here she met Alfredo Diaz Ordaz, who produced her first two solo albums. For a whole year Thalía worked on her first the material for her first album, the image, and all the details to be ready for her return back to Mexico. In 1990 the album, 'Thalía' was released. But, this is what Thalía had to say about this time in her life: “Something I will never forget is that people had an image of me like in ‘Quinceañera,' a little innocent school girl, and when I came back to Mexico, they saw me as something weird. Just because I had an image with ‘Flower Power,’ I dressed with bell bottoms, fake eyelashes, showing the belly button, and with a white streak on my hair. People didn’t understand me and I got criticized a lot.”

In 1991 she recorded her second album ‘Mundo de Cristal’ which got popular quickly but people still criticized her too much. She got depressed and was about to retire because of the way people acted towards her. Instead she went to Spain to work on the show ‘Vip de Noche.’ There she realized that she could be successful back home. She was going to renew her contract with the Spanish show when Valentin Pimstein offered the starring role in ‘Maria Mercedes.’ This soap opera was viewed in a lot of different countries and was a huge success. At this time she recorded her third Album, ‘Love.’ The soap opera and album took her career right to the top. By this time she had millions of fans around the world. She won many awards for her music and acting, she performed at many concerts and awards and she was also interviewed in a lot of shows.

In 1993 and 1994 she starred in the soap opera ‘Marimar,’ produced by Veronica Pimstein. It soon came out with a soundtrack of the theme song. ‘Marimar’ was well received and shown in countries like, USA, Japan, Indonesia, and Philippines. It surpassed the ratings of the Grammy’s and the Super Bowl. At this time she signed a four year contract with EMI Latin. By 1995 she had recorded her album ‘En Extasis.’ It had been three years since she made new music but ‘En Extasis’ was more than what people expected. It got platinum records worldwide, won awards such as best album of the year, best female pop artist, and more. She became the #1star in the Philippines where she was invited numerous times to visit the president of the country. At the time, in Latin America, Thalía came out with her own line of lingerie. In the middle of 1995 she shot another soap opera, ‘Maria la del Barrio,’ with this, ending what they called “The Trilogy of the Marias,” ‘Maria Mercedes,’ ‘Marimar,’ and ‘Maria la del Barrio.’ These three marked Thalía’s career as the actress who made the best Mexican soap operas in the history of Mexico. Thalía was now known as being the best paid actress in Mexico.

In May of 1996 she was given a star in La Calle Ocho of Miami and was crowned the queen of the carnival of Calle Ocho.

For the 1996 Olympic in Atlanta, she recorded the song ‘Todo es Posible.’ In the Olympics' official album. In August of that year she was honored with the keys to the city of Manila. In 1997 she recorded an album that was only released in the Philippines, ‘Nandito Ako’ (I’m here). It had songs in Tagalog, English, and Spanish. During this year she recorded another album ‘Amor a la Mexicana,’ produced by Emilio Estefan. In Mexico, the album sold 150,000 copies in pre-order and was awarded with fifteen platinum and gold records in USA, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Venezuela. Once again, she traveled around the world to promote her new album and soap operas. Thalía won many awards for her most recent work at the time. In April of 1997, the city of Los Angeles gave Thalía the keys to the city and April 25 was officially called “Thalía Day.”

Then she participated in the movie ‘Anastasia,’ she recorded the songs for the Spanish edition of the movie. Months later she recorded her song ‘Echa pa’ Lante’ in English for the movie ‘Dance With me,’ starring Vanessa Williams and Chayenne.

In France she released her album ‘Amor a la Mexicana’ for Europe. They called the album ‘Por Amor’ and released it with Virgin Records. She also made a song called ‘Corazon, Corazon’ in an album for Jose Alfredo Jimenez called ‘Y Sigo Siendo el Rey.’

Thalía signed a contract in Los Angeles for the movie ‘Mambo Café.’ During this time, people started to find out about her relationship with Tommy Mottola. Then she recorded Rosalinda, her last soap opera so far. Before ‘Rosalinda’ began its tapings, it was already sold in 110 countries. In 1999 ‘Rosalinda’ beat rating records worldwide.

In 2000, she made her album, ‘Arrasando,’ with new rhythms that brought new fans to enjoy her talent. During this year she did a lot of promoting in Europe for her new album which was a big hit everywhere. At the end of this year she finally got to the point in her life that she had always dreamed of… On December 2, 2000 Thalía Sodi and Tommy Mottola joined in holly matrimony at the St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. They are a happily married couple who enjoy each other's company.

In the year 2001, Thalía turns to a new style of music, something that she had never done before, records her first ever banda style album called ‘Thalía Con Banda.’ When it came out it sold more copies than any other banda album, it was nominated for a Grammy, and it got platinum records. Thalía sang at the White House,                                               for George W. Bush on Cinco de Mayo in 2001.

At the beginning of 2002, Thalía launched her line of Eyeware and Sunware with the Kenmark Group. May of 2002 was when her latest release ‘Thalía.’ The new album represents a tremendous leap forward in Thalía’s extraordinary career, once again appearing at the top of the charts. Thalía then promotes her music around the world and now is planning a tour.