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Jorge Facundo Arana Tagle von Bernard (born March 31, 1972 in Buenos Aires), is a well known Argentine actor. He has participated in more than twenty telenovelas. He`s considered Argentina`s most popular actor, starring in hits like Muñeca Brava in 1999 and Sos mi vida in 2006. His debut to the big public was children soap Chiquititas in `98. Facundo Arana was first taken to an acting class by a friend at the age of fifteen. Soon after, Arana was diagnosed with cancer. Facundo Arana spent most of 1989 fighting that disease, he would then be on a medical alert until 1994, when he was finally declared to be free of Hodgkin`s disease. Arana had begun performing small characters in Argentine telenovelas since 1992. At the time, however, his life evolved more around the cancer that he had previously had, and that could have reappeared. Unknown to many of his fans, Arana is also a musician, having studied saxophone. While he struggled to get important acting jobs at Telefe, he met a street musician and the two became friends, with Arana performing on the Buenos Aires streets for many months. In 1995, Arana finally got a break in his acting career, getting a small character in the national hit Perla Negra (Black Pearl), where he got the chance to act with Andrea Del Boca. In 1996, he acted in another telenovela, named Sueltos (Loose).

On Saturday, May 10 2008. Facundo Aranda welcomed his first child, a daughter, India Arana. with his partner Maria Susini.

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