María Conchita Alonso
María Conchita Alonso | |
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Alonso in 2011 | |
| Born | María Concepción Alonso Bustillo June 29, 1955 Cienfuegos, Cuba |
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| Occupation(s) | Singer, actress |
| Relatives | Antonella Alonso (niece) |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | Miss World Venezuela 1975 |
| Years active | 1971–present |
| Major competition(s) | Miss World Venezuela 1975 (Winner) Miss World 1975 (Top 7) |
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María Concepción Alonso Bustillo (born June 29, 1955), better known as María Conchita Alonso, is a Cuban-born Venezuelan-American actress, singer, and beauty pageant titleholder who represented Venezuela at Miss World 1975 and placed in the top seven. She is most known to international audiences for playing Amber Mendez in the 1987 action thriller The Running Man.
She has participated in film and television productions, and was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award as Best Leading Actress in 1996 for her role in Caught. As a singer, she has received several gold and platinum records, and has been nominated for three Grammy Awards.
Alonso was the first Latin American actress not born in the United States to star in a musical on Broadway, with Kiss of the Spider Woman at the Broadhurst Theatre (1995).