Angelique Boyer is actually French by birth and nationality. The actress is well known for her roles in various telenovelas. Especially the telenovelas titled Abyss of Passion and Teresa. She started her career playing secondary roles in the telenovelas Rebelde, Muchachitas Como tú, and Corazón Salvaje. Her good looks and great acting skills have helped her to transition into an actress that everybody wants to see on their screen, and the several award nominations she has grabbed over her acting career is proof of that. Not only that, but she’s also the winner of several awards too! Here are 5 facts about Angelique Boyer you probably never knew.

5 Things To Know About Angelique Boyer, The French-Mexican Actress

1. Early Life of Angelique Boyer

She was born and named Angelique Monique-Paulette Boyer Rousseau on the 4^th of July, 1988. She was born in Saint-Claude, Jura, France. When she was two years old, Boyer and her family migrated to Mexico. Her mother’s name is Sylvie Rousseau and her father is Patrick Boyer. On the 17^th of June, 2014, Boyer’s mother passed away. She joined the musical group Rabanitos Verdes (Little Green Radishes) when she was very young.

Angelique Boyer began her modeling career as early as age five! From the gig, she joined the Centro de Educación Artística at the age of eight, where she graduated at the age of twelve. Details on other parts of her background like her siblings are sadly not available.

2. The Actress’s Career

Her acting career started with minor roles in 2004. Angelique Boyer formed a three-man band with co-stars Estefania Villareal and Zoraida Gómez while they were filming Rebelde. They named the band Citricus or C3Q’S. She auditioned for other roles after Rebelde, but her big break didn’t come until 2009. In 2009, Angelique Boyer joined the cast of the crime drama series Mujeres Asesinas 2. Fans of Boyer were able to see her in a more mature role. After her stint as the main character in Teresa, she worked with Raquel Olmedo and Jacqueline Andere on the theatre play Ausencia de Dios (God’s Absence).

Angelique Boyer starred alongside David Zepeda in the 2012 telenovela Abismo de pasión. The year 2013 saw her star in the telenovela Lo Que la Vida me robó. Her costars were Sebastián Rulli and Luis Roberto Guzmán. Lo Que la Vida me robó was a remake of Bodas de odio, a 1983 telenovela produced by Ernesto Alonso. Her latest work was as lead role Lucia Borges in Amar a Muerte.

3. Who Has Angelique Boyer Dated?

Angelique’s first relationship that is publicly known was with Mexican-American singer and actor, Diego Boneta. She featured alongside Diego in a telenovela titled, Rebelde. The pair dated for four years, 2006-2010. Soon after their break up in 2010, it was rumored that she started dating Drew Roy. However, the rumors were never validated. In 2011, when they had finished airing Teresa, Angelique started dating Jose Alberto Castro. Jose is a telenovela producer.

Their relationship was subject to a lot of societal discrimination, especially from Angelique’s father. This is because of the huge age difference between the pair. The telenovela actress was 25 whereas Jose Castro was 53 at the time. Regardless, they stayed together for three years before ending their relationship in 2014. The pair took to Twitter to reveal their break up to their fans.

Jose was the one who actually made Angelique Boyer a star when he produced the telenovela, Teresa. Ironically, it was also in the same TV series that Angelique first came in close contact with Sebastian Rulli. After her break up with the well-known producer, Angelique tied a new relationship with the Argentine actor and model Sebastián Rulli. Sebastian was earlier married to actress Cecilia Galliano with whom he fathered a son named Santiago Rulli Galliano.

4. Racist controversy

In 2019, the Lo Que La Vida Me Robo star aired her grievance on social media after she was recently discriminated in France for being proud of her Mexican roots.

Angelique Boyer wrote on her Facebook account that she was in the country where she was born and she felt that she was a foreigner there. While she did not disclose how she was discriminated in her country of birth, she added in her post that she is proud to be a foreigner in France and that she even said to some French people that she was not from there.

Angelique is half-French but since growing up in Mexico and appearing in many Mexican telenovelas, she often quips that she is proud to be a Mexican.

5. Angelique Boyer’s Body Measurements

Curious about the charming young lady’s measurements? The lovely actress stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches (1.70 meters). She has a bodyweight of 50kg (110lbs), and waist-bust-hip measurements of 24-32-34 inches. She also sports natural brown hair with green eyes.