Karina Jelinek

Olga Karina Jelinek (born 22 March 1981)[1] is an Argentine model, actress and television personality.

Karina Jelinek
Born
Olga Karina Jelinek

(1981-03-22) 22 March 1981
Villa María, Córdoba, Argentina
Occupations
  • Model
  • actress
  • television personality
Spouse
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(m. 2011; div. 2013)​

Biography

Jelinek was born on 22 March 1981 in Villa María, Córdoba.[1] She began to work as model at the age of 16,[1] and became the Miss Córdoba Province and the Miss Villa Carlos Paz.[2] At the age of 19, she moved to Buenos Aires, and began participating in fashion shows, advertising campaigns and television shows.[3] She has appeared for magazines Maxim and H Para Hombres[4] and other media. In 2004, she participated in the entertainment TV program No hay 2 sin 3.

In 2005, she took part in the dance competition Bailando por un sueño, a segment of the television program Showmatch in the Argentina broadcast El Trece.[5]

After a courtship of three months she married Leonardo Fariña on 28 April 2011[6] in the Tattersall hotel in the Palermo district of Buenos Aires.[7]

In 2012, she again took part in the Bailando por un sueño competition.[5] In 2013, the name of her husband Fariña appeared in the media in relation to a clandestine recording of him reportedly speaking of money laundering.[8] In May of that year they stopped living together.[9]

In 2020, Jelinek became a contestant in the renewed version of Cantando por un sueño. In August 2020, Jelinek revealed she is in a relationship with model Florencia Parise, and stated she feels attraction for both men and women, saying "I can't choose with whom I fall in love".[10]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2012 El vagoneta en el mundo del cine
2014 Bañeros 4: los rompeolas Karina
2015 Locos sueltos en el zoo Bárbara

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2002 Son amores Rosaura
2004 No hay 2 sin 3
2006 SQP
2010 Viviana Canosa
2011 El desfile del show
2013 Solamente vos Carola
2014 Nosotros al mediodía
2016 La peluquería de Don Mateo Licenciada Olga
Reality shows
Year Title Role Notes
2006 Bailando por un sueño Concursant 3rd eliminated
2007 Cantando por un sueño Concursant 3rd place
2008 Bailando por un sueño Concursant 21st eliminated
2012 Bailando 2012 Concursant by replacement
Concursant Abandoned
2014 Bailando 2014 Concursant 6th eliminated
2020 Divina comida Concursant/Host 3rd place
2020 Cantando 2020 Concursant 2nd eliminated
2022 El hotel de los famosos Guest celebrity

References
  1. "Karina Jelinek: "No me separé (I'm not separated)"". Diario Hoy. 3 December 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  2. "Biografía de Karina Jelinek". Mujeresdedeportistas. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  3. Another real Jelinek Clarín, 6 April 2012.
  4. Jelinek on the cover of Hombre magazine, February 2011 comentemos.com 28 January 2011.
  5. Karina went, came back, and went again Clarín, 13 November 2012.
  6. Karina Jelinek gets married Perfil, 27 April 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  7. The great wedding party of Karina Jelinek Infobae Teleshow.
  8. A Uruguayan estate agent, mentioned by the "messenger" Fariña, is brought to justice Clarín, 1 May 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  9. Karina Jelinek: "I am separated from Fariña" La Nación, 3 May 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  10. "Karina Jelinek habló sobre su relación con Florencia Parise: "No elijo de quién enamorarme"". La Nación (in Spanish). 26 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
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