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Carolina "Caro" Andrea Ibarra (born May 6, 1980) is an Argentine actress and host. She has worked on a number of Disney projects and gained prominence as the host of Zapping Zone on Disney Channel. She portrays Ana on Soy Luna.

Life and History[]

Caro Ibarra grew up wanting to become a ballerina and studied at the Instituto Superior de Arte del Teatro Colón; she was classmates with the famed ballerina Paloma Herrera.[3] She only started studying theater at age 17.[3] In 2000, Ibarra became the host of the Disney Channel LA original production Zapping Zone with Dany Martins and later, Diego Sassi Alcalá and Clara Alonso.[4] The show was used to promote various Disney properties and featured a mix of games, news, and videos.[4] She left the show after 8 years to pursue her acting career.[3][5]

After Zapping Zone, Ibarra hosted Team Angels, a companion series to Casi ángeles that followed the musical group Teen Angels on tour.[3][6] She traveled to Madrid, Israel, and Venezuela with her co-host Gastón Vietto.[3][6] Then, she co-hosted the ecological program Recurso natural in 2010.[7] Since 2010, Ibarra has hosted the program La casa del pop on Quiero.[8][9] She has won a Premio Martín Fierro for her work on La casa del pop.[10]

While on Zapping Zone, Ibarra was given the opportunity to voice the babysitter in the Spanish dub of The Incredibles.[3] Since then, she has lent her voice to a number of Spanish dubs, such as Pecezuelos (Fish Hooks), Liv y Maddie, Little Chicken, Princesita Sofía (Sofia the First), and Cars.[11][12] As an actress, Ibarra was a part of the cast of High School Musical: El Desafío as Martha, the captain of the field hockey team.[13] She also had guest roles on Rebelde Way and Socias.[14] From 2016 to 2018, Ibarra starred as Ana on Soy Luna.

In 2011, 2012 and 2017, Ibarra performed in her own musical for children El mundo de Caro y Juanchi with Juan Macedonio.[15][16] The songs from the show were released as a soundtrack.[17] Also in 2012, Ibarra released an advice book for girls called Entre chicas.[18] In 2019, she joined the cast of Madagascar at the Teatro Colón.[19]

Ibarra is married to Argentine producer Emiliano Paris, whom she shares one son with, Camilo.[2]

Filmography[]

Year Title Role
1999 Ni idea
2000 - 2008 Zapping Zone Host
2003 Rebelde Way Amalia
2004 Los Increíbles (The Incredibles) Kari McKeen (voice)
2004 - 2006 W.I.T.C.H. Taranee Cook (voice)
2005 Planeta Disney Host
Power Rangers: S.P.D. S.O.P.H.I.E. (voice)
Chicken Little (voice)
2006 Cars (voice)
2007 El arca Bruma (voice)
2008 High School Musical: El Desafío Martha
Socias Maite
2009 Team Angels Host
2010 Recurso natural
2010 - present La casa del pop
2010 - 2014 Pecezuelos (Fish Hooks) Ostrencia (Shellsea) [voice]
2012 Princesita Sofía (Sofia the First) Additional voices
2013 - 2017 Liv y Maddie Karen Rooney (voice)
2016 - 2018 Soy Luna Ana
2017 - 2018 MECH-X4 Lincoln (voice)
2018 Mi hermano es un clon Sonia

Awards and Nominations[]

Year Award Category Work Result
2012 Premios Martín Fierro Best Female Host La casa del pop Nominated
2013 Best Musical Program
(Pop/Rock/Latino/Jazz)
2014
2016
2017
2018 Won

External Links[]

Trivia[]

  • She has worked with Disney for over 15 years.
  • If she wasn't an actress, ballerina, or host, she would be a psychologist.[3]
  • If she could have a superpower, she would fly.[3]
  • Her favorite food is sushi.[3]
  • As a kid, she was bullied over her natural red hair.[2]

Gallery[]

Gallery
To view the Caro Ibarra gallery, click here.

References[]

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