La Máscara del Amor, or The Mask of Love, is a dating game with a new twist which goes from fun games to romantic passion. Five masked suitors come to seduce and earn the love of one “Protagonist” through a series of games and challenges. Through the process of elimination, the Protagonist and contestants get to know each other throughout the episodes culminating with romantic fun dates with the last two suiters standing. The winning Suitors will then reveal if they are choosing the Love of the Protagonist or if they were playing for the cash prize.

“I’m excited to join the Estrella TV team in hosting this unique and fun dating show La Máscara del Amor,” says Vale. “Many of my single friends say how hard it is to meet someone. This series is a new twist on how people make personal love connections beyond typical first date pleasantries.” Adds the Mexico City-born actress, “I’m excited to host this unique show and hopefully help these singles make a real love connection.”

PRODUCTION WITH PROTOCOLS
The show is already in production at the network’s studios in Burbank, California following COVID-19 protocols, according to Estrella TV.

“Angélica is a natural fit for this unique role, as it’s a hybrid of hosting and being the fairy godmother to an entertaining group of singles looking for love,” says Ivan Stoilkovich, executive vice president of TV programming for Estrella Media, the parent company of Estrella TV.

An entertainer since age two, Vale is a multifaceted artist in film, television, theatre and radio. With credits in dozens of telenovelas, she is best known for leading the smash-hit Mexican soap opera La Fea Más Bella. This series was based on another internationally successful Colombian telenovela titled Yo Soy Betty, la Fea, which also had a successful American adaptation, ABC’s Golden Globe winner Ugly Betty. Vale herself made a cameo appearance in that English-language version executive produced by Oscar-nominated actress Salma Hayek.

BETWEEN HOLLYWOOD & MEXICO
Vale moved to the U.S. in 2016 and the following year she starred in the Telemundo telenovela La Fan. She has kept on working on projects in Hollywood and Mexico, including an appearance in Jane the Virgin, the animated action series Seis Manos and the telenovela Y Mañana Será Otro Día Mejor.

With her new show, Vale will now be splitting her time between radio and TV in Southern California. She currently hosts a morning show on the Los Angeles-based reggaeton radio station KLLI Cali 93.9.

The Mexican entertainer is the daughter of legendary actress and singer Angélica María and actor/comedian Raúl Vale.

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Freddy Rodriguez was born January 17, 1975 in Chicago, Illinois to Puerto Rican parents.  At 13, Freddy discovered a theater program for inner-city youth, which led to a scholarship to the Pulaski International School of Chicago.   He moved into the Hollywood limelight playing Federico Diaz on HBO’s Six Feet Under which ran for five years.  For this role, he received two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Ensemble in a Drama Series, and an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.

His first leading role in a major film was in David Ayer’s Harsh Times in which he starred alongside Christian Bale and Eva Longoria.

He is also known for playing El Wray in Robert Rodriguez’s  Planet Terror, in the double-feature film, Grindhouse.  He has worked on several movies with Latino actors and/or filmmakers: A Walk in the Clouds directed by Alfonso Arau; alongside Roselyn Sanchez Chasing Papi (directed by Linda Mendoza); a music video for the Santana song Into the Night; a cameo in Fergie’s music video for the song Glamorous; and in Nothing Like the Holidays directed by  Alfredo Rodriguez de Villa, starring alongside John Leguizamo, Elizabeth Pena, Luis Guzman, and Jay Hernandez (Magnum PI)

Other film credits include the film Poseidon and M. Night Shyamalan’s film Lady in the Water. On TV Rodriguez starred for three years as Giovanni Rossi in Ugly Betty; and Dr. Michael Ragosa in two seasons of NBC’s The Night Shift (2014–15).  From 2003- 2004 he played Carla Espinoza’s (Judy Reyes) brother in Scrubs. 

Since 2016 Rodriguez has been starring in CBS’s crime drama Bull.

Featured Photo of Bull: CBS

— Latin Heat News Service

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