Jackie Torres is a Puerto Rican actress, writer, director and producer
who gained notoriety while producing the top shows Marcano...El Show
and Con lo que cuenta este pais in her native Puerto Rico and La Hora
Lunatica in Los Angeles California, all for the Telemundo Television
Network. Her move to Los Angeles introduced her to the cinema world.
She directed the urban films The Price of the American Dream & East LA
King for Laguna Productions and Crossing Frontiers for her own company
Jakmar Entertainment. As an actress she has acted in over 20 films and
TV series including After Words, Torchwood, ER, The District, Miss
Castaway, Blood Relatives, and El Güero Estrada.In the summer of
1982, Barker's, once a giant of the department stores in USA, wanted
to avoid closing its doors in Puerto Rico and launched a media
campaign that covered TV, radio and press entitled: "La Nueva Era de
Barkers" (Barkers New Era). This campaign put then teenager actress,
"Jackie Torres", alongside TV personality "Pedro Zervigón". "Barkers"
eventually closed its doors in Puerto Rico but this massive
advertising campaign made "Torres" a very recognizable face everywhere
and reaffirmed her decision to get a bachelor's degree in Radio,
Television & Film from the "University of Maryland at College Park" in
the United States. She then returned to Puerto Rico to get a master's
degree in Public Communications from the "University of Puerto Rico at
Rio Piedras". While still getting her master's degree, she worked for
"Cedme Televisión", the University of Puerto Rico's provider of
programming for "WIPR Channel 6", the channel of the government of
Puerto Rico. She produced TV special "Estampas Navideñas" for WIPR. A
year later, on 1989, "Torres" moved to another local channel in Puerto
Rico, channel 13. There, she became one of Puerto Rico's first VJs
(Video Jockey â€" term popularized by MTV) when she hosted "TVS"
(Talent, Video & Sound) where she interviewed the top rock bands of
Puerto Rico. 6 months later, in 1990, Telemundo, the number one TV
station of Puerto Rico at the time, hired her. In Telemundo, "Torres"
produced, wrote & acted in top rated variety show Marcano... el show
which soon became the first show from Puerto Rico to be aired in the
United States through the Telemundo Network. Several Latin stars,
including Ricky Martin and "Olga Tañon", made their first solo
appearance in "Marcano...El Show". Radio personalities "Héctor
Marcano" & "Funky Joe", along a live band and actors "Wilfred Morales"
& "Jackie Torres" welcomed top international stars "Vanilla Ice",
"José Feliciano", "Ricardo Montaner", "Juan Luis Guerra y su 4â€"40",
"Yuri", "Pandora", "Daniela Romo", "Carlos Vives", "José José",
"Ednita Nazario", "Menudo" and many others. In 1991, while still
producing "Marcano…El Show," "Jackie Torres" became the producer &
played a recurring role in another TV show: Con Lo Que Cuenta Este
PaÃs. The daily half-hour sitcom, also aired in Telemundo, won the
top spot among young audiences and the second spot in national
ratings, only preceded by the other TV show produced by "Jackie
Torres", "Marcano…El Show". In 1991, while still producing
"Marcano…El Show" & "Con lo que cuenta este paÃs", Torres produced
another show for Telemundo: "Videoteces" (Puerto Rico’s version of
America’s funniest videos). "Videoteces", immediately took a spot
among the top ten rated shows in Puerto Rico but the show was
short-lived because of the high costs of producing it. It was up to
"Torres" to produce a cost-efficient concept and in the summer of 1993
the top rated TV documentaries "Pequeños… Grandes Lecciones"
(Little ones…Big lessons) a series of documentaries about kids who
have done exceptional deeds, was written, directed & produced by
"Jackie Torres". Many other TV specials & live events, including "De
plaza en plaza con Coca-Cola" (from town to town with Coca-Cola) were
also produced by Torres. By 1994, Torres was set on reaching a wider
audience and headed to New York to complete the acting program of
"Herbert Berghoff Studios". A year later, in 1995, she moved to Los
Angeles, California to produce another TV show for the Telemundo
Network.In 1995, Telemundo wanted to repeat the success of Torres'
previous variety show and hired her to produce & write "La Hora
Lunática" (The Crazy Hour) in "Hollywood". The daily, one hour, live
TV show aired from "Raleigh Studios", was the first show of the
"Telemundo Network" to win in its time slot over its strongest
competitor, "Univisión". The show featured the talents of "Humberto
Luna", "Mario RamÃrez" ("El ComodÃn"), "Hugo Armando" & "Jackie
Torres" who welcomed "Tito Puente", "Celia Cruz", "Marc Anthony",
"Julio Iglesias", "Antonio Aguilar", "Vicky Carr" & many more
international stars. In 1997, Torres took a break from producing and
acting on Hispanic TV and transitioned to the world of cinema.Jackie
Torres spent the remainder of the 1990s playing leading roles in
Mexican films: "El Güero Estrada," "Clave Secreta," "La Paloma y el
Gavilán,""Acábame de Matar," & "Cuatro Meses de Libertad," which
included Mexican actors"Julio Alemán", "Eric del Castillo",
"ValentÃn Trujillo", "Sebastián Ligarde", "Manuel Ojeda", "Mario
RamÃrez" & directors "Christian González", "Gilberto de Anda" &
"Jesus Fragoso".
who gained notoriety while producing the top shows Marcano...El Show
and Con lo que cuenta este pais in her native Puerto Rico and La Hora
Lunatica in Los Angeles California, all for the Telemundo Television
Network. Her move to Los Angeles introduced her to the cinema world.
She directed the urban films The Price of the American Dream & East LA
King for Laguna Productions and Crossing Frontiers for her own company
Jakmar Entertainment. As an actress she has acted in over 20 films and
TV series including After Words, Torchwood, ER, The District, Miss
Castaway, Blood Relatives, and El Güero Estrada.In the summer of
1982, Barker's, once a giant of the department stores in USA, wanted
to avoid closing its doors in Puerto Rico and launched a media
campaign that covered TV, radio and press entitled: "La Nueva Era de
Barkers" (Barkers New Era). This campaign put then teenager actress,
"Jackie Torres", alongside TV personality "Pedro Zervigón". "Barkers"
eventually closed its doors in Puerto Rico but this massive
advertising campaign made "Torres" a very recognizable face everywhere
and reaffirmed her decision to get a bachelor's degree in Radio,
Television & Film from the "University of Maryland at College Park" in
the United States. She then returned to Puerto Rico to get a master's
degree in Public Communications from the "University of Puerto Rico at
Rio Piedras". While still getting her master's degree, she worked for
"Cedme Televisión", the University of Puerto Rico's provider of
programming for "WIPR Channel 6", the channel of the government of
Puerto Rico. She produced TV special "Estampas Navideñas" for WIPR. A
year later, on 1989, "Torres" moved to another local channel in Puerto
Rico, channel 13. There, she became one of Puerto Rico's first VJs
(Video Jockey â€" term popularized by MTV) when she hosted "TVS"
(Talent, Video & Sound) where she interviewed the top rock bands of
Puerto Rico. 6 months later, in 1990, Telemundo, the number one TV
station of Puerto Rico at the time, hired her. In Telemundo, "Torres"
produced, wrote & acted in top rated variety show Marcano... el show
which soon became the first show from Puerto Rico to be aired in the
United States through the Telemundo Network. Several Latin stars,
including Ricky Martin and "Olga Tañon", made their first solo
appearance in "Marcano...El Show". Radio personalities "Héctor
Marcano" & "Funky Joe", along a live band and actors "Wilfred Morales"
& "Jackie Torres" welcomed top international stars "Vanilla Ice",
"José Feliciano", "Ricardo Montaner", "Juan Luis Guerra y su 4â€"40",
"Yuri", "Pandora", "Daniela Romo", "Carlos Vives", "José José",
"Ednita Nazario", "Menudo" and many others. In 1991, while still
producing "Marcano…El Show," "Jackie Torres" became the producer &
played a recurring role in another TV show: Con Lo Que Cuenta Este
PaÃs. The daily half-hour sitcom, also aired in Telemundo, won the
top spot among young audiences and the second spot in national
ratings, only preceded by the other TV show produced by "Jackie
Torres", "Marcano…El Show". In 1991, while still producing
"Marcano…El Show" & "Con lo que cuenta este paÃs", Torres produced
another show for Telemundo: "Videoteces" (Puerto Rico’s version of
America’s funniest videos). "Videoteces", immediately took a spot
among the top ten rated shows in Puerto Rico but the show was
short-lived because of the high costs of producing it. It was up to
"Torres" to produce a cost-efficient concept and in the summer of 1993
the top rated TV documentaries "Pequeños… Grandes Lecciones"
(Little ones…Big lessons) a series of documentaries about kids who
have done exceptional deeds, was written, directed & produced by
"Jackie Torres". Many other TV specials & live events, including "De
plaza en plaza con Coca-Cola" (from town to town with Coca-Cola) were
also produced by Torres. By 1994, Torres was set on reaching a wider
audience and headed to New York to complete the acting program of
"Herbert Berghoff Studios". A year later, in 1995, she moved to Los
Angeles, California to produce another TV show for the Telemundo
Network.In 1995, Telemundo wanted to repeat the success of Torres'
previous variety show and hired her to produce & write "La Hora
Lunática" (The Crazy Hour) in "Hollywood". The daily, one hour, live
TV show aired from "Raleigh Studios", was the first show of the
"Telemundo Network" to win in its time slot over its strongest
competitor, "Univisión". The show featured the talents of "Humberto
Luna", "Mario RamÃrez" ("El ComodÃn"), "Hugo Armando" & "Jackie
Torres" who welcomed "Tito Puente", "Celia Cruz", "Marc Anthony",
"Julio Iglesias", "Antonio Aguilar", "Vicky Carr" & many more
international stars. In 1997, Torres took a break from producing and
acting on Hispanic TV and transitioned to the world of cinema.Jackie
Torres spent the remainder of the 1990s playing leading roles in
Mexican films: "El Güero Estrada," "Clave Secreta," "La Paloma y el
Gavilán,""Acábame de Matar," & "Cuatro Meses de Libertad," which
included Mexican actors"Julio Alemán", "Eric del Castillo",
"ValentÃn Trujillo", "Sebastián Ligarde", "Manuel Ojeda", "Mario
RamÃrez" & directors "Christian González", "Gilberto de Anda" &
"Jesus Fragoso".
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