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Giannina Facio, the Costa Rican actress who Miguel Bosé “stole” from Julio Iglesias in the 80s

The fever of the biopics does not stop. After several months of waiting, viewers can now enjoy the series ‘Yo Seré’. The project on the life of singer Miguel Bosé addresses some of the most complicated episodes of the musical performer, such as his difficult relationship with his father, Luis Miguel Dominguín, or his romance with actress Giannina Facio. Facio, Julio Iglesias’ partner, began an affair with Bosé in 1986. Queen of Marbella and acclaimed actress, she is married to director Ridley Scott.



After months of waiting, ‘Bosé’ has arrived in Spain through the SkyShowtime platform. The series produced by Paramount + about the singer migue bose It was one of the most anticipated television projects by the audience. The directors Miguel Bardem y Fernando Trullols They have been in charge of the production which has a stellar cast.

The actor Joseph Shepherd has been in charge of putting himself in the shoes of the artist in his youth, while the interpreter ivan sanchez He has played the son of Lucía Bosé in adulthood. They complete the deal Nacho Fresneda in the role of Luis Miguel Dominguin, Miguel Angel Muñoz as Julio IglesiasItalian actress Valeria Solarino which embodies a Lucia Bose.

One of the most controversial appearances has been that of a young Costa Rican and one of the queens of the covers of the glossy paper of the eighties. It’s about the actress Giannina Facio played by actress Mariela Garriga who has gone down in history as one of the romances of the son of Lucia Bose y Luis Miguel Dominguín.

“You are stealing my girlfriend”

A passionate kiss and unresolved sexual tension. Two moments that are reflected in one of the moments of the trailer of the Bosé series between Facio and Bosé. His affair was well known and one of the great bombshells of the heart press of the eighties. The interpreter of ‘thug lover’ revealed an anecdote lived with her and the singer Julio Iglesias during a television intervention.

It should be noted that Facio and Iglesias had started a romance in 1982 during a trip by the interpreter of ‘For the love of a woman’ to Costa Rica. she was next to Pocholo Martínez Bordiú and the crush was instant. She settled with the artist in his Indian Creek mansion and there was even speculation about a possible wedding.

Bosé revealed that the singer invited him to his house in Miami and when he arrived “he stayed with me for a minute and told me:” I’m going to the studio for a moment, I have to check some things on a record. He left me alone on the terrace, in front of the pool, and a spectacle of women came from the other side.”. He also pointed out that Giannina “got into the pool, swam towards me and said: ‘Who are you?’ At that time, she was the most fashionable woman and she was on all the covers. We looked at each other and there was something very strong that happened. That same day, we went out togetherwe left and we were together for four years” and added that “he preferred to go with her because he has never been politically correct and he was not going to be at Julio Iglesias’ house either.”

Giannina Facio with Julio Iglesias and Miguel Bosé.

The loving trio is one of the attractions of the production and in fact is one of the main plots of one of the episodes of the series. For many social chroniclers of that time, Facio was the woman who had left one of the most valued artists for Dominguín’s very young son. Julio Iglesias was no stranger to romance and that suspicion is reflected in the series through an ironic phrase: “You are stealing my girlfriend and you know it”.

The mark that Facio left on the singer of ‘My brunette’ he reflected it in one of his songs. This is how Bosé reveals it in his book ‘Secret history of my best songs’. Lucía Bosé’s son dedicated the song ‘Nena’ to the Costa Rican actress. “She was “an almost cha-cha-chá woman, almost vulgar, but, above all, attractive, intelligent and fun. They were the most pleasant, most harmonious years of my life… I miss you, Nena… I don’t forget you”, confesses the interpreter.

Daughter of a diplomat and movie lover

It was not until the eighties when the young Giannina Facio began to occupy the covers of the main national headlines. Born in San Jose, Costa Rica, is daughter of the year. Born in San Jose, Costa RicaGiannina was the daughter of the lawyer, politician and diplomat Gonzalo Facio SegredaForeign Minister of the Republic and Ambassador of Costa Rica to the United States on several occasions.

The actress is one of the daughters of the diplomat with his second wife, Ana Franco Calzia. Facio spent his childhood and later adolescence halfway between Guatemala and the United States, where he already rubbed shoulders with North American and European high society. It was there that he awakened in her the passion for the field of interpretation and in fact she was trained for it.

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Gianinna Facio with her husband Ridley Scott.

He has managed to participate in ten films and in fact it was in the world of cinema where he met the love of his life, the film director Ridley Scott whom he married in 2015. Giannina has played characters who have gone down in international film history as Maximus’s wife in the film ‘Gladiator’ or Hoffman in the movie ‘Web of Lies’.

Queen of Marbella

In the eighties, the municipality of Marbella was the mecca of international high society or, as the tabloids labeled it, the jet set. The Costa Rican actress was part of that select group of personalities who traveled to the town of Malaga every summer.

Giannina Facio was the queen of nightclubs and romances in the 80s./Instagram

Giannina Facio in a nightclub.

In 1980 Facio had started a romance with Philippe Junotex-husband of the princess Caroline of Monaco and who opened the doors of Marbella luxury for him. Giannina was invited to all parties and her beauty dazzled those present. at the height of Gunilla von Bismarck she became one of the queens of Marbella.

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