Marlene Favela (born Silvia Marlene Favela Meraz on August 5, 1977, in Santiago Papasquiaro, Durango, Mexico) is a Mexican actress and model. In Mexican television, as of 2013 she was best known as Esmeralda in the TV show Zorro, La Espada y la Rosa. In 2013, she appeared as an award presenter at the Billboard Mexican Music Awards. On December 12, 2017, Favela married George Seely, at a hacienda in San Juan del Río, Querétaro, Mexico. Filmography Films Television Awards and nominations Premios ACE Premios El Heraldo de México Premios TVyNovelas Miami Life Awards Magazine People en español named by "50 most beautiful faces in the world of artistic" Receive her star Paseo de las luminarias of Mexico References External links 1976 births Living people Mexican telenovela actresses Mexican television actresses Mexican film actresses Mexican stage actresses Mexican female models Actresses from Durango People from Santiago Papasquiaro 20th-century Mexican actresses 21st-century Mexican actresses