Angelica Rivera

About Angelica Rivera

Angélica Rivera Hurtado is a Mexican actress who served as the first lady of Mexico from 2012 to 2018, as the second wife of Enrique Peña Nieto, the 64th president of Mexico.

Rivera gained recognition as a television actress, starring in several telenovelas throughout the 1990s and 2000s. Her credits include Alcanzar una estrella II (1991), La dueña (1995), Ángela (1998), Sin pecado concebido (2001), Mariana de la noche (2003), and Destilando amor (2007), a role that earned her the nickname "La Gaviota" ("The Seagull"). She was also part of the short-lived fictional pop group Muñecos de papel.

In 2010, she married Peña Nieto, and held first lady of the State of Mexico from 2010 to 2011, when her husband was governor. As first lady, she presided over the Advisory Council of the National System for Integral Family Development (DIF).