Daughter of businessman, pilot and musician Juan Luis Amenábar and María Granella, María Cecilia Amenábar Granella was born on April 5, 1971 in Santiago de Chile. Since childhood she was always involved in art and media thanks to her family. Because of this, at age 15 she debuted as a model in a Chilean magazine and appeared in some television commercials.
Her uncle, Juan Enrique Amenábar was co-founder of Radio Concierto, a famous Chilean station, and it was thanks to him that Cecilia managed to meet Gustavo Cerati. It happened when he accompanied him to a press conference of Soda Stereo in Santiago, in 1988, because of his fascination with the band that at that time was one of the most successful in Latin America.
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Although she is an artist and her personal life had a moment of media exposure, Cecilia is characterized by cultivating a low profile.
In an interview she gave 8 months after the death of Gustavo Cerati, which occurred on September 4, 2014, she only had words of love for the father of her children: “It has been super hard. I don’t have it closed yet. Last night I dreamed of him. He visits me in dreams about three times a week. The truth is that it is very strong and not closed to us. I think for no one and never,” he said in an interview with Chilean media La Tercera.
At that moment, with pain on the surface, he referred to his departure as: “A slow death. A very fast life and a very slow death. And it has also been a slow mourning.”
And he also addressed Cerati’s fans: “(Do it) like me: dream of him, keep dreaming of him and keep listening to his music. That is the important thing. He is a person who has left a great legacy. Not only in Chile and Argentina, but throughout Latin America and the world. A total genius. And I think it’s going to cut across generations. Not just mine. That of my children and grandchildren. He’s the Elvis Presley of Latin America.”
Two years later, in 2016 he gave an interview for Teleshow in which he counted, among his many artistic projects, that he was also falling off the cliff as a DJ and that he planned to launch his own line of underwear. “As a ‘videoist’ (that’s how it’s defined) I got private documentaries, I’m still filming, editing, I love it. I’m also designing an underwear line, I’m working in Chile on a radio, I’m still playing music, I’m going to move, so I can’t do any more things.”
Always hand in hand with music, Cecilia co-founded in 2002 her own record label, Casa del Puente Discos, currently with dozens of artists on different platforms.
Currently, the Chilean artist continues with her life outside the flashes, and appears from time to time in publications on the networks of Benito or Lisa.
The love story of Cecilia Amenábar and Gustavo Cerati
When Gustavo Cerati and Cecilia Amenábar met, she was going through a period of rebellion: she loved to organize glam-rock parties and events linked to art in her native Santiago de Chile. On the other hand, he also sang in the choir of a Catholic school.
As for Gustavo, he led the most successful rock band in Latin America. Sentimentally, he had separated (two years earlier) from his first wife, the Argentine designer Belén Edwards.
In that famous press conference they met, fell in love and began an intense relationship – first at a distance and through letters – that ended at the altar and would be the most important in their lives.
The wedding was on June 25, 1993 at the church Los Misioneros de Pedro de Valdivia Norte, with a big party at the Polo Club of Vitacura. As a result of their love, their children, Benito (November 26, 1993) and Lisa (May 2, 1996) were born.
Although during the first years they settled in Chile, where the boys were born, the Cerati Amenábar family also resided in Argentina, first in an apartment on Figueroa Alcorta Street in Capital – which Gustavo named in a song – and then in a house they bought in the northern area of Greater Buenos Aires. They separated in 2002.
Cecilia focused on her career as an actress, photographer and video director. This, after having participated in some video clips of Gustavo Cerati, such as “Pulsar” and “Te llevo para que me lleves”, songs from the album “Amor amarillo”, first solo album of the leader of Soda. It is worth noting that this album was totally inspired by the love that Cerati felt for Cecilia and that in one of the songs it is possible to hear Benito’s heartbeat while growing up in the belly of the Chilean.
Among his later works, is the direction of “Tripulante” of the Chilean electronic music group Plan V, “Linterna” by Antonio Birabent and even co-directed the video clip for “Engaña”, Gustavo Cerati’s theme in his solo stage.
The Soda Stereo frontman’s music continued to be influenced by his relationship with the Chilean, and many of his fans see his love as a key element in the artist’s music.
Cecilia Amenábar’s unconditional support for Gustavo Cerati
Despite their separation, Cecilia and Gustavo always got along well. That is why, when he fell into a coma, in May 2010, the Chilean left everything and moved with her children to Buenos Aires to be nearby and visit him at the clinic. There, she became an exemplary mother and father, dedicating herself completely to the care of her children, giving them all the love and support they needed in that difficult time. Cecilia showed her strength and dedication by being a fundamental pillar for her family in those difficult times.
Although their relationship was turbulent at times, their love for each other always kept them together. Gustavo’s music will always be remembered for his connection to Cecilia, and their story together is a lasting testament to the power of true love, which went on to the end.
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