Sasha Sökol Cuillery (Mexico City June 17, 1970), known during her childhood and adolescence as Sasha and, from 1997 onwards, as Sasha Sökol, is a Mexican singer, actress, songwriter and television presenter. She began her artistic career as a member of the musical band Timbiriche.
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Biography
Sökol was born in Mexico City to a half-Mexican/half-Ukrainian father and a French mother. When she was still a toddler, her parents (Miguel "Happy" Sökol Garcia and Magdalena Cuillery) divorced and her mother married Fernando Diez Barroso, an executive at Televisa. As a child, she was known as Sasha Diez Barroso, but now goes by her paternal name, Sökol. She studied at the Colegio Peterson and later at the Centro de Educación Artística (CEA) of Televisa. At that time, the music and television producer Luis de Llano Macedo was seeking to create a Mexican version of the band Parchís, and Sökol held castings at the CEA.
Timbiriche
Sökol was selected as one of the original seven members and that is how she started her singing career in 1982. Sökol recorded seven albums with Timbiriche, which earned 25 gold albums and ten platinum albums. Timbiriche earned her awards from El Heraldo and the TVyNovelas Awards. In 1984, with Timbiriche, Sökol participated in Vaselina as Sandy, the Spanish-language version of Grease. In 1986, she left Timbiriche and moved to Boston, Massachusetts, US to continue her acting studies.
Solo career
In 1986, Sökol enrolled at the Walnut Hill School for the Performing Arts. The following year, she released her first LP album, Sasha, which sold over a million copies in Mexico, making it one of Mexico's best-selling albums in 1987. Her first single was "No Me Extraña Nada", which was released with a music video. She was nicknamed "La Dama de Negro" (The Lady in Black) for her habit of dressing in said color. The biggest hit of the album was "Rueda Mi Mente", which peaked at number one on Mexican radio and remained there for several weeks. Sökol made her television solo debut in Siempre En Domingo, the biggest variety show in Ibero-America at the time.
In 1988, she released the maxi-single "Diamante," which went double platinum and was chosen as the theme song for the music magazine Eres. The title track of this EP was one of the year's biggest hits in Mexico. As the artists of the moment, Sasha and Mexican superstar Luis Miguel appeared together on the cover of the first issue of Eres magazine. In 1988, she also launched a television career with the series Tres Generaciones (TV Show) (Three Generations), also starring Carmen Montejo and Angélica María.
In 1989, she recorded a song titled "Detrás del Amor" for the compilation album Nos Vamos de Vacaciones, which also featured Alejandra Guzmán and Alix Bauer (another ex-Timbiriche). In November of 1989, Sasha released her second LP album, Trampas de Luz, which reached gold status.
In 1990, she recorded the song "Amor Amor" for the compilation album Juntos Ayer y Hoy, and the song "Noche de Ronda" for the compilation album El Estudio de Lara.
In November of 1991, Sökol released her third LP album, Siento. Earlier that year, she appeared in the Mexican soap opera Alcanzar Una Estrella II. The soap opera was such a tremendous hit that its fictional musical group, called Muñecos de Papel (Paper Dolls), which included Sökol, Ricky Martin, Pedro Fernandez, Erik Rubin, Bibi Gaytan and Angélica Rivera, released two soundtrack albums with music from the series. Because of demand from fans, the fictional musical group went on a 3-month national tour throughout Mexico and were nominated as "Revelation of the Year" at the second annual awards show for Premios Eres, where they won the coveted honor. Sasha was nominated as best actress in a leading role for Alcanzar Una Estrella II at the Premios TV y Novelas. Siento was one the best selling albums in Mexico in 1992, where it was nominated for female album of the year and album of the year (all album categories) at the Premios Eres.
Discography
Solo albums
1987: Sasha
1988: Diamante
1989: Trampas de Luz
1991: Siento
1992: Numero Uno (Amor Sin Tiempo)
1997: 11:11
2004: Por Un Amor
2010: Tiempo Amarillo
2020: Yo Soy
Singles
Sasha (1987–1988)
"No Me Extraña Nada"
"Rueda Mi Mente"
"La Leyenda"
"Guerra Total"
"Tipico"
Diamante (1988)
"Diamante"
Trampas de Luz (1989–1990)
"Algo de Mi"
"Muevete a Mi Alrededor"
"Olvidalo"
"Amante Sin Amor"
"Detras Del Amor (Nos Vamos De Vacaciones)"
Siento (1991–1992)
"Corriendo Peligro"
"Siento"
"Todos Mis Caminos Van a Ti" (with Ricky Martin)
"Justo en el Momento"
"Tengo Miedo"
"Cartas"
Sasha (1992–1993)
"Numero Uno"
"Pica y Repica"
"Piensame Sola"
"Dimelo"
"No Pagare"
11:11 (1997–1998)
Compilations
Combo de Exitos: Somos la Historia (2006)
Solamente Sasha: Sus Exitos (2004)
Lo Mejor de Sasha (2002)
Cara a Cara (1997)
No Me Extraña Nada: Linea de Oro (1995)
Personalidad (1994)
Sus Exitos (1991)
La Coleccion (1990)
DVD
Combo de Exitos: Somos la Historia (2006)
Legado Musical (2005)
Reissues
Sus Exitos (2004)
No Me Extraña Nada (Sasha "1987") (2003)
11:11 (2009)
11:11 (2001)
Siento (2001)
Sus Exitos (1999)
Sus Exitos (1996)
Personalidad (1995)
Various artists compilations
Esta Navidad – Various Artists ("En el Portal de Belen") (1987)
Estrellas de Navidad – Various Artists ("Adelante Adelante") (1988)
Tambien Para Ti Es Navidad – Various Artists (1989)
Nueva Navidad – Various Artists ("Adelante Adelante")
Nos Vamos de Vacaciones – Various Artists ("Detras del Amor" ) (1989)
Juntos Ayer y Hoy – Various Artists ("Amor Amor") (1990)
El Estudio de Lara – Various Artists ("Noche de Ronda") (1990)
Mexico: Voz y Sentimiento – Various Artists ("Tu Desvario")(1991)
Feliz Navidad Te Desean – Various Artists ("Rodolfo el Reno de la Nariz Roja") (1991)
Muñecos de Papel – Various Artists (1991)
Alcanzar Una Estrella II - Various Artists (1991)
Boleros: Voz y Sentimiento – Various Artists ("Sorpresa") (1992)
De Epoca: La Era de los 80's – Sasha, Timbiriche, Alejandra Guzman, Lucero, Flans ("Remix Medley: Con Todos Menos Conmigo / Las Mil y Una Noches / Eternamente Bella / Cuentame / Timido / Tu y Yo Somos Uno Mismo / Bazar / No Me Extraña Nada / Vete Con Ella / Me He Enamorado de Un Fan / Reina de Corazones / Corro, Vuelo, Me Acelero / Soy Un Desastre / No Controles / Besos de Ceniza") (1994)
Navidad de las Estrellas – Various Artists ("Medley: Alegres Cantada / Se Feliz / Santa Claus de Noche Vendra – Sasha, Yuri, Alejandra Avalos, Susana Zabaleta") (1995)
Collaborations
Hey Tu – Aleks Syntek ("Te Quiero Asi" – Aleks Syntek with Sasha) (1990)
Eres – Calo / Sasha ("Eres: Version Original" – Calo with Sasha) ("Eres: Techno Mix" – Calo with Sasha) (1991)
Mixes y Remixes – Calo ("Eres: Techno Mix" – Calo with Sasha) (1992)
Realidad – Fratta ("Las Flores – Fratta with Sasha) (1999)
Basico 3 – Revolver ("Ay Amor" – Carlos Goñi with Sasha) (2006)
Papito – Miguel Bosé ("No Encuentro Un Momento Pa´ Olvidar" Miguel Bosé with Sasha) (2007)
With Timbiriche
1982: Timbiriche
1982: La Banda Timbiriche
1983: En Concierto
1983: Disco Ruido
1983: Que No Acabe Navidad
1984: Vaselina
1985: Rock Show
With Reencuentro Timbiriche
1989: Los Clásicos de Timbiriche
1998: Timbiriche Clasico
1999: El Concierto
2007: Timbiriche 25
2007: Somos Timbiriche 25 en Vivo
2007: Timbiriche 25 Vivo en Vivo
2017: Timbiriche: Juntos
With Muñecos de Papel
Muñecos de Papel ("Muñecos de Papel" – Sasha, Ricky Martin, Angelica Rivera, Pedro Fernandez, Alex Ibarra) ("Siento" – Sasha) – Various Artists (1991)
Alcanzar Una Estrella II ("No Quiero Dejar de Brillar" – Sasha, Ricky Martin, Bibi Gaytan, Erick Rubin, Angelica Rivera, Pedro Fernandez) – Various Artists (1991)
Unedited tracks
"El Breve Espacio"
"El Premio Mayor" (ballad version)
"Ser Es Humano"
"Fama" (with Muñecos de Papel)
Unedited remixes
"Tengo Miedo": radio remix (available on 12" promo) (1992)
"Pica Y Repica": dance single (available on CD promo) (1993)
"Pica Y Repica": dance mix (available on CD promo) (1993)
"Sasha Mix": extended edit (available on CD promo) (2002)
"La Cucaracha": Iguana mix (available on CD promo) (2004)
Acting
Theater
Vaselina (Grease), as Sandy
La Flauta Mágica, Narrator
Films
Ámbar (1994), as Angélica
Una Historia Viva (short)
Television shows
Tres Generaciones (1988–1989), as Andrea (lead actress)
Cultura en Línea (2001–2002), as herself (host)
Big Brother VIP México (2005), as herself (contestant)
Buscando a Timbiriche: La Nueva Banda (2007), as herself (jury member)
Telenovelas
1991: Alcanzar Una Estrella II as Jessica Lascurain (first-billed actress)
1995: El Premio Mayor as Rosario Dominguez (lead actress)
1999: La Vida en el Espejo as Gabriela Muñoz (lead actress)
2002: El País de las Mujeres as Ana (lead actress)