Sonia Martínez

Biography

María Sonia Martínez Mecha(23 September 1963 – 4 September 1994) was a Spanish actress and television presenter, known for her role in the Spanish version of the American science educational TV show 3-2-1 Contact, which aimed to teach science to children. Martínez played in films in the mid-1980s but is mainly known today for being one of the first Spanish celebrities to die from an AIDS-related illness. Martínez became a TV presenter after successful years as a teenage swimmer, winning a second prize in the championship of Castile. Her sister, Irene Martínez, was a gymnast, participating in the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympic Games. Martínez appeared in 3-2-1 Contact on Televisión Española (TVE) from 1982 to 1983, when the Spanish series ceased. From 1983 to 1984, she worked on a second TVE show, called Dabadabadá, another children-oriented broadcast.