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{{Short description|Mexican actress (1959–2019)}}
{{for|the Secretary General of the Danish Refugee Council|Christian Friis Bach}}
{{Family name hatnote|Bach|Bottino|lang=Spanish}}
{{more footnotes needed|date=January 2013}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Christian Bach
| image              = Christian bach.jpg
| caption            =
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1959|5|9|}}
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2019|2|26|1959|5|9}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Muere la actriz Christian Bach a los 59 años |url=https://www.quien.com/espectaculos/2019/03/01/muere-la-actriz-christian-bach-a-los-59-anos |website=quien.com |date=March 2019 |accessdate=1 March 2019 |language=Spanish}}</ref>
| birth_place        = [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina
| death_place        = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| birthname          = Adela Christian Bach Bottino
| occupation         = Actress, producer
| years_active       = 1976–2014
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Humberto Zurita]]|1986}}
| children           = {{plain list|
* [[Sebastián Zurita]]
* [[Emiliano Zurita]] }}
}}

'''Adela Christian Bach Bottino''' (May 9, 1959 – February 26, 2019), known as '''Christian Bach''', was an [[Argentine Mexicans|Argentine-born Mexican]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://listas.20minutos.es/lista/famosos-naturalizados-mexicanos-343585|title= Famous naturalized Mexicans|accessdate=19 February 2013}}</ref> actress and producer of [[telenovela]]s produced by companies such as [[Televisa]], [[TV Azteca]] and [[Telemundo]].

Her most famous works in telenovelas with Televisa included ''Los ricos también lloran'' (1979), ''Soledad'' (1980), ''Bodas de odio'' (1983),<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://celebspodium.com/news/argentine-actress-christian-bach-dies-at-the-age-of-59/|title=Argentine Actress, Christian Bach Dies At The Age of 59|date=2019-03-02|website=Celebspodium|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-25}}</ref> ''De pura sangre'' (1985) and ''Encadenados'' (1988). With TV Azteca her most relevant works included ''Agua y aceite'' (2002), which she also produced along with her husband [[Humberto Zurita]], and ''Vidas robadas'' (2010). With Telemundo her works included ''La Patrona'' (2013) and ''La Impostora'' (2014).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nbcchicago.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/Christian-Bach-Argentina-Actress-Obit-506555271.html|title=Argentine Actress Christian Bach Has Died at 59|last=Local|first=Telemundo|website=NBC Chicago|date=March 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-03-25}}</ref>

==Biography==
Bach was born in Buenos Aires to Roberto Bach Meizegeier and Adela Bottino Adamowa (better known as Adela Adamowa).<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=González|first=Renata|date=March 2019|title=El tierno y nostálgico álbum de la familia Zurita-Bach|url=https://www.quien.com/espectaculos/2019/03/01/el-tierno-y-nostalgico-album-de-la-familia-zurita-bach|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302005424/https://www.quien.com/espectaculos/2019/03/01/el-tierno-y-nostalgico-album-de-la-familia-zurita-bach |archive-date=2019-03-02 |access-date=|website=quien.com}}</ref> After graduating with a [[law school|degree in law]] Christian Bach moved to Mexico to become an actress.<ref name=":1" /> She started working in plays and in films, where her voice was often dubbed to conceal her Argentine accent. She obtained a small role in the worldwide hit telenovela ''[[Los ricos también lloran]]'' in 1979 and four years later a starring role in the successful ''Bodas de odio''.

In 1986 she co-starred with Zurita in ''[[De pura sangre]]'' and in the same year they got married.<ref>{{cite web |last1=González |first1=Moisés |title=El amor incondicional entre Humberto Zurita y Christian Bach: "No me concibo separado de ella" |url=https://peopleenespanol.com/celebridades/humberto-zurita-christian-bach-matrimonio/ |website=peopleenespanol.com |publisher=[[People en Español]] |accessdate=1 March 2019 |language=Spanish}}</ref> Ten years later and after a string of successful productions with [[Televisa]] the Zurita-Bach couple decided to form their own production company, '''ZUBA Producciones''', and to move to nascent network [[TV Azteca]]. Two years later they produced two telenovelas for the station, ''La chacala'' and ''[[Azul Tequila]]'', a successful production that launched the career of [[Bárbara Mori]] and [[Mauricio Ochmann]]. In the 1980s she recorded an album as a solo singer, but the album lacked success and interest from the public.

In 1984 and 1989, Bach won the Best Actress award at the [[TVyNovelas]].<ref name=":1" /> She also won the Best Actress TuMundo from Telemundo in 2013.<ref name=":1" />

Bach died on February 26, 2019, due to respiratory failure.<ref>{{cite web |last1=González |first1=Moisés |title=Muere la actriz Christian Bach a sus 59 años |url=https://peopleenespanol.com/telenovelas/muere-actriz-christian-bach/ |website=peopleenespanol.com |publisher=[[People en Español]] |accessdate=1 March 2019 |language=Spanish}}</ref> Her death was announced March 1 due to the actress' desire to keep personal matters private.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.laprensalatina.com/muere-la-actriz-christian-bach-tras-sufrir-un-paro-respiratorio/|title=Muere la actriz Christian Bach tras sufrir un paro respiratorio|last=Fugueroa|first=Rafael|date=2019-03-01|website=La Prensa Latina|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-25}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
=== Films ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Brigada en acción]]''
| 
| 
|-
| 1980
| ''La venganza del lobo negro''
| 
|
|-
| 1981
| ''Duelo a muerte''
| 
|
|-
| 1985
| ''Secuestro sangriento''
| 
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Gavilán o Paloma (film)|Gavilán o paloma]]''
| Anel
|
|-
| 1989
| ''Los placeres ocultos''
| 
|
|-
| 1992
| ''Soy libre''
| 
|
|-
| 1993
| ''Yo, tú, el, y el otro''
| 
|
|-
| 1994
| ''El hombre de Blanco''
| Erika
|
|-
| 2008
| ''Trancoso, retazos de vidas''
| Rafaella
| [[Short film]]
|-
| 2010
| ''[[El secreto]]''
| Claudine
| 
|-
| 2013
| ''Deseo''
| Señora 
| 
|-
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1978
| ''La mujer frente al amor''
| 
| 3 episodes
|-
| 1978
| ''Te sigo queriendo Ana''
| 
|
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Verónica (telenovela)|Verónica]]''
| María Teresa
| 3 episodes
|-
| 1979
| ''Propiedad horizontal''
| Vicky
| 19 episodes
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Los ricos también lloran]]''
| Joanna Smith
|
|-
| 1980-1981
| ''[[Soledad (telenovela)|Soledad]]''
| Chelo Sánchez Fuentes
| 284 episodes
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Colorina (Mexican TV series)]]''
| Peggy
| 3 episodes
|-
| 1982
| ''[[El amor nunca muere (telenovela)|El amor nunca muere]]''
| Cecilia
| 194 episodes
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Bodas de odio]]''
| Magdalena
| 151 episodes
|-
| 1985
| ''[[De pura sangre]]''
| Florencia
| 55 episodes
|-
| 1988-1989
| ''[[Encadenados (1988 TV series)|Encadenados]]''
| Catalina
| 179 episodes
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Atrapada (1991 TV series)|Atrapada]]''
| Camila Montero
| 95 episodes
|-
| 1993
| ''Videoteatros: Véngan corriendo que les tengo un muerto''
| 
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Bajo un mismo rostro]]''
| Irene Saldívar Teodorakis
| 100 episodes
|-
| 1996
| ''[[La antorcha encendida]]''
| María Ignacia "Güera" Rodríguez
| 138 episodes
|-
| 1997
| ''La chacala''
| Gilda Almada / Liliana Almada / Delia de Almada / La chacala
| 180 episodes
|-
| 2002
| ''Agua y aceite''
| Julieta
| 68 episodes
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Vidas robadas (Mexican telenovela)|Vidas robadas]]''
| María Julia Echeverría de Fernández Vidal / Maria Emilia Echeverria Ruiz
| 141 episodes
|-
| 2013
| ''[[La Patrona]]''
| Antonia Guerra "La Patrona"
| 127 episodes
|-
| 2014
| ''[[La impostora]]''
| Raquel Altamira
| 120 episodes
|-
|}

==TV shows==
* Videoteatros: ''Véngan corriendo que les tengo un muerto'' (1993; producer)

==See also==
* [[Foreign-born artists in Mexico]]
* [[List of Argentines]]

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.alma-latina.net/01actresses/c/christian_bach.shtml Christian Bach profile] at Alma-Latina.net 
* {{IMDb name|0045298|Christian Bach}}
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20081211042554/http://zurita-bach.com/ Profile]}} at Zurita-Bach.com 
* {{Cinenacional name|id=christian-bach|old_id=672|name=Christian Bach}}

{{TVyNovelas Award for Best Lead Actress}}
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[[Category:1959 births]]
[[Category:2019 deaths]]
[[Category:Actresses from Buenos Aires]]
[[Category:Argentine film actresses]] <!-- citizenship -->
[[Category:Argentine people of Italian descent]]
[[Category:Argentine telenovela actresses]]
[[Category:Argentine emigrants to Mexico]]
[[Category:Mexican film actresses]] <!-- citizenship -->
[[Category:Mexican telenovela actresses]]
[[Category:Naturalized citizens of Mexico]]
[[Category:Deaths from respiratory failure]]


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