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Full Mayte Garcia Biography
Mayte Jannell Garcia (b. 12 November 1973), better known as simply Mayte is a dancer and singer, best known as the former wife of pop-star, Prince. Born on a military base in Alabama, Garcia's parents (who are of Puerto Rican ancestry) relocated throughout the United States and Germany as a result of her father's military reassignments.
Mayte appeared on the American television program That's Incredible! at the age of 8 as the world's youngest professional belly dancer. She graduated from Wiesbaden American High School in Wiesbaden, Germany. This is the same high school that Priscilla Presley attended while dating Elvis.
Mayte first came to the attention of Prince in 1990 when her mother, Nell submitted a video cassette of Mayte's performance. Prince met the young dancer during the same year while on tour in Germany and eventually she was hired to dance in his Diamonds and Pearls tour. Her role was soon elevated as she became the focus of his next album, Love Symbol, and assumed the guise of an Egyptian princess for the concept album.
When Prince slimmed down the New Power Generation and changed his stage name to an unpronounceable symbol, Mayte revealed to fans her Puerto Rican heritage, remained in the NPG as a dancer, and often provided English and Spanish vocals on his albums. In 1995, Prince produced an album for Mayte entitled Child of the Sun for a European release on his NPG Records label. Singles for the album included "If I Love U 2 Night".
Rumors that Prince and Mayte were an item were confirmed when they announced their engagement not long after her album was released. They were married on Valentine's Day, 1996. Prince's 3-CD opus, Emancipation was largely dedicated to their union and their then-unborn child. The child, rumored to have been named Gregory, was born with Pfeiffer syndrome, a rare skull disease and died shortly after birth. The marriage was eventually annuled in 1999. Mayte received a house in Spain as a settlement. She was also linked to entertainment phenom Wade Robson
Garcia guest starred on the USA Network show "Psych" and TNT show "The Closer," and has appeared as a guest star on the hit shows "Las Vegas (TV series)" and "Nip/Tuck", as well as the films "Firehouse Dog", Charlie Wilson's War, and the independent film EGO, to be directed by Antonio Macia.
31-year-old Mayte was seen gyrating in a number called Deedaar De from producer Nitin ManmohanÂ's film Dus . The song is sung Sunidhi Chauhan and composed by Vishal-Shekhar.
Nitin says that he was looking for a girl with a hint of Latin American looks for the song in the film. He adds that Mayte fitted the bill perfectly because she has "a mix of Latin American and Indian looks."
She has recently been seen in a recurring role as a reporter on the ABC television series "Big Shots". |
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