Thalia and her father Ernesto Sodi       The union of Ernesto Sodi y Pallares and Yolanda Miranda y
        Mange was a match made in heaven. They were blessed
        with a brood of 5 daughters . Each of whom was special in
        her own right, but little did they know that one was gifted
        with an extra special talent.

        Ariadne Thalia Sodi y Miranda was born on August 26, 1971
        in Hospital Espanol, Mexico City. She was the youngest  born
        following the births of Laura, Ernestina,Gabriela and  
        Frederica. Little did Snr. Sodi know that he would enjoy his youngest daughters company for only 
        5 years of her life.

       The death of a parent is devastating for any child. Specially one as caring and sensitive as
       Thalia. The sudden loss of her father drove her into a world of her own. She did not speak to
       anyone for a year and it drove her mother to bring her to see psychiatric specialists. She
       withdrew into a world of her own to deal with her fathers death. The year she came out of her
       self-imposed "World of Silence", the first thing she asked he r mother was "Where is my father ?"
      Thus began Thalia's coming to terms with death.

Thalia and her mother Yolanda Miranda

      Sñra. Sodi saw to it that all her girls got the proper education their
      father would be proud of. Thalia was sent to very good schools in
      Mexico for her educational training. As a child, she went to
      Thomas Alva Edison School, then she went on to Liceo Franco
      Mexicano A.C. (a french school in mexico). Had her entertainment
      career not beckoned so early, she would have finished her Pre
      University studies at Colegio Rossland CS.

     As an adolescent, she entertained dreams of becoming the
     Mexican "Nadia Comaneci", an Olympic Gold medalist and the only one to score perfect 10's in all
     her gymnastic events.  This dream led her to enroll at the age of 6 in Academia de Nellie Happee
     for Classical Ballet training.

     But the theatrical exposure she got from her eldest sisterLaura, influenced her to dream of
     becoming a singer and an actress. It was this ambition in her that drove little Thalia to control the
     temper tantrums most children have. In her sister Laura's own words, "If little Thalia misbehaved,
     she would not be allowed to watch me in my plays. This always worked. She was always well
     behaved. At the theater she would watch me with eager eyes and sometimes help pull the stage
     curtains."

    Thus, a wide-eyed  child's dream of her name being in bright lights was born.