La Prohibida | |
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![]() La Prohibida in 2009 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Amapola López (born Luis Herrero Cortés) |
Born | Chiclana de la Frontera, Cádiz, Spain | 21 June 1971
Genres | Electropop |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Years active | 1996 – present |
La Prohibida (in Spanish, The Forbidden Woman), previously "'La Perdida"' (The Lost Woman) is the stage name of Amapola López (born Luis Herrero Cortés, 1971), a Spanish pop and electronic music singer. [1]
Her mother was from Valencia and her father from Basque Country. She left her parents' home when she was sixteen to work and study in several cities such as Barcelona, London, Rio de Janeiro and Rome. She began her career in show business in 1996.