María Fernanda Ríos

In 2021, she was a juror on the fifth season of Soy el mejor.

In July 2019, through her official Instagram account, she announced that she had married Colombian model Miguel Ángel Álvarez. However, approximately four months later she announced their separation. In December 2020, she confirmed on social media that their divorce was final.

From 2018 to 2019, she starred in the biographical telenovela Sharon la Hechicera [es], playing the late singer in her adulthood until her death. In real life, Ríos had been very close to Hechicera since her time in the group Leche y Chocolate, recalling "I worked with Sharon. And then she was my boss and I learned things with her. Then I belonged to another group, then we were friends, and now I am the one who is playing her."

As a juror on the fourth season of Ecuador's Got Talent in 2015, Ríos rebuked a 16-year-old contestant for being an atheist, advising that she would never be successful if she did not believe in God. The criticisms that emerged from various atheist associations had wide repercussions in the domestic and international press. Following comments made toward her via social networks, she answered her critics directly, which the program's producers considered to be inappropriate. She was dismissed from the jury, leaving her companions Wendy Vera, Paola Farías, and Fernando Villarroel to judge the semifinals.

Ríos made her debut as a fashion designer at Salinas Fashion Week 2014. She has a line of clothing sold under the brand MFR.

She was nominated for ITV Awards [es] for Best Comedy Actress in 2013, 2014, and 2015.

She moved to Ecuavisa in 2010, playing the character Selva Monina in the telenovela La taxista [es], starring Claudia Camposano [es]. After its success, Ecuavisa created the spin-off comic series El Combo Amarillo, which Ríos remained with until its conclusion in 2016. She was also a juror for the second, third, and fourth seasons of Ecuador's Got Talent [es].

María Fernanda Ríos Villalta (born February 20, 1982), also known as Mafer Ríos, is an Ecuadorian actress, singer, model, and fashion designer. She is known for performing in the tecnocumbia groups Leche y Chocolate and Kandela & Son, for acting in TV series such as El Combo Amarillo and Los Hijos de Don Juan, and for being a juror on Ecuador's Got Talent [es]. In 2018, she played entertainer Sharon la Hechicera in an eponymous telenovela [es].

María Fernanda Ríos was born in Guayaquil on February 20, 1982. She studied ballet and attended the Danzas Jazz academy.