Nanette Mirkovic has been married to CHiPs actor Erik Estrada for 27 years now. The film sound technician has pursued a career in the entertainment industry just like her husband.
She has also tried to pursue a career in acting just like her husband. She is known for the minor role she played in the feature film, Inside Out.
Nanette and her husband have one daughter Francesca, who is also an aspiring actress.
Here are 7 Interesting Facts about Nanette Mirkovic
1. Nanette Mirkovic’s early life and background
The actor’s wife seems to keep every detail about her life off the radar. However, there are speculations that she was born on June 12, 1959, but this has not been confirmed yet. If that is true then it means she is currently 64 On the other hand, her husband is the son of Carmen Moreno a seamstress, and Renildo Estrada.
He was born on March 16, 1949, to his parents of Puerto Rican descent. He was raised in Spanish Harlem.
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2. She is not the first wife of the actor
Nanette is the third wife of the actor. Estrada married his first wife Joyce Miller in November 1979 but the marriage only lasted for one year as it ended in 1980 with no children.
The actor later married an entertainment executive, songwriter, and producer Peggy Lynn Rowe in 1985. The pair had two sons before they divorced in 1990.
In 1997 Nanette Mirkovich met Estrada and they got married. According to reports, their marriage has been the longest marriage for the Hispanic actor.
Immediately after she married Erik, she took his last name and change her name to Nanette Estrada.
3. She has only one child
Although her husband has like three children only one is hers. Following their wedding in 1997, they welcomed their first child together in 2000. Nanette’s daughter, Francesca Natalia Estrada is an aspiring actress and she reportedly has a talk show as well.
Mirkovich is the stepmother of Anthony Eric and Brandon Michael Paul through her husband’s second marriage.
4. Is Nanette Mirkovic also an actress?
According to reports, the actor’s wife only appeared in a movie called Inside Out. It is as though she never appeared in other projects again. Nevertheless, her husband, who made his acting debo=ut in the 1970 film version of The Cross and the Switchblade has appeared in quite a number of movies.
He first fell in love with acting while he was in high school when he was picked to play the lead role in a school play.
His career continued to advance after he made his film debut and he had his first major movie role in the movie, Airport 75 in 1975. His role as Officer Francis Pouch Pouncherello in CHiPs became a breakthrough for him. Just as the movie was well received so was Estrada’s character. However, he later left CHiPs following a salary dispute with NBC.
Moving on, he landed his first big role after CHiPs in 1993 on the all Spanish-speaking soap opera, Dos Mujeres, Un Camino (Two Women, One Road). The show later became one of the biggest telenovelas in Latin American history and his career kept growing from there.
Some of the films he has appeared in include:
Aside from appearing in TV commercials and series, Erik became an activist in the later years of his career. He has toured with several organizations in other to educate both parents and young people about the dangers of online grooming. He was named the international Face of D.A.RE. the organisation that campaigned against drugs.
5. Nanette Mirkovich sent her husband an edible man thong on valentine’s day in 2012
After being married for 27 years, Mirkovich has not retired from sending sexy surprises to her husband. TMZ reported that she bought the Naughty and spice basket cookies from Snookies Cookies and other dirty little gifts and sent them to her husband in Hollywood.
The basket also included a romantic note which read,” Papo, You’re still the hottest thing in this lifetime for me! I’ll love you forever. Happy Valentine’s Day!”
6. Where is Nanette Mirkovich now?
Despite living her life privately, her proud daughter has continued to share photos of happy moments with the family. Francesca has celebrated her birthday a couple of times on social media and has also shared a couple of family photos in which the mother seems happy in it.
Notwithstanding, her husband became a reserve officer for the Muncie Police Department in Muncie, Indiana due to his CHiPs experience.
From Indiana, he was later moved to Virginia where he served as an Internet Crimes against Children investigator for eight years in Bedford County.
Reports say he has moved again to St. Anthony Idaho and he has been seen a couple of times patrolling on a police motorcycle. It is uncertain if the actor-turned-police officer is still active.
7. What is Nanette Mirkovich’s net worth?
Nanette Mirkovich’s (Estrada) career as a film sound engineer might have fetched her a huge amount of income but she has not confirmed this herself. The actor’s wife does not have an estimated net worth yet but her husband reportedly does.
Being a successful actor for over five decades was allegedly rewarding for Erik Estrada. At the moment, it is speculated that he has a net worth of about $4 million.
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