María Onetto
María Onetto (born 18 August 1966 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine theatre, film, and television actress. She received the a 2011 Konex Award in entertainment for her theatrical work, and is also well known for her role in the 2006 Argentine TV series Montecristo, for which she won the Clarín and Martín Fierro Awards as best actress in drama and rising star. She also directed a localized production of rock musical Passing Strange in 2011.[1]
Onetto is the daughter of Estela Mary Pastore and Jorge Onetto, an employee of Segba and restauranteur who died of a sudden myocardial infarction in 1978 when María was 1 year old. The family lived in the suburb of Martínez, Buenos Aires. She was enrolled in a nuns' school, and at age 17 she began studying psychology at the University of Buenos Aires, where she took up acting in the theater. She graduated in 4 years and for a time worked in the same school as her mother, preparing psycho-pedagogical reports. In 1991 she entered Sportivo Teatral, theater workshop, which she greatly enjoyed. After taking classes there, she taught other actors. She left in 1996, planning to study literature, and moved to , but found she did want to be an actress, which she began with Rafael Spregelburd's production Dragging the Cross,[a] after which she ceased other work to focus solely on acting.[2]
She starred in 's 2008 film The Headless Woman, playing Veroníca, a middle-aged women who becomes haunted by guilt and disconnected from her normal life after a hit and run with an unidentified object.[3]
She features in a 2021 production of Eduardo "Tato" Pavlovsky's 1987 play Potestad (lit. Power) directed by Norman Briski, which takes inspiration from Noh theater and in which Onetto plays a girl's kidnapper.[4]
Cinema[]
- 2000: Lejanía (short film).
- 2005: Cuatro mujeres descalzas.
- 2006: La punta del diablo.
- 2007: The Other, as the hotel receptionist.
- 2007: Arizona sur, as the patron.
- 2008: The Headless Woman, as Verónica.
- 2008: Horizontal / Vertical, as Guadalupe.
- 2009: Nunca estuviste tan adorable, as Blanca.
- 2009: Rompecabezas, as María del Carmen.
- 2013: El cerrajero.
- 2014: The Seagull (adaptation).
- 2014: Wild tales.
- 2015: La vida después.
- 2017: The Heavy Hand of the Law.
Television[]
- 2004: El disfraz, como la Dra. Lavalle
- 2005: Mujeres asesinas 1
- Episode 3: "Claudia, cuchillera"
- Episode 10: "Stella, huérfana emocional"
- Episode 19: "Patricia, vengadora".
- 2006: Montecristo, as Leticia Lombardo
- 2008: Mujeres asesinas 4; Episode 11: "Noemí, desquiciada".
- 2009: Tratame bien, as Elsa
- 2010: Lo que el tiempo nos dejó.
- 2011: Televisión x la inclusión; Chapter 11: "Daños y prejuicios".
- 2012: 23 pares.
- 2014: Santos y pecadores: Televisión x la justicia; Chapter 6: "Lazos que duelen".
- 2014: ; Chapter 4: "Bautismo".
- 2014: En terapia
- 2016: La pulsera.
- 2017: Mis noches sin ti.
- 2018-2019: Mi hermano es un clon, as Elena Mónaco.
Theater[]
- 2011: Los hijos se han dormido
- 2013: Sonata de Otoño
- 2016: Idénticos
- 2017: Sobre Mirjana y los que la rodean
- 2017: Pequeño estado de gracia
- 2019: La persona deprimida
Awards and nominations[]
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
2001 | Clarín Awards | Actress, theater | La escala humana | Winner |
2006 | Martín Fierro Awards | Rising star (Artista revelación) | Montecristo | Winner |
Clarín Awards | Actress, TV Drama | Montecristo | Winner | |
2008 | Silver Condor Award for Best Film | Actress, leading | The Headless Woman | Winner |
2011 | Konex Awards | Actress, theater | Período 2001-2010 | Winner |
References[]
- ^ Factory, Troop Software. "María Onetto | Fundación Konex". www.fundacionkonex.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-04-08.
- ^ "María Onetto, la actriz inesperada - LA NACION" [María Onetto, the unexpected actress]. La Nación (in Spanish). 26 October 2008. ISSN 0325-0946. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
- ^ Johnson, G. Allen (2009-09-13). "Lucretia Martel's 'The Headless Woman'". SFGATE. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
- ^ Lucero, Carolina (13 March 2021). "Potestad por María Onetto". La Izquierda Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-04-08.
- ^ Arrastrando la cruz
External links[]
- María Onetto at IMDb
- María Onetto at the National Cinema website
- Biography of María Onetto at the Konex Foundation
- Actresses from Buenos Aires
- 21st-century Argentine actresses
- Argentine telenovela actresses
- Argentine film actresses
- Argentine stage actresses
- 1966 births
- Living people