Mercedes Sampietro

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Mercedes Sampietro
Premios Goya 2018 - Mercedes Sampietro.jpg
At the 32nd Goya Awards in 2018
Born
Mercedes Sampietro Marro

(1947-01-24) 24 January 1947 (age 76)
Barcelona, Spain
Other namesMercè Sampietro
Years active1970-

Mercedes Sampietro Marro (born 24 January 1947) is a Spanish actress.

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Biography

Mercedes Sampietro Marro was born in Barcelona on 24 January 1947. [1] She began her career as a stage actress in 1970. [2] Having performed as a voice actress in a number of films, [2] she made her film debut onscreen in Jaime Chávarri's To an Unknown God (1977). [3] She has worked five times with Pilar Miró. In 1981 she won the award for Best Actress at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival for her role in Gary Cooper, Who Art in Heaven . [4]

She won a Goya Award for Best Actress for her role in the 2002 Argentine-Spanish film Common Ground , [5] performing Liliana Rovira, a social worker, daughter to Spanish Republican exiles who settled in Argentina. [5] [6]

She has dubbed actresses including Meryl Streep, Diane Keaton, Kim Basinger, and Catherine Deneuve. [7]

Sampietro was the recipient of the 2003 National Cinematography Prize in Spain. [8]

She served as the president of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain from 9 October 2003 to 18 December 2006.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryTitleResult
1981 Fotogramas de Plata Best Spanish PerformerGary Cooper, que estás en los cielosWon
Moscow International Film Festival Best ActressWon
Taormina International Film Festival Bronze Mask AwardWon
1985 San Sebastián International Film Festival Best ActressExtramurosWon
1986 Fotogramas de Plata Best Movie ActressNominated
1987 Premios ACE Best ActressWon
1992 Fotogramas de Plata Best TV ActressUna hija masNominated
1993 Ondas Awards Best ActingEl pájaro de la felicidadWon
2000 Cinema Writers Circle Awards Best ActressBe My Side AgainNominated
Goya Awards Best ActressNominated
Turia Awards Special AwardWon
Catalan International Film Festival Best ActressWomenWon
2001 Butaca Awards Best Film ActressSilencio RotoWon
Toulouse Cinespaña Special MentionWon
2002 Cinema Writers Circle Awards Best Supporting ActressWon
San Sebastián International Film Festival Best ActressCommon GroundWon
2003 Argentinean Film Critics Association Best ActressNominated
Butaca Awards Best Film ActressWon
Cinema Writers Circle Awards Best ActressWon
Fotogramas de Plata Best ActressNominated
Goya Awards Best ActressWon
Gramado Film Festival Best ActressWon
Sant Jordi Awards Best Spanish ActressWon
Spanish Actors Union Best Female ActressWon
2005 Butaca Awards Best Film ActressUnconsciousNominated
Goya Awards Best Supporting ActressNominated
2006 Butaca Awards Best Film ActressObabaNominated
2008 Butaca Awards Best Film Actress53 días de inviernoNominated
Gijón International Film Festival Nacho Martinez AwardWon
2009 Gaudí Awards Best Short FilmTurismoWon
Málaga Spanish Film Festival Best Short FilmWon
2010 Murcia Week of Spanish Cinema Primavera AwardWon
2011 Zapping Awards Best ActressLa RieraNominated

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References

  1. ↑ "Mercedes Sampietro, actriz". El Periódico Extremadura . 14 November 2003.
  2. 1 2 "Mercedes Sampietro, Premio Nacional de Cine 2003". La Vanguardia . 12 November 2003.
  3. ↑ "Mercedes Sampietro recibirá el Premio Nacho Martínez en la clausura del Festival de Cine de Gijón". Ecodiario. 28 November 2008 – via El Economista.
  4. ↑ "12th Moscow International Film Festival (1981)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  5. 1 2 "Mercedes Sampietro recibe Goya Mejor Actriz por "Lugares comunes"". La Nación . 1 February 2003.
  6. ↑ Schmidt, Susana (2012). "Historias de la debacle y la migración en el imaginario fílmico argentino-español". Amérique Latine Histoire et Mémoire. Les Cahiers ALHIM. 23 (23). doi: 10.4000/alhim.4183 .
  7. ↑ "deneuve, mare i en pau". La Vanguardia . 31 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Mercedes Sampietro consigue el Premio Nacional de Cinematografía 2003". El País . 12 November 2003.
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