Paola Barrientos

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Paola Barrientos
Born (1974-02-23) February 23, 1974 (age 51)
Alma materEscuela Metropolitana de Arte Dramático
OccupationActress
Years active2000–present
SpouseConrado Geiger
ChildrenJano Geiger (b. 2008)
Clara Geiger (b. 2013)

Paola Barrientos (born February 23, 1974, in San Fernando, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine actress. She worked in theater for several years. She took part in a successful TV spot of Banco Galicia, which allowed her to work in the 2012 telenovela Graduados . [1]

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Biography

Paola Barrientos began her acting studies after her graduation from high school. She was initially rejected by the Escuela Metropolitana de Arte Dramático and accepted at a later test.

Career

She began to work in several underground theaters, in plays such as 3-ex, Teo con Julia and Exhibición y desfile, attended by very few people. Elijo la libertad has scripts by Conrado Geiger, Paola's husband. [2] The play Estado de ira allowed her to be hired for several other productions. She became famous taking part in an advertisement for the Galicia bank, a parody of the Titanic film. She played the famous scene at the stern of the ship, making sharky remarks to a husband who failed to be romantic. The advertisement was co-starred by the actor Gonzalo Suárez, and was followed by similar ones. [3] [4] The actress Marilú Marini saw her at the Estado de Ira play and proposed her to work together at Complejo Teatral. The play Las criadas, starred by Barrientos and Marini, is a huge success, with tickets solds for weeks in advance. [2] Estado de ira allowed her as well to be included in the cast of Graduados . Actress Andrea Pietra saw the play and advised her friend Nancy Dupláa, lead actress of the telenovela, to hire her for the role of the best friend of Dupláa's character, Victoria Lauría. [2] Although Paola Barrientos made her first major work in television at the age of 38, Nancy Dupláa praised her professionalism and her adaption to the medium. As a result of the success of her character, Paola Barrientos was included in the front page of several Argentine magazines in 2012. [2] She ended working in the Galicia advertisements in 2018, after 9 years. It was rumored that she was replaced because of her political ideas, close to Kirchnerism, but she clarified that she resigned simply because she considered that she had worked enough in those ads. [5]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleCharacterChannel
2000Chabonas América TV
2005 Casados con Hijos Moni's friend/Dolores Parreiro Telefe
2006Hechizada Telefe
2007 Lalola América TV
2010 Para vestir santos Carolina Canal 13
2010-2011Contra las cuerdasRomina TV Pública
2012 Graduados María Victoria "Vicky" Lauria Telefe
2012El hombre de tu vidaNora Telefe
2013Historias de corazónSofía Telefe
2014-2015 Viudas e hijos del Rock & Roll Miranda Bettini de Arostegui Telefe
2016Jostel TV Pública
2016 Educando a Nina María Victoria "Vicky" Lauria Telefe
2016Según RoxiAndrea Rodríguez TV Pública
2018 100 días para enamorarse Bettina Telefe
2018-2019El jardín de bronce HBO
2020Volver a empezar Telefe

Movies

YearMovieCharacterDirector
2014Ciencias naturalesJimenaMatías Lucchesi
2015Papeles en el vientoJuan Taratuto
2017 The Heavy Hand of the Law Gloria Soriano Fernán Mirás
2018Amor UrgenteDiego Lublinsky
2019La afinadora de árbolesClaraNatalia Smirnoff
2020Crímenes de familiaPsicólogaSebastián Schindel
2023 Casi muerta Paula Fernán Mirás

Theater

TitleDirector
Las criadasCiro Zorzoli
Un tranvía llamado deseoDaniel Veronesse
Exhibición y desfileCiro Zorzoli
Mujeres de carne podridaJosé María Muscari
SañaPaola Barrientos
6. Cuentos putos, no cometerás actos impuros Alejandro López
Uno en secretoCiro Zorzoli
Pornografía emocionalMatías Méndez and José María Muscari
Marchita como el díaJosé María Muscari
OlivoMonina Bonelli
Elijo la soledadPaola Barrientos
Teatro para pájarosDaniel Veronese
El niño en cuestiónCiro Zorzoli
CrónicasXavier Durringer
Teo con JuliaFernanda Orazi and Diego Velázquez
Belleza crudaBernardo Cappa and José María Muscari
GrasaJosé María Muscari
3EX - pieza íntima para teatroMoro Anghileri and Gustavo Tarrío
TarasconesCiro Zorzoli

Awards and nomination

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2010 Martín Fierro Awards Revelation ArtistContra las cuerdasNominated
2012 Martín Fierro Awards Supporting Actress Graduados Winner
2012 Tato Awards Supporting Actress in Daily Fiction Graduados Winner
2016 Silver Condor Awards Best Female RevelationCiencias naturalesWinner

References

  1. Carola Birgin and Soledad Simond (July 23, 2012). "Paola Barrientos: conocé a la revelación de Graduados" [Paola Barrientos: Meet the revelation of Graduados] (in Spanish). Oh La La. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Alejandro Cruz (August 12, 2012). "Paola Barrientos: "La tele te transforma en un muñequito de Disney"" [Paola Barrientos: "The TV turns you into a Disney toy"] (in Spanish). La Nación. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  3. Sandra Commisso. "La chica que saltó de la tanda al programa" [The girl who jumped from the advertisement to the programme] (in Spanish). Clarín. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  4. Nicolás Coppa. "La fama no cambió mi manera de ser en la vida" [Fame did not change my attitude towards life] (in Spanish). Paparazzi. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  5. "Paola Barrientos respondió a la polémica por su salida de una popular publicidad: 'No tuvo que ver con mi postura política'" [Paola Barrientos replied to the controversy over her departure from a popular advertisement: 'it was unrelated to my political ideas'] (in Spanish). La Nación. March 26, 2018. Retrieved March 25, 2018.