Mónica Villa

Mónica Villa

Mónica Villa at Picadilly Theatre, before a rehearsal
Born Mónica Villa
(1954-12-16)16 December 1954
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality Argentine
Occupation actress
Years active 1976-present

Mónica Villa (born 1954) is an award-winning Argentine actress of stage, screen, and TV, as well as a researcher and educator. She earned a Best Actress award for her role as "Susana" in cult classic "Esperando la Carroza at the 1985 Festival de Cine Iberoamericano, in Huelva, Spain. She won an ACE Golden award for best leading actress in the 2002 comedy "Ojos traidores", a 2004 Premios Trinidad Guevara for best Actress of a Repertoire Company, a Premios Carlos de Oro for her 2011 performance as best lead actress in the theater production "Jardín De Otoño", and in 2015 a Premios Estrella de Mar for Best Female Performance in a Repertoire Company for "La Nona". In addition, she has been nominated for a Best Actress in a TV Special for the 2003 Premios Martín Fierro, making her acting work recognized in all three major media.

She was the first actor in Argentina to earn a Master's Degree and has published and had performed an opera for children. In addition, she has written and performed in the play “Raren bicho raro”.

Biography

Mónica Villa was born 16 December, 1954 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[1] She grew up in Villa Urquiza and dreamed of becoming a veterinarian or guitar player. At 13 or 14, she changed directions and began to pursue acting.[2] She began to study acting and enrolled in the classes of Hedy Crilla.[3] In an unusual move for Argentinian actors, she enrolled in the Argentine and Latin American Theater Program at Buenos Aires University (UBA) and qualified for the Master’s Degree in Argentine and Latin American Theater, with a thesis titled "José González Castillo, Militante de lo Popular". She became the first actor to attain a Master's degree[4] in Argentina in 2011 and has plans to publish her thesis as a book.[3]

Theater work

Villa made her theater debut in 1974 as Nancy in the comedy "The Knack", written by British playwright Ann Jellicoe directed by Augustín Alezzo. In 1976, she acted in the play "Como quien dice Adellach" in the Teatro de La Fábula in Buenos Aires under the direction of Rolando Revagliatti.[5] In 1980, Villa had a starring role in "Fando y Lys"[6] and her performance was well received leading to additional work in the theater and television offers.[7] She participated in 1982 in both the production of "El estupendo cornudo" at the Museo del Cine Pablo C. Ducrós Hicken,[8] and the Teatro Abierto in "Prohibido no pisar el cesped" by Rodolfo Paganini,[9] After a five year break for TV and film, in 1987 she performed in "Gasalla es el Maipo y el Maipo es Gasalla" with Antonio Gasalla[10] and "Dando pasos".[11]

After her son was born, Villa took a hiatus from theater for about a decade.[3] When she returned in 1998, her first presentation was "Rarem bicho raro", a comedy which she co-wrote with Silvia Kanter.[12] In 2002, she performed in "Ojos traidores" for which she won an ACE de Oro for Best Comedy Actress.[13][14] In 2004 and 2005, Villa performed in "De cirujas, putas y suicidas" for which she won the 2004 Premios Trinidad Guevara for best Actress of a Repertoire Company.[15][16] She received praise for her performance in "Pan de piedra" from 2007[17] and the comedy "8 mujeres", which began touring in 2011[18] and performed around the country through 2012.[19]

In 2011, she performed "Jardín De Otoño", for which she won Best Lead Actress in a Drama from Carlos de Oro Awards.[20] When Mujers ended, Villa began touring "La Nona". In 2015, she was nominated for a Premios Estrella de Mar for Best Female Performance in a Repertoire Company for it[21][22] and won the award.[23]

TV work

In 1981, Villa began performing in a series of Specials for ATC, including episodes "Sanatorium",[24] "Una cuestión de familia"[2] and "Abuso de confianza".[25] In 1986, she performed in "Soñar sin Límite"[26] and participated in TV specials like "Chantecler"[2] and "Los especiales de Alejandro Doria".[27] She also played in weekly serials including "Atreverse",[3] "Fiscales",[28] and "Chiquititas",[29] among many others, as she preferred to work in television while she was on hiatus from the theater and raising her son.[12] She also worked in episodes of "Los Simuladores", one of which she was nominated as Best Actress in a TV Special for the 2003 Premios Martín Fierro.[30]

Film work

"El pasajero del jardín" (1982), "El desquite" (1983), and "Darse cuenta" (1984) were Villa's first three films.[3] With her fourth film, she earned popular acclaim as "Susana"[31] in cult movie "Esperando la Carroza" (1985) filmed by Alejandro Doria,[32] for which she won the Best Actress Award at the XI Festival de Cine Iberoamericano, in Huelva, Spain—a corollary prize was awarded to American actor William Hurt in that year's edition of the festival.[33][34] The film has been called the "most important film made by the National Cinema" and[35] in fact, the sequel was not filmed as long as Alejandro Doria was living, as he did not want to "compete with a myth". The sequel, "Esperando la carroza 2" was released after his death, in 2009, 23 years after the original film.[36]

In 1985, Villa co-starred in "Tacos Altos" directed by Sergio Renán.[37] In 1993, she played "Señora Zamildio" with Italian actor Marcelo Mastroianni in "De Eso no se Habla"[38] written by María Luisa Bemberg.[39][40] In 2004 she made "Niña santa" directed by Lucrecia Martel[41] and in 2010 she appeared in "Largo viaje del día hacia la noche". The film was shot with minimal equipment and relied primarily on its staging and the talent of its leading trio of actors.[42] In 2014 she participated in the film, "Wild Tales" directed by Damián Szifrón.[43]

Other artistic endeavors

Villa wrote an opera, “Tortita” (Pancake) for children which was staged in 1983.[44] It was co-authored by Marta Merajver-Kurlat and the score was written by the late composer Carlos Constantini. The set was designed by Rosa Buk and it was performed under the direction of Jorge Roca at the Stained Glass Theater in Buenos Aires.[44]

In an effort to help rising young actors, Villa also teaches. She has offered seminars on the "History of Argentine Theater" for the Sociedad Argentina de Gestión de Actores Intérpretes (SAGAI) (Management Company of Argentinean Interpretive Actors),[45] and at La Casa de Moreira.[46]

Personal life

Villa is an amateur sculptor and enjoys music, the arts, cooking, and gardening. She is married and has one son, Francisco.

Awards

Performance

Film

Theater

Television

References

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  2. 1 2 3 Lamazares, Silvina (3 July 2010). "E Confesionario: Monica Villa" (in Spanish). Argentina: Clarín. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Hay un sello que yo les pongo a mis personajes" (in Spanish). Mar del Plata, Argentina: La Capital MDQ. 18 February 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  4. ↑ Schoo, Ernesto (22 October 2011). "Presencia de José González Castillo" (in Spanish). Argentina: La Nacion. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Rolando Revagliatti Teatro & etc". Revagliatti (in Spanish). Argentina: Revagliatti. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Fando y Lys - 1980". Acceder (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Ministére de la Culture. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  7. ↑ Pellettieri, Osvaldo (1994). De Lope de Vega a Roberto Cossa : (teatro español, iberoamericano y argentino) (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Ed. Galerna [u.a.] p. 50. ISBN 950-556-322-1. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "Lúcida resurrección de una farsa consagrada". Acceder (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Ministerio de Culture. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Teatro Abierto 1982 - Obras y elencos". Teatro del Pueblo-SOMI (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Teatro del Pueblo-SOMI. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  10. ↑ "Antonio Gasalla cuatro años después". Acceder (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Ministerio de Cultura. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  11. ↑ "El amor y el dolor, al son del "tap"". Acceder (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Ministerio de Cultura. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  12. 1 2 Cruz, Alejandro (20 March 1998). "Estrena el bicho raro de Mónica Villa" (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina: La Nacion. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  13. 1 2 "El director Carlos Gandolfo se alzó anoche con el ACE de Oro" (in Spanish). Argentina: La Capital. 11 December 2002. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  14. ↑ "Mónica Villa". Alternativa Teatral (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Alternativa Teatral. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  15. ↑ "Otorgarán los premios Trinidad Guevara" (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Noticias Urbanas. 27 June 2005. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  16. 1 2 "El teatro tuvo su noche de premios" (PDF) (in Spanish). Argentina: La Plata-Diario Hoy. 30 June 2005. p. 18. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
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  18. ↑ "Secretos de ocho mujeres" (in Spanish). Argentina: El Litoral. 26 October 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  19. ↑ "Angel Pereyra Inauguro la Temporada del Teatro Municipal Trinidad Guevara a Sala Llena" (in Spanish). Luján, Argengina: Municipalidad de Luján. 16 April 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  20. 1 2 "El Negro Alvarez y Cacho Buenaventura compartieron el premio Carlos de Oro" (in Spanish). Argentina: Ciudad. 15 February 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  21. ↑ "Premios Estrella de Mar 2015: los nominados son..." (in Spanish). Argentina: 123info. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  22. ↑ "Se entregan hoy los Premios Estrella de Mar" (in Spanish). Mar del Plata, Argentina: La Capital. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  23. 1 2 "Todos los ganadores de los premios Estrella de Mar 2015" (in Spanish). Argentina: La Nacion. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  24. ↑ "La patética historia de una adolescente". Acceder (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Ministerio de Cultura. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  25. ↑ Vicario, Elvira. "Los Especiales de ATC "Abuso de Confianza"". Elvira Vicario (in Spanish). Argentina: Elvira Vicario. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  26. ↑ "Soñar, conel recuerdo y valiosos testimonios". Acceder (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Ministerio de Cultura. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  27. ↑ "Decir que sí a lo bueno: Gran trabajo de Graciela Dufau para el ciclo de Doria". Acceder (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Ministerio de Cultura. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  28. ↑ "Fiscales: justos y pecadores: Entrevista con los protagonistas de Fiscales". Acceder (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Ministerio de Cultura. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  29. ↑ "Elenco de Chiquititas". Telenovelas (in Spanish). Argentina: Telenovelas. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  30. 1 2 "Se conocieron los nominados a los Martín Fierro" (in Spanish). Argentina: Los Andes. 1 April 2004. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  31. ↑ "Sábado 29: Bloque III". Rosario (in Spanish). Rosario, Argentina: Municipalidad de Rosario. April 2004. Retrieved 15 May 2015. Mónica Villa (actriz - como Susana)
  32. ↑ Soler, Paula (6 May 2015). "Las anécdotas del elenco de Esperando la carroza" (in Spanish). Argentinia: La Nacion. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  33. 1 2 "Hurt wins for Spider Woman". UPI. UPI. 7 December 1985. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  34. ↑ "Historia del Festival: Palmarés 1975 - 2004". Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva (in Spanish). Huelva, Spain: Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva. November 2005. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  35. ↑ Serrano, Leonardo (22 October 2010). "Esperando la Carroza: Al Gran Grotesco Argentino, ¡SALUD!" (in Spanish). Argentina: Locox el Cine. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  36. ↑ "Estreno de Esperando la carroza" (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Efemérides. AEM. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  37. ↑ "Tacos Altos" Check |url= value (help). La Pampa.edu (in Spanish). Argentina: La Pampa. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  38. ↑ "De eso no se habla (I Don't Want to Talk About It) (1993)". Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  39. ↑ Foster, David William (Autumn 2002). "De eso no se habla: A Film of Queer Difference". María Luisa Bemberg Entre lo Político y lo Personal (Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos). Vol. 27 (No. 1): 177–192. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  40. ↑ Escudero, Mónica (Autumn 2002). "Tragedy in María Luisa Bemberg's De eso no se habla". María Luisa Bemberg Entre lo Político y lo Personal (Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos). Vol. 27 (No. 1): 193–206. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
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  42. ↑ Monteagudo, Luciano (4 November 2011). "Largo viaje del día hacia la noche" (in Spanish). Argentina: Página 12. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  43. ↑ "Wild Tales (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  44. 1 2 Muela Sopeña, Ana (editor) (June 24, 2011). "Los CicIistas Blancos". Poesia de Mujeres (in Spanish). Argentina: Poesia de Mujeres. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  45. ↑ "Ser profesionales, un trabajo conjunto". Sociedad Argentina de Gestión de Actores Intérpretes (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Sociedad Argentina de Gestión de Actores Intérpretes. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  46. ↑ "Seminario de Historia del Teatro Argentino". Edgardo Moreira (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Edgardo Moreira. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  47. ↑ "Simpáticas viñetas porteñas" (in Spanish). Argentina: La Nacion. 16 October 2004. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  48. 1 2 3 "Mónica Villa entre la televisión y el teatro" (in Spanish). Argentina: Eldia. 11 June 2007. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  49. 1 2 "Mónica Villa: “Es un honor hacer un personaje que esté en la memoria colectiva de la gente”" (in Spanish). Cordoba, Argentina: La Mañana de Cordoba. 2 February 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2015.

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