Paola Barrientos
| Paola Barrientos | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Argentina |
| Alma mater | Escuela Metropolitana de Arte Dramático |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Notable work | Graduados |
| Awards | Tato Award as best supporting actress in daily fiction |
Paola Barrientos 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]
Biography
Paola Barrientos began her acting studies after her graduation from high school. She was initially rejected by the EMAD (Spanish: Escuela Metropolitana de Arte Dramático), and accepted at a later test. She began to work in several underground theaters, in plays such as 3-ex, Teo con Julia (Spanish: Teo with Julia) and Exhibición y desfile (Spanish: Exhibition and parade), attended by very few people. Elijo la libertad (Spanish: I choose freedom) has scripts by Conrado Geiger, Paola's husband.[2]
The play Estado de ira (Spanish: State of anger) 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 (Spanish: The maids), 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]
Works
Theater
- Las criadas
- Un tranvía llamado deseo
- Exhibición y Desfile
- Estado de ira
- Mujeres de Carne Podrida
- Saña
- Cuentos putos, no cometerás actos impuros
- Uno en secreto
- Pornografía emocional
- Marchita como el dia
- Olivo
- Elijo la soledad
- Teatro para pájaros
- El niño en cuestión
- Crónicas
- Teo con Julia
- Belleza cruda
- Grasa
- 3EX
Television
- Para vestir santos (2010)
- Contra las cuerdas (2010)
- Graduados (2012)
- Viudas e hijos del Rock and Roll (2014)
References
- ↑ 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.
- 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.