Mercedes Sampietro

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Mercedes Sampietro
At the 32nd Goya Awards in 2018
Born
Mercedes Sampietro Marro

(1947-01-24) 24 January 1947 (age 77)
Barcelona, Spain
Other namesMercè Sampietro
Years active1970-

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

Biography[edit]

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[edit]

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year Award Category Title Result
1981 Fotogramas de Plata Best Spanish Performer Gary Cooper, que estás en los cielos Won
Moscow International Film Festival Best Actress Won
Taormina International Film Festival Bronze Mask Award Won
1985 San Sebastián International Film Festival Best Actress Extramuros Won
1986 Fotogramas de Plata Best Movie Actress Nominated
1987 Premios ACE Best Actress Won
1992 Fotogramas de Plata Best TV Actress Una hija mas Nominated
1993 Ondas Awards Best Acting El pájaro de la felicidad Won
2000 Cinema Writers Circle Awards Best Actress Be My Side Again Nominated
Goya Awards Best Actress Nominated
Turia Awards Special Award Won
Catalan International Film Festival Best Actress Women Won
2001 Butaca Awards Best Film Actress Silencio Roto Won
Toulouse Cinespaña Special Mention Won
2002 Cinema Writers Circle Awards Best Supporting Actress Won
San Sebastián International Film Festival Best Actress Common Ground Won
2003 Argentinean Film Critics Association Best Actress Nominated
Butaca Awards Best Film Actress Won
Cinema Writers Circle Awards Best Actress Won
Fotogramas de Plata Best Actress Nominated
Goya Awards Best Actress Won
Gramado Film Festival Best Actress Won
Sant Jordi Awards Best Spanish Actress Won
Spanish Actors Union Best Female Actress Won
2005 Butaca Awards Best Film Actress Unconscious Nominated
Goya Awards Best Supporting Actress Nominated
2006 Butaca Awards Best Film Actress Obaba Nominated
2008 Butaca Awards Best Film Actress 53 días de invierno Nominated
Gijón International Film Festival Nacho Martinez Award Won
2009 Gaudí Awards Best Short Film Turismo Won
Málaga Spanish Film Festival Best Short Film Won
2010 Murcia Week of Spanish Cinema Primavera Award Won
2011 Zapping Awards Best Actress La Riera Nominated

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Mercedes Sampietro, actriz". El Periódico Extremadura. 14 November 2003.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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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