Roxana Blanco (born 6 November 1967) is a

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an actress of film, theater, and television. She is a graduate of the .

Biography

Roxana Blanco is the sister of playwright Sergio Blanco. She took acting and singing classes at the Multidisciplinary School of Dramatic Art, where she graduated in the early 1990s. Since then she has developed a prolific theater career, which has earned her the three times. In 2012 she joined the cast of the , of which she remains a member. At the same time, she has developed an important film and television career that has given her international recognition and multiple awards. She has participated in films of great recognition in her country and abroad, such as ' by César Charlone, ''

The Delay ''The Delay'' ( es, La demora) is a 2012 Uruguayan drama film directed by Rodrigo Plá. The film was selected as the Uruguayan entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but ...

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Rodrigo Plá Rodrigo Plá (born 9 June 1968 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a Uruguayan screenwriter and director. He is best known for his 2007 film '' La Zona'' (The Zone). Plá studied photography, screenwriting and direction at the Centro de capacitación ci ...

, and ' by . For her leading role in '' Alma Mater'' by Álvaro Buela, she won the best actress award at the

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(France) in 2005. She received this again in 2012 for her work in ''The Delay''. Blanco has participated in more than twenty plays, representing texts by prominent figures of world theater. In 2009, she starred opposite Alejandra Wolff, Jenny Galván, and Andrea Davidovics in the television series ', based on the theatrical work she had previously starred in.

Theater

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José Sanchis Sinisterra José Sanchis Sinisterra (born June 28, 1940) is a Spanish playwright and theatre director. He was born in Valencia. He is best known, outside of Spain, for his award-winning play, ''¡Ay Carmela!''. In 2004 he won the Spanish National Dramatic ...

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* ''La Sangre'' by

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Three Tall Women ''Three Tall Women'' is a two-act play by Edward Albee, written in 1990, which won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Albee's third Pulitzer. Characters * A: A is a 92-year-old woman. She is thin, autocratic, proud, and wealthy, with "encroachi ...

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* ''Agatha'' by

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* ''Central Park West'' by

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* ''Frida'' by * ''

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* ''Roberto Zucco'' by

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* ''Querido lobo'' by

Roger Vitrac Roger Vitrac (; 17 November 1899 – 22 January 1952) was a French surrealist playwright and poet. Early life Roger Vitrac was born in Pinsac on 17 November 1899, before his family moved to Paris in 1910.:527 As a young man, he was influenced by ...

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'' by William Shakespeare * ' by

Nelson Rodrigues Nelson Falcão Rodrigues (August 23, 1912 – December 21, 1980) was a Brazilian playwright, journalist and novelist. In 1943, he helped usher in a new era in Brazilian theater with his play ''Vestido de Noiva (The Wedding Dress)'', considered ...

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Doña Rosita the Spinster ''Doña Rosita the Spinster'' ( es, Doña Rosita la soltera) is a period play by the 20th-century Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca. It is subtitled "or The Language of the Flowers" and described as "a poem of 1900 Granada, divided into v ...

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* ''Tango'' by

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With the Comedia Nacional

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* ''Terrorism'' by the

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Molly Sweeney ''Molly Sweeney'' is a two-act play by Brian Friel. It tells the story of its title character, Molly, a woman blind since infancy, who undergoes an operation to try to restore her sight. Like Friel's '' Faith Healer'', the play tells Molly's sto ...

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* ''La mitad de Dios'' by Gabriel Calderón * ''El tiempo todo entero'' by Romina Paula * '' The Visit'' by

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Film

* ' by * ''El sexo de las madres'' by Alejandra Marino * ''

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* ' by César Charlone * ''Nochebuena'' by * ' by Esteban Schroeder * '' Alma Mater'' by Álvaro Buela * ''9'' by Martín Barrenechea & Nicolás Branca

Awards

International

: Grand Prize for Female Performance (''Alma Mater'') and Best Actress (''The Delay'') *

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: Special Jury Prize (''Alma Mater'') *

Havana Film Festival The Havana Film Festival is a Cuban festival that focuses on the promotion of Latin American filmmakers. It is also known in Spanish as ''Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana,'' and in English as International Festiva ...

: Best Actress Award (''Alma Mater'') * : Best Actress Award (''Matar a todos'') * Syracuse International Festival: Special Mention (''Matar a todos'') * Costa Rica Festival: Best Actress (''The Delay'') * Catalonia Festival: Best Actress (''The Delay'') * Toulouse Festival: Best Actress (''El muerto y ser feliz'')

National

* Florencio Award for performance (''Menú de cuentos''), Best Supporting Actress (''Terrorism'', ''Roberto Zucco''), and Best Leading Actress (''Agatha'', ''La travesía'') * Parcum Prize awarded by the

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Cultural Parliament to one of the ten outstanding personalities of Uruguayan culture * Award of the Film Critics Association of Uruguay for Best Film Actress (''The Delay'') * (''Alma Mater'') * Fripesci Award for Film Performance and Best Film Actress (''Alma Mater'') *

Iris Award The NATPE Iris Awards are an honor for local television programming excellence presented annually in the United States by the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE). The awards were introduced in 1968 and were initially tit ...

(''Alma Mater'' and ''El lector por horas'') * Woman of the Year Award (''Alma Mater'', ''Matar a todos'', ''The Delay'')

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Blanco, Roxana 1967 births Actresses from Montevideo Living people Uruguayan film actresses Uruguayan stage actresses Uruguayan television actresses