Susana Raquel "Susú" Pecoraro (born December 4, 1952) is an Argentine film and television

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, one of the most popular of the country.

Career

Susana Raquel Pecoraro was born in

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in 1952. She enrolled at the Dramatic Arts Conservatory in 1970 and graduated in 1975. She debuted in the theatre of Argentina in 1976, with a role in ''Yo, Argentino'' (''I'm (a disinterested) Argentine''), and on

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in a 1977 Channel 13

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. She later had a role in a 1977

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based on Emily Brontë's ''

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'', and in 1978, debuted in the cinema of Argentina with a bit part in

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's '' Allá lejos y hace tiempo'' (''Long Ago and Far Away''). She was cast by

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in her 1982 drama, ''Señora de nadie'' (''Nobody's Wife''), and in 1984, she starred in the title role in Bemberg's historical drama, '' Camila'', portraying Camila O'Gorman, a 19th-century Argentine socialite. The role earned her a Best Actress award at the Karlovy Vary and

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s.Imdb awards: Susú Pecoraro
/ref> Later notable film roles in the decade included that of the wife of a man abducted by the dictatorship in

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' '' Sur'' (1987), and of Argentine intellectual in

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's '' Los Amores de Kafka'' (1988). She continued to work in theatre, and in 1992 returned to cinema as a lovelorn woman in

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's ''

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'' (''Where Are You, Love of My Life?''), later starring opposite

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as two lonely Argentines who meet by chance in Diego Musiak's ''Historias clandestinas en

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'' (1996). Among her more notable stage roles afterward were in a local 1995 production of

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' ''

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'', and in a 2002 production of Eve Ensler's ''

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''. Her turn as the title character in

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's '' Roma'' (2004) earned her a second Havana Film Festival Best Actress award, as well as ones from the Argentine Film Critics Association and Clarín. She portrayed the hysteric Sister Aloysius in a 2006 production of

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's play '' Doubt: A Parable'', and in 2011 was cast by Nicolás Gil Lavedra as the president of the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, Estela Barnes de Carlotto, in ''Estela''.''Página/12'': Abrazar a Susú es como abrazar a una hija querida
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Notes

Cine Nacional: Susú Pecoraro

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pecoraro, Susu 1952 births Living people People from Buenos Aires Argentine people of Italian descent Argentine film actresses Argentine television actresses