Dalma Nerea Maradona (born 2 April 1987) is an Argentine actress.

Biography

Dalma Maradona was born 2 April 1987 at Clínica del Solin in

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, the daughter of Claudia Villafañe and

Diego Maradona Diego Armando Maradona Franco (30 October 196025 November 2020) was an Argentine professional association football, football player and manager. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, he was one of the two ...

. Her paternal grandfather Diego Maradona "Chitoro" (1927–2015), who worked at a chemicals factory, was of

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(Indigenous) and

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(

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) descent, and her paternal grandmother Dalma Salvadora Franco, "Doña Tota" (1929–2011), was of

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and Croatian descent. Her father played for football club

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. She also lived for some time in the Spanish city of

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for the same reason. At the age of six, she returned to Buenos Aires to live with her grandmother, since she did not feel comfortable in

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. She began her training in acting at the school of Hugo Midón. After an exhaustive selection, she managed to be one of the hundred applicants to enter the University Institute of Art (IUNA), receiving a Bachelor of Acting in 2011. She went to Saint Edward's College, in the city of Vicente López. Dalma maintained a sentimental relationship with Fernando Molina for more than 8 years. In 2011, she separated from Molina, abruptly, due to an alleged infidelity. On 31 March 2018, after five years of dating, Dalma married Andrés Caldarelli. On 12 March 2019, the first daughter from their marriage, whom they called Roma, was born in Buenos Aires.

Career

Dalma began her career in 1997, at the age of nine, in the children's television series Cebollitas, which told the story of a group of child football players at a neighborhood club where she played the role of Sofía. In 2003, she recorded scenes for a chapter of the TV series "Hospital Público" that aired on

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playing the role of a pregnant teenager who arrives at a hospital guard with contractions. Later, in 2005, she made her theater debut with the children's play "Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf" at the

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on Avenida Corrientes. In 2008, she made her film debut in the film La Rabia, directed by

Albertina Carri Albertina Carri (born 1973, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine filmmaker and writer who was part of the New Argentine Cinema movement. Her films have been screened at festivals including Cannes Film Festival, Cannes, Berlin International Film Festival ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maradona, Dalma 1987 births Living people Actresses from Buenos Aires Argentine film actresses Argentine telenovela actresses Argentine television actresses Argentine people of Guaraní descent Argentine people of Italian descent Argentine people of Basque descent Maradona family