Katja Alemann is an Argentine actress and writer.
Biography
Katja Alemann is the stepsister of the former Minister of Economy,
Roberto Alemann
Roberto Alemann (December 22, 1922 – March 27, 2020) was an Argentine lawyer, economist, publisher, and academic.
Twice Minister of Economy, he was also the Argentine ambassador to the United States and director of the traditional Argentine-Ge ...
. She was married to
Omar Chabán, and worked with him to open the
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nightclub in 1985. She appeared at the inauguration dressed in a
Valkyrie
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costume, accompanied by a chariot with horses.
Their marriage ended in 2001.
Alemann posed in 1987 for the Argentine edition of ''
Playboy
''Playboy'' is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother.
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'' magazine; the photos were released the following year. In 1989, as she had become even more famous, ''Playboy'' released the unused photos from the previous photo session. Alemann sued the magazine for the unauthorized commercial use of the photos, asking for their payment as if she had posed for a second time.
Alemann was the lead actress of ''
La última mirada'' (''The last sight''), a 2011 film about the
Dirty War
The Dirty War ( es, Guerra sucia) is the name used by the military junta or civic-military dictatorship of Argentina ( es, dictadura cívico-militar de Argentina, links=no) for the period of state terrorism in Argentina from 1974 to 1983 ...
. The movie was directed by Jorge Víctor Ruiz, who had already worked with Alemann in the 1990s, and included the actors
Arturo Bonín
Arturo José Bonini (11 November 1943 – 15 March 2022), better known as Arturo Bonín, was an Argentine actor.
Biography
Although he was born in the porteño neighborhood of Villa Urquiza, he lived his childhood and youth in Villa Ballest ...
,
Eugeni Roig and
Victoria Almeida. Her character is named Sonia, and suffers from
survivor guilt
Survivor guilt (or survivor's guilt; also called survivor syndrome or survivor's syndrome and survivor disorder or survivor's disorder) is a mental condition that occurs when a person believes they have done something wrong by surviving a traumati ...
. She worked the following year in ''
El amigo alemán'' (''The German friend''), also about the Dirty War. She was involved in a car crash in 2012 at
José León Suárez
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ).
In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernac ...
, and was taken to the San Isidro hospital.
In 2009, Omar Chaban was imprisoned for the 2004
República Cromañón nightclub fire
A fire broke out in the crowded República Cromañón nightclub (mostly known in Argentina as simply "Cromañón") in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 30 December 2004, killing 194 people and leaving at least 1,492 injured.
The nightclub
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. She met him again in a restaurant in March 2012, when he was released from prison; this meeting was filmed and aired on TV. Alemann accused the TV channel of not respecting her privacy rights. She initially had a favourable result, and got an indemnification of 40,000
pesos
The peso is the monetary unit of several countries in the Americas, and the Philippines. Originating in the Spanish Empire, the word translates to "weight". In most countries the peso uses the same sign, "$", as many currencies named "dollar ...
. However, the Supreme Court repealed the decision, ruling that Omar Chabán was a public figure, and the filmed event was of public interest. Alemann visited him again in August 2013, when Chaban was at the Santojani hospital.
Works
Filmography
* ''
El amigo alemán'' (2012)
* ''
La última mirada'' (2011)
* ''
Palabra por palabra
La Palabra (Spanish for ''The Word'') may refer to:
* La Palabra (musician), Cuban bandleader, singer-songwriter, pianist, record producer, and arranger
* "La Palabra", an episode on ''The West Wing'' (season 6)
* ''La Palabra 1490'', former rad ...
'' (2007)
* ''
Flores amarillas en la ventana
Flores is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, a group of islands in the eastern half of Indonesia. Including the Komodo Islands off its west coast (but excluding the Solor Archipelago to the east of Flores), the land area is 15,530.58 km2, and the ...
'' (1996)
* ''
Al filo de la ley Al filo de la ley may refer to:
* ''Al filo de la ley'' (1992 film), an Argentine action thriller film
* ''Al filo de la ley'' (2015 film), a Peruvian buddy cop action film
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'' (1992)
* ''
Ya no hay hombres'' (1991)
* ''
Las puertitas del Sr. López'' (1988)
* ''
El año del conejo'' (1987)
* ''
Seguridad personal'' (1985)
* ''
Crucero de placer
''Crucero de placer'' is an Argentine film shot in Eastmancolor, directed by Carlos Borcosque Jr. based on the screenplay by Daniel Delbene. It was released on March 20, 1980, and stars Claudio García Satur, Juan Carlos Altavista
Juan Carlo ...
'' (1980)
Theater
* ''Taller Mecánico''
* ''8 mujeres''
* ''El hombre que salía del piano''
* ''Ya no pienso en matambre ni le temo al vacio''
* ''Kabaret líquido''
* ''Muero por ella''
Books
* ''Cuentos del Boulevard''
* ''Eroticamente''
* ''Dos Mil Sin Cuenta''
References
External links
*
Katja Alemannat Cine nacional
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Actresses from Buenos Aires
Argentine people of Swiss-German descent
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)