Myriam Sienra ( Concepción, 27 March 1939 – 10 December 2020) was a Paraguayan actress and journalist who graduated from the

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. During her career, she performed more than 65 theatrical performances and various

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s. She received several national awards like "Masters of Art" by the El Cabildo Cultural Center in the "Theatre" category and the Oscar Trinidad by the National Secretariat of Culture.

Artistic career

Sienra's artistic career included her performances as secondary and lead characters in nationally and internationally recognized films such as ''Miss Ameriguá'' (1994), ''O Toque do Oboé'' (1998), ''Miramenometokei'' (2003), and '' 7 Cajas'' (2012). Some of her most recognized theater works included ''Velada de Aregúa'' (1974), ''

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'' (1983), '' Las troyanas'' (1984), ''Las vuidas'' (2015), ''Casi, casi una familia normal'' (2017), ''El hijo de la novia'' (2018). She published four albums of poems and

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and

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Positions

She was director of the Municipal Theater of Asunción "Ignacio A. Pane" and the General Director of the Institute of Fine Arts under the

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. In 1991, she was part of the Board of Directors of the Latin American Center for Theatrical Creation and Research in Paraguay.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sienra, Myriam 1939 births 2020 deaths Paraguayan actresses Paraguayan journalists Paraguayan women journalists People from Concepción Department, Paraguay