Spanish actress
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Sampietro and the second or maternal family name is
Marro .
Mercedes Sampietro
Born Mercedes Sampietro Marro
(1947-01-24 ) 24 January 1947 (age 77) Other names Mercè Sampietro Years active 1970-
Mercedes Sampietro Marro (born 24 January 1947) is a Spanish actress .
Biography
Mercedes Sampietro Marro was born in Barcelona on 24 January 1947.[ 1] She began her career as a stage actress in 1970.[ 2] Having performed as a voice actress in a number of films,[ 2] she made her film debut onscreen in Jaime Chávarri 's To an Unknown God (1977).[ 3] She has worked five times with Pilar Miró . In 1981 she won the award for Best Actress at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival for her role in Gary Cooper, Who Art in Heaven .[ 4]
She won a Goya Award for Best Actress for her role in the 2002 Argentine-Spanish film Common Ground ,[ 5] performing Liliana Rovira, a social worker, daughter to Spanish Republican exiles who settled in Argentina.[ 5] [ 6]
She has dubbed actresses including Meryl Streep , Diane Keaton , Kim Basinger , and Catherine Deneuve .[ 7]
Sampietro was the recipient of the 2003 National Cinematography Prize in Spain.[ 8]
She served as the president of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain from 9 October 2003 to 18 December 2006.
Filmography
Awards and nominations
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1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
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