Dolores Fonzi

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Dolores Fonzi
Fonzi at the Miami Film Festival presentation of Paulina in March 2016
Born
Dolores María Fonzi

(1978-07-19) 19 July 1978 (age 45)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
OccupationActress
Years active1996–present
Children2
RelativesTomás Fonzi (brother)

Dolores María Fonzi (born 19 July 1978) is an Argentine TV, theatre and film actress. Several of her films have received critical acclaim such as Burnt Money, Waiting for the Messiah, Bottom of the Sea and The Aura. Her brother Tomás Fonzi is also an actor in Argentina.[1][2]

Biography[edit]

Dolores Fonzi was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. After the separation of her parents, her mother, María del Rosario Cárrega, returned with her children to Adrogué, a city where Dolores and her brothers Tomás and Diego grew up. She studied acting at the school of Carlos Gandolfo.

Career[edit]

In 1996, when she was seventeen years old, Dolores Fonzi made her first television appearance in the series La nena. In 1998, Cris Morena chose her to play Clara Vázquez in Verano del '98 with her brother, who played Benjamín Vázquez. Thanks to this successful series and her character as a villain, she gained great popularity and success. At the end of 1999 she left Verano del '98 to be part of the cast of the movie of Marcelo Piñeyro, Burnt Money and in Waiting for the Messiah. In 2001, she had great recognition by integrating the cast of El sodero de mi vida in Canal 13, where she played a girl with a slight mental retardation. Experimenting with Luis Ortega the tape Caja negra is born, where she acted and participated in the integral creation. She later acted in movies like Private Lives, Bottom of the Sea, The Aura, La mujer rota, Salamandra, El club de la muerte and El campo, for the latter she was nominated for the Silver Condor Awards for Best Actress. In 2003 she starred in the unitary series Disputas and in the adaptation of the play of John Ford, Lástima que sea una puta. The following year she starred with Mariano Martínez the terror unit, Sangre fría by Telefe.

During 2006, Fonzi starred and produced the miniseries Soy tu fan which in 2010 was adapted by Canana Films in Mexico. She also starred in the series El tiempo no para by Canal 9. From 2005 to 2008 she participated in three chapters of Mujeres asesinas. Her return to television was in 2012 with her participation in Graduados the new Underground production for Telefe. In addition, she was part of the unit of TV Pública En terapia with the actors Norma Aleandro, Diego Peretti, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Ailín Salas, Julieta Cardinali and Germán Palacios. She also resumed the theater as the protagonist of the play Isósceles. That year, she also made the filming of El Crítico by Hernán Guerschuny, a co-production between HC Films and Lagarto Cine where Dolores Fonzi had the lead alongside Rafael Spregelburd. On television she participated as a guest actress in two episodes of the series Aliados.

In 2015 Fonzi starred in the film Paulina, remake of the film starring Mirtha Legrand, in 1960. The film had a strong box office collection and favorable reviews, being praised at the Cannes Festival. For her work in the film, Fonzi was awarded the Havana Star Prize for Best Actress at the 17th Havana Film Festival New York.[3] She also acted in Truman film starring Ricardo Darín. In 2016 she was part of the cast of the series of La Leona, she played Eugenia Leone.

Personal life[edit]

Dolores Fonzi started dating Gael García Bernal after they met on the set of the 2001 film directed by Fito Páez, Private Lives. In January 2009, their first child was born in Madrid, Spain.[4][5] Their daughter was born in April 2011 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[6]

Filmography[edit]

Television[edit]

Year Title Character Channel
1996 La nena Sol Canal 9
1996 Por siempre mujercitas Candela Canal 9
1997 Ricos y Famosos Gina Canal 9
1998-1999 Verano del '98 Clara Vázquez Telefe
1999 Cabecita María González Telefe
2000 Tiempo final Tamara Telefe
2001 El sodero de mi vida Romina Muzzopappa Canal 13
2002 Final del juego Canal 13
2002 Historias de no creer Paola Canal (á)
2003 Disputas Gala Telefe
2003 Mujeres en rojo: Fama Rocío Telefe
2004 Sangre fría Renata Telefe
2005 Mujeres asesinas Claudia Sobrero Canal 13
2006 El tiempo no para Lorena "Lola" Giglione Canal 9
2006 Soy tu fan Carla "Charly" García Canal 9
2007 Mujeres asesinas Consuelo Canal 13
2008 Mujeres asesinas Marcela Canal 13
2012 Graduados Azul Vega Telefe
2012-2013 En terapia Ana Irigoyen TV Pública
2013 Aliados Female Creative Energy Telefe
2016 La Leona Eugenia Leone Telefe
2020 Puerta 7 Diana Canal 13/Netflix

Movies[edit]

Year Movie Character Director
2000 Burnt Money Vivi Marcelo Piñeyro
2000 Waiting for the Messiah Any Daniel Burman
2001 Vidas privadas Ana Uranga Fito Páez
2001 Caja negra Dorotea Luis Ortega
2001 Gerente en dos ciudades Carmela Diego Soffici
2003 Bottom of the Sea Ana Damián Szifron
2005 The Aura Diana Dietrich Fabián Bielinsky
2007 La mujer rota Camila Sebastián Faena
2008 Salamandra Alba Pablo Agüero
2008 El club de la muerte Selma James Merendino
2012 El campo Elisa Hernán Belón
2013 El crítico Sofía Hernán Guerschuny
2015 Paulina Paulina Santiago Mitre
2015 Truman Paula Cesc Gay
2017 Nieve negra Sabrina Martín Hodara
2017 La cordillera Marina Blanco Santiago Mitre
2017 The Future Ahead Romina Constanza Novick
2017 Restos de viento Carmen Jimena Montemayor
2018 La misma sangre Carla Miguel Cohan
2018 Claudia Claudia Sebastián De Caro
2019 The Moneychanger Gudrun Federico Veiroj
TBA Fever Dream Carola Claudia Llosa

Theater[edit]

Year Title Director Theater
2000 El señor Bergman y Dios Roberto Castro Teatro Municipal General San Martín
2001 Amanda y Eduardo Roberto Villanueva Teatro Municipal General San Martín
2003 Dios Perro Alejandra Ciurlanti Centro Cultural Recoleta
2012 Isósceles Mariana Chaud Teatro El Extranjero

Videoclips[edit]

Year Artist Song
2003 Fito Páez feat. Luis Alberto Spinetta Bello abril
2012 Leandro Fresco Algún día

Accolades[edit]

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2004
52nd Silver Condor Awards Best Supporting Actress Bottom of the Sea Nominated
2013
61st Silver Condor Awards Best Actress In the Open Nominated
2015
10th Sur Awards Best Actress Paulina Won
2nd Fénix Awards Best Actress Won
2016
3rd Feroz Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Film Truman Nominated
8th Gaudí Awards Best Supporting Actress Won
3rd Platino Awards Best Actress Paulina Won
64th Silver Condor Awards Best Actress Won
2024
11th Platino Awards Best Actress Blondi Pending

References[edit]

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  4. ^ El País, El actor mexicano Gael García Bernal será padre en diciembre[permanent dead link], 5 August 2008, accessed 5 August 2008
  5. ^ Gael Garcia Bernal and Dolores Fonzi Welcome a Son[permanent dead link] Celebrity Baby Blog, 9 January 2009
  6. ^ "Hija de Gael Garcia nacio en Buenos Aires". noticiaaldia.com. 10 April 2011. Archived from the original on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
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  11. ^ "Premios Sur 2015: todos los ganadores". La Nación. 25 November 2015.
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  14. ^ "Todos los ganadores de los Gaudí 2016". El Periódico de Catalunya. Prensa Ibérica. 1 February 2016.
  15. ^ Fernández, Nelso (24 July 2016). "Guillermo Francella y Dolores Fonzi triunfaron en los Premios Platino". La Nación.
  16. ^ "Premios Cóndor de Plata: la lista completa de ganadores". Infobae. 4 October 2016.
  17. ^ "'La sociedad de la nieve' lidera las nominaciones de los Premios Platino del Cine Iberoamericano 2024". Cinemanía. 14 March 2023 – via 20minutos.es.

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