Rita Cortese

Rita Cortese
File:Rita-Cortese.jpg Cortese in 2014
Born	Adela Rita Cortese (1949-08-05) 5 August 1949 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Occupation	Actress singer
Years active	1972–present

Adela Rita Cortese (born 5 August 1949) is an Argentine theatre, film, and television actress and singer. She is considered one of the best actresses of Argentina.

Life and career

Cortese was born in Buenos Aires on 5 August 1949. She is of Spanish and Italian descent. In 1967, she started studying Philosophy and Letters, but dropped out a year later. She began studying acting at 24 years old in 1973 with professor Néstor Raimondi, and later with Carlos Gandolfo, two of the "four great acting teachers" of the time. She was also a student of theatre director Roberto Villanueva, who directed her in multiple plays.

Her first professional role was in the play Marathón (1980), written by Ricardo Monti and directed by Jaime Kogan. In the 1980s, Cortese was part of the Argentine Open Theatre, an independent theatre movement in resistance of the 1976–83 civil–military dictatorship in Argentina.

Typically a supporting actress, she had her first lead role in a feature film in Inheritance, released in Argentina in 2002.

Personal life

Cortese resides in the Monserrat neighbourhood in Buenos Aires.

Credits

Film

• Asesinato en el Senado de la Nación (1984)
• La República perdida II (1986)
• A Wall of Silence (1993)
• Ashes of Paradise (1997)
• Momentos robados (1997)
• El sueño de los héroes (1997)
• Cohen vs. Rosi (1998)
• La nube (1998)
• Alma mía (1999)
• Apariencias (2000)
• Inheritance (2001)
• ¿Y dónde está el bebé? (2002)
• Samy y yo (2002)
• ¿Sabés nadar? (2002)
• Monobloc (2005)
• Familia Lugones (2007)
• Horizontal/vertical (2009)
• Brother and Sister (2010)
• Los Marziano (2010)
• Widows (2011)
• Verdades verdaderas (2011)
• Wild Tales (2014)
• Heroic Losers (2019)
• Bruja (2019)
• Las siamesas (2020)
• La sombra del gato (2021)
• Un crimen argentino (2022)
• The Substitute (2022)

Television

• Corazones de fuego (1992)
• Alta comedia (1993–1994)
• Los especiales de Doria (1996)
• R.R.D.T. (1997)
• Señoras y señores (1997)
• Laura y Zoe (1998)
• Verano del '98 (1999–2000)
• El sodero de mi vida (2001–2002)
• Mil millones (2002)
• Costumbres argentinas (2003)
• Malandras (2003)
• Sol negro (2003)
• Los secretos de papá (2004)
• Sin código (2005)
• Montecristo (2006)
• Lalola (2007)
• Reparaciones (2007)
• Mujeres asesinas 4 (2008)
• Scusate il disturbo (2009)
• Mitos, crónicas del amor descartable (2009)
• Botineras (2010)
• Tiempo para pensar (2011)
• Volver a nacer (2012)
• Graduados (2012)
• El hombre de tu vida (2012)
• La viuda de Rafael (2012)
• Esa mujer (2013)
• Historias de corazón (2013)
• Doce casas, Historia de mujeres devotas (2013)
• Escuela nocturna (2014)
• Esperanza mía (2015)
• El jardín de bronce (2017)
• Maradona: Blessed Dream (2021)

Accolades

Organizations	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
Amiens International Film Festival	2001	Best Actress	Inheritance	Won
Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences	2011	Best Supporting Actress	Los Marziano	Nominated
	2014	Best Actress	Wild Tales	Nominated
Argentine Film Critics Association	2003	Best Actress	Inheritance	Won
	2012	Best Supporting Actress	Los Marziano	Nominated
	2015		Wild Tales	Nominated
	2021	Best Actress	Las siamesas	Nominated
Clarín Entertainment Awards	2002	Best Actress – Film	Inheritance	Nominated
Martín Fierro Awards	2001	Best Supporting Actress	El sodero de mi vida	Won
	2003		Sol negro	Nominated
	2005	Supporting Actress in a Comedy Program	Sin código	Won
	2007	Best Guest Appearance	Lalola	Won
Miami International Film Festival	2003	Best Actress	Inheritance	Won
Ourense Independent Film Festival	2001	Best Actress	Inheritance	Won
Viña del Mar International Film Festival	2001	Best Actress	Inheritance	Won

External links

• Rita Cortese at the Internet Movie Database
• Rita Cortese at Cinenacional.com