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List Of Uruguayans
Listed below are notable people from Uruguay. Artists * Rodolfo Arotxarena *Pablo Atchugarry *José Belloni *Juan Manuel Blanes *Juan José Calandria *Carlos Capelán *Pedro Figari *Carlos María Herrera *Edward Johnston *Carlos Páez Vilaró *Virginia Patrone * María Carmen Portela * Hermenegildo Sábat * Martín Sastre *Felipe Seade *Joaquín Torres García * Daniel Pontet * Eduardo Vernazza Vedettes, singers, actors, dancers and models *Alicia Alfonso (born 1963) actress *Marcelo Buquet actor and former model * César Campodónico actor *Eunice Castro fashion-runway model, professional theater dancer, television and runway hostess and actress of stage and screen *Mateo Chiarino (born 1983) actor, writer, and director * Mary da Cuña (1942–2016) actress and theater director *George DelHoyo American theater and television actor, born in Canelones * Virginia Dobrich professional theater and television dancer *Mónica Farro theatrical supervedette, model and professional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Uruguay
The national flag of Uruguay () is one of the three official flags of Uruguay along with the flag of Artigas and the flag of the Treinta y Tres. It has a field of nine equal horizontal stripes alternating white and blue. The canton Canton may refer to: Administrative division terminology * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland * Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French Arts and ente ... is white, charged with the Sun of May, from which 16 rays extend, alternating between triangular and wavy. The flag was first adopted by law on 18 December 1828, and had 19 alternating stripes of white and blue until 11 July 1830, when a new law reduced the number of alternating stripes to nine. The flag was designed by Joaquín Suárez. Symbolism and design The horizontal stripes on the flag represent the nine original departments of Uruguay, based on the U.S. flag, where the stripes represent the or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felipe Seade
Felipe Seade (1912 – 18 January 1969) was a painter and teacher of Lebanese descent who spent most of his life in Uruguay. Seade was born in Antofagasta, Chile, the elder son of a Lebanese immigrant family. Eleven years later his whole family moved to Montevideo, Uruguay. At the age of 12 Seade began working as an assistant to the Muralist Enrique Albertazzi and the painter Guillermo Rodríguez. Under Rodríguez' influence Seade took some painting courses at the Fine Arts Circle school. He had his first show in 1925. From 1931 well into the 1950s Seade presented work in many national and city halls. In 1944, Seade began his parallel career as a teacher. He first work as teacher of drawing at the Liceo de Colonia, where he managed to paint the large mural, '' Alegoría al Trabajo'' (1936), and later as a professor of the Montevideo Fine Arts School, where he taught for 25 years. It is impossible to understand Seade's artistic life without a reference to his p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Da Cuña
Mary Isabel da Cuña Rodríguez (25 November 1942 – 24 September 2016) was a Uruguayan actress and theater director. Biography Mary da Cuña began her theatrical training at the school of the Theater Club, founded by Antonio Larreta, where she worked with Héctor Manuel Vidal, , , , Villanueva Cosse, and , among others. In that same space she made her debut as an actress in 1969 with ''Misia Dura al poder'', a theatrical play with political content and writing credit shared by several authors, directed by . Her professional debut was in 1971. She worked under directors such as Sergio Otermin, , Villanueva Cosse, Jorge Denevi, Carlos Aguilera, Alberto Rivero, Gloria Levy, and Ruben Coletto. She acted in works by Shakespeare, Woody Allen, Michael Frayn, Neil Simon, George Tabori, Harold Pinter, and Copi. In 1975 da Cuña became the first woman to be part of a murga performance in the official contest, when she joined Los Diablos Verdes. In television she was one of the most vis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mateo Chiarino
Mateo Chiarino is a Uruguayan actor, writer, and director of film, stage, and television. He is currently based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Early life Chiarino was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. He began his formal Drama school, acting studies in Montevideo at the :es:Escuela Multidisciplinaria de Arte Dramático Margarita Xirgu, Escuela Multidisciplinaria de Arte Dramático (EMAD) (formerly, Escuela Municipal de Arte Dramático) completed in 2005 and the :es:Escuela de Cine del Uruguay, Escuela de Cine del Uruguay (Film School of Uruguay) completed in 2006. Career Chiarino started his artistic career as a Stage (theatre), stage actor in his home country, Uruguay. He made his film acting debut in the drama ''Masángeles'' (2008). Subsequently, he was cast in various Hispanophone, Spanish speaking films such as ''Cinco (2010), La culpa del cordero (2012), La máquina que escupe monstruos y la chica de mis sueños (2012),'' and ''Tesis sobre un homicidio, Thesis on a Homicide (201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Presenter
A television presenter (or television host, some become a "television personality") is a person who introduces, hosts television show, television programs, often serving as a mediator for the program and the audience. Nowadays, it is common for people who garnered fame in other fields to take on this role, but some people have made their name solely within the field of presenting—such as children's television series or infomercials—to become television personalities. Roles Often, presenters may double for being famed in other fields, such as an actor, model (person), model, comedian, musician, celebrity doctor, doctor, etc. Others may be subject-matter experts, such as scientists or politicians, serving as presenters for a programme about their field of expertise (for instance, David Attenborough). Some are celebrities who have made their name in one area, then leverage their fame to get involved in other areas. Examples of this latter group include British comedian Michael ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Runway Model
A model is a person with a role either to promote, display or advertise commercial products (notably fashion clothing in fashion shows) or to serve as a visual aid for people who are creating works of art or to pose for photography. Though models are predominantly female, there are also male models, especially to model clothing. Models may work professionally or casually. Modelling ("modeling" in American English) is considered to be different from other types of public performance, such as acting or dancing. Although the difference between modelling and performing is not always clear, appearing in a film or a play is not generally considered to be "modelling". Similarly, appearing in a TV advertisement is generally not considered modelling. Modelling generally does not involve speaking. Personal opinions are generally not expressed and a model's reputation and image are considered critical. Types of modelling include: fashion, glamour, fitness, bikini, fine art, body-part, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fashion Modeling
Fashion photography is a genre of photography which is devoted to displaying clothing and other fashion items, sometimes haute couture. It typically consists of a fashion photographer taking a picture of a dressed model in a photographic studio or an outside setting. It originates from the clothing and fashion industries, and while some of fashion photography has been elevated as art, it is still primarily used for clothing, perfumes and beauty products. Fashion photography is most often conducted for advertisements or fashion magazines such as ''Vogue'', '' Vanity Fair'', or ''Elle''. It has grown into becoming a necessary way for designers to get their work out to the public. Fashion photography has developed its own aesthetic in which the clothes and fashions are enhanced by the presence of exotic locations or accessories. The history of this photographic discipline was intertwined for its first decades with the fashion magazines in which the photographs originated, supplantin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eunice Castro
Eunice Castro Casaravilla (born January 6, 1976 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan model of fashion and runway, professional theater dancer, television and runway hostess and actress of stage and screen. Trajectory Castro is known for her work in Uruguay and Argentina. Born in Montevideo, Uruguay. She studied ballet at the National School of Dance in Uruguay and started working as a model of high couture, being top of major magazines such as Gente, Sábado Show, among others and was a model for Pepsi. Hired by the Elite agency in Madrid, she has walked the runway in Paris. In 2002 she was co-hostess with Sergio Puglia's Journal magazine Tveo to Uruguay by Channel 5. Between 2005 and 2008 she was host of the "Wide Awake" magazine issued in Channel 12 in Montevideo. Castro participated in Dancing for a Dream Argentina 2008, being eliminated in 7th place in the competition, being the furthest Uruguayan competitor to reach the finals in this competition and in ''El Musical de tus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
César Campodónico
César Campodónico (1929–2005) was an Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...an actor. People from Montevideo 1929 births 2005 deaths Uruguayan male stage actors Place of birth missing {{Uruguay-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelo Buquet
Héctor Marcelo Buquet Corleto (born October 4, 1963 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a Uruguayan actor and former model. Biography At the age of 18 Buquet joined a theater company in his native Uruguay called '' El Galpón del Uruguay'' where he participated in 25 stage productions as an actor, producer, songwriter and singer. At the age of 26 he moved to Mexico and participated in the telenovela '' Simplemente María'' with Victoria Ruffo and in Manolo Fábregas' production of '' Bear Jest'' for which he was nominated as the ''Best Comedy Actor of the Year'' by the Association of Theater Journalists of Mexico. In 1992 he obtained a role in his second telenovela: ''El abuelo y yo'' with Gael García Bernal. The following year he obtained a role in Uruguay's full feature film ''El dirigible''. In 1994 he produced and starred in ''Triángulo'' directed by Miguel Córcega in Mexico City and Montevideo, Uruguay and in ''Che... Che... Chejov'' which received the ''Best Self-Taught Productio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Alfonso
Alicia Alfonso (born 1963) is a Uruguayan actress. She is associated with the in Montevideo, and has been noted for her roles in productions such as ''Tóxico'', ''Horror en Coronel Suárez'', ''Éxtasis'', and ''El país de las cercanías II''. In 2010 she received the for best supporting actress, and in 2015 the Fraternity Award, given by the Uruguayan branch of B'nai B'rith. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Alfonso, Alicia 1963 births 20th-century Uruguayan actresses 21st-century Uruguayan actresses Living people Uruguayan musical theatre actresses Fraternity Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Natalia may refer to: People * Natalia (given name), list of people with this name * Natalia (Belgian singer) (born 1980) * Natalia (Greek singer) (born 1983) * Natalia (Spanish singer) (born 1982) Music and film * ''Natalia'' (film), a 1988 French film * "Natalia", a 1981 song by Van Morrison * "Natalia", a Venezuelan Waltz by Antonio Lauro Places * Natalia Republic, a former republic in South Africa * Natalia, Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland) * Natalia, Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland) * Natalia, Texas Natalia is a city in Medina County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,202 at the 2020 census. It was founded in 1912 and was named after Natalie Pearson Nicholson, daughter of Frederick Stark Pearson, engineer, designer and builder of t ..., a city in Medina County, Texas, United States Ships *, a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918 {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
