Ana María Gazmuri Vieira (Santiago, January 22, 1966) is a

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, politician and

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. Daughter of the agronomist Renato Gazmuri Schleyer and the sociologist and writer Ana María Vieira, she is the eldest of six siblings. Sister of also actress

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and niece of politician María Olivia Gazmuri Schleyer. She studied from first to third grade in Necochea (Argentina), and then returned to Chile to continue her primary studies at La Maisonette schools, Lo Castillo and the Liceo 14. First she began to study journalism at the

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, but the following year she began to study theater with Fernando González. She was married to television director Cristián Mason. She is currently married to Nicolás Dormal. Her debut on television was with the telenovela ''Bellas y audaces'' (1988) with the leading role of Fernanda, where she shared credits with Sonia Viveros,

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and Luz Jiménez. She continued to work in telenovelas such as ''Jaque Mate'', ''Amor a Domicilio'', to consecrate herself in ''Ámame'' (1993) as Francisca García-Méndez. Her last participation so far was in ''Mujeres de lujo'' (2010). He came to the big screen with the film Todo por nada (1989), by Alfredo Lamadrid, ''El País de Octubre'' and ''Viva el Novio''. Later, from 2003 to 2012, she was part of the stable cast of comedian actors from Chilevisión at ''Teatro en Chilevisión''. She is currently the executive director of Fundación Daya, founded by her and her husband Nicolás Dormal, which promotes the use of alternative therapies, mainly

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. She was registered as a candidate for deputy in the 2021 parliamentary elections as an independent under Comunes party quota in district 12, on the list of the conglomerate

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. In the November 21 elections, she was elected with 7.2% of the votes.

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