Antonia Santa María Monckeberg (born 22 July 1982) is a Chilean film, television, and theater actress.

Biography

The daughter of Juan Pedro Santa María Pérez, legal director of

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and great-grandson of President

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, Antonia Santa María attended the Apoquindo School and, after completing her secondary education, studied theater at the

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. She refined her skills with an acting seminar at Alfredo Castro's school. She has also taken singing and dancing courses. Her first television series was '' Brujas'' on Canal 13, playing the role of Sharon Sánchez. She next joined ' and ''

Papi Ricky ''Papi Ricky'' is a Chilean television soap opera created by Sebastian Arrau, that aired on Canal 13 from 12 March to 1 October 2007, starring Jorge Zabaleta, Belén Soto, María Elena Swett and Tamara Acosta. Remake *Papi Ricky was remade a ...

'' on the same network. In 2008 she began to appear on

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(TVN) series such as ''

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'', ''

Hijos del Monte ''Hijos del Monte'' (translated: ''Del Monte Sons'') is a Chilean telenovela produced by TVN. It was written by Víctor Carrasco and directed by María Eugenia Rencoret. Filming began on June 18, 2008 and took place in the Santiago neighborhoods ...

'', ''

Conde Vrolok ''Conde Vrolok'' (''Count Vrolok''; "vampire" in Slovak) is a telenovela produced and broadcast by Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN) in 2009, succeeding '' ¿Dónde está Elisa?'' Recording began on 11 August and the first episode aired on 3 Nove ...

'', ''

La familia de al lado ''La Familia de al Lado'' (International title: ''The Family Next Door'') is a Chilean telenovela created by José Ignacio Valenzuela. It was produced by the Chilean national channel Televisión Nacional de Chile and aired by the same channel fr ...

'', and '' La chúcara'', with the latter being her first leading role. In 2006, the year after her premiere in ''Brujas'', she performed professionally in theater for the first time, in the play ''Oedipus (o La múltiple dislexia)'', a version of ''

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'' written and directed by Luna del Canto. Since then she has made sporadic theatrical appearances, in productions such as ''El Último Cuplé, el cabaret de Sarita Montiel'' and '. She debuted on the big screen as Antonia in ''Las niñas'' (2007), the award-winning first work by Rodrigo Marín. She acted in ''Quiero entrar'' (2011) by

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, and ''Pérez'' (2012), which was directed by her husband, Álvaro Viguera, and of which she was also a producer. The film, for which Viguera won the Best Director award at the 2012

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, is based on the 2009 play of the same name by

Elisa Zulueta Elisa Zulueta (born on September 14, 1981, in Santiago) is a Chilean television, theatre and film actress who studied at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Formerly, she worked for TVN where she made little works in telenovelas and se ...

(in which Santa María also acted). She is the youngest of four siblings: painter and musician Pedro Santa María, journalist and singer , and architect and musician Rodrigo Santa María.

Filmography

Films

Telenovelas

TV series and specials

TV programs

* ' (

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, 2013) – Guest * ' (

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, 2013) – Participant * ''Dudo'' (, 2013) – Guest * ''Cadena Nacional'' (

Vía X Vía X is a Chilean pay television channel, owned by TVI Filmocentro Televisión. It airs mostly rock music videos, mainly focusing in the Chilean indie subculture. It also has programs focusing on K-Dramas and K-Pop, and talk shows. Its siste ...

, 2013) – Guest * ' (

, 2014) – Guest * ''La Juguera'' (

, 2017) - Interviewee * ''

Muy buenos días ''Muy buenos días'' (English: ''Very Good Morning'') was a Chilean morning show that was broadcast on TVN from August 22, 2016 to October 21, 2019, replacing '' Buenos Días a Todos''. It was broadcast every Monday to Friday at 08:00 ( CLT). Was ...

'' (

, 2017) – Guest

Music videos

* 2012: "Mis cenizas" by Rodrigo Santa María * 2013: "Suicidas" by Rodrigo Santa María

Theater

Discography

* 2013: ''Ceniza'' (collaboration with Rodrigo Santa María)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Santa Maria, Antonia 1982 births 21st-century Chilean actresses Actresses from Santiago 21st-century Chilean women singers Chilean film producers Chilean women film producers Chilean stage actresses Chilean telenovela actresses Living people Pontifical Catholic University of Chile alumni Singers from Santiago Chilean people of German descent