María Cristina Rota Fernández (born 1945) is an Argentine-born playwright, actress, director and popular
acting coach
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settled in Spain.
Biography
Cristina Rota was born in 1945 in
La Plata
La Plata () is the capital city of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. According to the , it has a population of 654,324 and its metropolitan area, the Greater La Plata, has 787,294 inhabitants. It is located 9 kilometers (6 miles) inland from th ...
, Argentina. She has ancestors from the Canary Islands and Navarre.
She studied Philosophy and Arts, after which she trained her acting chops, and—already in Argentina—began to primarily focus on
drama coach
An acting coach or drama coach is a teacher who trains performers – typically film, television, theatre, and musical theatre actors – and gives them advice and mentoring to enable them to improve their acting and dramatic performances, prepar ...
ing.
With actor (kidnapped and assassinated during the
Videla dictatorship) she had
María and
Juan Diego
Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, also known as Juan Diego (; 1474–1548), was a Chichimec peasant and Marian visionary. He is said to have been granted apparitions of the Virgin Mary on four occasions in December 1531: three at the hill of Tepeyac a ...
.
She left Argentina for Spain in 1978 with her children,
while she was pregnant of a third child, , from another partner.
In addition to her three children, all thespians, many famous Spanish actors have trained in her school, including
Penélope Cruz
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,
Antonio de la Torre,
Marta Etura
Marta Etura Palenzuela (born in 28 October, 1978) is a Spanish film and television actress. She is known for '' Your Next Life'' (2004), ''Cell 211'' (2009), '' Sleep Tight'' (2011), and ''The Invisible Guardian'' (2017).
Biography
Etura was ...
and
Raúl Arévalo
Raúl Arévalo Zorzo (born 22 November 1979) is a Spanish actor and director, known by international audiences for his role in the film '' Summer Rain'', directed by Antonio Banderas.
Career
Raúl Arévalo Zorzo was born on 22 November 1979 in ...
.
Filmography
*''Colores'', 2003
*''Party Line'', 1994
*''En penumbra'', 1987
*''Virtudes Bastián'', 1986
*''La reina del mate'', 1985
As a producer
*''Los abajo firmantes'', 2003
References
External links
*
Cristina Rota's School website
1945 births
Living people
20th-century Argentine actresses
Argentine emigrants to Spain
Argentine expatriates in Spain
Argentine film actresses
People from La Plata
Acting coaches
Acting teachers
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