Ana María Izquierdo Huneeus (born 15 December 1960) is a
Chilean actress. She appeared in more than fifty films since 1978.
Biography
Her father, Luis Izquierdo, was a doctor who was dedicated to scientific research, and her mother, Teresa Huneeus Cox, was a psychologist. She is the granddaughter of the writer
Virginia Cox Balmaceda, and niece of the writer Pablo Huneeus Cox.
She studied at the La Girouette School in Las Condes and later at the Theater School of the
University of Chile
The University of Chile () is a public university, public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated on September 17, 1843. . She graduated in 1980 and made her professional debut the following year in the play Berlin 1930, under the direction of Eugenio Guzmán. She then participated in
Alejandro Sieveking
Alejandro Sieveking Campano (5 September 1934 – 5 March 2020) was a Chilean playwright, theatre director and actor.
Career
Sieveking was born in the Chilean city of Rengo (in the O'Higgins Region) on 5 September 1934. He performed as an actor ...
's La Remienda, and in Alicia or the Wonders She Saw in the Country, a collective creation directed by Andrés Pérez.
In 1983, she moved to the United States where she stayed until the following year working at the
American Repertory Theater
The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) is a professional not-for-profit theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1979 by Robert Brustein, the A.R.T. is known for its commitment to new American plays and music–theater explorations; to ne ...
in Boston, and with Bread and Puppet Theater in Vermont and New York.
Selected filmography
Recognition
In 2018, she was recognized by the Atacama Cultural Center.
References
External links
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1960 births
Living people
Chilean film actresses
Chilean women comedians
Chilean television personalities
University of Chile alumni
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