María Onetto (18 August 1966 – 2 March 2023) was an Argentine theatre, film, and television actress. She received the a 2011

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in entertainment for her theatrical work, and is also well known for her role in the 2006 Argentine TV series ''

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'', for which she won the Clarín and

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as best actress in drama and rising star. She also directed a localized production of

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'' in 2011. Onetto was born in

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on 18 August 1966. She was the daughter of Estela Mary Pastore and Jorge Onetto, an employee of the energy company Segba () and restaurateur who died of a sudden

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in 1967 when María was one year old. The family lived in the suburb of

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. She was enrolled in a

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school, and at age 17 she began studying

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at the

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, where she took up acting in the theater. She graduated in four years and for a time worked in the same school as her mother, preparing psycho-pedagogical reports. In 1991 she entered Sportivo Teatral, Ricardo Bartís's theater workshop, which she greatly enjoyed. After taking classes there, she taught other actors. She left in 1996, planning to study literature, and moved to Benavídez, Argentina, but found she did want to be an actress, which she began with

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's production ''Dragging the Cross'', after which she ceased other work to focus solely on acting. Onetto starred in

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's 2008 film '' The Headless Woman'', playing Veroníca, a middle-aged woman who becomes haunted by guilt and disconnected from her normal life after a

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with an unidentified object. Onetto featured in a 2021 production of Eduardo "Tato" Pavlovsky's 1987 play ''Potestad'' (lit. ''Power'') directed by

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, which takes inspiration from

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and in which Onetto plays a male girl's kidnapper during Argentina's last dictatorship. Maria Onetto was found dead in her apartment in Buenos Aires on 2 March 2023, at the age of 56. Information released by the

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confirmed that she had committed suicide.

Film

* 2000: ''Lejanía'' (short film) * 2005: ''Cuatro mujeres descalzas'' * 2006: ''La punta del diablo'' * 2007: ''

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'', as the hotel receptionist * 2007: ''Arizona sur'', as the patron * 2008: '' The Headless Woman'', as Verónica * 2008: ''Horizontal / Vertical'', as Guadalupe * 2009: ''Nunca estuviste tan adorable'', as Blanca * 2009: ''Rompecabezas'', as María del Carmen * 2013: ''El cerrajero'' * 2014: ''

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'' (adaptation) * 2014: '' Wild tales'' * 2015: ''La vida después'' * 2016: '' 2001: Mientras Kubrick estaba en el espacio'', as Felipe's mother * 2017: ''

The Heavy Hand of the Law ''The Heavy Hand of the Law'' is a 2017 Argentine legal drama film directed by Fernán Mirás from a screenplay he co-wrote with Roberto Gispert. Produced by Fernando Sokolowicz, the film stars Paola Barrientos as Gloria Soriano, a public defende ...

Television

* 2004: ''El disfraz'', as la Dra. Lavalle * 2005: '' Mujeres asesinas 1'' ** Episode 3: ''Claudia, cuchillera'' ** Episode 10: ''Stella, huérfana emocional'' ** Episode 19: ''Patricia, vengadora'' * 2006: ''

'', as Leticia Lombardo * 2008: '' Mujeres asesinas 4''; Episode 11: "Noemí, desquiciada" * 2009: ''

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'', as Elsa * 2010: ''

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'' * 2011: ''Televisión x la inclusión''; Chapter 11: "Daños y prejuicios" * 2012: ''23 pares'' * 2014: '' Santos y pecadores: Televisión x la justicia''; Chapter 6: "Lazos que duelen" * 2014: '' La celebración''; Chapter 4: "Bautismo" * 2014: ''

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'' * 2016: ''La pulsera'' * 2017: ''Mis noches sin ti'' * 2018–2019: ''

Mi hermano es un clon ''Mi hermano es un clon'' (English title: ''My Brother is a Clone'') is an Argentine telenovela produced by Pol-ka and broadcast by El Trece from September 3, 2018 to January 11, 2019. Cast Main * Nicolás Cabré as Renzo Figueroa / Mateo Mó ...

'', as Elena Mónaco * 2023: ''Ringo, gloria y muerte''

Theater

* 2011: ''Los hijos se han dormido'' * 2013: ''Sonata de Otoño'' * 2016: ''Idénticos'' * 2017: ''Sobre Mirjana y los que la rodean'' * 2017: ''Pequeño estado de gracia'' * 2019: ''La persona deprimida''

Awards and nominations

References

External links

*
María Onetto
at the National Cinema website
Biography of María Onetto
at the

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