Maria Victòria Peña Carulla (born 11 January 1954) better known as Vicky Peña is a Spanish actress. She is one of the most important voice actors in

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Family and early life

She is the daughter of the actors Felip Peña and Montserrat Carulla, and the mother of Miranda Gus. She started working in the 1966 TV series ''La pequeña comedia''. Since then, she has been nominated and rewarded with several prizes. In 2005, she was elected as Vice President of the Professional Actors and Directors Association of Catalonia.

Selected filmography

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Werther ''Werther'' is an opera (''drame lyrique'') in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Édouard Blau, Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann (who used the pseudonym Henri Grémont). It is loosely based on Goethe's epistolary novel '' Th ...

'' (1986) *''

La casa de Bernarda Alba ''The House of Bernarda Alba'' ( es, La casa de Bernarda Alba) is a play by the Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca. Commentators have often grouped it with '' Blood Wedding'' and ''Yerma'' as a "rural trilogy". Garcia Lorca did not inc ...

'' (1987) *''

Entre rojas ''Entre rojas'' is a 1995 Spanish drama directed by in her feature film directorial debut. It stars Penélope Cruz, Cristina Marcos and María Pujalte. Plot Set in 1974, in the last rales of the Francoist dictatorship, the plot follows Lucía, ...

'' (1995) *'' The Good Life'' (1996) *''Marquise'' (1997) *''Secretos del corazón'' (1997) *''El pianista'' (1998) *''Em dic Sara'' (1999) . *''

Sé quién eres ''Sé quién eres'' (English: ''I Know Who You Are'') is a single-season, 16-episode Spanish television drama series created by Pau Freixas for Telecinco. It premiered on January 16, 2017 and stars Blanca Portillo, Francesc Garrido, Carles Franc ...

'' (2000) . *''Morir (o no)'' (2000) *''Noche de fiesta'' (2002) *''

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'' (2002) *'' Piedras'' (2002) *''El deseo de ser piel roja'' (2002) *''Las voces de la noche'' (2003) *''Joves'' (2004) *'' El principio de Arquímedes'' (2004) *''Con mostaza sabe mejor'' (2005) *''Pactar amb el gat'' (2006) *'' The Apostate'' (2015) *''

Seis hermanas ''Seis Hermanas'' () is a Spanish soap opera produced by Bambú Producciones for Televisión Española that originally aired on La1 from April 22, 2015 to April 21, 2017. It starred María Castro, Carla Díaz, Mariona Tena, Celia Freijeiro, Mar ...

'' (2015-2017)

Theatre

*''El diccionario'' (2012-2014) by Manuel Calzada Pérez *''

Follies ''Follies'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman. The plot takes place in a crumbling Broadway theater, now scheduled for demolition, previously home to a musical revue (based on the ''Ziegfeld Fol ...

'' (2012) by Stephen Sondheim and

James Goldman James Goldman (June 30, 1927 – October 28, 1998) was an American playwright and screenwriter. He won an Academy Award for his screenplay '' The Lion in Winter'' (1968). His younger brother was novelist and screenwriter William Goldman. Biog ...

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A Streetcar Named Desire ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' is a play written by Tennessee Williams and first performed on Broadway on December 3, 1947. The play dramatizes the experiences of Blanche DuBois, a former Southern belle who, after encountering a series of pers ...

'' (2011) *''Homebody Kabul'', by

Tony Kushner Anthony Robert Kushner (born July 16, 1956) is an American author, playwright, and screenwriter. Lauded for his work on stage he's most known for his seminal work ''Angels in America'' which earned a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award. At the turn ...

(2007) *''Al llarg del Kurt'' (2006) *''Els estiuejants'' (2006) *''La Orestiada'' (2004) *''Electra'' (2003) *''Edipo XXI'' (2002) *''La Mare Coratge i els seus fills'' (2001) *''

A Little Night Music ''A Little Night Music'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. Inspired by the 1955 Ingmar Bergman film ''Smiles of a Summer Night'', it involves the romantic lives of several couples. Its title is a ...

(2000) *''

Guys and Dolls ''Guys and Dolls'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It is based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" (1933) and "Blood Pressure", which are two short stories by Damon Runyon, and also bo ...

'' (1998) *''La reina de bellesa de Leenane'' (''

The Beauty Queen of Leenane ''The Beauty Queen of Leenane'' is a 1996 dramatic play by Martin McDonagh which was premiered by the Druid Theatre Company in Galway, Ireland. It also enjoyed successful runs at London's West End, Broadway and Off-Broadway. It was nominate ...

'') by Martin McDonagh. Directed by

Mario Gas Mario Gas Cabré is a Spanish actor and director. and winner of a Goya Award. Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, on February 5, 1947, while his actor parents were on tour he has Uruguayan citizenship. He is one of the most important figures of the p ...

(1998) *''

Sweeney Todd Sweeney Todd is a fictional character who first appeared as the villain of the penny dreadful serial '' The String of Pearls'' (1846–47). The original tale became a feature of 19th-century melodrama and London legend. A barber from Fleet Stre ...

'', by Stephen Sondheim (1995) *'' Othello'', by

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

. Directed by Mario Gas (1994). *''Golfos de Roma'' by Stephen Sondheim and

Burt Shevelove Burt Shevelove (September 19, 1915 – April 8, 1982) was an American musical theater playwright, lyricist, librettist, and director. Biography Born in Newark, New Jersey, he graduated from Brown University and Yale (Master's degree). At ...

(1993) *''El temps i els Conway'' (''

Time and the Conways ''Time and the Conways'' is a British play written by J. B. Priestley in 1937 illustrating J. W. Dunne's Theory of Time through the experience of a moneyed Yorkshire family, the Conways, over a period of nineteen years from 1919 to 1937. Wide ...

'') by

J. B. Priestley John Boynton Priestley (; 13 September 1894 – 14 August 1984) was an English novelist, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster and social commentator. His Yorkshire background is reflected in much of his fiction, notably in ''The Good Compa ...

(1992) *''L’hort dels cirerers'' (''

The Cherry Orchard ''The Cherry Orchard'' (russian: Вишнёвый сад, translit=Vishnyovyi sad) is the last play by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. Written in 1903, it was first published by '' Znaniye'' (Book Two, 1904), and came out as a separate editio ...

'') by Anton Chekhov (1991) *''Les tres germanes'' ('' Three Sisters'') by Anton Chekhov. (1990) *''Dancing!'' (1988) *''La balada de Calamity Jane'' (1987) *''Madre Coraje y sus hijos'', by Bertolt Brecht (1986). *''L’òpera de tres rals'', by Bertolt Brecht (1984) *''Les noces de Figaro'' (1977) *''Tirant lo Blanc'', by

Joanot Martorell Joanot Martorell (; c. 1410 – 1465) was a Valencian knight and writer, best known for authoring the novel '' Tirant lo Blanch'', written in Valencian and published at Valencia in 1490. This novel is often regarded as one of the peaks of the ...

(1976) *''El criat de dos amos'', by

Carlo Goldoni Carlo is a given name. It is an Italian form of Charles. It can refer to: * Carlo (name) * Monte Carlo * Carlingford, New South Wales, a suburb in north-west Sydney, New South Wales, Australia *A satirical song written by Dafydd Iwan about Prince ...

(1974)

References

External links

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Vicky Peña at Teatrebcn.com

Vicky Peña as voice actress

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