Alejandra Gabriela Ángeles Darín (June 18, 1962 – January 15, 2025) was an Argentine actress and
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leader. From 2011 to 2025, she served as president of the .
Biography
Alejandra Darín was born in
Buenos Aires
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, Argentina, in 1962.
She was of
Lebanese and
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ancestry (specifically from the
Vigo di Cadore
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area), and her family was well connected in the world of theater. Her grandfather, the son of an Italian immigrant, was the owner of the Marconi theater.
Both of her parents, and
Roxana Darín, were actors, and her older brother is the well-known actor
Ricardo Darín
Ricardo Alberto Darín (born 16 January 1957) is an Argentine actor, film director and film producer, considered one of the best and most prolific actors of Argentine cinema.
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.
Their parents separated when Alejandra was 3 years old, and they have another sibling from their father's subsequent relationship.
and Antonia Bengoechea, her two children with her partner, Álex Benn, also became actors.
Darín began acting professionally at age 9, appearing on the
Canal 13 show ''La selva es mujer''.
Over an over 50-year career, she appeared in dozens of film, television, and stage productions, including the shows ''Poliladrón, 099 Central, Rincón de Luz'', and ''
Son amores
''Son amores'' is an Argentine telenovela produced by Pol-ka and issued by Canal 13 in the year 2002 and in the year 2004. It stars Mariano Martínez, Nicolás Cabré, Florencia Bertotti, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez and Millie Stegman. It is the ...
''.
She was also a labor leader, serving from 2011 until her death as president of the .
She had first joined the union in 1973, and she led the organization during the passage of the Actor's Law, which gave actors access to Social Security retirement benefits.
She was also active in the Latin American division of the
International Federation of Actors
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History
The federation was established in 1952, on the initiative of the British Actors' Equity Association, and the S ...
.
Darín died in January 2025 at age 62, after a long illness.
Filmography
Film
:
Television
:
Theater
* ''Scalabrini Ortiz''
* ''Teresa Batista, cansada de guerra''
* ''Las de Barranco''
* ''Preludio de un beso''
* ''Maradooo''
* ''De carne somos''
* ''
Crimen y castigo''
* ''Esquirlas''
* ''El libro de Ruth''
* ''Pirandello, dos miradas''
* ''El evangelio de Evita''
* ''Un informe sobre la banalidad del amor''
* ''Código de familia''
* ''Papá querido''
* ''Tierra del Fuego''
* ''Queda lejos aún''
* ''El hombre equivocado''
References
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1962 births
2025 deaths
Actresses from Buenos Aires
Argentine actresses
Argentine trade union leaders
Argentine women activists