Petra Martínez Pérez (born 24 June 1944) is a Spanish actress who has had a long career on stage, film and television.
Career
Martínez was in the cast of the 1967 stage play ''
Twelfth Night
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'' by
William Shakespeare
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.
In 2011, Uroc Teatro, founded by Martínez and husband
Juan Margallo, received the
Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes. In 2012, she was nominated to Premio Luna de Islantilla for Best Actress at Festival Internacional de Cine Bajo la Luna Islantilla Cinefórum for the film ''Libre directo''. In 2014, she featured in the television series ''
La que se avecina
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'', playing Fina.
In 2017, Martínez received the Premio Jiennenses de Cultura, given by Diario Jaén. On 18 March 2017, she earned the 'San Pancracio' Honorary Award at the alongside actors
Roberto Álamo
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,
Laia Marull,
Carlos Santos,
Ana Castillo
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, directors
Koldo Serra
Koldo Serra (born 15 April 1975) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter, born in Bilbao.
Filmography Director
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* '' El Tren de la bruja'' (2003)
* '' The Backwoods'' (2006)
* ''Gominolas
''Gominolas'' () is a Spanish comedy televis ...
and
Salvador Calvo and stage designer Marcelo Pacheco.
In 2021, she starred in David Martín de los Santos's ''
That Was Life'' as María. Her performance clinched her a
Feroz Award for Best Actress and a nomination for
Best Actress at the
36th Goya Awards.
Personal life
In 1968, Martínez married her eventual longtime domestic and artistic partner
Juan Margallo in Gibraltar in a ceremony without legal validity to Spanish authorities (their marriage was legally formalised circa 2018).
In 2017, she created an
Instagram
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account because she was usurped so many times.
Filmography
Film
References
External links
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Spanish stage actresses
Spanish film actresses
Spanish television actresses
People from Linares, Jaén
20th-century Spanish actresses
21st-century Spanish actresses
Living people
1944 births
Actresses from Andalusia