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 Catalan and

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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 ''The S ...

'' (1986) *''

La casa de Bernarda Alba ''The House of Bernarda Alba'' () is a play by the Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca. Commentators have often grouped it with '' Blood Wedding'' and '' Yerma'' as the Rural Trilogy. García Lorca did not include it in his plan for a "t ...

'' (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 Francoist Spain () ...

'' (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, M ...

'' (2015-2017) *'' Libertad'' (2021) as Ángela *'' La manzana de oro'' (2022) as Manolita

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 centers on a crumbling Broadway theater, now scheduled for demolition, previously home to a musical revue (based on the ''Ziegfeld Follies ...

'' (2012) by

Stephen Sondheim Stephen Joshua Sondheim (; March22, 1930November26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist. Regarded as one of the most important figures in 20th-century musical theater, he is credited with reinventing the American musical. He received Lis ...

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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 pe ...

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

Tony Kushner Anthony Robert Kushner (born July 16, 1956) is an American author, playwright, and screenwriter. Among his stage work, he is most known for ''Angels in America'', which earned a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award, as well as its subsequent acclaime ...

(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 theater, 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 Run ...

'' (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. The original Lo ...

'') by

Martin McDonagh Martin Faranan McDonagh ( ; born 26 March 1970) is a British-Irish playwright and filmmaker. He is known for his Absurdism, absurdist Black comedy, dark humour which often challenges the modern theatre aesthetic. He has won List of awards and no ...

. Directed by Mario Gas (1998) *''

Sweeney Todd Sweeney Todd is a fictional character who first appeared as the villain of the penny dreadful serial '' The String of Pearls'' (1846–1847). The original tale became a feature of 19th-century melodrama and London legend. A barber from Fleet St ...

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(1995) *''

Othello ''The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice'', often shortened to ''Othello'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare around 1603. Set in Venice and Cyprus, the play depicts the Moorish military commander Othello as he is manipulat ...

'', by

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 23 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

and

Burt Shevelove Burton George 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 degr ...

(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. It ...

'') by J. B. Priestley(1992) *''L’hort dels cirerers'' (''

The Cherry Orchard ''The Cherry Orchard'' () 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 edition later that year in Saint Petersburg, via A.F. Marks Pu ...

'') by

Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; ; 29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer, widely considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his b ...

(1991) *''Les tres germanes'' ('' Three Sisters'') by

. (1990) *''Dancing!'' (1988) *''La balada de Calamity Jane'' (1987) *''Madre Coraje y sus hijos'', by

Bertolt Brecht Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known as Bertolt Brecht and Bert Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a p ...

(1986). *''L’òpera de tres rals'', by

(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 Catalan/Valencian and published at Valencia in 1490. This novel is often regarded as one of the peak ...

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

Carlo Goldoni Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni (, also , ; 25 February 1707 – 6 February 1793) was an Italian playwright and librettist from the Republic of Venice. His works include some of Italy's most famous and best-loved plays. Audiences have admired the plays ...

(1974)

References

External links

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Vicky Peña at Teatrebcn.com

Vicky Peña as voice actress
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pena, Vicky 1954 births Living people Stage actresses from Catalonia Film actresses from Catalonia Television actresses from Catalonia Spanish voice actresses Spanish stage actresses 20th-century Spanish actresses 21st-century Spanish actresses Actresses from Barcelona