Paola Barrientos

Paola Barrientos (born February 23, 1975 in San Fernando, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine actress. She worked in theater for several years. She took part in a successful TV spot of Banco Galicia, which allowed her to work in the 2012 telenovela Graduados.[1]

Paola Barrientos
Born (1975-02-23) February 23, 1975
San Fernando, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Alma materEscuela Metropolitana de Arte Dramático
OccupationActress
Years active2000–present
Spouse(s)Conrado Geiger
ChildrenJano Geiger (b. 2009)
Clara Geiger (b. 2013)

Biography

Paola Barrientos began her acting studies after her graduation from high school. She was initially rejected by the Escuela Metropolitana de Arte Dramático and accepted at a later test.

Career

She began to work in several underground theaters, in plays such as 3-ex, Teo con Julia and Exhibición y desfile, attended by very few people. Elijo la libertad has scripts by Conrado Geiger, Paola's husband.[2] The play Estado de ira allowed her to be hired for several other productions. She became famous taking part in an advertisement for the Galicia bank, a parody of the Titanic film. She played the famous scene at the stern of the ship, making sharky remarks to a husband who failed to be romantic. The advertisement was co-starred by the actor Gonzalo Suárez, and was followed by similar ones.[3][4] The actress Marilú Marini saw her at the Estado de Ira play and proposed her to work together at Complejo Teatral. The play Las criadas, starred by Barrientos and Marini, is a huge success, with tickets solds for weeks in advance.[2] Estado de ira allowed her as well to be included in the cast of Graduados. Actress Andrea Pietra saw the play and advised her friend Nancy Dupláa, lead actress of the telenovela, to hire her for the role of the best friend of Dupláa's character, Victoria Lauría.[2] Although Paola Barrientos made her first major work in television at the age of 38, Nancy Dupláa praised her professionalism and her adaption to the medium. As a result of the success of her character, Paola Barrientos was included in the front page of several Argentine magazines in 2012.[2] She ended working in the Galicia advertisements in 2018, after 9 years. It was rumored that she was replaced because of her political ideas, close to Kirchnerism, but she clarified that she resigned simply because she considered that she had worked enough in those ads.[5]

Filmography

Television
Year Title Character Channel
2000 Chabonas América TV
2005 Casados con Hijos Moni's friend/Dolores Parreiro Telefe
2006 Hechizada Telefe
2007 Lalola América TV
2010 Para vestir santos Carolina Canal 13
2010-2011 Contra las cuerdas Romina TV Pública
2012 Graduados María Victoria "Vicky" Lauria Telefe
2012 El hombre de tu vida Nora Telefe
2013 Historias de corazón Sofía Telefe
2014-2015 Viudas e hijos del Rock & Roll Miranda Bettini de Arostegui Telefe
2016 Jostel TV Pública
2016 Educando a Nina María Victoria "Vicky" Lauria Telefe
2016 Según Roxi Andrea Rodríguez TV Pública
2018 100 días para enamorarse Bettina Telefe
2018-2019 El jardín de bronce HBO
2020 Volver a empezar Telefe

Movies
Year Movie Character Director
2014 Ciencias naturales Jimena Matías Lucchesi
2015 Papeles en el viento Juan Taratuto
2017 The Heavy Hand of the Law Gloria Soriano Fernán Mirás
2018 Amor Urgente Diego Lublinsky
2019 La afinadora de árboles Clara Natalia Smirnoff
2020 Crímenes de familia Psicóloga Sebastián Schindel

Theater
Title Director
Las criadas Ciro Zorzoli
Un tranvía llamado deseo Daniel Veronesse
Exhibición y desfile Ciro Zorzoli
Mujeres de carne podrida José María Muscari
Saña Paola Barrientos
6. Cuentos putos, no cometerás actos impuros Alejandro López
Uno en secreto Ciro Zorzoli
Pornografía emocional Matías Méndez and José María Muscari
Marchita como el día José María Muscari
Olivo Monina Bonelli
Elijo la soledad Paola Barrientos
Teatro para pájaros Daniel Veronese
El niño en cuestión Ciro Zorzoli
Crónicas Xavier Durringer
Teo con Julia Fernanda Orazi and Diego Velázquez
Belleza cruda Bernardo Cappa and José María Muscari
Grasa José María Muscari
3EX - pieza íntima para teatro Moro Anghileri and Gustavo Tarrío
Tarascones Ciro Zorzoli

Awards and Nomination
Year Award Category Work Result
2010 Martín Fierro Awards Revelation Artist Contra las cuerdas Nominated
2012 Martín Fierro Awards Supporting Actress Graduados Winner
2012 Tato Awards Supporting Actress in Daily Fiction Graduados Winner
2016 Silver Condor Awards Best Female Revelation Ciencias naturales Winner

References
  1. Carola Birgin and Soledad Simond (July 23, 2012). "Paola Barrientos: conocé a la revelación de Graduados" [Paola Barrientos: Meet the revelation of Graduados] (in Spanish). Oh La La. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  2. Alejandro Cruz (August 12, 2012). "Paola Barrientos: "La tele te transforma en un muñequito de Disney"" [Paola Barrientos: "The TV turns you into a Disney toy"] (in Spanish). La Nación. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  3. Sandra Commisso. "La chica que saltó de la tanda al programa" [The girl who jumped from the advertisement to the programme] (in Spanish). Clarín. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  4. Nicolás Coppa. "La fama no cambió mi manera de ser en la vida" [Fame did not change my attitude towards life] (in Spanish). Paparazzi. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  5. "Paola Barrientos respondió a la polémica por su salida de una popular publicidad: 'No tuvo que ver con mi postura política'" [Paola Barrientos replied to the controversy over her departure from a popular advertisement: 'it was unrelated to my political ideas'] (in Spanish). La Nación. March 26, 2018. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
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