Tamara Acosta

Tamara Acosta
Tamara Acosta
	2011
Born	Tamara Olga Acosta Zambra; 5 February 1972; San Bernardo, Chile
Other names	The muse of Chilean cinema
Alma mater	Instituto Sagrado Corazón
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1994–present
Spouse(s)	Sebastián Araya
Awards	Altazor (2000, 2009, 2010, 2011); APES (1996, 2001); Copihue de Oro (2006, 2007, 2010); TV Grama (2009, 2010); Caleuche (2016);

Tamara Olga Acosta Zambra (born 5 February 1972) is a prominent Chilean actress.

Career

Tamara Acosta graduated from the Theater School of Fernando González. She is a recognized figure of theater, television, and above all is known as "the muse of Chilean cinema" because she has participated in a large number of films produced in Chile.[1] She has won several awards at international festivals. Her first television appearance was on Sábado Gigante Internacional in 1991, as a participant in a situation contest.

For her outstanding performance as Ana López on the series Los 80 she was nominated five consecutive times for the Altazor Award for best television actress, winning it three years in a row.[2][3]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1994	Largadistancia		Claudia Aravena
1997	Volando voy		Miguel Albaladejo
1998	Gringuito	María Ortuzar	Sergio Castilla
1999	El desquite	Anita	Andrés Wood	Winner: Altazor Winner: Damascus Film Festival[4]
	La chica del Crillón	Teresa Iturrigorriaga	Alberto Daiber
	The Sentimental Teaser	Mía Ballero	Cristián Galaz	Winner: Altazor[4]
2000	Tierra del Fuego	Mennar	Miguel Littín
2001	Te amo (made in Chile)	Ema Neira	Sergio Castilla	Winner: APES Award[5]
2001	La Fiebre del Loco	Nelly	Andrés Wood	Winner: Cartagena Film Festival Winner: Lima Festival[4] Nominated: Altazor
2004	Azul y blanco	Paloma Sanhueza	Sebastián Araya
2004	Machuca	Juana María	Andrés Wood	Nominated: Altazor
2005	Monógamo sucesivo		Pablo Basulto
2005	The Last Moon	Matty	Miguel Littin
2006	El rey de los huevones	Sandra	Boris Quercia
2007	Casa de remolienda	Irene "La Ronca"	Joaquín Eyzaguirre
	Rojo intenso	Inspectora González	Javier Elorrieta
	Radio Corazón	Valeria	Roberto Artiagoitia
2009	La Gabriela	Palma Guillén	Rodrigo Moreno del Campo
2011	My Last Round	Matilde	Julio Jorquera
	Gente mala del norte	La musa (voice)	Patricio Riquelme
	El lenguaje del tiempo		Sebastián Araya

Television

Telenovelas

Year	Title	Role	Channel
1994	Champaña	Cynthia Jurandir	Canal 13
1994	Top Secret	Amparo Mena	Canal 13
1995	Estúpido Cupido	Marisol Tagle	TVN
1996	Sucupira	Daniela López	TVN
1996	Loca piel	Danitza Torres / Lorena Torres	TVN
1997	Oro verde	Jeannette Machuca	TVN
1998	Iorana	Tahía Peñailillo	TVN
1999	La fiera	Kathia Alejandra Cereceda "DJ Kathia"	TVN
2001	Pampa Ilusión	Clementina Paita	TVN
2002	El circo de las Montini	Nadia Carolina Marín "La Comaneci"	TVN
2004	Los Pincheira	Matilde del Solar	TVN
2007	Papi Ricky	Colomba Chaparro	Canal 13
2008	Don Amor	Gloria Alessandri	Canal 13
2010	Feroz	Soledad Gutiérrez	Canal 13
2015	Veinteañero a los 40	Rafaela Guerra	Canal 13
2016	Preciosas	Elsa Morales	Canal 13
2017	Soltera otra vez	Tatiana Álvarez	Canal 13

Series and miniseries

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Notes
1997– 1998	Sucupira, la comedia	Daniela López	TVN
2007	Lo que callamos las mujeres	Jessenia	Mega	Episode: "Difícil de olvidar"
2008– 2014	Los 80	Ana López	Canal 13	78 episodes Altazor Award for Best Television Actress (2009–2011)[2][3] Nominated: Altazor Award for Best Television Actress (2012–2013) TV Grama for Best Actress (2009–2010) Nominated: Copihue de Oro for Best Actress (2012–2014) Nominated: TV Grama for Best Actress (2011–2012) Caleuche Award for Best Actress in Series (2016)[6]
2012	Vida por vida	Dr. María Teresa León	Canal 13	13 episodes

Appearances

La ruta de la seda (TVN, 2001) – Co-host
La ruta de Amazonía (TVN, 2007) – Co-host
Vértigo V/S (Canal 13, 2008) – Guest
Acoso textual (Canal 13, 2010) – Guest
Zona de estrellas (Zona Latina, 2012) – Guest
Vértigo 2012 (Canal 13, 2012) – Guest
Sin maquillaje (TVN, 2013) – Guest
Dudo (13C, 2013) – Guest

Theater

Madame de Sade (1993)
La visita (1996), directed by Claudia Di Girolamo
Los Ciegos (1997)
Las Huachas (2008)
Topografía de un Desnudo (2010)
Amledi, El Tonto (2010)
Padre (2011)
Persiguiendo a Nora Helmer (2012)
Lady Marginal (2017), directed by Claudia Di Girolamo

Awards

Acosta playing Ana López on the series Los 80, a role which earned her several awards

Altazor

Year	Category	Production	Result
2000	Best Actress – Film	El desquite / The Sentimental Teaser	Winner[4]
2002	Best Actress – Film	La fiebre del loco	Nominated
2005	Best Actress – Film	Machuca	Nominated
2009	Best Actress – Theater	Las Huachas	Nominated
2009	Best Actress – Television	Los 80: first season	Winner
2010	Best Actress – Television	Los 80: second season	Winner
2011	Best Actress – Television	Los 80: third season	Winner[2][3]
2012	Best Actress – Television	Los 80: fourth season	Nominated
2013	Best Actress – Television	Los 80: fifth season	Nominated

APES

Year	Category	Production	Result
1996	Best Actress – Television (cast)	Loca piel	Winner
2001	Best Actress – Film	La fiebre del loco / Te amo (made in Chile)	Winner[5]

Copihue de Oro

Year	Category	Result
2006	Best Actress – Film	Winner
2007	Best Actress – Film	Winner
2010	Best Actress – Film	Winner[7]
2012	Best Actress – Television	Nominated
2013	Best Actress – Television	Nominated
2014	Best Actress – Television	Nominated

TV Grama

Year	Category	Production	Result
2009	Best Actress – Television	Los 80: second season	Winner
2010	Best Actress – Television	Los 80: third season	Winner[8]
2011	Best Actress – Television	Los 80: fourth season	Nominated

Caleuche

Year	Category	Production	Result
2016	Best Leading Actress in Series	Los 80: fifth season	Winner[6]

Other awards

Year	Award	Category	Production
1999	Damascus Film Festival	Best Actress[4]	El desquite
2002	Cartagena Film Festival	Best Actress of Cast[4]	La fiebre del loco
2002	Lima Festival	Best Actress[4]	La fiebre del loco

References

Carvallo, Lenka. "El regreso de la musa" [The Return of the Muse]. Caras (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 January 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
"Tamara Acosta: Ganarse los Altazor tres veces da un poquito de vergüenza" [Tamara Acosta: Winning the Altazor Three Times is a Little Embarrassing] (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
"Tamara Acosta y triunfo de Los 80 en Premios Altazor: 'Da un poco de vergüenza'" [Tamara Acosta and Triumph of Los 80 at Altazor Awards: 'It's a Little Embarrassing']. La Tercera (in Spanish). 25 May 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
"Chilectra distinguió a 10 destacadas mujeres por su aporte al desarrollo social del país" [Chilectra Recognizes 10 Distinguished Women for Their Contribution to the Country's Social Development]. Electricidad (in Spanish). 7 March 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
"Premios Apes 2001: Para dejar contentos a todos" [2001 APES Awards: To Make Everyone Happy]. La Estrella de Valparaíso (in Spanish). 10 December 2001. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
"Nominados y ganadores del 1° Premio Caleuche para los actores chilenos" [Nominees and Winners of the 1st Caleuche Award for Chilean Actors] (in Spanish). Radio Magallanes. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
"Pifias a Felipe Camiroaga marcaron la premiación del Copihue de Oro" [Blunders By Felipe Camiroaga Mark the Presentation of the Copihue de Oro] (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 7 December 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
"Araneda y García-Huidobro brillaron en premiación de TV Grama" [Araneda and García-Huidobro Shine in Presentation of TV Grama] (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 30 December 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

External links

Tamara Acosta at IMDb

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[1] Carvallo, Lenka. "El regreso de la musa" [The Return of the Muse]. Caras (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 January 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2018.

[Altazor_Cooperativa-2] "Tamara Acosta: Ganarse los Altazor tres veces da un poquito de vergüenza" [Tamara Acosta: Winning the Altazor Three Times is a Little Embarrassing] (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2018.

[Altazor_Tercera-3] "Tamara Acosta y triunfo de Los 80 en Premios Altazor: 'Da un poco de vergüenza'" [Tamara Acosta and Triumph of Los 80 at Altazor Awards: 'It's a Little Embarrassing']. La Tercera (in Spanish). 25 May 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

[Chilectra-4] "Chilectra distinguió a 10 destacadas mujeres por su aporte al desarrollo social del país" [Chilectra Recognizes 10 Distinguished Women for Their Contribution to the Country's Social Development]. Electricidad (in Spanish). 7 March 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

[APES_2001-5] "Premios Apes 2001: Para dejar contentos a todos" [2001 APES Awards: To Make Everyone Happy]. La Estrella de Valparaíso (in Spanish). 10 December 2001. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

[Caleuche-6] "Nominados y ganadores del 1° Premio Caleuche para los actores chilenos" [Nominees and Winners of the 1st Caleuche Award for Chilean Actors] (in Spanish). Radio Magallanes. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

[7] "Pifias a Felipe Camiroaga marcaron la premiación del Copihue de Oro" [Blunders By Felipe Camiroaga Mark the Presentation of the Copihue de Oro] (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 7 December 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

[8] "Araneda y García-Huidobro brillaron en premiación de TV Grama" [Araneda and García-Huidobro Shine in Presentation of TV Grama] (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 30 December 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2018.