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Mercedes Morán

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Mercedes Morán
Morán in 2015.
Born
Mercedes Beatriz Morán

Argentina
OccupationActress
Years active1980–present
Spouse
(m. 1987; div. 2000)
PartnerFidel Sclavo (2006–2018)
Children3, including Mercedes Scápola

Mercedes Beatriz Morán is an Argentine actress, known for her role in the television miniseries Culpables.

Career

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Morán has worked in several TV programs, such as Donde pueda quererte, Rosa de lejos, Por siempre amigos, Gasoleros, Culpables, Tiempo final, Mujeres asesinas, Amas de casa desesperadas, El hombre de tu vida, En terapia and La celebración. She worked on stage in plays such as El efecto de los rayos gamma, Locos de contentos, Humores que matan, Monólogos de la vagina, Pequeños crímenes conyugales, Agosto, Buena gente and La brisa de la vida. She worked in films such as Mirha de Liniers a Estambul, El Sur, La Ciénaga, Whisky Romeo Zulu, Luna de Avellaneda, The Motorcycle Diaries, Cordero de Dios, La ronda, Los Marziano and Betibú.[1]

She was the lead actress of Culpables in 2001, which was awarded the Golden Martín Fierro Award. That year she was nominated as the best lead actress in miniseries, but did not receive the award.[2] She had a cameo appearance in Graduados in 2012, which starred her daughter Mercedes Scápola. She played the mother of Scápola's character, the housekeeper "Clarita". Both of them work as regular actresses in the 2014 telenovela Guapas. She also had a scene with the actor Juan Leyrado, with subtle references to the 1998 telenovela Gasoleros. Both of them were the lead actors in it.[3][4]

Personal life

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She married at 17 and with the disapproval of her parents. Mercedes Morán has three daughters. Mercedes Scápola and María Scápola from her first marriage with Oscar Scápola. Manuela is her daughter with the actor Oscar Martínez with whom she had a long relationship and she divorced in 2000.[5]

Filmography

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Television

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Year Title Character Channel Notes
1980 Donde pueda quererte Canal 11
1980-1981 Rosa... de lejos Paola Carbó Alvear TV Pública
1987 Por siempre amigos Andrea Telefe
1990 Atreverse Mercedes Telefe
1994 La marca del deseo Telefe
1996 De poeta y de loco Luciana Canal 13
1997 Señoras y señores Carla TV Pública
1998-1999 Gasoleros Roxana "Roxi" Pressuti Canal 13
2001 Culpables Chechu Canal 13
2002 Tiempo final Raquel Telefe Episode: "Los ladrones"
2002 Infieles Paula Telefe Episode: "El día del aniversario"
2005 Conflictos en red Silvia Massey Telefe Episode: "Loop"
2005 Mujeres asesinas Graciela Hammer Canal 13 Episode: "Gaciela, incendiaria"
2006 Amas de casa desesperadas Lía Salgari Canal 13
2008 Socias Inés Asturias Canal 13
2011-2012 El hombre de tu vida Gloria Pinotti Telefe
2012 Graduados Dolores "Dolly" López Telefe
2012 Amores de historia Clelia Luro Canal 9 Episode: "Clelia y Jerónimo"
2013 En terapia Andrea Mendel TV Pública
2014 La celebración Lola Telefe Episode: "Aniversario"
2014-2015 Guapas Mónica Duarte Canal 13
2015 La casa Paula/Verónica Clausen TV Pública
2021 Maradona: Blessed Dream Dalma Salvadora "Doña Tota" Franco Amazon Prime Video [6]
2021 El reino Elena Vázquez Pena Netflix
2022 Yosi, the Regretful Spy Mónica Raposo Amazon Prime Video

Theater

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Year Title Director Theater
1983-1984 El efecto de los rayos gamma Carlos Rivas
1985-1986 Una Margarita llamada Mercedes Omar Grasso
1987-1988 El último de los amantes ardientes Luis Agustoni
1989-1990 El protagonista ante el espejo
1991 Locos de contentos Carlos Rivas
1992 Jake's Women Alberto Ure
1994 Ángeles perdidos Carlos Rivas
1995 Cristales rotos Carlos Rivas
1997 Humores que matan Oscar Martínez
2001 Monólogos de la vagina Lía Jelín
2004-2005 Pequeños crímenes conyugales Rubén Szuchmacher Paseo La Plaza
2009 Agosto: Condado de Osage Claudio Tolcachir Teatro Lola Membrives
2010 Amor, dolor y qué me pongo Mercedes Morán Teatro Tabarís
2012 Buena Gente Claudio Tolcachir Teatro Liceo
2012 La brisa de la vida Jorge Azurmendi Casa del Teatro Regina
2016 ¡Ay, amor divino! Claudio Tolcachir Teatro Maipo

Movies

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Year Movie Character Director
1987 Mirta, de Liniers a Estambul Jorge Coscia and Guillermo Saura
1989 Nunca estuve en Viena Eugenia Antonio Larreta
1995 De amor y de sombra María Elena Betty Kaplan
2001 La Ciénaga Tali Lucrecia Martel
2004 Whisky Romeo Zulu Marcela Enrique Piñeyro
2004 The Holy Girl Helena Lucrecia Martel
2004 Moon of Avellaneda Graciela Fernández Juan José Campanella
2004 The Motorcycle Diaries Celia de la Serna Walter Salles
2004 Próxima salida Susana de Velmar Nicolás Tuozzo
2006 Remake Carol Roger Gual
2006 Cara de queso -mi primer ghetto- Lilí Ariel Winograd
2008 La ronda Mónica Inés Braun
2008 Lamb of God Teresa Lucía Cedrón
2008 Un novio para mi mujer Blanca's voice Juan Taratuto
2011 Los Marziano Nena Ana Katz
2011 Olympia The Director Leo Damario
2014 Betibú Nurit Iscar/Betibú Miguel Cohan
2015 Chiamatemi Francesco Esther Ballestrino Daniele Luchetti
2016 Artax: Un nuevo Comienzo Mariana Diego Corsini
2016 Neruda Delia del Carril Pablo Larraín
2017 Maracaibo Cristina Miguel Ángel Rocca
2018 El Angel Ana María Peralta Luis Ortega
2018 Sueño Florianópolis Lucrecia Ana Katz
2018 El amor menos pensado Ana Juan Vera
2018 La familia sumergida Marcela María Alché
2019 Spider Inés Andrés Wood
2020 Reina salvaje Carlota Martín Lucchesi
2023 Empieza el baile Margarita[7] Marina Seresesky

Awards and nominations

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  • Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor; Best Supporting Actress, for La Ciénaga; 2002 (nom).
  • Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor; Best Actress, for Luna de Avellaneda; 2005 (nom).
  • Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor; Best Actress, for Betibú; 2015 (nom).
  • Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor; Best Actress, for Familia Sumergida; 2019 (won).
  • Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor; Best Supporting Actress, for El Ángel; 2019 (nom).
  • Karlovy Vary International Film Festival: Best Actress, for Sueño Florianópolis; 2018 (won).

Footnotes

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  1. ^ "Mercedes Morán" (in Spanish). El Trece. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
  2. ^ "'Culpables' se quedó con el premio Martín Fierro de Oro" ['Culpables' got the Golden Martín Fierro award] (in Spanish). Clarín. July 31, 2002. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
  3. ^ Florencia Maccione (September 10, 2012). "Mercedes Morán y Juan Leyrado se reencontrarán en Graduados" [Mercedes Morán and Juan Leyrado will meet again in Graduados] (in Spanish). Ciudad. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
  4. ^ Marina Zucchi (March 16, 2014). "Guapas: Cinco mujeres fuertes" [Guapas: Five strong women] (in Spanish). Clarín. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  5. ^ Mara Derni (October 2013). "Mercedes Morán y su hija Mercedes Scápola" [Mercedes Morán and her daughter Mercedes Scápola] (in Spanish). Para Tí. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
  6. ^ "Mercedes Morán, en la piel de Doña Tota, aparece en el nuevo adelanto de Maradona: Sueño bendito". GENTE Online (in Spanish). 31 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  7. ^ "RTVE.es estrena el tráiler de 'Empieza el baile', protagonizada por Darío Grandinetti y Mercedes Morán". rtve.es. 20 February 2023.
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