Loreto Valenzuela

Chilean actress and director

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is  Valenzuela and the second or maternal family name is  Valdivia.

Loreto Valenzuela

In 2022

Born|

Loreto Cristina Valenzuela Valdivia

(1954-07-03) 3 July 1954 (age 71)

San Antonio, Chile

Alma mater| Catholic University of Chile
Occupation(s)| Actress, theater director
Spouses|

* Francisco Huneeus (divorced)
* Juan Ramón Ibáñez

Loreto Cristina Valenzuela Valdivia (born 3 July 1954) is a Chilean actress and director, recognized for her extensive career in theater and television.

Valenzuela achieved great popularity in the play Tres Marías y una Rosa [es] (1979), in the enigmatic and censored La dama del balcón [es] (1986), in the drama La Quintrala [es] (1987), and for her treacherous antagonistic role in Amanda (2016).

## Biography

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Loreto Valenzuela studied business engineering at the University of Chile's Faculty of Economy and Business [es] from 1972 to 1973 due to political considerations.[1] After the 1973 military coup, a continuous persecution against leftist students began. The school was dissolved the same year, so she was forced to abandon her studies. Subsequently, she took secretarial and acting courses at the School of Communication Arts (EAC) of the Pontifical Catholic University, graduating in 1979.

In 1979 she starred with Luz Jiménez, Myriam Palacios, and Soledad Alonso in the play Tres Marías y una Rosa by David Benavente and directed by Raúl Osorio.[2] Its success led her to tour Latin America and Europe.[3][4][5] In the theater, she has excelled in the productions Three Sisters by Chekhov, El día que me quieras by José Ignacio Cabrujas, Invitación a cenar by Egon Wolff, and a theatrical adaptation of Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands by Jorge Amado, in addition to several plays with the outstanding Ictus Theater [es] company, such as Sueños de mala muerte and Oleada.

After participating in plays, Valenzuela made her television debut in 1984 with La represa [es] on TVN, produced by Sonia Fuchs [es]. In the telenovela she played a small but fundamental role, sharing a scene with Malú Gatica, Luz Jiménez, and Alfredo Castro.

In 1986, she obtained her first leading role, in María Elena Gertner's enigmatic La dama del balcón. Valenzuela plays three characters and earned the recognition of TV critics.[6] The character suffers a Nazi genetic experiment that keeps her young. However, the telenovela was censored by the military regime of Augusto Pinochet.[7] Later, she participated in Vicente Sabatini's successful miniseries La Quintrala (1987), playing Rufina, a sorceress slave.[8] In this production, she shared credits with Raquel Argandoña, Roxana Campos [es], and María Izquierdo. At the same time, she made her cinematic debut with the 1986 film Hechos consumados [es], followed by Consuelo [es] in 1989.

In 2000 she returned to TVN after making special appearances on some shows. This time she participated in several productions, such as Santo ladrón [es], the successful Amores de mercado (2001), and the young adult telenovela 16 (2003). Later she moved to the station Canal 13 to participate in successful productions such as Brujas and Lola [es].

In 2016 she obtained her first antagonistic role in Amanda,[9] playing Catalina Minardi, a rigid and narcissistic matriarch who suffers from a facial paralysis, owner of the estate where the protagonist returns for revenge.[10] The character has been ranked as one of the actress's best performances, both in terms of aesthetics and idioms.[11]

Valenzuela plays an important social role together with the CoArtRe Corporation, which works on the reintegration of Chilean prisoners into the labor market.[12]

## Filmography

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### Film

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Year | Title | Role | Director

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1983  | El 18 de los García |  | Claudio di Girolamo [es]
Rogelio Segundo |  | Ricardo Larraín
1988  | Hechos consumados [es] | Marta  | Luis R. Vera
Consuelo [es] | Consuelo  | Luis R. Vera
1990  | The Moon in the Mirror |  | Silvio Caiozzi
1994  | The Shipwrecked | Leticia  | Miguel Littín
2001  | Te amo (made in Chile) [es] | Madre de Samuel  | Sergio Castilla
2003  | Sex with Love | Mónica  | Boris Quercia
El huésped [es] | Doctora Solar  | Coke Hidalgo

### Telenovelas

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Channel

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1984 | La represa [es] | Hortencia "Tencha" Jara | TVN
1986 | La dama del balcón [es] | Nora de Castaños / Regina Rey / Olga | TVN
1987 | La Quintrala [es] | Rufina | TVN
2000 | Santo ladrón [es] | Norma Villegas | TVN
2001 | Amores de mercado | Maitén García "La Morocha" | TVN
2003 | 16 | Mariana del Canto | TVN
2005 | Brujas | Mercedes Salazar | Canal 13
2006 | Descarado [es] | Minerva Castillo | Canal 13
2007-2008 | Lola [es] | Alicia Toro | Canal 13
2011 | Aquí mando yo | Carmen Morales | TVN
2013 | Dos por uno | Isidora Goycochea | TVN
2014 | El amor lo manejo yo | Isabel Fuentes | TVN
2015 | Eres mi tesoro | Gabriela Aldunate | Mega
2016-2017 | Amanda | Catalina Minardi | Mega
2018 | Educando a Nina |  | Chilevisión

### TV series and specials

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Year | Title | Role | Channel

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1998 | Los Cárcamo [es] | Josefa Machuca | Canal 13
2005 | La Nany | Mónica | Mega
Los simuladores [es] | Madre de Macarena | Canal 13
2008 | El blog de la Feña | Miss Maturana | Canal 13

## Theater

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* Tres Marías y una Rosa [es]
* Three Sisters
* El día en que me quieras
* Invitación a cenar
* Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
* Debajo de las polleras (2004)
* Brujas [es] (2009)
* The House of the Spirits (2010)

## Awards and nominations

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### Caleuche Awards

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Year | Category | Work | Result

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2018 [es] | Best Leading Television Actress | Amanda | Winner[13]

### Copihue de Oro

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Year | Category | Work | Result

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2017 [es] | Best Popular Actress | Amanda | Nominated
2017 [es] | Copihue de Oro Queen |  | Nominated

### FOTECH Award

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Year | Category | Work | Result

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2017 | Best Supporting Actress | Amanda | Nominated
2017 | The 7 Best Characters of the Year | Amanda | Winner[14]

### Wikén-GfK Adimark Poll

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Year | Category | Work | Place

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2017 | Best Television Actress | Amanda | 4th (59 points)[15]

## References

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1. ^ "Loreto Valenzuela entró a estudiar Economía por motivos políticos" [Loreto Valenzuela Entered to Study Economics for Political Reasons] (in Spanish). La Red. 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
2. ^ Rojo, Grínor (1985). "Cuatro piezas de la segunda mitad de los años setenta" [Four Pieces of the Second Half of the 70s]. Muerte y resurrección del teatro chileno 1973–1983 [Death and Resurrection of the Chilean Theater 1973–1983] (in Spanish). Michay. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2018 – via Centro Documental Blest.
3. ^ Miranda, Rodrigo (17 April 2009). "El teatro político chileno vuelve a escena" [Chilean Political Theater Returns to the Scene]. La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2018.
4. ^ Miranda, Rodrigo (17 June 2009). "Vuelve Tres Marías y una Rosa, clásico teatral de los 70" [Tres Marías y una Rosa Returns, Classic Theater of the 70s]. La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2018.
5. ^ Hoy, Issues 180-192 (in Spanish). Araucaria Ltda. 1981. p. 69. Retrieved 21 February 2018 – via Google Books.
6. ^ "'Dama del balcón'". El Mercurio (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2018.
7. ^ "'La Dama del balcón' sin censura" ['La Dama del balcón' Uncensored]. La Epoca (in Spanish). 2 March 1990. p. 19. Retrieved 21 February 2018 – via Biblioteca Nacional de Chile.
8. ^ Alonso, Marcelo (21 January 2012). "Miniseries con Historia: 'La Quintrala'" [Miniseries With History: 'La Quintrala']. LogosCL (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2018.
9. ^ "Entrevista: Loreto Valenzuela y su primer rol como villana" [Interview: Loreto Valenzuela and Her First Role as Villain] (in Spanish). Mega. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
10. ^ "Loreto Valenzuela y su personaje en 'Amanda': 'Ha sido un gran desafío'" [Loreto Valenzuela and Her Character in 'Amanda': 'It Has Been a Great Challenge']. teleseries.cl (in Spanish). 30 December 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
11. ^ Garrido, Solange (13 October 2016). "Actriz Loreto Valenzuela luce drástico cambio de look para nueva teleserie de Mega" [Actress Loreto Valenzuela Sports Dramatic Change of Look for New Mega TV Serial]. Página 7 (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 12 May 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
12. ^ "'No me gusta Mauricio Israel'" ['I Do Not Like Mauricio Israel']. El Periodista (in Spanish). 3 (86). 22 July 2005. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
13. ^ "Actores de Mega dominan Premios Caleuche 2018" [Mega Actors Dominate 2018 Caleuche Awards]. La Tercera (in Spanish). 24 January 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
14. ^ Chávez, Daniela (31 December 2017). "Los 7 mejores personajes de teleseries del 2017, según los usuarios de Fotech.cl" [The 7 Best TV Serial Characters of 2017, According to Users of Fotech.cl]. Fotech.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 February 2018.
15. ^ "Ranking de actores de televisión" [Ranking of Television Actors]. El Mercurio Wikién (in Spanish). 16 February 2018. p. 4. Retrieved 22 February 2018.

## External links

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* Loreto Valenzuela at IMDb

Authority control databases

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* VIAF
* WorldCat

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* United States