Cristina Rota

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

María Cristina Rota Fernández (born 1945) is an Argentine-born playwright, actress, director and popular acting coach settled in Spain.[1]

Biography

Cristina Rota was born in 1945 in La Plata, Argentina.[2] She has ancestors from the Canary Islands and Navarre.[3] She studied Philosophy and Arts, after which she trained her acting chops, and—already in Argentina—began to primarily focus on drama coaching.[4] With actor Diego Fernando Botto [es] (kidnapped and assassinated during the Videla dictatorship) she had María and Juan Diego.[4] She left Argentina for Spain in 1978 with her children,[3] while she was pregnant of a third child, Nur Al Levi [es], from another partner.[4] In addition to her three children, all thespians, many famous Spanish actors have trained in her school, including Penélope Cruz, Antonio de la Torre, Marta Etura and Raúl Arévalo.[1][5]

Filmography

  • Colores, 2003
  • Party Line, 1994
  • En penumbra, 1987
  • Virtudes Bastián, 1986
  • La reina del mate, 1985

As a producer

  • Los abajo firmantes, 2003

References

  1. ^ a b Fernández, Saúl (12 December 2015). "Cristina Rota: "Hay que procurar no distanciar al actor del público"". La Nueva España.
  2. ^ "Cristina Rota: "Todo debería ser leído desde un punto de vista feminista"". El País. 21 November 2018.
  3. ^ a b Fraguas, Toño. "Cristina Rota: la reinvención de una vida". Desalambre – via eldiario.es.
  4. ^ a b c Hernández, Nuria (21 January 2021). "El lado personal de Juan Diego Botto: la ausencia de su padre, una película que marcó una generación y el gran amor de su vida". Vanity Fair.
  5. ^ "Clara Chaín, la novia de Adrián Lastra: de Jaca a Miami, pasando por la escuela de Cristina Rota". Yahoo.com. 22 February 2020.

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