Manuela Martelli

• Birth Name — Manuela Abril Martelli Salamovich • Born — April 16, 1983 • Birthplace — Santiago de Chile, Chile • Occupation — Actress • Education — Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

On April 16, 1983, Martelli was born in Santiago de Chile. Martelli's parents are Nicolás Martelli, of Italian descent, and Marian Salamovich, of Croatian descent. Martelli studied at Saint George's College, Santiago and at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. In 2010, she enrolled at Temple University in Philadelphia, where she graduated with a master's degree in film studies. She started acting in her teenage years. Martelli played the main role in the film B-Happy by Gonzalo Justiniano. Later she had roles in the TV series Huaiquimán y Tolosa and movies like Machuca, Radio Corazón and Malta con Huevo. In 2010 she appeared in Canal 13's telenovela Feroz. In 2014, she emerged as a director with a short film, Apnea. Her 2015 short Land Tides was a part of Factory Programme and premiered at the Cannes Director's Fortnight. In 2021, she filmed her feature debut 1976. It was screened at numerous festivals around the world and won multiple awards, among them the Sutherland Award for best first feature at the 2022 BFI London Film Festival, Best Debut Film Award at Jerusalem Film Festival, Best Actress Award at TIFF, Platino Award for Best Debut Film, etc. In 2022, Martelli worked on a second feature, The Meltdown (El deshielo). It was presented at Ventana Sur’s 5th Proyecta co-production forum, and won the second Coprocity Development Prize. The Meltdown is the second part of the trilogy initiated with 1976.

• Year — English Title — Original Title — Notes • 2021 — Chile '76 — 1976 • 2026 — The Meltdown — El deshielo

• Year — Film — Role — Notes • 2003 — B-Happy — Katty — Main role. • 2004 — Machuca — Silvana • 2005 — Monógamo Sucesivo • Como un Avión Estrellado — Luchi • Baño de mujeres — Soledad • 2007 — Scrambled Beer — Fedora • ¡Pega Martín Pega! • Radio Corazón — Nice • 2008 — Sonetàula — Maddalena — Italian film • La Buena Vida — Paula • 2009 — The Bridge — Lucía • Christmas — Aurora • 2012 — My Last Round — Jennifer • 2013 — Il Futuro — Bianca • 2014 — Two Shots Fired — Lucía • 2025 — God Will Not Help — Teresa

• Year — Telenovela — Role — Channel — Notes • 2010 — Feroz — Amanda Carrera — Canal 13 — Debut in telenovelas.

• Year — TV series — Role — Channel — Notes • 2008 — Huaiquimán y Tolosa — Sofía Santos — Canal 13 — appeared in 11 chapters.