Mercedes Sampietro
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Mercedes Sampietro

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- Name
- Mercedes Sampietro
- Birth Name
- Mercedes Sampietro Marro
- Born
- 24 January 1947
- Birthplace
- Barcelona, Spain
- Full name
- Mercè Sampietro i Marro.
- Nationality
- Spain.
- Occupation
- actress, film director and screenwriter.
- Honours
- Saint George's Cross, Miquel Porter Gaudí Honorary Award, Goya Award for Best Actress, Margarida Xirgu Memorial Prize, Butaca Award for best theater actress and Butaca Award for best Catalan film actress.
- Languages
- Catalan and Spanish.
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Biography
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The recorded working language is Catalan and Spanish. Positions recorded include President of the Spanish Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences. Distinctions recorded are Saint George's Cross, Miquel Porter Gaudí Honorary Award, Goya Award for Best Actress and Margarida Xirgu Memorial Prize.

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• Name — Mercedes Sampietro • Birth Name — Mercedes Sampietro Marro • Born — 24 January 1947 • Birthplace — Barcelona, Spain • Other Names — Mercè Sampietro • Years Active — 1970- Mercedes Sampietro Marro (born 24 January 1947) is a Spanish actress.
Biography
Biography
Mercedes Sampietro Marro was born in Barcelona on 24 January 1947. She began her career as a stage actress in 1970. Having performed as a voice actress in a number of films, she made her film debut onscreen in Jaime Chávarri's To an Unknown God (1977). She has worked five times with Pilar Miró. In 1981 she won the award for Best Actress at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival for her role in Gary Cooper, Who Art in Heaven. She won a Goya Award for Best Actress for her role in the 2002 Argentine-Spanish film Common Ground, performing Liliana Rovira, a social worker, daughter to Spanish Republican exiles who settled in Argentina. She has dubbed actresses including Meryl Streep, Diane Keaton, Kim Basinger, and Catherine Deneuve. Sampietro was the recipient of the 2003 National Cinematography Prize in Spain. She served as the president of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain from 9 October 2003 to 18 December 2006.
Filmography
Filmography
• 2018 • Fugitiva • If I Hadn't Met You • 2007 • La noche que dejó de llover • La buena nueva • El hombre de arena • Vida de familia • 2006 • Va a ser que nadie es perfecto • 53 días de invierno • La edad de la peseta • Salvador (Puig Antich), de Manuel Huerga • 2005 • Reinas, de Manuel Gómez Pereira • Obaba, de Montxo Armendáriz • Nordeste • 2004 • Inconscientes • Febrer • El año del diluvio (voz) • Cuadrilátero • 2003 • Buscando a Nemo (voz) • No matarás • Bala perdida • 2002 – Lugares comunes • 2001 – Silencio roto, de Montxo Armendáriz • 2000 • Dinosaurio (voz) • Nosotras • Sé quién eres • 1999 • Cuando vuelvas a mi lado • Las huellas borradas • Tarzán (voz) • Segunda piel • Saïd • 1998 – Bert • 1997 – La herida luminosa • 1995 – Historias del Kronen, de Montxo Armendáriz • 1994 – Dame fuego • 1993 – El pájaro de la felicidad, de Pilar Miró • 1991 – Beltenebros (dubber of voice), de Pilar Miró • 1989 • Montoyas y tarantos • La blanca paloma • La banyera • Caminos de tiza • 1988 • Sinatra • Qui t'estima, Babel? • Lluvia de otoño • 1987 – Pehavý Max a strasidlá • 1986 • Werther, de Pilar Miró • Virtudes Bastián • 1985 • Extramuros • El anillo de niebla • 1984 – La última rosa • 1983 • Percusión • Vivir mañana • 1982 • Estoy en crisis • Hablamos esta noche • La leyenda del tambor • El ser • 1980 • Gary Cooper, que estás en los cielos, de Pilar Miró • El crimen de Cuenca, de Pilar Miró • 1978 – ¿Qué hace una chica como tú en un sitio como éste? • 1977 – A un dios desconocido
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Mercedes Sampietro is recorded as having received Saint George's Cross, Miquel Porter Gaudí Honorary Award and Goya Award for Best Actress.
Awards and nominations
• Year — Award — Category — Title — Result • 1981 — Fotogramas de Plata — Best Spanish Performer — Gary Cooper, que estás en los cielos • Moscow International Film Festival — Best Actress • Taormina International Film Festival — Bronze Mask Award • 1985 — San Sebastián International Film Festival — Best Actress — Extramuros • 1986 — Fotogramas de Plata — Best Movie Actress • 1987 — Premios ACE — Best Actress • 1992 — Fotogramas de Plata — Best TV Actress — Una hija mas • 1993 — Ondas Awards — Best Acting — El pájaro de la felicidad • 2000 — Cinema Writers Circle Awards — Best Actress — Be My Side Again • Goya Awards — Best Actress • Turia Awards — Special Award • Catalan International Film Festival — Best Actress — Women • 2001 — Butaca Awards — Best Film Actress — Silencio Roto • Toulouse Cinespaña — Special Mention • 2002 — Cinema Writers Circle Awards — Best Supporting Actress • San Sebastián International Film Festival — Best Actress — Common Ground • 2003 — Argentinean Film Critics Association — Best Actress • Butaca Awards — Best Film Actress • Cinema Writers Circle Awards — Best Actress • Fotogramas de Plata — Best Actress • Goya Awards — Best Actress • Gramado Film Festival — Best Actress • Sant Jordi Awards — Best Spanish Actress • Spanish Actors Union — Best Female Actress • 2005 — Butaca Awards — Best Film Actress — Unconscious • Goya Awards — Best Supporting Actress • 2006 — Butaca Awards — Best Film Actress — Obaba • 2008 — Butaca Awards — Best Film Actress — 53 días de invierno • Gijón International Film Festival — Nacho Martinez Award • 2009 — Gaudí Awards — Best Short Film — Turismo • Málaga Spanish Film Festival — Best Short Film • 2010 — Murcia Week of Spanish Cinema — Primavera Award • 2011 — Zapping Awards — Best Actress — La Riera
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Mercedes Sampietro was recorded at birth as Mercè Sampietro i Marro. Her recorded languages were Catalan and Spanish. Sampietro received Saint George's Cross, Miquel Porter Gaudí Honorary Award, Goya Award for Best Actress, Margarida Xirgu Memorial Prize, Butaca Award for best theater actress and Butaca Award for best Catalan film actress.
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