Norma Aleandro

She has performed in other successful films like The Truce (1974), Cousins (1989), Autumn Sun (1996), The Lighthouse (1998), Son of the Bride (2001) and Cama Adentro (2005). For her performance as Florencia Sánchez Morales in the 1987 film Gaby: A True Story, she received a Golden Globe nomination and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Aleandro wrote the 1970 film The Inheritors and performed in various plays such as August: Osage County. Aleandro also appeared in the Argentine adaptation of BeTipul, the critically successful En terapia.

• Name — Norma Aleandro • Born — 2 May 1936 • Birthplace — Buenos Aires, Argentina • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1952–present • Spouse — * Oscar Ferrigno (divorced) • Eduardo Le Poole • Children — 1

• Illustration — Aleandro in the 1950s or 1960s Aleandro was born in Buenos Aires on 2 May 1936. She is the daughter of actors Pedro Aleandro and María Luisa Robledo and the sister of actress María Vaner. During the late 1970s, she was vocal about her progressive views and during the military dictatorship she was exiled to Uruguay. Later Aleandro moved to Spain and did not return to Argentina until after the military junta fell in 1983. In 1985, her breakout role was the Argentine Academy Award-winning film The Official Story. For her acting in the film she won the Cannes Award for best actress. She worked in several other Argentine movies such as the Academy Award-nominated Son of the Bride, Sol de Otoño, and El Faro. Aleandro co-starred in a few Hollywood films such as One Man's War, with Anthony Hopkins, and Gaby: A True Story (1987) for which she received an Oscar nomination. She also had a minor role in Cousins (1989). Back in Argentina, she returned to the stage with Master Class and won the María Guerrero award in 1996. The same year, she was honored as Ciudadano Ilustre de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires ("Illustrious Citizen of the City of Buenos Aires"). She has co-starred five times with fellow actor Héctor Alterio: Los siete Locos (1973), the Academy Award-nominated The Truce (1974), The Official Story (1985), Son of the Bride (2001) and Cleopatra (2003), the last three of which they played husband and wife. In 2009, Aleandro appeared in The City of Your Final Destination, directed by James Ivory and co-starring Anthony Hopkins, Laura Linney and Charlotte Gainsbourg.

• Illustration — Aleandro (as Macacha Güemes) with Alfredo Alcón in the 1971 film Güemes: la tierra en armas

• Cannes Award: Best Actress for The Official Story, 1985 • New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Actress for The Official Story, 1985 • Cartagena Film Festival: Best Actress for The Official Story, 1985 • David di Donatello: Best Foreign Actress for The Official Story, 1987 • Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival: Best Actress for Sol de Otoño, 1996 • Havana Film Festival: Best Actress for Sol de Otoño, 1996 • Gramado Film Festival: Best Latin Actress for Son of the Bride, 2002

• Academy Award: Best Supporting Actress for Gaby: A True Story, 1987 • Golden Globe Award: Best Supporting Actress for Gaby: A True Story, 1987 • Martín Fierro Awards: for En terapia, 2012, 2013

Norma Aleandro is recorded as having received diamond Konex award and Illustrious Citizen of Buenos Aires trolazo.