Paulina Urrutia
Paulina Marcela Urrutia Fernández (born 15 January 1969) is a Chilean actress, academic, director, trade union leader, and politician. She was a State Minister of the first government of President Michelle Bachelet.
Paulina Urrutia | |
|---|---|
 2014 | |
| Minister of the National Council of Culture and the Arts of Chile | |
| In office 11 March 2006 – 11 March 2010 | |
| President | Michelle Bachelet |
| Preceded by | José Weinstein |
| Succeeded by | Luciano Cruz-Coke |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Paulina Marcela Urrutia Fernández 15 January 1969 Santiago, Chile |
| Spouse(s) | Augusto Góngora |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile |
| Occupation | Actress, politician |
Biography
Born into a middle-class family, Paulina Urrutia grew up in the San Miguel district of the Chilean capital. Her parents worked in public administration and separated when she was fifteen years old. She studied at the Company of Mary school on Seminario Street in the municipality of Providencia.
Her first introduction to theater was as a girl, in a school workshop. Later, after graduating from high school, she entered the discipline at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.[1]
The exercise of her profession began very early. The first play in which she performed was Esperando la carroza, in 1987, under the direction of Raúl Osorio.[2] Her career in television began in a Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN) series in 1989, thanks to an invitation from the producer Sonia Fuchs. She played, with great success, Juanita Fernández Solar, who was later declared the first Chilean saint under the name Teresa of the Andes.[3]
A year later she participated, also on TVN, in El milagro de vivir, her first telenovela. In 1994, after starring in the television series Jaque mate,[3] she joined the Television Corporation of the Catholic University of Chile (UC TV), where she remained until 2002. A highlight of that period was her performance in Fuera de control, as Sarita Mellafe, considered by critics as one of the best villains seen on Chilean television.[4][5] In 2003 she returned to TVN, appearing in the telenovela Puertas adentro, but would return to UC TV the following year, acting in Tentación and Gatas y tuercas.[6] Her film debut came in 1993, in the movie Johnny 100 Pesos by local filmmaker Gustavo Graef Marino.
Urrutia quickly became involved in the political world by actively participating in the Chilean Actors Union (Sidarte), becoming its general secretary and its president in 2001. During the first government of Michelle Bachelet, she was appointed president of the National Council of Culture and the Arts in 2006. This is equivalent to the position of culture minister in other countries.[3]
Under her administration as minister, a set of reforms to intellectual property law was drafted and discussed. It was approved unanimously by the National Congress on 13 January 2010, and promulgated as Law No. 20,435 on 4 May of that year, during the government of Sebastián Piñera.[7]
In May 2017 she assumed the direction of the Camilo Henríquez Theater, succeeding the playwright Ramón Griffero.[1][8]
Urrutia is married to journalist, producer, and director Augusto Góngora.[9][10] She has no children.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Johnny 100 Pesos | Patty | Gustavo Graef-Marino |
| 1996 | El encierro | Olga | Marcelo Ferrari |
| 1999 | No tan lejos de Andrómeda | América | Juan Vicente Araya |
| 2003 | Carga vital | Engracia | Sebastián Campos |
| 2004 | Cachimba | Lucy | Silvio Caiozzi |
| 2004 | Tendida, mirando las estrellas | Nieves | Andrés Racz |
| 2006 | Fuga | Macarena Sancho | Pablo Larraín |
| 2007 | La gravedad del púgil | Nancy | Jorge Mella |
| 2016 | Chameleon | Paulina | Jorge Riquelme Serrano |
Telenovelas
| Year | Title | Role | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Las dos caras del amor | Luchita (joven) | TVN |
| 1990 | El milagro de vivir | Elcira Troncoso | TVN |
| 1991 | Volver a empezar | Nancy Jara | TVN |
| 1992 | Trampas y caretas | Doris Machuca | TVN |
| 1993 | Jaque mate | Paula Quesney | TVN |
| 1994 | Champaña | Marly González | Canal 13 |
| 1995 | El amor está de moda | Soledad | Canal 13 |
| 1996 | Marrón Glacé, el regreso | Rosita Monarde | Canal 13 |
| 1997 | Eclipse de luna | Luly | Canal 13 |
| 1998 | Amándote | Nelly Lobos | Canal 13 |
| 1999 | Fuera de control | Sarita Mellafe | Canal 13 |
| 2000 | Sabor a ti | Lucero del Campo | Canal 13 |
| 2001 | Piel canela | María Conejo | Canal 13 |
| 2003 | Puertas adentro | Sofía Méndez | TVN |
| 2004 | Tentación | Dominga Jiménez | Canal 13 |
| 2005 | Gatas & tuercas | Brenda Lillo | Canal 13 |
| 2017 | Dime quién fue | Eliana Bustos | TVN |
TV series
| Year | Title | Role | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Teresa de los Andes | Juana Fernández del Solar | TVN |
| 1990 | Historias de Corín Tellado | TVN | |
| 2003 | Cuentos de mujeres | Carla / Silvia | TVN |
| 2005 | Casados | Jessica López | Chilevisión |
| 2006 | JPT: Justicia para todos | TVN | |
| 2011-2013 | Prófugos | Adriana Bascuñán | HBO |
| 2013 | Ecos del desierto | Inés de Rivera | Chilevisión |
| 2014 | Sudamerican Rockers | Carmen Ríos | Chilevisión |
| 2014 | Pulseras rojas | Dra. Patricia Andrade | TVN |
| 2015 | Juana Brava | Hilda Salgado | TVN |
| 2017 | 12 días: Gran incendio en Valparaíso | Madre de Jorge | Chilevisión |
| 2018 | Casa de Angeli | TVN |
Theater
- Esperando la carroza (1987), by Jacobo Langsner, Theater of the Catholic University of Chile, dir.: Raúl Osorio
- El paseo de Buster Keaton (1988), assembly of three pieces by Federico García Lorca for the director Aldo Parodi, La Memoria Theater Company
- La Tierra no es redonda (1989), staged by Alfredo Castro, based on El libro de Cristóbal Colón by Paul Claudel, La Memoria Theater Company
- Historia de la sangre, by Alfredo Castro and Rodrigo Pérez, in the role of the girl in the pear tree, 1992, La Memoria Theater Company; re-release: 2010
- Los días tuertos (1993), La Memoria Theater Company
- El seductor (1996), by Benjamín Galemiri
- La misión (1997), by Heiner Müller
- Máquina Hamlet (1999), by Heiner Müller
- Cinema-Uttopia (2000), by Ramón Griffero
- Todos saben quién fue (2001), by Alejandro Moreno
- Devastados (2002), by Sarah Kane, dir.: Alfredo Castro
- La amante fascista, by Alejandro Chato Moreno, in the role of Iris Rojas, La Palabra Theater Company, 2010; Camilo Henríquez Theater, 2017, under the direction of Víctor Carrasco
- Tus deseos en fragmentos (2012), by Ramón Griffero, Fin de Siglo Theater
- Prometeo, el origen (2015), by Ramón Griffero, Camilo Henríquez Theater
- 99 La Morgue (2017), by Ramón Griffero, directed by the author, Camilo Henríquez Theater
Music videos
| Year | Title | Artist | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | "Para ser aceptada" | Martina Lecaros | Nano García |
Awards
APES
- 1990, APES Award for Best Television Actress for Volver a empezar
- 1993, APES Award for Best Film Actress for Johnny 100 Pesos[3]
Altazor
- 2000, Altazor Award in Audiovisual Arts as Best Television Actress for Fuera de control
- 2003, Altazor Award in Performing Arts as Best Theater Actress for Devastados[3]
- 2011, Altazor Award in Performing Arts as Best Theater Actress for La amante fascista[11]
International Festival of Trieste, Italy
- 2007, Best Performance for the film Tendida, mirando las estrellas[12]
Caleuche
- 2016, Caleuche Award for Best Supporting Actress in the series Sudamerican Rockers[13]
References
- "Paulina Urrutia nueva Directora del Teatro Camilo Henríquez" [Paulina Urrutia New Director of the Camilo Henríquez Theater] (in Spanish). Círculo de Periodistas de Santiago. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- "Trágica jornada" [Tragic Journey]. El Mercurio de Valparaíso (in Spanish). 21 September 2003. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- "Actriz liderará Cultura" [Actress Will Lead Culture]. El Mercurio de Valparaíso (in Spanish). 31 January 2006. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- "Las grandes villanas en nuestras teleseries" [The Greatest Villainesses in Our TV Series] (in Spanish). Fotech. 9 February 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- Figueroa, Nicolás (13 November 2016). "Paulina Urrutia y la razón por la que nunca ha vuelto a ver el atípico final de 'Sarita Mellafe'" [Paula Urrutia and the Reason Why She Has Never Seen the Atypical Finale of 'Sarita Mellafe'] (in Spanish). Teletrece. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- "Paulina Urrutia vuelve a las teleseries tras 12 años de ausencia" [Paulina Urrutia Returns to the TV Series After 12 Years of Absence]. soychile.cl (in Spanish). 31 July 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- "Modifica la ley n° 17.336 sobre propiedad intelectual" [Modifies Law No. 17.336 on Intellectual Property] (in Spanish). Library of the Congress of Chile. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- Bahamondes, Pedro (5 May 2017). "Paulina Urrutia asume la dirección del Teatro Camilo Henríquez" [Paulina Urrutia Assumes the Direction of the Camilo Henríquez Theater]. La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- Ahumada, C. (12 April 2017). "Augusto Góngora presenta su renuncia al directorio de TVN" [Augusto Góngora Presents His Resignation to the TVN Directorate]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- Qué pasa, Issues 1456-1459 (in Spanish). Segunda Editorial Portada. 1999. p. 286. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- "Función gratuita obra 'La amante fascista' en Teatro San Joaquín" [Free Feature Play 'La amante fascista' at San Joaquín Theater]. El Mostrador (in Spanish). 25 October 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- "Festival de Trieste premia actuación 'intensa y profunda' de Paulina Urrutia" [Trieste Festival Awards 'Intense and Profound' Performance by Paulina Urrutia]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Santiago. 12 November 2007. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- "Los ganadores de los Premios Caleuche 2016" [The Winners of the 2016 Caleuche Awards] (in Spanish). CNN Chile. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
