Rita Cortese
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 5, 1949 (age 77)
- Birthplace
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
Biography
Adela Rita Cortese (born August 5, 1949, in Buenos Aires) is a renowned Argentine actress and singer. Her career spans across films, series, and telenovelas, earning her three Martín Fierro Awards as well as a Silver Condor Award. In 1967, she began studying Philosophy and Letters but dropped out a year later. In 1974, she entered the theater school directed by Néstor Raimondi, although, according to her own statements, she started her professional career in 1972 at the Teatro Latino in San Telmo. As a film actress, she worked in La nube, and in 2003, she received the Silver Condor Award for Best Actress for Herencia. As a television actress, she received a Martín Fierro Award in 2002 for her performance in the telenovela El sodero de mi vida and another in 2008 for her special appearance in the sitcom Lalola. That same year, she released her first album titled El amor, ese loco berretín, in which she performs various tango ballads; the album won her the Carlos Gardel Award for Best New Tango Artist in 2009. In 2014, she was one of the stars of the hit film Relatos salvajes (Wild Tales), which was nominated for the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival and for an Oscar.
Known For
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Filmography
El Sobrino
Movie
So Far, So Good
TV · as Lea · 8 eps
Captive
TV · as Madre Aurora · 6 eps
In the Mud
TV · as Cecilia Moranzón · 8 eps
The Best Heart Attack of My Life
TV · as Roberta · 6 eps
Most People Die on Sundays
Movie · as Dora
The Mind Behind Power
TV · 8 eps
Blondi
Movie · as Pepa
Indisciplinado. Historia de un proyecto político
Movie · as Narradora
The Substitute
Movie · as Amalia
An Argentinian Crime
Movie · as Gobbi
The Siamese Bond
Movie · as Clota
Shadow of the Cat
Movie · as Ana
Maradona, Blessed Dream
TV · as Doña Tota · 10 eps
Heroic Losers
Movie · as Carmen Lorgio
Bruja
Movie · as Abuela
Esperanza mía
TV · as Genoveva · 192 eps
Wild Tales
Movie · as Cook (segment "Las ratas")
Fragmentos
Movie
Esa mujer
TV · as Ofelia Morales · 1 ep
Una cita, una fiesta y un gato negro
Movie · as Saravia
Los Marziano
Movie · as Delfina
Widows
Movie · as Esther
Verdades verdaderas, la vida de Estela
Movie · as Beba
Tiempo de pensar
TV · 1 ep
The Man of Your Dreams
TV · as Sandra Guzmán · 11 eps
Cinco velitas
Movie
Brother and Sister
Movie · as Alicia
Horizontal/Vertical
Movie · as Albita
Reparaciones
Movie · as Cora
Lugones Family
Movie · as Bibliotecaria
Lalola
TV · as Bruja · 2 eps
30 años de vida venciendo a la muerte
Movie
Montecristo
TV · as Sara Carusso · 144 eps
Monobloc
Movie · as Madrina
Killer Women
TV · 1 ep
Sin código
TV · as Mirna · 10 eps
Los secretos de Papá
TV · as Blanca · 150 eps
Sol Negro
TV · as Dra. Gloria Glezer · 13 eps
Malandras
TV · as Coca Bertolotti. · 10 eps
Costumbres argentinas
TV · as Celina Martínez · 264 eps
Inheritance
Movie · as Olinda
Do You Swim?
Movie · as Mamá de Dolores
¿Y dónde está el bebé?
Movie
Samy and Me
Movie · as Liliana
1000 millones
TV · as Dominga Vargas · 1 ep
Apariencias
Movie · as Susana Posse
Alma mía
Movie · as Tita
Cohen vs. Rosi
Movie · as Angélica Rosi
Stolen Moments
Movie
Endless Summer
TV · as Sara Katz viuda de Levin · 474 eps
Cenizas del paraíso
Movie · as Mirta
El sueño de los héroes
Movie · as Mujer del corralón
R.R.D.T.
TV · as Delia · 55 eps
A Wall of Silence
Movie
The Lost Republic II
Movie · as Narrator
Murder in The Senate
Movie