Norma Aleandro

Norma Aleandro is an Argentine actress regarded as one of her country's most celebrated performers and a cultural icon. Born in Buenos Aires to actor parents, she grew up around performance and built a career spanning film, stage, and television. Her breakthrough came in The Official Story (1985), for which she received the Cannes best actress prize; the film also brought her New York Film Critics Circle and David di Donatello honors. She earned Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for her supporting performance in Gaby: A True Story (1987). Among her other film credits are Cousins (1989), Son of the Bride (2001), Cleopatra (2003), and James Ivory's The City of Your Final Destination (2009). On stage she performed in Master Class and August: Osage County, winning a María Guerrero award in 1996. She also wrote The Inheritors (1970) and appeared in the Argentine adaptation of BeTipul, En terapia.