Carmina Riego
{{short description|Chilean actress and cultural manager (born 1964)}}
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Carmina Riego Ramírez (born 24 March 1964) is a Chilean actress and cultural manager.
She has played diverse charismatic and popular characters in telenovelas, occasionally in the comedy genre, and is best known for the role of Esmeralda Peralta in Amores de Mercado (2001).
Biography
Carmina Riego is a graduate of the University of Chile's School of Acting and Theater Design, where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree with mention in theater in 1993.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7-07AQAAIAAJ&q=carmina+riego |title=Análisis: Revista patrocinada por la Academia de Humanismo Cristiano, Números 414–419 |publisher=Sociedad Periodística Emisión Limitada |page=94 |language=Spanish |year=1992 |access-date=29 October 2018 |via=Google Books}}
In 1995 she collaborated with the dramatist Ramón Griffero, starring in the plays La Gorda in 1995, Río abajo in 1996, and Almuerzo de mediodía in 1999, premiered at the {{ill|Chilean National Theater|es|Teatro Nacional Chileno}}. These productions have been recognized by critics and the public, both in Chile and abroad.{{Cite news |url=http://wvw.nacion.com/viva/2007/octubre/04/viva1263338.html |title=Doble estreno universitario |trans-title=Double University Premiere |first=Melvin |last=Molina B. |work=La Nación |language=Spanish |date=4 October 2007 |access-date=29 October 2018 |archive-date=30 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030035539/http://wvw.nacion.com/viva/2007/octubre/04/viva1263338.html |url-status=dead }}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zQRSAQAAMAAJ&q="La+Gorda"+"Carmina+Riego" |title=Cultura, Issues 16-26 |publisher=Chile, Secretaría de Comunicación y Cultura |language=Spanish |year=1996 |access-date=29 October 2018 |via=Google Books}}
Her television debut was in the Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN) telenovela Aquelarre (1999).{{Cite news |url=https://www.emol.com/especiales/teleseries/ficha_aquelarre.htm |title=Aquelarre |work=El Mercurio |language=Spanish |access-date=29 October 2018}} Due to her positive reception in this, she was hired to be part of the staff of director María Eugenia Rencoret, in the dramatic area of public television, where she began to stand out for her versatility when playing charismatic and popular roles in comedic telenovelas.
In 2000 she acted in {{ill|Santo ladrón|es}}, in which she and her sister – played by {{ill|Lucy Salgado|es}} – become the owners of a picturesque café con piernas.{{Cite news |url=http://www.mercuriovalpo.cl/site/edic/20000808211515/pags/20000809002240.html |title=La seducción en 'Santoladrón' |work=El Mercurio de Valparaíso |language=Spanish |date=9 August 2000 |access-date=29 October 2018}} In 2001 she took part in Amores de Mercado (2001), where her character managed to maintain popularity throughout the telenovela's broadcast. In this show she shared credits with Malucha Pinto and Mariana Loyola, playing the Peralta sisters.{{Cite news |url=http://www.mercuriovalpo.cl/site/edic/20011219214038/pags/20011219223833.html |title='Amores de Mercado': uno de los protagonistas muere |trans-title='Amores de Mercado': One of the Protagonists Dies |work=El Mercurio de Valparaíso |language=Spanish |date=20 December 2001 |access-date=29 October 2018}} In 2003, she played the sassy prostitute from El Edén in {{ill|Pecadores|es}}.{{Cite web |url=http://www.teleserieschilenas.cl/2010/02/prostitucion-en-teleseries.html |title=Prostitución en teleseries |trans-title=Prostitution in Television Series |work=Teleseries Chilenas |language=Spanish |date=5 February 2010 |access-date=29 October 2018}} In addition, she acted in {{ill|Purasangre (telenovela)|es|Purasangre (telenovela chilena)|lt=Purasangre}}, {{ill|Destinos cruzados|es}}, and {{ill|Versus (telenovela)|es|lt=Versus}}. In 2005 she starred in the sitcom {{ill|Los Galindo|es}}, with Patricia López.{{Cite news |url=http://diario.elmercurio.com/detalle/index.asp?id={2d7f0c4b-dbb0-4ba3-aa19-a7e57f2d98fc} |title=Luis Dubó protagoniza nueva sitcom |trans-title=Luis Dubó Stars in New Sitcom |work=El Mercurio |language=Spanish |date=25 September 2004 |access-date=29 October 2018}}
In 2006, Riego was called on by the executive producer of Canal 13's fiction area, {{ill|Verónica Saquel|es}}, and performed in {{ill|Descarado|es}} (2006), Don Amor (2008), and {{ill|Cuenta conmigo|es|Cuenta conmigo (telenovela)|lt=Cuenta conmigo}} (2009).
In 2011 she reappeared on television with a small role in the TVN series Los archivos del cardenal, and {{ill|Solita camino|es}} on Mega. Later she was summoned for La chúcara, where she played the mother of the protagonist (Antonia Santa María), a role that brought her back to telenovelas after five years working in other genres.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/entretencion/television/television-nacional/la-chucara-se-llamara-la-nueva-teleserie-de-tvn/2014-11-11/123116.html |title='La Chúcara' se llamará la nueva teleserie de TVN |trans-title=TVN's New Series Will Be Called 'La Chúcara' |publisher=Radio Cooperativa |language=Spanish |date=11 November 2014 |access-date=29 October 2018}}
In recent years she has participated in Acassuso by Rafael Spregelburd, directed by {{ill|Francisco Albornoz|es}}, Medusa by Ximena Carrera, directed by Sebastián Vila, and El taller by Nona Fernández, directed by Marcelo Leonart.{{Cite web |url=https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/2012/08/14/mariana-callejas-y-su-taller-literario-en-un-cuartel-de-la-dina-tema-para-obra-de-teatro-en-el-gam.shtml |title=Mariana Callejas y su taller literario en un cuartel de la DINA, tema para obra de teatro en el GAM |trans-title=Mariana Callejas and Her Literary Workshop in a DINA Barracks, Theme for a Play at the GAM |publisher=Radio Bío-Bío |language=Spanish |date=14 August 2012 |access-date=29 October 2018}}
Filmography
=Films=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Director |
| 1995
|{{ill|La rubia de Kennedy|es}} | |Arnaldo Valsecchi |
| 2001
|Rita |
| 2005
|Las mujeres no van al cielo |Sandra |José Valdebenito |
| 2011
|Lección de pintura |Dama de llaves |Pablo Perelman |
| 2015
|La paradoja de Zenón |Prima Donna |Diego Escobar |
| 2018
|Cola de mono |Irene Ovando de Olivos |
=Telenovelas=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Channel |
| 1991
|{{ill|Volver a empezar (Chilean telenovela)|es|Volver a empezar (telenovela chilena)|lt=Volver a empezar}} |Fresia |TVN |
| 1999
|Lourdes Villanueva |TVN |
| 2000
|{{ill|Santo ladrón|es}} |Roxana "Roxi" Huaiquil |TVN |
| 2001
|Esmeralda Peralta |TVN |
| 2002
|{{ill|Purasangre (telenovela)|es|Purasangre (telenovela chilena)|lt=Purasangre}} |Mireya Sánchez |TVN |
| 2003
|{{ill|Pecadores|es}} |Lucrecia Álvarez |TVN |
| 2004
|{{ill|Destinos cruzados|es}} |Irma González |TVN |
| 2005
|{{ill|Versus (telenovela)|es|lt=Versus}} |Gladys Miranda |TVN |
| 2006
|{{ill|Descarado|es}} |Antonieta Durán |
| 2008
|Beatriz "Betty" Salas |
| 2009
|{{ill|Cuenta conmigo|es|Cuenta conmigo (telenovela)|lt=Cuenta conmigo}} |Norita Solé |
| 2015
|Carmen Cubillos |TVN |
| 2017
|{{ill|La colombiana|es}} |Edna Barroso |TVN |
| 2018
| |
=Other TV series and miniseries=
Theater
- La Gorda by Ramón Griffero
- Río abajo by Ramón Griffero, debuted at Chilean National Theater, 1995
- Almuerzo de mediodía by Ramón Griffero, 1999
- Bukowski, 2000
- Petrópolis, 2002
- Santiago High Tech by Cristián Soto, 2002
- La Habana – Madrid by Julio Cid, dir.: Maritza Rodríguez, debuted at Teatro San Ginés, 2002
- Las horas previas, 2004
- Acassuso by Rafael Spregelburd, dir.: {{ill|Francisco Albornoz|es}}
- Medusa by Ximena Carrera, dir.: Sebastián Vila
- El Taller by Nona Fernández, dir.: Marcelo Leonart
- La mujer que estafó al Viejo Pascuero by Carla Zúñiga, dir.: Daniela Aguayo, debuted at Centro GAM, 2013
- Lucía, Centro GAM, 2015
- 99 La Morgue by Ramón Griffero, 2016
- Liceo de niñas, Centro GAM, 2016
- Parecido a la felicidad, 2016
- Piel de oveja, 2018
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
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Category:20th-century Chilean actresses
Category:21st-century Chilean actresses
Category:Actresses from Santiago, Chile
Category:Chilean film actresses
Category:Chilean stage actresses