Luciana Pedraza
{{short description|Argentine actress and director (born 1972)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Luciana Pedraza
| image = Luciana_Pedraza_Lucky You 2007 Shankbone.jpg
| caption = Pedraza at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival
| birth_date ={{birth date and age|1972|1|5}}
| birth_place = Salta, Argentina
| alma_mater = University of Buenos Aires
| occupation = Actress, director
| spouse = {{marriage|Robert Duvall|2005}}
| years_active =
| relatives = Susana Ferrari Billinghurst
(grandmother)
}}
Luciana Pedraza ({{IPA|es|luˈsjana peˈðɾasa}}) (born January 5, 1972) is an Argentine actress and director. She is married to American actor Robert Duvall, who is exactly 41 years her senior. She is the granddaughter of Argentine aviation pioneer Susana Ferrari Billinghurst.
Early life
Born in the Argentine Northwest, in the city of Salta, she grew up in the province of Jujuy.{{cite web|url=http://www.portraitofbillyjoe.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040227201524/http://www.portraitofbillyjoe.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2004-02-27 |title=The Director |publisher=The Portrait of Billy Joe official site |date=n.d. |accessdate=2012-01-03 }}
She is the oldest of five sisters. After graduating from the University of Buenos Aires with an MBA and minor in English{{citation needed|date=March 2015}} she became the marketing director of W. & Associates. In 1996, while strolling down a street, she approached actor Robert Duvall to invite him to a party without knowing who he was.{{cite web|url=http://www.combustiblecelluloid.com/interviews/robertduvall.shtml |title=Combustible Celluloid interview - Robert Duvall, Assassination Tango (2003) |publisher=Combustiblecelluloid.com |date=2003-03-31 |accessdate=2010-07-25}}{{cite web|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/screens/2003-03-14/149295/ |title=Life, Death, and Dance: Luciana and Robert Duvall come to Texas to Talk 'Assassination Tango' Austin Screens |work=The Austin Chronicle |date=March 14, 2003 |accessdate=2010-07-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805095811/http://www.austinchronicle.com/screens/2003-03-14/149295/ |archivedate=August 5, 2011 }} They share the same birthday 41 years apart.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/05/AR2010080507493.html|title=Actor Robert Duvall's got many memorable roles, but he's looking forward to more|last=Hornaday|first=Ann|date=2010-08-08|newspaper=The Washington Post|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286|access-date=2016-12-07| quote=(Duvall will turn 80 in January; Luciana is 38.) 'But we have the same birthday, January 5th.' | archivedate= December 20, 2016| archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20161220140218/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/05/AR2010080507493.html | url-status=live}}
Career
Pedraza wrote and directed the short documentary The Portrait of Billy Joe (2004) and appeared in the 2002 film Assassination Tango, which was written, produced, directed by, and starring her future husband Robert Duvall. She also appeared in another film of his, Wild Horses.
=Later career=
File:Robert Duvall Navy3.jpg, shaking hands with a member of the US Navy Black Stallions at the Taormina Film Fest in Sicily in June 2003]]
Luciana and Robert Duvall founded The Robert Duvall Children's Fund in 2001 to help impoverished children and families of Northern Argentina. Since then, the non-profit organization has expanded its reach to assist children and families around the world by partnering with reputable organizations. Among their organizations is Pro Mujer, a non-profit dedicated to helping Latin America's poorest women help themselves through micro-credit, business training and health care links.{{citation |author=Parera, Josep |title=The Latin side of Robert Duvall | date=January 17, 2010 |journal=New York Today }}{{citation |title=CNN Heroes: Duvall shines spotlight on cause |url=http://articles.cnn.com/2007-10-04/living/duvall.heroes_1_carmen-velasco-latin-america-women-pro-mujer?_s=PM:LIVING |publisher=Cable News Network and CNN.com |date=October 4, 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010233853/http://articles.cnn.com/2007-10-04/living/duvall.heroes_1_carmen-velasco-latin-america-women-pro-mujer?_s=PM:LIVING |archivedate=October 10, 2012 }}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=1119283|name=Luciana Pedraza}}
- {{Cinenacional name|id=luciana-pedraza|old_id=15445|name=Luciana Pedraza}}
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Category:Argentine film actresses
Category:People from Jujuy Province
Category:Argentine people of German descent
Category:Argentine people of English descent
Category:University of Buenos Aires alumni
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