Mercedes Sampietro

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| birth_name = Mercedes Sampietro Marro

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|1|24|df=y}}

| birth_place = Barcelona, Spain

| othername = Mercè Sampietro

| yearsactive = 1970-

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Mercedes Sampietro Marro (born 24 January 1947) is a Spanish actress.

Biography

Mercedes Sampietro Marro was born in Barcelona on 24 January 1947.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodicoextremadura.com/opinion/2003/11/14/mercedes-sampietro-actriz-45694081.html|website=El Periódico Extremadura|date=14 November 2003|title=Mercedes Sampietro, actriz}} She began her career as a stage actress in 1970.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20031112/51262783963/mercedes-sampietro-premio-nacional-de-cine-2003.html|website=La Vanguardia|title=Mercedes Sampietro, Premio Nacional de Cine 2003|date=12 November 2003}} Having performed as a voice actress in a number of films, she made her film debut onscreen in Jaime Chávarri's To an Unknown God (1977).{{Cite web|url=https://ecodiario.eleconomista.es/cultura/noticias/891095/11/08/Mercedes-Sampietro-recibira-el-Premio-Nacho-Martinez-en-la-clausura-del-Festival-de-Cine-de-Gijon.html|website=Ecodiario|via=El Economista|title=Mercedes Sampietro recibirá el Premio Nacho Martínez en la clausura del Festival de Cine de Gijón|date=28 November 2008}} She has worked five times with Pilar Miró. In 1981 she won the award for Best Actress at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival for her role in Gary Cooper, Who Art in Heaven.{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1981 |title=12th Moscow International Film Festival (1981) |accessdate=2013-01-25 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421050907/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1981 |archivedate=21 April 2013 }}

She won a Goya Award for Best Actress for her role in the 2002 Argentine-Spanish film Common Ground,{{Cite web|url=https://www.nacion.com/archivo/mercedes-sampietro-recibe-goya-mejor-actriz-por-lugares-comunes/5EUPMKPTBRG2FKKV44AVVXKNJM/story/|website=La Nación|date=1 February 2003|title=Mercedes Sampietro recibe Goya Mejor Actriz por "Lugares comunes"}} performing Liliana Rovira, a social worker, daughter to Spanish Republican exiles who settled in Argentina.{{Cite journal|url=https://journals.openedition.org/alhim/4183|title=Historias de la debacle y la migración en el imaginario fílmico argentino-español|first=Susana|last=Schmidt|doi=10.4000/alhim.4183|journal=Amérique Latine Histoire et Mémoire. Les Cahiers ALHIM|volume=23|year=2012|issue=23 |doi-access=free}}

She has dubbed actresses including Meryl Streep, Diane Keaton, Kim Basinger, and Catherine Deneuve.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/20150131/54425651083/deneuve-mare-i-en-pau.html|website=La Vanguardia|date=31 January 2015|title=deneuve, mare i en pau}}

Sampietro was the recipient of the 2003 National Cinematography Prize in Spain.{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2003/11/12/actualidad/1068591601_850215.html|website=El País|date=12 November 2003|title=Mercedes Sampietro consigue el Premio Nacional de Cinematografía 2003}}

She served as the president of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain from 9 October 2003 to 18 December 2006.

Filmography

2018
Fugitiva
If I Hadn't Met You
2007
La noche que dejó de llover
La buena nueva
El hombre de arena
Vida de familia
2006
Va a ser que nadie es perfecto
53 días de invierno
La edad de la peseta
Salvador (Puig Antich), de Manuel Huerga
2005
Reinas, de Manuel Gómez Pereira
Obaba, de Montxo Armendáriz
Nordeste
2004
Inconscientes
Febrer
El año del diluvio (voz)
Cuadrilátero
2003
Buscando a Nemo (voz)
No matarás
Bala perdida
2002 – Lugares comunes
2001 – Silencio roto, de Montxo Armendáriz
2000
Dinosaurio (voz)
Nosotras
Sé quién eres
1999
Cuando vuelvas a mi lado
Las huellas borradas
Tarzán (voz)
Segunda piel
Saïd
1998 – Bert
1997 – La herida luminosa
1995 – Historias del Kronen, de Montxo Armendáriz
1994 – Dame fuego
1993 – El pájaro de la felicidad, de Pilar Miró
1991 – Beltenebros (dubber of voice), de Pilar Miró
1989
Montoyas y tarantos
La blanca paloma
La banyera
Caminos de tiza
1988
Sinatra
Qui t'estima, Babel?
Lluvia de otoño
1987 – Pehavý Max a strasidlá
1986
Werther, de Pilar Miró
Virtudes Bastián
1985
Extramuros
El anillo de niebla
1984 – La última rosa
1983
Percusión
Vivir mañana
1982
Estoy en crisis
Hablamos esta noche
La leyenda del tambor
El ser
1980
Gary Cooper, que estás en los cielos, de Pilar Miró
El crimen de Cuenca, de Pilar Miró
1978 – ¿Qué hace una chica como tú en un sitio como éste?
1977 – A un dios desconocido

Awards and nominations

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Year ! Award ! Category ! Title ! Result
rowspan=3\|1981 \|Fotogramas de Plata \|Best Spanish Performer \|rowspan=3\|Gary Cooper, que estás en los cielos \|{{won}}
Moscow International Film Festival \|Best Actress \|{{won}}
Taormina International Film Festival \|Bronze Mask Award \|{{won}}
1985 \|San Sebastián International Film Festival \|Best Actress \|rowspan=3\|Extramuros \|{{won}}
1986 \|Fotogramas de Plata \|Best Movie Actress \|{{nom}}
1987 \|Premios ACE \|Best Actress \|{{won}}
1992 \|Fotogramas de Plata \|Best TV Actress \|Una hija mas \|{{nom}}
1993 \|Ondas Awards \|Best Acting \|El pájaro de la felicidad \|{{won}}
rowspan=4\|2000 \|Cinema Writers Circle Awards \|Best Actress \|rowspan=3\|Be My Side Again \|{{nom}}
Goya Awards \|Best Actress \|{{nom}}
Turia Awards \|Special Award \|{{won}}
Catalan International Film Festival \|Best Actress \|Women \|{{won}}
rowspan=2\|2001 \|Butaca Awards \|Best Film Actress \|rowspan=3\|Silencio Roto \|{{won}}
Toulouse Cinespaña \|Special Mention \|{{won}}
rowspan=2\|2002 \|Cinema Writers Circle Awards \|Best Supporting Actress \|{{won}}
San Sebastián International Film Festival \|Best Actress \|rowspan=9\|Common Ground \|{{won}}
rowspan=8\|2003 \|Argentinean Film Critics Association \|Best Actress \|{{nom}}
Butaca Awards \|Best Film Actress \|{{won}}
Cinema Writers Circle Awards \|Best Actress \|{{won}}
Fotogramas de Plata \|Best Actress \|{{nom}}
Goya Awards \|Best Actress \|{{won}}
Gramado Film Festival \|Best Actress \|{{won}}
Sant Jordi Awards \|Best Spanish Actress \|{{won}}
Spanish Actors Union \|Best Female Actress \|{{won}}
rowspan=2\|2005 \|Butaca Awards \|Best Film Actress \|rowspan=2\|Unconscious \|{{nom}}
Goya Awards \|Best Supporting Actress \|{{nom}}
2006 \|Butaca Awards \|Best Film Actress \|Obaba \|{{nom}}
rowspan=2\|2008 \|Butaca Awards \|Best Film Actress \|53 días de invierno \|{{nom}}
Gijón International Film Festival \|Nacho Martinez Award \| \|{{won}}
rowspan=2\|2009 \|Gaudí Awards \|Best Short Film \|rowspan=2\|Turismo \|{{won}}
Málaga Spanish Film Festival \|Best Short Film \|{{won}}
2010 \|Murcia Week of Spanish Cinema \|Primavera Award \| \|{{won}}
2011 \|Zapping Awards \|Best Actress \|La Riera \|{{nom}}

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Year

! Award

! Category

! Title

! Result

rowspan=3|1981

|Fotogramas de Plata

|Best Spanish Performer

|rowspan=3|Gary Cooper, que estás en los cielos

|{{won}}

Moscow International Film Festival