Paulina García
{{Short description|Chilean actress, stage director, and playwright}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{For|the Mexican television presenter, sportscaster and model|Paulina García Robles}}
{{family name hatnote|García|Alfonso|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Pali García
| image = Paulina García anfitriona Premios Fénix 2017 (cropped).jpg
| caption = García in 2017
| birthname = Paulina García Alfonso
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1960|11|27}}
| birth_place = Santiago, Chile
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1983–present
| spouse = Juan Carlos Zagal
| children = 3
}}
Paulina García Alfonso (born 27 November 1960), better known as Pali García, is a Chilean actress, stage director, and playwright.
García debuted on television with a small role in the telenovela Los títeres (1984), but she was soon known for her theatre direction and for her various performances in films such as Tres noches de un sábado (2002), Cachimba (2004), Casa de remolienda (2007) and Gloria (2013).
García has received four nominations for the Altazor Awards, winning on one occasion, and three for the APES Awards — the Chilean Arts and Entertainment Critics Awards—winning twice. In February 2013 she won the prestigious Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival for her performance in the movie Gloria, directed by Sebastián Lelio.[http://www.thisischile.cl/8506/2/chilean-paulina-garcia-wins-best-actress-at-berlin-film-fest/News.aspx Chilean Paulina García wins best actress at Berlin Film Fest] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222210516/http://www.thisischile.cl/8506/2/chilean-paulina-garcia-wins-best-actress-at-berlin-film-fest/News.aspx |date=22 February 2014 }}, ThisisChile.cl, 27 February 2013; retrieved 16 March 2013.[http://www.latercera.com/noticia/cultura/2013/02/1453-509368-9-paulina-garcia-gana-oso-de-plata-a-mejor-actriz-por-gloria-en-festival.shtml Paulina García gana Oso de Plata a mejor actriz por "Gloria" en Festival Internacional de Cine de Berlín], LaTercera.com, 16 February 2013; retrieved 1 April 2013. In 2016, she appeared in Ira Sachs' film, Little Men.
Biography
Born in Santiago, García studied acting at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where she graduated with a degree in theatre arts and later with diplomas in theatre direction and writing.
García made her debut at Catholic University's theatre in 1983 in ¿Dónde estará la Jeanette? ("Where could Jeanette be?") by Luis Rivano, a work for which she received an APES Award for best actress. Since then, she has acted in over thirty productions including Cariño malo, by Inés Margarita Stranger, El tío Vania, by Chekhov, The Trojan Women, by Euripides, El lugar común, Las analfabetas and BBB-Up.[http://www.lanacion.cl/pali-garcia-de-pendenciera-a-emplumada/noticias/2008-10-05/172313.html Pali García: De pendenciera a emplumada]. LaNación.cl, 6 October 2008; retrieved 2 April 2013.
The year following her theatre debut, García appeared on television as Adriana Godán in the TV series Los títeres, a role she shared with actress Gloria Münchmeyer.[http://www.emol.com/noticias/magazine/2013/02/18/584593/gloria-munchmeyer-me-siento-orgullosa-de-haber-reconocido-el-talento-de-pali-garcia-desde-el-comienzo.html Gloria Münchmeyer recuerda el día en que Pali García la impresionó en la universidad]. El Mercurio. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
The first work she directed was El continente negro ("The Dark Continent") by Marco Antonio de la Parra for which she received an APES Award nomination for best director in 1996. A grant from the National Arts Development Fund (Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Cultural de las Artes, FONDART) allowed for the financing of productions such as Lucrecia y Judith by the same author, and Look Back in Anger by John Osborne. She has also directed at national theatre festivals on three occasions, directing works by authors such as Alberto Fuguet and Celeste Gómez.
García has taught acting at the theatre school of the University of Chile, at Fernando González night school, at the University for the Arts, Sciences, and Communication and the University for Development. Between 1997 and 2001, she founded and formed a part of the Theatre Directors Association (Asociación de Directores de Teatro, ADT).
In television, of note is her performance in Cárcel de Mujeres ("Women's Prison") as Raquel,[http://www.lanacion.cl/gendarmeria-no-nos-permitio-conocer-su-realidad/noticias/2007-08-28/202318.html "Gendarmería no nos permitió conocer su realidad"]. La Nación. 29 August 2007. Retrieved 2 April 2013. a role for which García received both an APES Award and the Altazor Award for best actress.[http://www.premioaltazor.cl/paulina-garcia-carcel-de-mujeres/ Paulina García] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426064557/http://www.premioaltazor.cl/paulina-garcia-carcel-de-mujeres/ |date=26 April 2009 }}. Premioaltazor.cl. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
In 2002, García received an Andes Foundation grant to undertake research on conjugal violence, Golpes extraños al amor ("Blows outside love"), which led to the work Peso negro ("Dark weight"), selected for the Unipersonales de Galpón 7 Festival, and Frágil ("Fragile"), a work presented at Matucana 100 Cultural Center under her direction.
In film, García debuted in the 2002 movie Tres noches de un sábado ("Three nights of one Saturday") by Joaquín Eyzaguirre, receiving a nomination for the Altazor Awards for her interpretation of the character Mathilde. She also appeared in the 2004 film Cachimba ("Hookah") by Silvio Caiozzi, in Casa de remolienda ("Party house") by Eyzaguirre in 2007,[http://www.emol.com/noticias/magazine/2007/08/29/273668/director-de-casa-de-remolienda-lo-folklorico-es-bonito-pero-para-los-museos.html Director de "Casa de Remolienda": Lo folklórico es bonito, pero para los museos]. El Mercurio. 29 August 2007. Retrieved 1 April 2013. and in Gloria, by Sebastián Lelio, for which she received the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Filmography
=Films=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |
| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes |
|---|
| 2002
| Mathilde | Directed by Joaquín Eyzaguirre |
| rowspan="2"| 2004
| Cachimba | Antoinette Doublé | Directed by Silvio Caiozzi |
| Mónica, vida mía
| Noemí | Television film |
| 2007
| Doña Rebeca | Directed by Joaquín Eyzaguirre |
| rowspan="2"| 2012
| | Directed by Nicolás Acuña |
| El muro
| Former Minister for Culture | Directed by Paula Bravo |
| rowspan="2"| 2013
| Gloria | Gloria Cumplido | Directed by Sebastián Lelio |
| Illiterate
| Ximena | Directed by Moisés Sepúlveda |
| 2014
| Matilda | Directed by Cristián Jiménez |
| 2015
| The 33 | Isabel Pereira, assistant to President Piñera | Directed by Patricia Riggen |
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| Roxana | Directed by Alejandro Fernández Almendras |
| Little Men
| Leonor Calvelli | Directed by Ira Sachs |
| rowspan="2"|2017
| Teresa Godoy | Directed by Cecilia Atán and Valeria Pivato |
| The Summit
| Paula Sherson, President of Chile | Directed by Santiago Mitre |
| rowspan="2"| 2019
| Adriana, the mother | Directed by Miguel Cohan |
| Some Beasts
| Dolores | Directed by Jorge Riquelme Serrano |
| 2021
|Professor Ana |Directed by Claudia Huaiquimilla |
| 2023
|Milonga |Rosa |Directed by Laura González |
= Television =
| class="wikitable" | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Los títeres | Adriana Godán | |
| 1986 | La villa | Eliana "Eli" | |
| 1987 | La invitación | Laura del Solar | |
| rowspan="2"|1989 | A la sombra del ángel | Edith | |
| Los Venegas | Jefa de Guillermo | Televised series (Season 1) | |
| 1990 | El milagro de vivir | María Pía Santillán | |
| 2003 | JPT: Justicia Para Todos | Catalina | Episode: "Tráfico de órganos" (Season 2) |
| 2006 | Huaiquimán y Tolosa | Doña Berta | Episode: "¿La mafia rusa?" (Season 1) |
| 2007 | Héroes | María Encarnación de Fernández y Palazuelos | Episode: "Portales, la fuerza de los hechos" |
| 2007–08 | Cárcel de Mujeres | Raquel "La Raco" Reina | Winner—Altazor Awards |
| 2010 | Los simuladores | Marcela | Episode: "El secreto de Marcela" (Season 2) |
| 2011 | Los archivos del cardenal | Mónica Spencer | |
| 2015 | Narcos | Hermilda Gaviria | |
| 2018 | Matar al padre | Isabel | {{Cite web|url=https://www.larazon.es/blogs/tv-y-comunicacion/soydeseries/matar-al-padre-retrato-de-una-familia-PI18548236/|website=La Razón|title="Matar al padre», retrato de una famili"|date=31 May 2018}} |
Theatre
= Actress =
- ¿Dónde estará la Jeanette?, comedy by Luis Rivano
- Cariño malo, by Inés Stranger; dir.: Claudia Echenique; 1990; 2012
- Malasangre, dir.: Mauricio Celedón, 1991
- El tío Vania, by Anton Chekhov; dir.: Raúl Osorio, 1994
- El lugar común
- Inocencia, by Dea Loher; dir.: Luis Ureta; Muestra de Dramaturgia Europea, 2004
- En la Sangre, by Suzan-Lori Parks; dir.: Carlos Osorio; interprets Hester, a beggar; Centro Cultural Matucana 100, 2004
- Déjala sangrar, by Benjamín Galemiri, dir.: Adel Hakim; interprets Virna Vigo; 2005
- El último fuego, by Dea Loer; dir.: Luis Ureta; April 2009
- Gertrudis, el grito, by Howard Barker, dir.: Marcos Guzmán; 9th Festival of Contemporary European Theatre in Santiago, August 2009
- Las analfabetas, by Pablo Paredes, 2010
- Fábula del niño y los animales que se mueren, free version of Euripides The Trojan Women by Pablo Paredes; dir.: Isidora Stevenson; García interprets queen Hecuba; La Nacional company in Matucana 100, 6–15 January 2012
= Director =
- El continente negro, by Marco Antonio de la Parra; 1996
- Lucrecia y Judith, by Marco Antonio de la Parra
- Recordando con ira, by John Osborne (Look Back in Anger in English)
- Anhelo del corazón, by Caryl Churchill ("A Heart's Desire"); Muestra de Dramaturgia Europea, 2004
- El neoproceso, work by Benjamín Galemiri inspired by Kafka, premiere: 15 July 2006
- La gran noche, by Marcelo Simonetti; premiere: 28 May 2008, Centro Mori in Vitacura
- Apoteosis final: BBB up, Santiago a Mil, January 2009
- Orates, by Jaime Lorca; premiere: 4 November 2010
- La mantis religiosa, by Alejandro Sieveking, La Palomera theatre, premiere: 9 June 2011
- Cerca de Moscú, adaptation by Pablo Paredes of two pieces by Chekhov: Platonov and Ivanov; Santiago a Mil International Festival 2013[http://www.latercera.com/noticia/cultura/2013/03/1453-512648-9-montaje-dirigido-por-actriz-ganadora-del-oso-de-plata-se-presentara-nuevamente.shtml Montaje dirigido por actriz ganadora del Oso de Plata se presentará nuevamente en Santiago]. La Tercera. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
=Playwright=
- Peso negro
- Frágil, 2002; premiered and directed by García in 2003.
Awards and nominations
=APES Award=
| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Award !! Category !! Work !! Result | ||||
| 1983 | Best Actress | Theatre | ¿Dónde estará la Jeanette? | {{won}} |
| 1996 | Best Director | Theatre | El continente negro | {{nom}} |
| 2008 | Best Actress | Television | Cárcel de Mujeres | {{won}} |
= Altazor Awards =
| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Award !! Category !! Work !! Result | ||||
| 2003 | Best Actress | Film | Tres noches de un sábado | {{nom}} |
| 2005 | Best Actress | Theatre | En la Sangre | {{won}} |
| 2008 | Best Actress | Television | Cárcel de Mujeres | {{won}} |
| 2009 | Best Actress | Television | Cárcel de Mujeres 2 | {{nom}} |
=Silver Bear for Best Actress=
| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Award !! Category !! Work !! Result | ||||
| 2013 | Silver Bear for Best Actress | Film | Gloria | {{won}} |
= Platino Awards =
| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Award !! Category !! Work !! Result | ||||
| 2014 | Best Actress | Film | Gloria | {{won}} |
= Festival de Cinema de Gramado - Brazil =
| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Award !! Category !! Work !! Result | ||||
| 2014 | Kikito for Best Actress | Film | Illiterate | {{won}} |
= ACCU Awards ([[:es:Asociación_de_Críticos_de_Cine_del_Uruguay|Asociación de Críticos de Cine de Uruguay]]) =
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Award !Category !Work !Result |
| 2023
|Best Actress |Film |Milonga |Won |
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