Francisca Gavilán

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gavilán and the second or maternal family name is Valladares.
Francisca Gavilán
Born
María Francisca Gavilán Valladares

(1973-06-27) 27 June 1973 (age 51)
Santiago, Chile
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Years active1997–present
Children
  • Joaquín Schwarz
  • Simón Tironi
Awards

María Francisca Gavilán Valladares (born 27 June 1973) is a Chilean film, theater, and television actress and singer.

Acting career

Francisca Gavilán graduated from the Theater School of Fernando González [es] in 1994, with the play Madame de Sade, directed by Rodrigo Pérez. In this academy she was a student of Luz Jiménez, who has been one of her main artistic influences.[1] She also counts as influences Tamara Acosta – who was her partner at theater school and on the cast of Los Pincheira and Papi Ricky – Amparo Noguera, and Paulina Urrutia.[2]

She has participated in several Chilean television series, beginning with Romané on Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN) and Piel canela [es] on Canal 13, and then returning to TVN with more central roles in Puertas adentro [es], Los Pincheira,[3] and Los Capo [es]. In 2007 she returned to Canal 13 to play Andrea Kuntz on the series Papi Ricky,[4] and in 2010 she played a small role on the series Los 80.

In cinema she has acted in the films Monos con navaja (2000), Ulysses (2010), and in 2011 she was the protagonist of the Violeta Parra biopic Violeta Went to Heaven, directed by Andrés Wood.[5]

Musical career

In Violeta Went to Heaven, Gavilán interpreted the songs of Parra sung in the movie.

In 2016 she appeared on the program Puro Chile [es] with La Regia Orquesta, where she performed songs by Parra and from the musical La negra Ester [es].[6]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Monos con navaja Simone
2010 Ulysses Flavia
2011 Violeta Went to Heaven Violeta Parra
2013 El Tío Cameo
2013 The Quispe Girls Luciana Quispe
2015 Aurora
2016 Mala Junta Andrea
2016 Niñas arañas
2020 Jailbreak Pact Paulina Baeza

TV serials

Year Title Role Channel
2000 Romané Berta Faúndez TVN
2001 Piel canela [es] Genoveva Ramírez Canal 13
2003 Puertas adentro [es] Bernardina López TVN
2004 Los Pincheira Rosita Luna TVN
Ídolos [es] Margara Sandoval TVN
2005 Los Capo [es] Libertad Alvarado TVN
2007 Papi Ricky Andrea Kuntz Canal 13
2012 Separados Rosario Aranda TVN
2013 Secretos en el jardín Romina Retamal Canal 13
2014 Las 2 Carolinas Jacqueline Duarte Chilevisión
2015 La poseída Rosa Carreño TVN
2016 Un diablo con ángel [es] Ximena Muñoz TVN
2017 Perdona nuestros pecados Silvia Corcuera Mega

TV series

Year Title Role Channel
2005 El día menos pensado [es] Carola TVN
2009 Los 80 Vendedora Canal 13
2011 Los archivos del cardenal Susana TVN
2012 Violeta Went to Heaven, the Series [es] Violeta Parra Chilevisión
2015 Zamudio Jacqueline Vera TVN
2016 Por fin solos Cecilia Martínez TVN

Theater

Awards

References

  1. ^ Chacón T., Rodrigo (12 May 2013). "Los actores eligen a su mamá favorita" [Actors Choose Their Favorite Mom]. Terra.cl (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  2. ^ Seguel, Mireya (28 August 2011). "Francisca Gavilán: Mi mamá se parecía más a Violeta Parra que yo" [Francisca Gavilán: My Mom Looked More Like Violeta Parra Than I]. Cuatro Letras (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 29 July 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  3. ^ Alvarado E., Rodrigo (15 March 2010). "Francisca Gavilán: 'Violeta Parra es el personaje de Chile'" [Francisca Gavilán: 'Violeta Parra is the Character of Chile']. La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2018 – via cancioneros.com.
  4. ^ Villa, Bernardita (20 March 2017). "Francisca Gavilán, la actriz que se enfrenta a sí misma en dos teleseries nocturnas" [Francisca Gavilán, the Actress Who Faces Herself on Two Nighttime TV Series] (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  5. ^ a b c "'Violeta se fue a los cielos' se impuso en premios Pedro Sienna 2011" ['Violeta Went to Heaven' Wins at 2011 Pedro Sienna Awards]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Santiago. 25 November 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  6. ^ "'Puro Chile' pasa a primera franja estelar" ['Puro Chile' Gets Over the First Star Hurdle]. Pura Noticia (in Spanish). 2 February 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  7. ^ a b González C., Francisca (10 May 2012). "Francisca Gavilán y Roberto Farías celebran su Altazor en cine con una obra de teatro" [Francisca Gavilán and Roberto Farías Celebrate Their Altazor in Film With a Theatrical Play]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Santiago. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  8. ^ a b "'Violeta se fue a los cielos' obtiene dos galardones en el Festival de Huelva" ['Violeta Went to Heaven' Gets Two Awards at the Huelva Festival]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Huelva, Spain. EFE. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Brasil se coronó en Festival de Cine de Lima" [Brazil Crowned at Lima Film Festival]. Perú.21 (in Spanish). 12 August 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  10. ^ a b "Francisca Gavilán y Luis Dubó son premiados en Festival de Cine Unasur" [Francisca Gavilán and Luis Dubó are Awardees at UNASUR Film Festival]. La Tercera (in Spanish). EFE. 23 September 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  11. ^ "El Reemplazante, NO y Ana Tijoux entre los premiados en Altazor 2013" [El Reemplazante, NO, and Ana Tijoux Among the 2013 Altazor Awardees]. El Mostrador (in Spanish). 9 May 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
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