Manuela Abril Martelli Salamovich (born April 16, 1983) is a Chilean film and television actress and director best known for her roles in the films B-Happy and Machuca. She starred with the famous Dutch actor Rutger Hauer in the Chilean-Italian film Il Futuro, based on Roberto Bolaño's novel A Little Lumpen Novelita. Her feature debut 1976 was shown at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival at the Director's Fortnight section.[1][2]
Manuela Martelli
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Martelli in 2006
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Born | Manuela Abril Martelli Salamovich (1983-04-16) April 16, 1983 (age 41) |
Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile |
Occupation | Actress |
On April 16, 1983, Martelli was born in Santiago de Chile. Martelli's parents are Nicolás Martelli, of Italian descent,[3] and Marian Salamovich, of Croatian descent.[4]
Martelli studied at Saint George's College, Santiago and at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. In 2010, she enrolled at Temple University, USA, where she graduated with a Master's degree in Film Studies.[5][6]
She started acting in her teen ages. Martelli played the main role in the film B-HappybyGonzalo Justiniano. Later she had roles in the TV series Huaiquimán y Tolosa and movies like Machuca, Radio Corazón and Malta con Huevo. In 2010 she appeared in Canal 13's telenovela Feroz.[7]
In 2014, she emerged as a director with a short film Apnea.[8] Her 2015 short Land Tides was a part of Factory Programme and premiered at the Cannes Director's Fortnight. In 2021, she filmed her feature debut 1976.[7] It was screened at numerous festivals around the world and won multiple awards, among them the Sutherland Award for best first feature at the 2022 BFI London Film Festival,[9] Best Debut Film Award at Jerusalem Film Festival, Best Actress Award at TIFF, Platino Award for Best Debut Film, etc.[10]
As of 2022, Martelli has been working on second feature, The Meltdown (El deshielo). It was presented at Ventana Sur’s 5th Proyecta co-production forum,[11] and won the second Coprocity Development Prize.[12] The Meltdown is the second part of the trilogy initiated with 1976.[10]
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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2003 | B-Happy | Katty | Main role. |
2004 | Machuca | Silvana | |
2005 | Monógamo Sucesivo | ||
Como un Avión Estrellado | Luchi | ||
Baño de mujeres | Soledad | ||
2007 | Scrambled Beer | Fedora | |
¡Pega Martín Pega! | |||
Radio Corazón | Nice | ||
2008 | Sonetàula | Maddalena | Italian film |
La Buena Vida | Paula | ||
2009 | The Bridge | Lucía | |
Christmas | Aurora | ||
2012 | My Last Round | Jennifer | |
2013 | Il Futuro | Bianca | [13] |
2014 | Two Shots Fired | Lucía | [14] |
Year | Telenovela | Role | Channel | Notes |
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2010 | Feroz | Amanda Carrera | Canal 13 | Debut in telenovelas. |
Year | TV series | Role | Channel | Notes |
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2008 | Huaiquimán y Tolosa | Sofía Santos | Canal 13 | appeared in 11 chapters. |