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Virginia Lago

Virginia Lago

Argentine actress

Virginia Lago (born 22 May 1946) is an Argentine actress with an extensive career in theater, film, and television. She is best known for being the host of the popular film series Historias de corazón [es], broadcast by Telefe.

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Biography

Virginia Lago was born in San Martín in the north of Greater Buenos Aires on 22 May 1946.[1] Until age 20 she resided in Villa Ballester. She attended primary school at Roberto Noble School No. 11, and Tomás Guido secondary school in San Martín. She is the cousin of actress Zully Moreno and the aunt of actress Fabiana García Lago.[2]

In 1963 she had a prominent performance in the play Pygmalion.[3] She studied Theater with Marcelo Lavalle [es] and Roberto Durán [es] at the Institute of Modern Art and learned from many other actors. In 1966 she appeared on the well-received program Galería Polyana, which was broadcast on weekdays from May to October on Channel 9 with scripts by the theatrical author Clara Giol Bressan and a cast that included Susana Campos, Fanny Navarro, Enzo Viena, Ricardo Passano, Patricia Shaw [es], Aída Luz, María José Demare [es], Nelly Darén [es], and Gloria Raines [es].[4]

Internet meme

As a result of the series that Virginia Lago hosted on Telefe, around March 2012, her image became the subject of an Internet meme in which her way of speaking and acting is parodied.[5] Videos in which she is imitated have circulated on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.[6] In the parodies, emphasis is placed on Lago's unhurried tone, the diminutives and temperance in her speech, and her recurring catchphrase ¡maravilloso! (wonderful) to describe a situation. Lago acknowledged that she initially cried about these jokes, but then took them with humor.[7]

Career

Television

Film

Theater

Awards and nominations

Martín Fierro Awards

  • 1990: Winner of Best Supporting Actress for La bonita página[9]
  • 1991: Nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Cosecharás tu siembra [es][10]
  • 2006: Nominated for Best Supporting Actress in Drama for Montecristo
  • 2008: Winner of Best Supporting Actress in Drama for Mujeres de nadie[11]
  • 2011: Nominated for Best Leading Actress in Special or Miniseries for Decisiones de vida [es]
  • 2013: Winner of Best Female Host for Historias de corazón [es][12]

Other awards

  • 1984: Sea Star Award for Best Actress[3]
  • 1984: Prensario Award for Best Actress[3]
  • 1991: Diploma of Merit, Individual Category, from the Konex Foundation[3]
  • 1999: Podestá Award [es] from the Argentine Actors Association[13]
  • 2009: José María Vilches Award for Por el placer de volver a verla[14]
  • 2012: Sea Star Award for Vivir en vos [es][15]
  • 2013: Clare of Assisi [es] Career Award[16]

References

  1. [1]
    "Lago, Virginia". Nuestros Actores (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  2. [2]
    Zucchi, Marina (14 January 2018). "Virginia Lago: 'Si los buenos ponemos un granito de arena, ganamos el mundo'" [Virginia Lago: 'If We the Good Guys Do Our Bit, We Win the World']. Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Virginia Lago" (in Spanish). Konex Foundation. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  4. [4]
    Nielsen, Jorge; Vega, Hugo F. (1 January 2001). Televisión argentina, 1951/1975: la información. Ediciones del Jilguero. p. 155. ISBN 9789879416037. Retrieved 6 May 2019 – via Google Books.
  5. [5]
    "Las parodias a Virginia Lago en Internet" [Parodies of Virginia Lago on Internet]. Perfil (in Spanish). 29 March 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  6. [6]
    "Virginia Lago: 'ya no me molesta que me digan "la vieja de Telefé"'" [Virginia Lago: 'It Does Not Bother Me Anymore That They Call Me "The Old Lady of Telefe"']. El Día (in Spanish). 5 April 2012. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  7. [7]
    "Por las parodias, Virginia Lago quiso renunciar al ciclo de cine de Telefe" [Because of the Parodies, Virginia Lago Wanted to Give Up the Telefe Film Series]. El Cívico (in Spanish). Buenos Aires. 30 March 2012. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  8. [8]
    "Historias del corazón". 20 minutos (in Spanish). 27 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  9. [9]
    "Martín Fierro de Aire 1990" (in Spanish). APTRA. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  10. [10]
    "Martín Fierro de Aire 1991" (in Spanish). APTRA. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  11. [11]
    "Martín Fierro de Aire 2008" (in Spanish). APTRA. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  12. [12]
    "Virgina Lago: el Martín Fierro más sorpresivo y polémico de la noche" [Virginia Lago: The Night's Most Surprising and Controversial Martín Fierro]. La Nación (in Spanish). 6 August 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  13. [13]
    "Reina Madre del Teatro" [Queen Mother of the Theater]. La Voz del Interior (in Spanish). 11 January 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  14. [14]
    "'Por el placer de volver a verla', ganadora del Premio Vilches". La Capital (in Spanish). 16 February 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  15. [15]
    "Buena cosecha de los rosarinos en la entrega de los Estrella de Mar" [Good Harvest for Rosarinos at the Sea Star Presentation]. La Capital (in Spanish). 7 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  16. [16]
    "Premios Santa Clara de Asís 2013" (in Spanish). Liga de Madres de Familia. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
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