Rita Cortese

Birthday: 1949-08-05
Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned

Adela Rita Cortese (born August 5, 1949, in Buenos Aires) is a renowned Argentine actress and singer.

Her career spans across films, series, and telenovelas, earning her three Martín Fierro Awards as well as a Silver Condor Award.

In 1967, she began studying Philosophy and Letters but dropped out a year later. In 1974, she entered the theater school directed by Néstor Raimondi, although, according to her own statements, she started her professional career in 1972 at the Teatro Latino in San Telmo.

As a film actress, she worked in La nube, and in 2003, she received the Silver Condor Award for Best Actress for Herencia. As a television actress, she received a Martín Fierro Award in 2002 for her performance in the telenovela El sodero de mi vida and another in 2008 for her special appearance in the sitcom Lalola. That same year, she released her first album titled El amor, ese loco berretín, in which she performs various tango ballads; the album won her the Carlos Gardel Award for Best New Tango Artist in 2009. In 2014, she was one of the stars of the hit film Relatos salvajes (Wild Tales), which was nominated for the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival and for an Oscar.

Credits

	Year	Title	Character
		El Sobrino
	2024-10-31	Most People Die on Sundays	Dora
	2023-06-01	Blondi	Pepa
	2023-05-25	Indisciplinado. Historia de un proyecto político	Narradora
	2022-10-20	The Substitute	Amalia
	2022-08-25	An Argentinian Crime	Gobbi
	2021-08-26	Shadow of the Cat	Ana
	2021-03-06	The Siamese Bond	Clota
	2019-09-12	Bruja	Abuela
	2019-08-15	Heroic Losers	Carmen Lorgio
	2014-08-21	Wild Tales	Cook (segment "Las ratas")
	2014-04-02	Fragmentos
	2012-05-24	Una cita, una fiesta y un gato negro	Saravia
	2011-08-18	Widows	Esther
	2011-04-10	Los Marziano	Delfina
	2010-04-01	Brother and Sister	Alicia
	2010-01-01	Cinco velitas
	2009-06-16	Horizontal/Vertical	Albita
	2007-12-07	Reparaciones	Cora
	2007-07-07	Lugones Family	Bibliotecaria
	2006-03-24	30 años de vida venciendo a la muerte
	2005-06-09	Monobloc	Madrina
	2002-10-31	Do You Swim?	Mamá de Dolores
	2002-06-20	Inheritance	Olinda
	2002-02-21	¿Y dónde está el bebé?
	2000-07-01	Apariencias	Susana Posse
	1999-05-13	Alma mía	Tita
	1998-07-02	Stolen Moments
	1998-05-28	Cohen vs. Rosi	Angélica Rosi
	1997-11-05	El sueño de los héroes	Mujer del corralón
	1997-08-07	Cenizas del paraíso	Mirta
	1993-06-10	A Wall of Silence
	1984-09-13	Murder in The Senate