Virginia Lago

Argentine actress

Fabiana García Lago (niece)
Zully Moreno (cousin)

Awards

Martín Fierro Awards (1990, 2008, 2013)
Sea Star Award (1984, 2012)

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.

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

1962: The Falcón Family
1974: Los bulbos
1976: El amor tiene cara de mujer
1984: Las 24 horas
1990: La bonita página
1991: Una mujer inolvidable [es]
1991: Cosecharás tu siembra [es]
1994: Alta comedia [es]
1994: Más allá del horizonte [es]
1995: Por siempre mujercitas [es]
1997: Los herederos del poder
2001: Las amantes
2005: Mujeres Asesinas
2006: Montecristo
2008: Mujeres de nadie (villain)
2010: Cain and Abel
2011: Decisiones de vida [es]
2012–2015: Historias de corazón [es] (presenter and actress)^[8]
2017: Amar después de amar (Myriam Cohen – principal antagonist)

Film

1960: Héroes de hoy
1960: La patota
1961: Alias Gardelito
1962: The Terrorist
1963: Los inconstantes [es]
1964: Un sueño y nada más [es]
1964: La sentencia [es]
1964: Tres historias fantásticas [es]
1964: Voy a hablar de la esperanza
1965: By Killing (voice dubbing)
1966: La Gran felicidad
1967: ¡Al diablo con este cura! [es]
1967: El loro de la soledad
1968: Maternidad sin hombres
1969: El cantor enamorado [es]
1971: Juguemos en el mundo
1974: Muñequitas de medianoche
1974: El Buho
1975: La Raulito
1985: Prontuario de un argentino
1986: Secretos en el Monte Olvidado [es]
1988: Bajo otro sol
1995: Fotos del alma
1996: El verso [es]
2000: Los días de la vida [es]

Theater

Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw, dir. Wilfredo Ferrán [es]
Two for the Seesaw by William Gibson
Se armó la murga by Pedro Orgambide [es]
Sucede lo que pasa by Griselda Gambaro
Lejana tierra prometida by Ricardo Halac [es], dir. Omar Grasso [es]
Canciones para mirar by María Elena Walsh
La Piaf [es] by Pam Gems, theatrical adaptation by Roberto "Tito" Cossa, dir. Rubens W. Correa.
Vivir en vos [es] by María Elena Walsh, theatrical adaptation by Javier Margulis, dir. Rubens W. Correa
An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen, dir. Omar Grasso
Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov, dir. Roberto Durán [es]
Trío by Kado Kostzer [es], dir. Emilio Alfaro
¡Ay, Carmela! by José Sanchis Sinisterra, dir. Dervy Vilas
Violeta viene a nacer [es] by Rodolfo Braceli [es], adapted and directed by Rubens W. Correa and Javier Margulis
Mariana Pineda by Federico García Lorca, dir. Jaime Kogan [es]
Borges Buenos Aires from texts by Jorge Luis Borges, dir. Roberto Mosca.
Esa relación tan delicada by Loleh Bellon, dir. Manuel Iedvabni
Frida Kahlo, la pasión by Ricardo Halac, dir. Daniel Suárez Marzal
La Farolera by María Elena Walsh, dir. Virginia Lago
Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley, dir. Virginia Lago
La Delfina, una pasión by Susana Poujol, dir. Daniel Marcove
El ángel from texts by Federico García Lorca, dir. Virginia Lago and Daniel Marcove
Cuentos de Hadas by Raquel Diana, dir. Virginia Lago
Porteñas by Manuel González Gil and Daniel Botti, dir. Manuel González Gil
Ciclo Teatro x la Identidad, Centro Cultural General San Martín
Las mosqueteras... del rey, written and directed by Manuel González Gil
Filumena Marturano by Eduardo De Filippo, dir. Manuel González Gil
Robinson Crusoe...el mar by Daniel Defoe, dir. Virginia Lago
Darse Cuenta – Teatro y Reflexión, dir. Daniel Marcove
Por el placer de volver a verla by Michel Tremblay, adapted and directed by Manuel González Gil
Las chicas del calendario by Tim Firth, dir. Manuel González Gil
Calendar Girls by Ted Willis, dir. Daniel Suárez Marzal
Milagros del corazón by Alexei Arbuzovz, dir. Manuel González Gil
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, dir. Virginia Lago
El ángel (2016)
La panadera de los poetas (2017), dir. Mariana Gióvine

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

^ "Lago, Virginia". Nuestros Actores (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 May 2019.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Virginia Lago" (in Spanish). Konex Foundation. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
^ 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.
^ "Las parodias a Virginia Lago en Internet" [Parodies of Virginia Lago on Internet]. Perfil (in Spanish). 29 March 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "Historias del corazón". 20 minutos (in Spanish). 27 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
^ "Martín Fierro de Aire 1990" (in Spanish). APTRA. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
^ "Martín Fierro de Aire 1991" (in Spanish). APTRA. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
^ "Martín Fierro de Aire 2008" (in Spanish). APTRA. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
^ "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.
^ "Reina Madre del Teatro" [Queen Mother of the Theater]. La Voz del Interior (in Spanish). 11 January 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
^ "'Por el placer de volver a verla', ganadora del Premio Vilches". La Capital (in Spanish). 16 February 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
^ "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.
^ "Premios Santa Clara de Asís 2013" (in Spanish). Liga de Madres de Familia. Retrieved 6 May 2019.