Camila Sosa Villada

Camila Sosa Villada (born 28 January 1982) is a transgender Argentine writer and theatre, film, and television actress.

Biography On 28 January 1982, Camilia Sosa Villada was born in La Falda, Argentina, from the city of Córdoba. Throughout her childhood, she moved around the Córdoba Province, living in a number of cities including Cruz del Eje, Los Sauces, Mina Clavero, and Córdoba.

She studied for three years of Social Communication at the National University of Córdoba's School of Information Sciences and another four years for her bachelor's degree at the same university.

In 2009, Villada premiered her play Carnes tolendas, retrato escénico de un travesti (Carnes Tolendas, an on-stage portrayal of a travesti), a biodrama of her life which fused her personal experiences that she recorded on her blog, La Novia de Sandro [Sandro's Girlfriend], with the poetry of Federico García Lorca.

In 2011, Javier van de Couter, filmmaker, actor, scriptwriter and author of the script of the Argentine drama miniseries Tumberos, cast Sosa Villada in a minor role in the film Mía, but later offered her the starring role after watching her in Carnes tolendas in Córdoba. |title=|source=

On 7 August 2013, the Argentine Government granted her a new national identity card (DNI), updated with the name Camila Sosa Villada and the gender she identifies as.

Work

Stage Sources: Alternative Teatral [Carnes tolendas, an on-stage portrait of a travesti]Shown in theatres in Córdoba. Film directed by Javier van de Couter, starring Rodrigo de la Serna y Maite Lanata.

Awards and nominations:

Winner of best script in the New Latin American Cinema International Festival in La Habana, Cuba (2011). Shown as a part of International Discoveries at the 60th International Film Festival, Mannheim–Heiderlberg, Germany (2011). Best Film and Audience awards at Puerto Rico Queer Film Festival (2012) Best Foreign Language Feature prize at the Mix Brasil Film Festival, São Paulo, Brasil (2012). Grand Prize Cine Latino and Best First Picture awards at the Wine Country Film Festival, Santa Rosa, California (2012). Jury Prize at the Chéries Chéris Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Paris, France (2012). Winner of the Maguey prize at the International Film Festival, Guadalajara, Mexico (2012).2024Tesis sobre una domesticación [Thesis on a Domestication] Director

Javier van de Couter

Awards:

Gold Q-Hugo at Chicago Film Festival (2024) Special Mention, Out-Look Competition at Chicago Film Festival (2024)

Television [The Widow of Rafael]Miniseries starring Camila Sosa Villada as the protagonist, in which she also sings the show's opening theme song.2013Historia clínica [Medical History]Feature-length documentary, directed by Norma Fernández, starring Sosa Villada as herself. Winner of the best documentary prize at the 'Diversa 2010' Cinema Festival.2014La celebración [The Celebration]

Literature [Sandro's Girlfriend]Poetry book.2018El Viaje Inútil [Essays on Domestication]Novel.2022Soy una tonta por quererte [I'm a fool for loving you]Short Stories.

Awards

Sosa Villada has received the following awards as an actress and singer: Awarded best stage actress by the Municipality of Cordoba. Special mention at the Teatro del Mundo awards in Buenos Aires for Carnes tolendas, retrato escénico de un travesti. Recognised for her contribution to theatre by the Legislative Authority of the Province of Córdoba. Honoured by the Secretariat for Human Rights of the Province of Córdoba.