Gabriela Hernández

María Gabriela Hernández Gómez (born January 15, 1939), also known as Gaby Hernández, is a Chilean theater, film and television actress with a long active career.

Early life and education

Her father was from Castilla, Spain, and her mother of Chilean origin. She is the younger sister of Nieves Hernández and also actress Naldy Hernández.

Her childhood was in Valdivia and in her adolescence she moved to Santiago, where she graduated from secondary education at Liceo Experimental Manuel de Salas. At age 10 she entered the National Conservatory of Music, where she enhanced her skills for the piano.

She studied theater at the School of Theater of the University of Chile, where she was a generation partner of Sonia Mena, Lucy Salgado and Diana Sanz. As a student, she participated in the play La casa de Bernarda Alba from 1960, alongside actresses such as Marés González, Bélgica Castro, María Cánepa, Carmen Bunster, Claudia Paz and María Teresa Fricke.

Career 1960s In 1962 she made her professional debut in the role of Cornelia in the first version of El abanderado by Luis Alberto Heiremans, in the Antonio Varas Room of the same university. For a short time she worked at the company Los mimos de Noisvander by Enrique Noisvander. During this period, she also participated in the magazine Cine Amor, starring in several fotonovelas.

In 1964, she replaced Carmen Barros in the leading role of Carmela in the second world tour of Isidora Aguirre's La pergola de las flores, with great international success.

At the age of 24, after the tour of the play, the Spanish producer Luis de Llano Palmer offered him an exclusive contract on Televisa, settling in Mexico for five years, working on television in productions such as Rocambole and various Mexican television programs. During this period she worked in theater plays and musical shows of Cabaret, dancer of the Latin Show Ballet of Chavela Vargas. She also studied Jazz dance at the John di Martino Academy. Subsequently, she worked for two years in Washington D.C., United States.

1970s During the 1970s, she settled in Spain performing various theater productions. There she worked in theater together with Josep Maria Pou, at the María Guerrero Theater, in productions by various renowned playwrights, with great success.

1980s After more than 15 years away from her native country, where she developed an acting career mainly in Mexico, the United States and Spain, she returned to Chile in 1988 to vote in favor of the No campaign in the military dictatorship in the 1988 Chilean national plebiscite.

In the same year, the producer Sonia Fuchs offered her a television contract to participate in soap operas of the Dramatic Area of TVN. Her debut in telenovelas was with a supporting role in Bellas y Audaces, starring Luz Jiménez and Sonia Viveros. The following year, she participated in the biographical miniseries Teresa de los Andes directed by Vicente Sabatini in the role of Juana del Solar.

1990s From 1990 to 2000 she actively participated in the Dramatic Area of Channel 13, standing out in ¿Te conté?, Villa Napoli, Marrón Glacé, Amor a domicilio, Fuera de control and in the series Los Carcamo.

2000s From 2001 to 2005 she collaborated with María Eugenia Rencoret on successful TVN soap operas, such as Amores de Mercado and Purasangre.

2010s In 2014 she left TVN to emigrate to Mega's Dramatic Area, where she participated in the television series Pituca sin lucas, where her character Lita Amunátegui obtained great success and recognition.

In 2017 she participated in the play Lady Marginal, directed by Claudia Di Girólamo, in tribute to the playwright Juan Radrigán.

In 2019, she debuted as a television host in the morning magazine Viva la pipol de Chilevisión.

Awards and recognition In 2018, she received a tribute from the Actors Union of Chile to her career.

In 2020 she was recognized with the title of Illustrious Daughter of the city of Valdivia.

Filmography

Films Año Película Personaje Director 1983 La muñeca Esperanza De Provens 1990 Dos mujeres en la ciudad Hortensia Claudio di Girólamo 1994 Johnny cien pesos Conserje Gustavo Graef Marino 2001 Un ladrón y su mujer Madre de Ana Rodrigo Sepúlveda 2002 El Leyton Josefa Gonzalo Justiniano 2003 B-Happy Peta Gonzalo Justiniano 2004 Mar adentro Alejandro Amenábar 2006 Padre nuestro Isabel Rodrigo Sepúlveda 2008 A un metro de ti Daniel Henríquez 2009 Las golondrinas de Altazor Mauricio Álamo 2010 Que pena tu vida Madre de Alma Nicolás López 2013 Aftershock Empleada de limpieza Nicolás López 2016 Nunca vas a estar solo Lucy Álex Anwandter Viejos amores Ella misma Gloria Laso 2018 No estoy loca Madre de Carolina Nicolás López

Telenovelas Año Telenovela Personaje Canal 1967 Rocambole Gabriela Loncomilla Televisión Nacional 1988 Bellas y audaces Celeste Riquelme 1989 A la sombra del ángel Emilia Torreblanca 1990 ¿Te conté? Pola Lhorente Canal 13 1991 Villa Nápoli Aída Faúndez 1992 El palo al gato Alicia 1993 Marrón Glacé Leonor Anderson 1994 Champaña Eunice García Top secret Amanda Gross 1995 El amor está de moda Leonor Amor a domicilio Marjorie Astudillo "Madame Katmandú" 1996 Marrón Glacé, el regreso Leonor Anderson 1997 Eclipse de luna Carmen Vega 1998 Amándote Evangelina Cisneros 1999 Fuera de control Amelia Salamanca 2000 Sabor a ti Purísima "Puri" 2001 Amores de mercado Nora Pacheco Televisión Nacional 2002 Purasangre Isidora Lyon 2003 Pecadores Lila Corona de Flores 2004 Destinos cruzados Eloísa Barrera 2005 Versus Peonía Torrejón 2006 Charly tango Lorenza Salazar Canal 13 2008 Don amor Cecilia Ovalle 2009 Cuenta conmigo Blanca Núñez 2010 Primera dama Mirza Pérez 2011 Maldita María Soto Mega 2012 Pobre rico Sonia Hundurraga Televisión Nacional 2013 Somos los Carmona Perpetua Loyola 2014 Pituca sin lucas Lidia "Lita" Amunátegui Mega 2016 Pobre gallo Rayén Cheuquepan Señores papis María Elena "Nena" Larrondo 2018 Casa de muñecos Nora Elizalde 2021 Demente Paola Barnechea 2023 Juego de ilusiones Margarita Lorca 2024 Al sur del corazón Hilda Bravo

TV Series Año Serie Personaje Canal 1989 Teresa de los Andes Juana del Solar Televisión Nacional 1992 Estrictamente sentimental 1996 Amor a domicilio, la comedia Madame Katmandú Canal 13 1998-1999 Los Cárcamo Marilyn Bustamante 2000 El día menos pensado Televisión Nacional 2008 Aída Fresia 2011 Prófugos Suegra de Óscar HBO 2011 12 días: Horror en Quilicura Esposa de Osvaldo Chilevisión

Theatre La casa de Bernarda Alba (1960) El abanderado (1962) de Luis Alberto Heiremans Árbol viejo Goldspell La hija del capitán La danza macabra (1991) de August Strindberg Rey Lear (1992) de William Shakespeare El malentendido (1994) de Albert Camus Madame de Sade (1997) de Yukio Mishima Mina Antipersonal (2013) de Claudia Di Girolamo Un jardín secreto (2016) de Jorge Díaz Lady Marginal (2017) de Claudia Di Girolamo Pablo y Gabriela (2018) Viejas de mierda (2019) junto a Gloria Benavides y Gloria Münchmeyer