Manuela Martelli

Manuela Abril Martelli Salamovich (born April 16, 1983) is a Chilean film and television actress and director best known for her roles in the films B-Happy and Machuca. She starred with the famous Dutch actor Rutger Hauer in the Chilean-Italian film Il Futuro, based on Roberto Bolaño's novel A Little Lumpen Novelita. As a film director, her feature debut 1976 was shown at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival at the Director's Fortnight section.

Biography On April 16, 1983, Martelli was born in Santiago de Chile. Martelli's parents are Nicolás Martelli, of Italian descent, and Marian Salamovich, of Croatian descent.

Martelli studied at Saint George's College, Santiago and at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. In 2010, she enrolled at Temple University in Philadelphia, where she graduated with a master's degree in film studies.

She started acting in her teenage years. Martelli played the main role in the film B-Happy by Gonzalo Justiniano. Later she had roles in the TV series Huaiquimán y Tolosa and movies like Machuca, Radio Corazón and Malta con Huevo. In 2010 she appeared in Canal 13's telenovela Feroz.

In 2014, she emerged as a director with a short film, Apnea. Her 2015 short Land Tides was a part of Factory Programme and premiered at the Cannes Director's Fortnight. In 2021, she filmed her feature debut 1976. Best Debut Film Award at Jerusalem Film Festival, Best Actress Award at TIFF, Platino Award for Best Debut Film, etc. and won the second Coprocity Development Prize. The Meltdown is the second part of the trilogy initiated with 1976.

Filmography

As filmmaker

As actress YearFilmRoleNotes 2003 B-Happy Katty Main role. 2004 Machuca Silvana 2005 Monógamo Sucesivo Como un Avión Estrellado Luchi Baño de mujeres Soledad 2007 Scrambled Beer Fedora ¡Pega Martín Pega! Radio Corazón Nice 2008 Sonetàula MaddalenaItalian film La Buena Vida Paula 2009 The Bridge Lucía Christmas Aurora2012My Last RoundJennifer 2013 Il Futuro Bianca 2014 Two Shots Fired Lucía 2025 God Will Not Help Teresa

Telenovelas Year Telenovela Role Channel Notes 2010 Feroz Amanda Carrera Canal 13 Debut in telenovelas.

TV series Year TV series Role Channel Notes 2008 Huaiquimán y Tolosa Sofía Santos Canal 13 appeared in 11 chapters.