Mónica Galán

Mónica Galán (October 16, 1950 – January 15, 2019) was an Argentine actress. She was a character actor seen on TV, film and in the theatre.

Life Galán was born in 1950 in Buenos Aires. Galán graduated from the National School of Dramatic Arts and her first film appearance was in Daniel Tinayre's La Mary, starring Susana Giménez and Carlos Monzón in 1974. She went on to appear in other films such as Atrapadas Blue Eyes, Murder in the Senate of the Nation, The side Dark of the Heart, Waiting for the Messiah and The Mural . Her last film was The Other Skin in 2018.

She had said in 1997 that she preferred to be a character actor rather than the star of films or TV dramas.

She appeared as Vienna in the 1982 film Last Days of the Victim. That film was proposed but not nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the List of submissions to the 55th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. Her role of Vienna was one of 17 where she was cast as a prostitute.

Galán died in Buenos Aires in 2019 having made 70 appearances in film or television.

Selected filmography 1974: La Mary 1982: Últimos días de la víctima, as Vienna 1984: Atrapadas 1984: Asesinato en el Senado de la Nación, as Proxeneta 1985: Los días de junio 1992: Algunas mujeres (cortometraje) 1992: El lado oscuro del corazón 1992: ¿Dónde estás amor de mi vida que no te puedo encontrar?, as Chela 1995: No te mueras sin decirme adónde vas, as Susana 1997: El impostor, as Clotilde 1997: Bajo bandera, as Paula 1997: Pequeños milagros, as Susana 1998: Sus ojos se cerraron y el mundo sigue andando, 2000: Lejanía 2000: Esperando al mesías, as Voz de Elsa 2000: Un amor de Borges 2001: Cicatrices 2001: Cabeza de tigre, as la Perichona 2003: Nadar solo, as Lucía 2004: Un mundo menos peor, as Isabel 2008: Don't Look Down 2010: Argentino Vargas, as Alicia 2010: El mural, as Victoria Ocampo 2018: La otra piel