Roxana Blanco

Roxana Blanco (born 6 November 1967) is a Uruguayan actress. She is a graduate of the Margarita Xirgu Multidisciplinary School of Dramatic Art.

Biography Roxana Blanco is the sister of playwright Sergio Blanco. She took acting and singing classes at the Multidisciplinary School of Dramatic Art, where she graduated in the early 1990s. Since then she has developed a prolific theater career, which has earned her the Florencio Award three times. In 2012, she joined the cast of the Comedia Nacional, of which she remains a member.

At the same time, she has developed an important film and television career that has given her international recognition and multiple awards. She has participated in films of great recognition in her country and abroad, such as by César Charlone, The Delay by Rodrigo Plá, and El muerto y ser feliz by .

For her leading role in Alma Mater by Álvaro Buela, she won the best actress award at the Biarritz Film Festival (France) in 2005.

Blanco has participated in more than twenty plays, representing texts by prominent figures of world theater. In 2009, she starred opposite Alejandra Wolff, Jenny Galván, and Andrea Davidovics in the television series , based on the theatrical work she had previously starred in.

Theater Dream of Autumn by Jon Fosse Las novias de Travolta by Andrés Tulipano by José Sanchis Sinisterra Proof by David Auburn La Sangre by Sergi Belbel Three Tall Women by Edward Albee Agatha by Marguerite Duras Central Park West by Woody Allen Macbeth by William Shakespeare Frida by Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand Last of the Red Hot Lovers by Neil Simon Roberto Zucco by Bernard-Marie Koltès Querido lobo by Roger Vitrac Richard III by William Shakespeare by Nelson Rodrigues Doña Rosita the Spinster by Federico García Lorca The Trojan Women by Euripides Cabaret by John Kander and Fred Ebb Tango by Sławomir Mrożek

With the Comedia Nacional Oresteia by Aeschylus Terrorism by the Presnyakov brothers Molly Sweeney by Brian Friel La mitad de Dios by Gabriel Calderón El tiempo todo entero by Romina Paula The Visit by Friedrich Dürrenmatt Best Actress Award (Matar a todos) Syracuse International Festival: Special Mention (Matar a todos) Costa Rica Festival: Best Actress (The Delay) Catalonia Festival: Best Actress (The Delay) Toulouse Festival: Best Actress (El muerto y ser feliz)

National Florencio Award for performance (Menú de cuentos), Best Supporting Actress (Terrorism, Roberto Zucco), and Best Leading Actress (Agatha, La travesía) Parcum Prize awarded by the Mercosur Cultural Parliament to one of the ten outstanding personalities of Uruguayan culture Award of the Film Critics Association of Uruguay for Best Film Actress (The Delay) (Alma Mater) Fripesci Award for Film Performance and Best Film Actress (Alma Mater) Iris Award (Alma Mater and El lector por horas) Woman of the Year Award (Alma Mater, Matar a todos, The Delay)