Lucía Maciel
Encyclopedia
Lucía Maciel is an Argentine
actress and television reporter. She works for what is arguably Argentina's largest television
network, Telefé
.
role as a servant in 2003's "Resistiré
", which was renamed in English
to "Forever Julia".
It wasn't long before she was able to find a job as a recurrent character: during 2004, she was hired to play "Pepa Kathy" in her second telenovela
, named "El Deseo
" ("The Desire"). Although "El Deseo" was not as large a hit as "Resistiré", it helped Maciel's career by making her a familiar figure among Argentine television viewers.
Maciel then debuted as a television reporter in a show named "Camara en Mano
" ("Handheld Camera") during 2005. In "Camara en Mano", she and a number of other reporters visit celebrities, both national and international, often by surprise, and with a handheld camera, as the show's title suggests. More often than not, Maciel's (as well as the other reporters') interviews to celebrities are mixed with both serious and funny questions.
As reporter for "Camara en Mano", Maciel has covered many different topics, such as karate
, women's boxing
, and Argentina's version of the Oscar awards, the Ace awards
. She managed to spot and interview the international singer, Sandro
, as he was about to get into his private swimming pool
, and she has also interviewed Marcela Acuna
and Facundo Arana
, among many others.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
actress and television reporter. She works for what is arguably Argentina's largest television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
network, Telefé
Telefe
Televisión Federal S.A., best known as Telefe and later as TLF, is an Argentine television network. Formerly known as Canal Once , a state-run network, it was privatised and established as Telefe in 1989, when and News Corporation took over the channel...
.
Biography
As an actress, Maciel debuted with an extraExtra (actor)
A background actor or extra is a performer in a film, television show, stage, musical, opera or ballet production, who appears in a nonspeaking, nonsinging or nondancing capacity, usually in the background...
role as a servant in 2003's "Resistiré
Resistiré
Resistiré is a 2003 Argentine telenovela. This serial features a gorgeous woman torn between her terrorist fiancee and a handsome tailor. It starred Pablo Echarri, Celeste Cid, Carolina Fal and Fabián Vena....
", which was renamed in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
to "Forever Julia".
It wasn't long before she was able to find a job as a recurrent character: during 2004, she was hired to play "Pepa Kathy" in her second telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
, named "El Deseo
El Deseo
El Deseo is film production company owned by Spanish film producers the Almodóvar brothers . Films produced by the company include All About My Mother, Talk to Her, My Life Without Me, Bad Education, Volver, Broken Embraces and The Skin I Live In.- External links :* Film production company owned...
" ("The Desire"). Although "El Deseo" was not as large a hit as "Resistiré", it helped Maciel's career by making her a familiar figure among Argentine television viewers.
Maciel then debuted as a television reporter in a show named "Camara en Mano
Cámara en Mano
Cámara en Mano, ¿y Vos, Que Ves? , better known and advertised as Cámara en Mano, is an Argentine television show.-History:...
" ("Handheld Camera") during 2005. In "Camara en Mano", she and a number of other reporters visit celebrities, both national and international, often by surprise, and with a handheld camera, as the show's title suggests. More often than not, Maciel's (as well as the other reporters') interviews to celebrities are mixed with both serious and funny questions.
As reporter for "Camara en Mano", Maciel has covered many different topics, such as karate
Karate
is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...
, women's boxing
Women's boxing
Women's boxing first appeared in the Olympic Games at a demonstration bout in 1902. For most of the 20th century, however, it was banned in most nations. Its revival was pioneered by the Swedish Amateur Boxing Association, which sanctioned events for women in 1988. The British Amateur Boxing...
, and Argentina's version of the Oscar awards, the Ace awards
Association of Latin Entertainment Critics
The Association of Latin Entertainment Critics is a nonprofit cultural organization founded on December 12, 1967. The organization has bestowed the LatinACE awards annually since May 25, 1969...
. She managed to spot and interview the international singer, Sandro
Sandro
Sandro is an Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swiss and Georgian given name. It is the diminutive of Alessandro or Alexander and may refer to:-People:*Alessandro Ferreira Leonardo, Braziliian footballer currentlay playing for Citizen AA in Hong Kong...
, as he was about to get into his private swimming pool
Swimming pool
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...
, and she has also interviewed Marcela Acuna
Marcela Acuña
Marcela Eliana Acuña is an Argentine female boxer, who is nicknamed La Tigresa. Her mother wished for Acuña to become a ballerina, but that was never Acuña's dream....
and Facundo Arana
Facundo Arana
Jorge Facundo Arana Tagle is an Argentine actor. He has participated in more than twenty telenovelas.-Biography:...
, among many others.