Mimi Lazo
Encyclopedia
Ana María Lazo, commonly known as Mimí Lazo, (born November 23, 1954 in Caracas
) is a Venezuela
n film, television and theatrical actress and producer
. Her most notable role was in the 1996 monologue El Aplauso Va Por Dentro in which she toured all throughout South America and Europe.
in the mid-1970s. Later she received scholarships to study Scenic Arts in Italy and attended acting classes in the Actors Studio
of New York.
, such as Twelfth Night, Arthur Miller
's A View from the Bridge
, among others.
In 1979 she made her debut in the Venezuelan cinema with the film El Pez que Fuma
, produced by the long time filmmaker Roman Chalbaud, and her first appearance on national television with the popular telenovela Carolina. It wasn't until the year 2000
where she made her first debut in the international cinema with the independent film
Just for the Time Being alongside with Eva Herzigová
and Patrick O'Neil.
She has received numerous awards in film festival and theater awards both in her native country and abroad. In 1995 she was among the successful Latin American actresses by Variety
magazine, and Style
magazine considers her one of the best actresses in Latin America alongside Salma Hayek
and María Conchita Alonso
.
. Her daughter, Sindy Lazo, is also an actress.
Caracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
) is a Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
n film, television and theatrical actress and producer
Theatrical producer
A theatrical producer is the person ultimately responsible for overseeing all aspects of mounting a theatre production. The independent producer will usually be the originator and finder of the script and starts the whole process...
. Her most notable role was in the 1996 monologue El Aplauso Va Por Dentro in which she toured all throughout South America and Europe.
Early life
Mimí began her acting in the workshops of well known stage directors of CaracasCaracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
in the mid-1970s. Later she received scholarships to study Scenic Arts in Italy and attended acting classes in the Actors Studio
Actors Studio
The Actors Studio is a membership organization for professional actors, theatre directors and playwrights at 432 West 44th Street in the Clinton neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded October 5, 1947, by Elia Kazan, Cheryl Crawford, Robert Lewis and Anna Sokolow who provided...
of New York.
Career
She began her acting career in the Venezuelan theatre performing adaptations of plays by William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
, such as Twelfth Night, Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller
Arthur Asher Miller was an American playwright and essayist. He was a prominent figure in American theatre, writing dramas that include plays such as All My Sons , Death of a Salesman , The Crucible , and A View from the Bridge .Miller was often in the public eye,...
's A View from the Bridge
A View from the Bridge
A View from the Bridge is a play by American playwright Arthur Miller that was first staged on September 29, 1955 as a one-act verse drama with A Memory of Two Mondays at the Coronet Theatre on Broadway. The play was unsuccessful and Miller subsequently revised the play to contain two acts; this...
, among others.
In 1979 she made her debut in the Venezuelan cinema with the film El Pez que Fuma
El Pez que Fuma
Considered by many to represent a peak in Venezuelan film-making, El Pez que Fuma is the name of a brothel in La Guaira, where the story takes place...
, produced by the long time filmmaker Roman Chalbaud, and her first appearance on national television with the popular telenovela Carolina. It wasn't until the year 2000
2000 in film
The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible II. Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor ....
where she made her first debut in the international cinema with the independent film
Independent film
An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...
Just for the Time Being alongside with Eva Herzigová
Eva Herzigová
Eva Herzigová is a Czech model and actress.-Early life and career:Herzigová was born in Litvínov, Czechoslovakia . She began her modeling career after winning a modeling beauty contest in Prague in 1989, at the age of sixteen. After arriving in Paris, her popularity increased...
and Patrick O'Neil.
She has received numerous awards in film festival and theater awards both in her native country and abroad. In 1995 she was among the successful Latin American actresses by Variety
Variety (magazine)
Variety is an American weekly entertainment-trade magazine founded in New York City, New York, in 1905 by Sime Silverman. With the rise of the importance of the motion-picture industry, Daily Variety, a daily edition based in Los Angeles, California, was founded by Silverman in 1933. In 1998, the...
magazine, and Style
Style (magazine)
Style was an iconic South African women's magazine that was founded in the 1980s and published by Caxton and CTP Publishers and Printers Limited. In late 2006, it was announced that the magazine would be discontinued. The magazine has often been associated with a Kugel readership....
magazine considers her one of the best actresses in Latin America alongside Salma Hayek
Salma Hayek
Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez de Pinault is a Mexican film actress, director and producer. She received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress for her role as Frida Kahlo in the film Frida.-Early life:...
and María Conchita Alonso
Maria Conchita Alonso
María Conchita Alonso , better known as María Conchita, is a Venezuelan Grammy Award-nominated singer and actress.- Early life :...
.
Personal life
Mimí is currently married to Venezuelan actor Luis FernándezLuis Fernandez (actor)
Luis Eduardo Fernández Oliva is a Venezuelan actor, writer, producer and director. He started his career on stage at age 16, to film, television, radio and publishing...
. Her daughter, Sindy Lazo, is also an actress.
Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Producer | Notes |
| 1979 1979 in film The year 1979 in film involved some significant events.- Major events :* March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.* May 25 - Alien, a landmark of the science fiction genre, is released.... |
El Pez que Fuma El Pez que Fuma Considered by many to represent a peak in Venezuelan film-making, El Pez que Fuma is the name of a brothel in La Guaira, where the story takes place... |
Roman Chalbaud | Mérida Film Festival Winner Academy Award Official Submission for Venezuela |
| 1985 1985 in film -Events:* 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He is replaced by Timothy Dalton.* The Academy Award for Best Picture was won by Out Of Africa, while the highest grossing film was Back to the Future.* Bliss wins AFI Award for best Movie... |
La Noche Oriental | Miguel Curiel | |
| 1990 1990 in film The year 1990 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for CGI characters, used in Total Recall .* The first digitally-manipulated matte painting is used, in Die Hard 2.... |
La Reina Mora | Gustavo Balza | |
| 1991 1991 in film The year 1991 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*April 28 - Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael O'Keefe in New York* Terminator 2: Judgment Day, became one of the landmarks for science fiction action films with its groundbreaking visual effects from Industrial Light & Magic.*November... |
Terranova | Calogero Salvo | |
| 1992 1992 in film The year 1992 in film involved many significant films. -Top grossing films:-Awards:Academy AwardsGolden Globe AwardsNational Film Awards... |
Los Platos del Diablo | Thaelman Urgelles | |
| Mascaró, El Cazador Americano | Constante Diego | ||
| 1993 1993 in film The year 1993 in film involved many significant films, including the blockbuster hits Jurassic Park, The Fugitive and The Firm. -Events:... |
Sucre | Alhida Ávila | |
| 1997 1997 in film -Events:* The original Star Wars trilogy's Special Editions are released.* Production begins on Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.* Titanic becomes the first film to gross US$1,000,000,000 at the box office making it the highest grossing film in history until Avatar broke the record in 2010.*... |
Pandemónium | Román Chalbaud | |
| 1998 1998 in film -Events:* February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein.* Former child star Gary Coleman is charged with assaulting a young female bus driver at a California shopping mall.-Top grossing films:... |
Golpe de Estado | Sergio Cabrera | |
| 2000 2000 in film The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible II. Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor .... |
Borrón y cuenta nueva | Enrique Lazo | |
| Just For The Time Being | Gil Brenton Gil Brenton Gil Brenton is Child ballad 5, Roud 22, existing in several variants.-Synopsis:A man has brought home a foreign woman to be his wife.... |
International debut | |
| 2002 2002 in film The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of... |
Acosada en lunes de carnaval | Malena Roncayolo | |
| 2004 2004 in film The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol... |
Perder es cuestión de método | Sergio Cabrera | |
| 2005 2005 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005... |
El Caracazo El Caracazo (film) El Caracazo is 2005 Venezuelan historical film that deals with the events of El Caracazo on 27 February 1989 in and around Caracas. It was produced and directed by the long-time Venezuelan filmmaker Roman Chalbaud.-Synopsis:... |
Sergio Cabrera | |
| 2006 2006 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006... |
Francisco de Miranda | Diego Rísquez | |
| Mi vida por Sharon Stone | Carlos Azpúrua | ||
| 2007 2007 in film This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007... |
Miranda Regresa | Luis Alberto Lamata | |
| Telenovelas | |||
| Year | Title | Broadcaster | Notes |
| 1979 | Carolina | Venevisión Venevisión Venevisión is one of Venezuela's largest television networks and a Venezuelan cable and terrestrial television network, which is owned and presided over by Gustavo Cisneros... |
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| 1984 | La Salvaje | Venevisión | |
| 1986 | Amor Prohibido | Venevisión | |
| 1987 | Mi nombre es amor | Venevisión | |
| 1988 | Viernes Negro | Venevisión | |
| 1990 | De Mujeres | RCTV RCTV Radio Caracas Televisión Internacional is a Venezuelan cable television network headquartered in the Caracas neighborhood of Quinta Crespo. It was sometimes referred to as the Canal de Bárcenas. Owned by Empresas 1BC, RCTV Internacional was inaugurated as Radio Caracas Televisión on 15 November... |
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| 1991 | Los Últimos Héroes | Venevisión | |
| 1992 | La Madame | Venevisión | |
| 1993 | Extraña Obsesión | Venevisión | |
| 1994 | Una rosa por testig | Venevisión | |
| Sola | Venevisión | ||
| 1995 | El Desafio El Desafío El Desafio was a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and seen on Venezuela's Radio Caracas Televisión. Martin Hahn and Salvador Garmendia were the telenovela's writers, Salvador Garmendia was also in charge of dramatics, Carlos Lamus was its executive producer, Renato Gutierrez was its... |
RCTV | |
| 1997 | Contra viento y marea Contra Viento y Marea (Venezuela) Contra Viento y Marea was a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and seen on Venevisión. This telenovela lasted 125 episodes and was distributed internationally by Venevisión International.-Synopsis:... |
Venevisión | |
| 1998 | El Pais de las Mujeres El Pais de las Mujeres El País de las mujeres was a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and seen on Venevisión. It was written by Leonardo Padron and directed by Carlos Izquierdo... |
Venevisión | |
| 1999 | Toda Mujer | Venevisión | |
| 2001 | Guerra de Mujeres | Venevisión | |
| 2002 | Las González Las Gonzalez Las Gonzalez was a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and seen on Venevisión in 2002. The series lasted 94 episodes, and was distributed internationally by Venevisión International.-Cast:*Gaby Espino as Aleli Gonzalez*Jorge Reyes as Robinson Gamboa... |
Venevisión | |
| 2003 | Geminis | TVE | First international TV appearance. |
| 2004 | La Invasora | ?? | |
| 2006 | Voltea pa´ que te enamores | Venevisión | |
| 2008 | ¿Vieja Yo? | Venevisión | |
| 2009 | Dona Barbara | Telemundo | |