# Amaranta Kun

Amaranta Asiri Kun Radovic (born 10 December 1993) is an Italian-Peruvian actress established in Lima, Peru.

## Life and career

Granddaughter of Natacha's and Simplemente Maria's actor and producer Vlado Radovich, she studied at the Franco-Peruvian School Lycée Franco-Péruvien, where she showed a vocation for stage arts since age five, acting and directing in school plays, improv groups, courses and workshops in theater, ballet and contemporary dance. At the age of 10 she was cast in the movie The Trial by Peruvian director Judith Vélez.
Her first starring role was in the America Televisión's 2014 miniseries Camino al Triunfo, a TV show about the rise of Latin American lightweight boxing champion Jonathan Maicelo. After finishing production she moved to Lyon to study acting at the ENSATT under the direction of Philippe Delaigue. In 2016 she passed an audition to be a part of the Comédie Française as an academic actress where she performed in their world premiere for Pathé Live.
She currently resides in Peru, where she participates in several theatrical projects. In 2021, she became a founding member of A Mí No Me La Hacen, Peru's first media literacy association, providing workshops in schools, universities and institutes all around her country. In 2021, this association won a prize at UNESCO's Global MIL Awards.

## Filmography
### Films

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | The Trial | Young Miranda | Best Script and Film - Schermi D’Amore Films Festival – Verona 2007 Best Opera Prima - International Film Festival – Santa Cruz 2007 |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2014 | Camino al Triunfo | Karina | Miniserie sobre la vida del boxeador Jhonatan Maicelo para América TV. |
| 2022 | Junta de Vecinos | Jimena Galindo | Serie para América TV |

### Short-Films

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2013 | Route 168 | Widow | 2013 Cannes Festival Shortfilm corner selection |

### Radio

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2017 | The Adventures of Tintin – The Seven Crystal Balls | Raskar Kapac / Speaker Voice | Radio drama for Radio France |

### Music Videos

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2020 | Ads! | Director | Directed the music video for the band Putzy. |
| 2020 | Lero Lero | Auctioneer | Malucci's official music video |
| 2021 | La Casa Que la Noche Nos Construyó | Protagonist | Blacktony Startano's official music video |
| 2022 | France$ka | Protagonist | Temple Sour's official music video |

## Theatre
### Comédie Française

Performances at the Comédie Française:
* 2016: Luchino Visconti's The Damned by Ivo van Hove
* 2016: William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet by Éric Ruf
* 2016: Victor Hugo's Lucrèce Borgia by Denis Podalydès
* 2016: Molière's The Misanthrope by Clément Hervieu-Léger
* 2017: Jean Renoir's The Rules of the Game by Christiane Jatahy
* 2017: Bertolt Brecht's The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Katharina Thalbach
* 2017: Georges Feydeau's L'Hôtel du libre échange by Isabelle Nanty
* 2017: Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac by Denis Podalydès
* 2017: Pierre de Marivaux's Double Inconstancy by Anne Kessler
* 2017: Robert Garnier's Hippolyte by Didier Sandre

### As director

* 2022: Nuestros Cuerpos sin Memoria by Sarah Delaby-Rochette and Amaranta Kun for the Festival Temporada Alta

### Other performances

* 2018: Molière's L'Amour médecin by Gérald Dumont
* 2022-2023: Molière's The Misanthrope by Jean Pierre Gamarra
* 2022: Joël Pommerat's Cendrillon by Gilbert Rouvière
* 2023: Oscar Wilde's Salome by Jean Pierre Gamarra