# Dolores Fonzi

Dolores María Fonzi (born 19 July 1978) is an Argentine television, theatre and film actress. Several of her films have received critical acclaim such as Burnt Money (2000), Waiting for the Messiah (2000), Bottom of the Sea (2003), The Aura (2005), and Paulina (2015).
She made her feature film directorial debut in 2023 with Blondi.

## Biography

Dolores Fonzi was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. After the separation of her parents, her mother, María del Rosario Cárrega, returned with her children to Adrogué, a city where Dolores and her brothers Tomás and Diego grew up. She studied acting at the school of Carlos Gandolfo. Her brother Tomás Fonzi is also an actor in Argentina.

## Career

In 1996, when she was seventeen years old, Dolores Fonzi made her first television appearance in the series La nena. In 1998, Cris Morena chose her to play Clara Vázquez in Verano del '98 with her brother, who played Benjamín Vázquez. Thanks to this successful series and her character as a villain, she gained great popularity and success. At the end of 1999 she left Verano del '98 to be part of the cast of Marcelo Piñeyro's film Burnt Money, thereby landing her film debut with a role as a sex worker. She also appeared in Waiting for the Messiah. In 2001, she had great recognition by integrating the cast of El sodero de mi vida in Canal 13, where she played a girl with a slight mental retardation. Experimenting with Luis Ortega the tape Caja negra is born, where she acted and participated in the integral creation. She later acted in movies like Private Lives, Bottom of the Sea, The Aura, La mujer rota, Salamandra, El club de la muerte and El campo, for the latter she was nominated for the Silver Condor Awards for Best Actress. In 2003 she starred in the unitary series Disputas and in the adaptation of the play of John Ford, Lástima que sea una puta. The following year she starred with Mariano Martínez the terror unit, Sangre fría by Telefe.
During 2006, Fonzi starred and produced the miniseries Soy tu fan which in 2010 was adapted by Canana Films in Mexico. She also starred in the series El tiempo no para by Canal 9. From 2005 to 2008 she participated in three chapters of Mujeres asesinas. Her return to television was in 2012 with her participation in Graduados the new Underground production for Telefe. In addition, she was part of the unit of TV Pública En terapia with the actors Norma Aleandro, Diego Peretti, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Ailín Salas, Julieta Cardinali and Germán Palacios. She also resumed the theater as the protagonist of the play Isósceles. That year, she also made the filming of El Crítico by Hernán Guerschuny, a co-production between HC Films and Lagarto Cine where Dolores Fonzi had the lead alongside Rafael Spregelburd. On television she participated as a guest actress in two episodes of the series Aliados.
In 2015 Fonzi starred in the film Paulina, remake of the film starring Mirtha Legrand, in 1960. The film had a strong box office collection and favorable reviews, being praised at the Cannes Festival. For her work in the film, Fonzi was awarded the Havana Star Prize for Best Actress at the 17th Havana Film Festival New York. She also acted in Truman film starring Ricardo Darín. In 2016 she was part of the cast of the series of La Leona, she played Eugenia Leone.

## Personal life

From 2008 to 2014, Fonzi was in a relationship with actor Gael García Bernal, whom she met on the set of the 2001 film Private Lives. They had two children respectively born in 2009 and 2011. Afterwards, Fonzi entered a relationship with filmmaker Santiago Mitre, whom she met during the filming of Paulina in 2014.

## Filmography
### Television

| Year | Title | Character | Channel |
| 1996 | La nena | Sol | Canal 9 |
| 1996 | Por siempre mujercitas | Candela | Canal 9 |
| 1997 | Ricos y Famosos | Gina | Canal 9 |
| 1998-1999 | Verano del '98 | Clara Vázquez | Telefe |
| 1999 | Cabecita | María González | Telefe |
| 2000 | Tiempo final | Tamara | Telefe |
| 2001 | El sodero de mi vida | Romina Muzzopappa | Canal 13 |
| 2002 | Final del juego | | Canal 13 |
| 2002 | Historias de no creer | Paola | Canal (á) |
| 2003 | Disputas | Gala | Telefe |
| 2003 | Mujeres en rojo: Fama | Rocío | Telefe |
| 2004 | Sangre fría | Renata | Telefe |
| 2005 | Mujeres asesinas | Claudia Sobrero | Canal 13 |
| 2006 | El tiempo no para | Lorena "Lola" Giglione | Canal 9 |
| 2006 | Soy tu fan | Carla "Charly" García | Canal 9 |
| 2007 | Mujeres asesinas | Consuelo | Canal 13 |
| 2008 | Mujeres asesinas | Marcela | Canal 13 |
| 2012 | Graduados | Azul Vega | Telefe |
| 2012-2013 | En terapia | Ana Irigoyen | TV Pública |
| 2013 | Aliados | Female Creative Energy | Telefe |
| 2016 | La Leona | Eugenia Leone | Telefe |
| 2020 | Puerta 7 | Diana | Canal 13/Netflix |

### Movies

| Year | Movie | Character | Director |
| 2000 | Burnt Money | Vivi | Marcelo Piñeyro |
| 2000 | Waiting for the Messiah | Any | Daniel Burman |
| 2001 | Vidas privadas | Ana Uranga | Fito Páez |
| 2001 | Caja negra | Dorotea | Luis Ortega |
| 2001 | Gerente en dos ciudades | Carmela | Diego Soffici |
| 2003 | Bottom of the Sea | Ana | Damián Szifron |
| 2005 | The Aura | Diana Dietrich | Fabián Bielinsky |
| 2007 | La mujer rota | Camila | Sebastián Faena |
| 2008 | Salamandra | Alba | Pablo Agüero |
| 2008 | El club de la muerte | Selma | James Merendino |
| 2012 | El campo | Elisa | Hernán Belón |
| 2013 | El crítico | Sofía | Hernán Guerschuny |
| 2015 | Paulina | Paulina | Santiago Mitre |
| 2015 | Truman | Paula | Cesc Gay |
| 2017 | Nieve negra | Sabrina | Martín Hodara |
| 2017 | La cordillera | Marina Blanco | Santiago Mitre |
| 2017 | The Future Ahead | Romina | Constanza Novick |
| 2017 | Restos de viento | Carmen | Jimena Montemayor |
| 2018 | La misma sangre | Carla | Miguel Cohan |
| 2018 | Claudia | Claudia | Sebastián De Caro |
| 2019 | The Moneychanger | Gudrun | Federico Veiroj |
| 2021 | Fever Dream | Carola | Claudia Llosa |
| 2024 | Feeling Better | Lei | Valerio Mastandrea |

### Theater

| Year | Title | Director | Theater |
| 2000 | El señor Bergman y Dios | Roberto Castro | Teatro Municipal General San Martín |
| 2001 | Amanda y Eduardo | Roberto Villanueva | Teatro Municipal General San Martín |
| 2003 | Dios Perro | Alejandra Ciurlanti | Centro Cultural Recoleta |
| 2012 | Isósceles | Mariana Chaud | Teatro El Extranjero |

### Videoclips

| Year | Artist | Song |
| 2003 | Fito Páez feat. Luis Alberto Spinetta | Bello abril |
| 2012 | Leandro Fresco | Algún día |

## Accolades

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 2004 | 52nd Silver Condor Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Bottom of the Sea | Nominated |
| 2013 | 61st Silver Condor Awards | Best Actress | In the Open | Nominated |
| 2015 | 10th Sur Awards | Best Actress | Paulina | Won |
| 2015 | 2nd Fénix Awards | Best Actress | Paulina | Won |
| 2016 | 3rd Feroz Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Film | Truman | Nominated |
| 2016 | 8th Gaudí Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Truman | Won |
| 2016 | 3rd Platino Awards | Best Actress | Paulina | Won |
| 2016 | 64th Silver Condor Awards | Best Actress | Paulina | Won |
| 2024 | 11th Platino Awards | Best Actress | Blondi | Nominated |
| 2024 | 18th Sur Awards | Best Director | Blondi | Nominated |
| 2024 | 18th Sur Awards | Best Actress | Blondi | Won |
| 2024 | 18th Sur Awards | Best Original Screenplay | Blondi | Nominated |