# Amparo Noguera

María Amparo Noguera Portales is a Chilean television, theatre and film actress and theatre director.

## Early life and education

María Amparo Noguera Portales is the daughter of the actor Héctor Noguera Illanes and Isidora Portales. Her grandfather, Héctor Noguera Prieto was descendant of the former President of Chile José Joaquín Prieto Vial and her mother is descendant of Diego Portales, Chilean politician of Basque descent.
Noguera studied acting at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and the Escuela de Teatro Imagen.
Her half-sister, Emilia is also an actress.

## Career

Noguera is one of the most recognized actresses in Chile. She is best known for the films El Ciclista de San Cristóbal, El País de Octubre and Mi Último Hombre.
She won the Altazar Award for best actress for her role in Un Ladrón y su Mujer.
In 2009 Noguera appeared in the TV series ¿Dónde está Elisa? as Amanda Goldstein.

## Filmography
### Film roles

| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1988 | Der Radfahrer von San Cristóbal | Amparo | |
| 1988 | Ángeles | Claudia | |
| 1990 | El país de octubre | | |
| 1992 | Archipiélago | | |
| 1996 | Mi último hombre | Rosalia | |
| 2001 | Un ladrón y su mujer | Ana Lopez | Altazor Award of the National Arts for Best Actress on Cinema |
| 2002 | Tres noches de un sábado | Victoria | |
| 2004 | Days in the Country | Miss Chazal / Rosita Renard | |
| 2006 | Padre nuestro | Meche | |
| 2007 | Casa de remolienda | Nicolasa | |
| 2007 | Life Kills Me | Margarita | |
| 2007 | Radio Corazón | Maria Pilar | PAOA Award for the Best Actress on Movie |
| 2008 | Secretos | Judge Vilma | |
| 2008 | Tony Manero | Cony | |
| 2010 | Post Mortem | Sandra | |
| 2012 | Las mujeres de Neruda | Laura Reyes | |
| 2012 | No | Psychologist | Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film |
| 2013 | Carne de perro | Laura | |
| 2014 | Desastres naturales | Lucia | Post-production |
| 2014 | Hotel Valdivia | | Post-production |
| 2014 | Aurora | Sofia | Post-production |
| 2017 | A Fantastic Woman | Adriana Cortés | |
| 2020 | Jailbreak Pact | Fabiola Pizarro | |
| 2020 | My Tender Matador | Doña Olguita | |
| 2021 | (Im)Patient | Milena Fariña | |
| 2022 | Blanquita | Piedad | |
| 2023 | History and Geography | Gioconda Martínez | |

### Soap opera roles

| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Director |
| 1989 | La Intrusa | Texia Gonzalez | Main role | Cristián Mason |
| 1990 | Te Conte? | Antonieta | Supporting role | Óscar Rodríguez Gingins |
| 1991 | Ellas por Ellas | Ema Pereira | Supporting role | Ricardo Vicuña |
| 1994 | Champaña | Verónica Valdes | Main role | Cristián Mason |
| 1994 | Rojo y Miel | Lucia Castellanos | Supporting role | Quena Rencoret |
| 1995 | Estúpido Cupido | Marta Davis | Supporting role | Vicente Sabatini |
| 1996 | Sucupira | Norma Ordenes | Supporting role | Vicente Sabatini |
| 1997 | Oro Verde | Adela Moraga | Supporting role | Vicente Sabatini |
| 1998 | Iorana | Ingrid Astudillo | Supporting role | Vicente Sabatini |
| 1999 | La Fiera | Rosita Espejo | Supporting role | Vicente Sabatini |
| 2000 | Romané | Maria Magdalena | Supporting role | Vicente Sabatini |
| 2001 | Pampa Ilusión | Elisa Pereira | Supporting role | Vicente Sabatini |
| 2002 | El Circo de las Montini | Olga III Montini | Supporting role | Vicente Sabatini |
| 2003 | Puertas Adentro | Monica Barrera | Main role | Vicente Sabatini |
| 2004 | Los Pincheira | Luisa Sotomayor | Supporting role | Vicente Sabatini |
| 2005 | Los Capo | Concetta Esposito | Main role | Vicente Sabatini |
| 2006 | Cómplices | Rita Cifuentes | Supporting role | Vicente Sabatini |
| 2007 | Corazón de María | Dalila Peñafiel | Main role | Vicente Sabatini |
| 2007 | Alguien Te Mira | Maria Gracia Carpenter | 4 episodes | Germán Barriga |
| 2008 | Viuda Alegre | Kathy Meneses | Supporting role | Vicente Sabatini |
| 2009 | Los Exitosos Pells | Lily Tokmann | Supporting role | Germán Barriga |
| 2009 | ¿Dónde está Elisa? | Amanda Goldstein | 16 episodes | Rodrigo Velásquez |
| 2010 | Martín Rivas | Engracia Encina | Supporting role | Germán Barriga |
| 2011 | El Laberinto de Alicia | Sofia Andrade | Supporting role | Rodrigo Velásquez |
| 2012 | Pobre Rico | Virginia Cotapos | Main role | Rodrigo Velásquez |
| 2014 | Vuelve temprano | Clara Goycolea | Main Role | Víctor Huerta |
| 2015 | La Poseída | Mother Juana | Supporting role | Víctor Huerta |
| 2016 | El Camionero | Rosita Saldívar | 2 episodes | Ítalo Galleani |
| 2017 | Dime Quién Fue | Agustina Lyon | Main Role | Germán Barriga |
| 2019 | Río Oscuro | Clara Molina | Main Role | Cristián Mason |
| 2022 | La ley de Baltazar | Margarita Fuentes | Main Role | Nicolas Alemparte |
| 2024 | Nuevo amores de mercado | Maitén García | | Nicolas Alemparte |

### TV series roles

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1996 | The Buhardilla | Anita | Supporting role |
| 1997 | Sussi's Stories | Teresa | 1 episode |
| 1997 | Scorpion Brigade | Angelica | 1 episode |
| 1998-1999 | Sucupira, The Comedy | Norma Órdenes | Supporting role |
| 1999 | The Lizana's | Rosita Espejo | Main role |
| 2011-2013 | Fugitives | Natalia Ricci "The Red" | Supporting role |
| 2015 | Zamudio: Lost at Night | Marcela | Supporting role; 2 episodes |
| 2020 | The Pack | Maria Rivera | Supporting role |
| 2021 | No Nos Quieren Ver | Javiera Rojas | Supporting role; 6 episodes |
| 2022 | The Prisoners | Ida Rios | Supporting role |
| 2022 | 42 Days of Darkness | Nora Figueroa | Supporting role |
| 2023 | Chromosome 21 | Judge | Supporting role |
| 2023 | Star Wars: Visions | Officer (voice) | 1 episode |

## Theatre

* Ardiente Paciencia
* Diálogo de Fin de Siglo
* La Manzana de Adán
* Historias de Sangre
* Los Días Tuertos
* Dédalo en el Vientre de la Bestia
* El Paseo de Buster Keaton
* ´´Hechos Consumados´´
* La Gaviota (Melodrama Del Fracaso)
* Numancia
* Infamante Electra
* Casa de Muñecas
* Las Brutas