# Mercedes Morán

Mercedes Beatriz Morán (Spanish:; born 1955) is an Argentine actress, known for her role in the television miniseries Culpables.

## Early life and career

Morán was born in Concarán, San Luis Province in 1955. Her mother was an "ultra-Catholic" rural teacher. She took three years of a degree in sociology, but dropped out during the last civil-military dictatorship, joining an acting workshop along with Lito Cruz.
Morán has worked in several TV programs, such as Donde pueda quererte, Rosa de lejos, Por siempre amigos, Gasoleros, Culpables, Tiempo final, Mujeres asesinas, Amas de casa desesperadas, El hombre de tu vida, En terapia and La celebración. She worked on stage in plays such as El efecto de los rayos gamma, Locos de contentos, Humores que matan, Monólogos de la vagina, Pequeños crímenes conyugales, Agosto, Buena gente and La brisa de la vida. She worked in films such as Mirha de Liniers a Estambul, El Sur, La Ciénaga, Whisky Romeo Zulu, Luna de Avellaneda, The Motorcycle Diaries, Cordero de Dios, La ronda, Los Marziano and Betibú.
She was the lead actress of Culpables in 2001, which was awarded the Golden Martín Fierro Award. That year she was nominated as the best lead actress in miniseries, but did not receive the award. She had a cameo appearance in Graduados in 2012, which starred her daughter Mercedes Scápola. She played the mother of Scápola's character, the housekeeper "Clarita". Both of them work as regular actresses in the 2014 telenovela Guapas. She also had a scene with the actor Juan Leyrado, with subtle references to the 1998 telenovela Gasoleros. Both of them were the lead actors in it.

## Personal life

She married at 17 and with the disapproval of her parents. Mercedes Morán has three daughters. Mercedes Scápola and María Scápola from her first marriage with Oscar Scápola. Manuela is her daughter with the actor Oscar Martínez with whom she had a long relationship and she divorced in 2000.

## Filmography
### Television

| Year | Title | Character | Channel | Notes |
| 1980 | Donde pueda quererte | | Canal 11 | |
| 1980-1981 | Rosa... de lejos | Paola Carbó Alvear | TV Pública | |
| 1987 | Por siempre amigos | Andrea | Telefe | |
| 1990 | Atreverse | Mercedes | Telefe | |
| 1994 | La marca del deseo | | Telefe | |
| 1996 | De poeta y de loco | Luciana | Canal 13 | |
| 1997 | Señoras y señores | Carla | TV Pública | |
| 1998-1999 | Gasoleros | Roxana "Roxi" Pressuti | Canal 13 | |
| 2001 | Culpables | Chechu | Canal 13 | |
| 2002 | Tiempo final | Raquel | Telefe | Episode: "Los ladrones" |
| 2002 | Infieles | Paula | Telefe | Episode: "El día del aniversario" |
| 2005 | Conflictos en red | Silvia Massey | Telefe | Episode: "Loop" |
| 2005 | Mujeres asesinas | Graciela Hammer | Canal 13 | Episode: "Gaciela, incendiaria" |
| 2006 | Amas de casa desesperadas | Lía Salgari | Canal 13 | |
| 2008 | Socias | Inés Asturias | Canal 13 | |
| 2011-2012 | El hombre de tu vida | Gloria Pinotti | Telefe | |
| 2012 | Graduados | Dolores "Dolly" López | Telefe | |
| 2012 | Amores de historia | Clelia Luro | Canal 9 | Episode: "Clelia y Jerónimo" |
| 2013 | En terapia | Andrea Mendel | TV Pública | |
| 2014 | La celebración | Lola | Telefe | Episode: "Aniversario" |
| 2014-2015 | Guapas | Mónica Duarte | Canal 13 | |
| 2015 | La casa | Paula/Verónica Clausen | TV Pública | |
| 2021 | Maradona: Blessed Dream | Dalma Salvadora "Doña Tota" Franco | Amazon Prime Video | |
| 2021 | El reino | Elena Vázquez Pena | Netflix | |
| 2022 | Yosi, the Regretful Spy | Mónica Raposo | Amazon Prime Video | |

### Theater

| Year | Title | Director | Theater |
| 1983-1984 | El efecto de los rayos gamma | Carlos Rivas | |
| 1985-1986 | Una Margarita llamada Mercedes | Omar Grasso | |
| 1987-1988 | El último de los amantes ardientes | Luis Agustoni | |
| 1989-1990 | El protagonista ante el espejo | | |
| 1991 | Locos de contentos | Carlos Rivas | |
| 1992 | Jake's Women | Alberto Ure | |
| 1994 | Ángeles perdidos | Carlos Rivas | |
| 1995 | Cristales rotos | Carlos Rivas | |
| 1997 | Humores que matan | Oscar Martínez | |
| 2001 | Monólogos de la vagina | Lía Jelín | |
| 2004-2005 | Pequeños crímenes conyugales | Rubén Szuchmacher | Paseo La Plaza |
| 2009 | Agosto: Condado de Osage | Claudio Tolcachir | Teatro Lola Membrives |
| 2010 | Amor, dolor y qué me pongo | Mercedes Morán | Teatro Tabarís |
| 2012 | Buena Gente | Claudio Tolcachir | Teatro Liceo |
| 2012 | La brisa de la vida | Jorge Azurmendi | Casa del Teatro Regina |
| 2016 | ¡Ay, amor divino! | Claudio Tolcachir | Teatro Maipo |

### Movies

| Year | Movie | Character | Director |
| 1987 | Mirta, de Liniers a Estambul | | Jorge Coscia and Guillermo Saura |
| 1989 | Nunca estuve en Viena | Eugenia | Antonio Larreta |
| 1995 | De amor y de sombra | María Elena | Betty Kaplan |
| 2001 | La Ciénaga | Tali | Lucrecia Martel |
| 2004 | Whisky Romeo Zulu | Marcela | Enrique Piñeyro |
| 2004 | The Holy Girl | Helena | Lucrecia Martel |
| 2004 | Moon of Avellaneda | Graciela Fernández | Juan José Campanella |
| 2004 | The Motorcycle Diaries | Celia de la Serna | Walter Salles |
| 2004 | Próxima salida | Susana de Velmar | Nicolás Tuozzo |
| 2006 | Remake | Carol | Roger Gual |
| 2006 | Cara de queso -mi primer ghetto- | Lilí | Ariel Winograd |
| 2008 | La ronda | Mónica | Inés Braun |
| 2008 | Lamb of God | Teresa | Lucía Cedrón |
| 2008 | Un novio para mi mujer | Blanca's voice | Juan Taratuto |
| 2011 | Los Marziano | Nena | Ana Katz |
| 2011 | Olympia | The Director | Leo Damario |
| 2014 | Betibú | Nurit Iscar/Betibú | Miguel Cohan |
| 2015 | Chiamatemi Francesco | Esther Ballestrino | Daniele Luchetti |
| 2016 | Artax: Un nuevo Comienzo | Mariana | Diego Corsini |
| 2016 | Neruda | Delia del Carril | Pablo Larraín |
| 2017 | Maracaibo | Cristina | Miguel Ángel Rocca |
| 2018 | El Angel | Ana María Peralta | Luis Ortega |
| 2018 | Sueño Florianópolis | Lucrecia | Ana Katz |
| 2018 | El amor menos pensado | Ana | Juan Vera |
| 2018 | La familia sumergida | Marcela | María Alché |
| 2019 | Spider | Inés | Andrés Wood |
| 2020 | Reina salvaje | Carlota | Martín Lucchesi |
| 2023 | Empieza el baile | Margarita | Marina Seresesky |
| 2023 | Elena sabe | Elena | Anahí Berneri |

## Awards and nominations

* Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor; Best Supporting Actress, for La Ciénaga; 2002 (nom).
* Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor; Best Actress, for Luna de Avellaneda; 2005 (nom).
* Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor; Best Actress, for Betibú; 2015 (nom).
* Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor; Best Actress, for Familia Sumergida; 2019 (won).
* Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor; Best Supporting Actress, for El Ángel; 2019 (nom).
* Karlovy Vary International Film Festival: Best Actress, for Sueño Florianópolis; 2018 (won).

## Footnotes

* ↑ Pedrosa, Jorge (11 February 2022). ""Me gusta la actuación minimalista, expresar con lo mínimo"". Málaga Hoy. Grupo Joly.
* 1 2 "Murió la mamá de Mercedes Morán, luego de 15 días internada por coronavirus". Infobae. 1 September 2020.
* ↑ Schapiro, Tatiana (5 June 2017). "Mercedes Morán: "A las mujeres nos mandan a mentir la edad y después nos acusan de manipuladoras y mentirosas"". Infobae.
* ↑ "Mercedes Morán revela los secretos de El Reino: "Interpretar a un personaje tan oscuro me ayuda a crecer como persona"". Página/12. 20 August 2021.
* ↑ "Mercedes Morán" (in Spanish). El Trece. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
* ↑ "'Culpables' se quedó con el premio Martín Fierro de Oro" ['Culpables' got the Golden Martín Fierro award] (in Spanish). Clarín. July 31, 2002. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
* ↑ Florencia Maccione (September 10, 2012). "Mercedes Morán y Juan Leyrado se reencontrarán en Graduados" [Mercedes Morán and Juan Leyrado will meet again in Graduados] (in Spanish). Ciudad. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
* ↑ Marina Zucchi (March 16, 2014). "Guapas: Cinco mujeres fuertes" [Guapas: Five strong women] (in Spanish). Clarín. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
* ↑ Mara Derni (October 2013). "Mercedes Morán y su hija Mercedes Scápola" [Mercedes Morán and her daughter Mercedes Scápola] (in Spanish). Para Tí. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
* ↑ "Mercedes Morán, en la piel de Doña Tota, aparece en el nuevo adelanto de Maradona: Sueño bendito". GENTE Online (in Spanish). 31 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
* ↑ "RTVE.es estrena el tráiler de 'Empieza el baile', protagonizada por Darío Grandinetti y Mercedes Morán". rtve.es. 20 February 2023.
* ↑ Vázquez Prieto, Paula (16 November 2023). "Elena sabe: Anahí Berneri filma una batalla íntima bajo el velo de un policial convencional" [Elena knows: Anahí Berneri films an intimate battle under the veil of a conventional crime mystery]. La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 January 2025.