Juana Viale (born 15 April 1982) is an Argentine actress and television presenter. She is the granddaughter of Mirtha Legrand and Daniel Tinayre, the great-niece of Silvia Legrand and José A. Martínez Suárez, and the daughter of Marcela Tinayre [es].

Juana Viale
At the 2017 Fénix Awards
Born (1982-04-15) 15 April 1982 (age 42)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Occupation(s)Actress, presenter
Spouse
(m. 2005; div. 2014)
Children3
Parents
Relatives

Biography edit

Juana Viale was born in Buenos Aires on 15 April 1982, the daughter of businesswoman and presenter Marcela Tinayre [es] and Ignacio Viale Del Carril.[1][2][3][a] She is the granddaughter of Mirtha Legrand and Daniel Tinayre, and the great-niece of Silvia Legrand and José A. Martínez Suárez.[1] She has four siblings, including actress Manuela Viale [es].[5]

She began her acting career in 2003, when telenovela producer Marcelo Tinelli convinced her to play a villain in the second phase of Costumbres argentinas [es].[6]

In 2004, Viale acted in the Telefe series Sangre fría [es], starring Mariano Martínez and Dolores Fonzi. In 2005, she appeared in the telenovela Doble vida [es], broadcast by the Argentine channel América. She starred in two chapters of Mujeres asesinas in 2005 and 2008. In cinema, she made her film debut in the film Radio Corazón together with the leading Chilean actress, Claudia di Girolamo. She next acted in El cine de Maite [es], and was one of the protagonists of The Widows of Thursdays in 2009.[7]

In 2010, she obtained her first leading role, Renata Medina, in Malparida, one of the first Argentine telenovelas in which a protagonist is a villain and murderer.[8]

In 2011, she made her theater debut in the play La celebración, and in cinema she starred in the film La patria equivocada [es].[9] The following year she appeared in two episodes of La dueña, starring her grandmother, Mirtha Legrand.

In 2013, Viale made a special appearance as a villain in the El Trece sitcom Solamente vos, together with Adrián Suar and Natalia Oreiro. The following year she returned as a guest villain in Mis amigos de siempre. In cinema, she costarred with Florencia Raggi [es] in the movie Mala.

In 2014, she replaced her grandmother on a broadcast of the interview show Almorzando con Mirtha Legrand , making her debut as a host.[10] She also appeared in the Chilean series Sudamerican Rockers [es], and in Argentina, Las 13 esposas de Wilson Fernández [es].

In 2015, she acted in the film Tuya [es], and in the miniseries Malicia [es], together with Gabriel Goity, Ana Celentano, and Mario Alarcón [es].

Viale competed in the dance reality show Bailando por un sueño, where she took fourteenth place after five months of competition. On Netflix, she starred in the series Estocolmo.

In 2018, she starred in Edha, a Netflix series with Andrés Velencoso and Antonio Birabent [es], among others.

In Chile, she starred in the play La sangre de los árboles, together with the Uruguayan actress Victoria Césperes.

In 2020, her grandmother Mirtha Legrand had to stop working on her programs Almorzando con Mirtha Legrand and La noche de Mirtha [es] because she was a person at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. Juana Viale replaced her at the helm of both programs that year and the following.

In December 2021, the actress premiered a new series on Amazon Prime Video, titled Causalidad [es].[11]

Personal life edit

In 2002, a year before entering show business, Viale dated musician Juan de Benedictis, son of the Argentine singer Piero. Their daughter was born on 2003. In 2005, she married Chilean actor Gonzalo Valenzuela after being cast in Doble vida, whom they began a relationship. The couple had three children, with a fourth died during childbirth in April 2011.[12] She and Valenzuela divorced in 2014.[13] In 2024, Viale confirmed her relationship with sailor Yago Lange, the son of Santiago Lange, whom she briefly dated.[14][15]

Filmography edit

Films edit

Year Title Role Director
2007 Radio Corazón Manuela Fernández Roberto Artiagoitia [es]
2008 El cine de Maite [es] Juana Federico Palazzo
2009 The Widows of Thursdays Carla Marcelo Piñeyro
2010 La patria equivocada [es] Niña Clarita Carlos Galettini
2013 Mala Angélica Adrián Caetano
No somos animales [es] Conchita Alejandro Agresti
2015 Tuya [es] Charo Edgardo González Amer
Baires [es] Andrea "Andy" Marcelo Páez Cubells [es]
2016 Beyond Brotherhood Mrs. Bedi Arianne Benedetti
Resentimental Sofía Leonardo Damario
2017 Mariel espera Mariel Maximiliano Pelosi
Los perros Antonia Marcela Said
2018 Camino sinuoso Mía Siero Juan Pablo Kolodziej
2020 Trópico Lena Sabrina Farji [es]
2021 Lo inevitable Fercks Castellani [es]
Causalidad [es] Claudia Mariño Ignacio Luppi
2022 Recursos humanos Verónica Jesús Magaña
El paraíso Madame Safó Fernando Sirianni, Federico Breser
2023 Virgen rosa Dennis Smith

TV series edit

Year Title Role Channel
2003–2004 Costumbres argentinas [es] Carolina Martínez Telefe
2004 Sangre fría [es] Irina Bustamante
2005 Doble vida [es] Paula Olmos América TV
Mujeres asesinas 1 Ana Drollfi, "Ep2: Ana D., mujer corrosiva" El Trece
2006 Se dice amor [es] Dolores Ocampo Telefe
2008 Mujeres asesinas 4 Marta, "Ep3: Marta, manipuladora" El Trece
2008–2009 Por amor a vos [es] Bárbara Cortés
2010–2011 Malparida Renata Medina
2011 Los únicos Herself (cameo)
2012 La dueña Cecilia Peralta Ramos Telefe
2013 Solamente vos Victoria O'Connor El Trece
2013–2014 Mis amigos de siempre Delfina Correa
2014 Sudamerican Rockers [es] Celeste Chilevisión
Las 13 esposas de Wilson Fernández [es] Mónica Televisión Pública
2015 Malicia [es] Malena Sanz
2016 Los ricos no piden permiso Luciana Acevedo Márquez El Trece
Estocolmo Rosario Santa Cruz Netflix
2018 Edha Edha Abadi
2022 Último primer día [es] Zoe Wagner Flow

TV programs edit

Year Title Role Channel
2014, 2020–2021 Almorzando con Mirtha Legrand Replacement host El Trece
2015 Showmatch Competitor, 11th eliminated
2018 Me gusta tu canción Host
2019 Por el mundo [es] Guest host Telefe
2020 Estelita en casa [es] Guest América TV
2020 Historias de cuarentena Host IGTV
2020–2021 La noche de Mirtha [es] Replacement host El Trece
2022–present Almorzando con Juana Host

Music videos edit

Year Title Artist
2003 "Sin tu amor" Sandra Mihanovich
2013 "El jardín" Silvestre [es] feat. Javiera Parra

Theater edit

  • 2011 – La celebración
  • 2015–2018 – La sangre de los árboles
  • 2016–2017 – Noche corta
  • 2019 – El ardor
  • 2019 – Cuarenta días, cuarenta noches
  • 2023 – Trafico (Madrid)

Awards and nominations edit

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2003 Martín Fierro Awards Artistic Revelation Costumbres argentinas [es] Nominee [6]
2009 Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences Awards Best Actress Revelation The Widows of Thursdays Nominee [7]
Clarín Awards Women's Revelation in Film Nominee [16]
2011 Martín Fierro Awards Best Telenovela Actress Malparida Nominee [17]
2019 Sea Star Awards Revelation Cuarenta días, cuarenta noches / El ardor Nominee [18]
2020 Most Clicked Awards [es] Celebrity with Best Internet Rating Herself Winner [19]
Montreal World Film Festival Best Actress Trópico Winner [20]
2021 Produ Awards [es] Best Woman TV Presenter La noche de Mirtha [es] / Almorzando con Mirtha Legrand Nominee
2022 Martín Fierro Awards Best Woman Host La noche de Mirtha [es] / Almorzando con Mirtha Legrand Winner [21]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Some sources give her birthdate as 8 April.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Juana Viale". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Juana Viale: la heredera" [Juana Viale: The Heiress]. La Nación (in Spanish). Argentina. 4 January 2004. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  3. ^ "'Hoy mis hijos y mi carrera son todo para mí'" ["Today my children and my career are everything to me"]. 24CON (in Spanish). 23 April 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Juana Viale". Diario Popular (in Spanish). Sarandí, Argentina. 15 May 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  5. ^ "El posteo de Juana Viale que dejó en evidencia a su hermana Manuela y tuvo que borrar" [Juana Viale's Post That Exposed Her Sister Manuela and She Had to Delete]. La Nación (in Spanish). Argentina. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Telefé, el favorito para los Martín Fierro". La Nación (in Spanish). Argentina. 1 April 2004. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Las viudas de los jueves" [The Widows of Thursdays] (in Spanish). Ibermedia. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Empezó Malparida, la historia de una venganza" [Malparida Begins, the Story of Revenge]. La Nación (in Spanish). Argentina. 21 April 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Se estrena 'La Celebración', con Juana Viale, Gonzalo Valenzuela y Benjamín Vicuña" ["La Celebración" Premieres, With Juana Viale, Gonzalo Valenzuela, and Benjamín Vicuña]. Exitoína (in Spanish). Editorial Perfil. 12 September 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Juanita Viale reemplazó a Mirtha Legrand en sus almuerzos" [Juanita Viale Replaces Mirtha Legrand at Her Lunches]. Clarín (in Spanish). Argentina. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  11. ^ "La nueva ficción de Juanita Viale". La Critica (in Spanish). 16 December 2021. Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Alí, así se llama el hijo de Juanita Viale y Gonzalo Valenzuela" [Ah, That's the Name of the Son of Juanita Viale and Gonzalo Valenzuela]. Primicias Ya (in Spanish). 17 March 2012. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Las confesiones de Gonzalo Valenzuela: su relación con Juana Viale y el desgarrador recuerdo de su hijo Ringo" [The Confessions of Gonzalo Valenzuela: His Relationship With Juana Viale and the Heartbreaking Memory of His Son Ringo]. Infobae Telshow (in Spanish). 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  14. ^ "Juana Viale enamorada: confirmó su romance con el hijo de su expareja" [Juana Viale in love: she confirmed her romance with her ex-partner's son]. El Observador (in Spanish). 6 March 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  15. ^ "Quién es Santiago Lange, ex de Juana Viale y padre de su actual pareja" [Who is Santiago Lange, Juana Viale's ex and father of her current partner]. El Observador (in Spanish). 6 March 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  16. ^ "Todos los ternados" [All the Awards]. Clarín (in Spanish). Argentina. 8 November 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  17. ^ "Martín Fierro 2011: Juanita Viale, nominada". La Voz del Interior (in Spanish). Córdoba, Argentina. 26 April 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  18. ^ "Premios Estrella de Mar 2019: todos los nominados" [2019 Sea Star Awards: All the Nominees]. La Nación (in Spanish). Argentina. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  19. ^ "Así fue la gran noche de Los Más Clickeados 2020: reviví el especial con los famosos elegidos por vos" [This Was the Great Night of The Most Clicked 2020: I Relive the Special With the Celebrities Chosen By You] (in Spanish). Ciudad Magazine. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  20. ^ "Juana Viale ganó el premio Mejor Actriz en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Montreal" [Juana Viale Wins the Best Actress Award at the Montreal International Film Festival]. Infobae (in Spanish). Miami. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  21. ^ "Martín Fierro 2022: La especial dedicatoria de Juana Viale al recibir su premio" [Martín Fierro 2022: Juana Viale's Special Dedication Upon Receiving Her Award] (in Spanish). América 24. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2023.

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