Juan Diego Botto (Buenos Aires, 46 years old) has been awarded the National Theater Prize, as reported by the Ministry of Culture.
The actor has just performed
Una noche sin luna
, in which he plays Federico García Lorca, a work with which he has achieved such success that he has prolonged the theatrical tour for almost two more years in Spain, Argentina, Chile and Mexico.
The jury has vindicated "his nature as an integral theater man" and highlighted "his deep and permanent commitment to the scene, as well as his ability to reach the general public through a clear and simple language but loaded with poetry."
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Born in Buenos Aires, Botto moved 14 times with his mother and sister before arriving in Spain, fleeing the Argentine dictatorship that had made Diego, his father, disappear.
The awareness of being an exile began early, at the age of four, surrounded by children who laughed at his accent and who on weekends went to see some grandparents who were very far away for him, "14,000 kilometers away."
At the age of 46, he is about to start filming his first film as a director, a drama about the consequences of the economic crisis, with Penélope Cruz, Luis Tosar and Adelfa Calvo.
He made his theater debut in 1987 with
Alessio,
a play by Ignacio García May produced by the Centro Dramático Nacional. His scenic career continued in the 1990s with works such as
Twenty years is nothing
, under the orders of Eduardo Recabarren, and
El rufián de la escala
, a work directed by his mother, the actress, producer and teacher of generations of actors, Cristina Rota. ; with whom he also worked on
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern have died
(2000) and, later, on
Awakenings and celebrations
(2007), a work signed by Botto himself, who had already made the leap to creation in
The Privilege of Being a Dog
(2005), for which he wrote several of the monologues that made up the show and was also in charge of the dramaturgy and direction of the play.
A moment from the play 'Una noche sin luna', by Juan Diego Botto.
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In 2008 he premiered at the María Guerrero Theater
Hamlet
, a play directed by and starring Botto with José Coronado, Marta Etura and Nieve de Medina. As an author, he would repeat in
The Last Night of the Plague
(2007) and
Un invisible piece of this world
(2012), a title directed by Sergio Peris-Mencheta and with which he won the Max Award for Best New Author and Best Actor. The formula for this success was reproduced in 2020 in
Una noche sin luna, a
show that continues this season and where he has once again starred in a text of his own authorship under the orders of Peris-Mencheta.
Botto has been nominated up to four times for the Goya Awards thanks to his participation in titles such as
Historias del Kronen
(1995), by Montxo Armendáriz;
Plenilunio
(2000), by Imanol Uribe;
Go away from me
(2006), by Víctor García León; and
Ismael
(2013), by Marcelo Piñeyro. He has also worked under the orders of directors such as Vicente Aranda (
If they tell you that I fell
), Ridley Scott (
The conquest of paradise
), John Malkovich (
Dancing steps
), and Daniel Calparsoro (Asphalt), among others. Some of the most prominent titles in his filmography are
Martín Hache
(1997), by Adolfo Aristarain;
Silence broken
(2001) and
Obaba
(2005), by Montxo Armendáriz.
