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Agustina Cherri

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Agustina Cherri
Born (1983-02-15) February 15, 1983 (age 41)
Vicente López, Argentina
Occupation(s)Actress, singer, model
Years active1989–present
Height1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)
Partner(s)Gastón Pauls (2007-2014)
Tomás Vera (2014-present)
Children4

Agustina Cherri (born February 15, 1983, Argentina) is one of the leading actresses in Argentina with more than 30 years of career.

Biography

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Agustina Cherri grew up as a fan of Flavia Palmiero, a famous children's show host during Cherri's childhood. She had been taking dancing classes and felt someday she would become a great dancer. In 1990, Agustina heard that there was an audition for children dancers at Palmiero's Telefe television show, La Ola Esta de Fiesta. Cherri asked her mother to take her to the audition, and she was chosen for the show, making it her first show business experience.

Career

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Agustina Cherri first taste of fame came after she played Camila in 1991's Grande Pa!, a show that made her popular among Argentine pre-teens. At the same time, she participated in a variation of La Ola Esta de Fiesta, Flavia Esta de Fiesta. In 1993, she played Paola in Regalo del Cielo, which was not a major hit and has been a rather forgotten program by the general public. Her fame continued growing after her first stint at Chiquititas as Milagros Urién and, in 1998, she participated in Verano del '98, she played the role of Violeta Herrera, which was replayed by the Argentine television network in 2005. In 1999, Cherri was given her first opportunity to star in a show, playing Lucia Escobar, the leading female character in Cabecita. Two important events happened in Cherri's career during 2001: She was recalled to play Milagros Urién once again in Chiquititas, and she made her feature film debut, in a movie named Rodrigo, la Pelicula. Cherri participated as Gisela Vargas in Canal 13 Mil Millones, made in 2002, and as Anita in 2003 Son amores. That same year, she modeled for a calendar published by Caras magazine. During 2004, Cherri played Shamira in another major Canal 13 hit, Los Pensionados, and as Angela Capello in Hombres de Honor. In 2006 she starred in one of the chapters of Mujeres asesinas. At the beginning of 2007 she returned to the theater starring in the play ¿Quién le teme a Virginia Woolf?. In 2007 she's starring in the soap Mujeres de Nadie. The role was originally for Marcela Klobooster, who also starred in Chiquititas, but she couldn't accept it. Mujeres de Nadie is doing well on its afternoon slot at Canal 13. That same year she appeared in Todos contra Juan where she depicted herself. In 2009 she starred alongside Carmen Vallejos and Leonor Benedetto the prestigious unitary Rosa, Violeta y Celeste in Canal 7. In 2010 she returns to participate in the telenovela Todos contra Juan. After moving away from acting for almost a year and a half due to motherhood, Agustina returns to television as the protagonist of the new unit of Canal 7, El paraíso alongside Alejandro Awada and Mariano Torre. The unit and the performance of Agustina received extremely favorable reviews. In 2014, she was one of the protagonists of Pol-ka's sitcom Mis amigos de siempre alongside Nicolás Cabre, Nicolás Vázquez, Emilia Attías, Gonzalo Heredia and Calu Rivero. On the screen of Telefe she starred an episode of the unit La celebración, which was recorded a year before its broadcast. In the channel encuentro she produced and narrated the cycle Historias de género. In 2016 she is co-star of the telenovela Los ricos no piden permiso, where she plays Elena. In 2017 she star in the telenovela of Telefe Fanny, la fan where she plays Fanny. She is currently working on a theatrical work directed by Guillermo Francella based on the film of Paolo Genovese "Perfectos Desconocidos" alongside Carlos Portaluppi Magela Zannota, Gonzalo Heredia, Alejandro Awada, Mercedes Funes and Peto Menahem.

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Humanitarian Activities

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Since 2004 Agustina along with the support of the Municipality Pilar founded ADA since then chaired the non-profit association. With her charity work and the galas which celebrities came, she managed to open the ADA Home, with space to 20 people. The institution had psychologists and social workers who worked with each person who entered the shelter to facilitate their conditions when entering. The home was a transit institution which aimed to devoted the victims of gender violence the desire to have a decent life and the possibility of reintegrating into society. Currently the foundation is still valid.[citation needed]

Personal life

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From 2007 to 2014, Agustina Cherri was in a relationship with fellow Argentine actor Gastón Pauls with whom she has two children, daughter Muna, born on March 14, 2009, and Nilo, born on December 29, 2011.[1]

Since 2014, Agustina Cherri is in a relationship with the musician Tomás Vera. On October 1, 2019, she gave birth to Alba, first daughter with her partner.

Filmography

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Television

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Year Title Character Channel Notes
1989-1990 La ola esta de fiesta Herself Canal 9
1991-1992 Flavia esta de fiesta
1993 Regalo del cielo Paola Canal 13
1992-1993 Grande, pa!!! Camila Telefe
1994 Más allá del horizonte Victoria Olazába
1995-1997 Chiquititas Milagros Urién
1998-1999 Verano del '98 Violeta Herrera
1999-2000 Cabecita Lucía Escobar
2001 Chiquititas Milagros Urién
Braceface Sharon Spitz Disney Channel
2002 Mil millones Gisela Vargas Canal 13
2003 Son amores Ana "Anita" Lapromatta
2004 Los pensionados Shamira
2005 Hombres de honor Ángela Capello/Patter Nostra
2006 Mujeres asesinas Sofía "Episode 28: Sofía, nena de papá"
2007 Mujeres de nadie Laura "Lali" Garreto
2008 Toilette Carla Cosmopolitan Televisión
Todos contra Juan Herself América TV
2009 Rosa, Violeta y Celeste Celeste TV Pública
2010 Todos contra Juan 2 Herself Telefe
2011 El paraíso Laura Denegri TV Pública
Historias Sencillas documental Herself Producer
2013 Historias de corazón Anna Telefe "Episode 3: El gran ilusionista"
Luz "Episode 23: Una nueva Luz"
2013-2014 Mis amigos de siempre Rocío Monti Canal 13
2014 La celebración María Viviani Telefe "Episode 6: Boda"
2015 Conflictos modernos Solana Canal 9 "Episode 3: Algo Habrán Hecho"
2016 Los ricos no piden permiso Elena Rodríguez/Elena Villalba Canal 13
2017 Fanny, la fan Fanny Rizzo Telefe
2020 Separadas Romina Baldi Canal 13
2021 La 1-518, somos uno Lola Vidal

Theater

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Year Title Character Director Theater
1990-1991 La Ola está de fiesta Dancer
1994 Grande brigada
1996-1997 Chiquititas Milagros Urién Cris Morena Teatro Gran Rex
2001 Chiquititas Milagros Urién Cris Morena Teatro Gran Rex
2006 ¿Quién le teme a Virginia Woolf? Honey Teatro Regina
2018 Perfectos desconocidos Bianca Guillermo Francella Teatro Metropolitan Sura

Movies

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Year Movie Character Director
2001 Rodrigo, la película Romina Juan Pablo Laplace

Discography

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Solo Year Album
«Rechufas» 1995 Chiquititas vol 1
«Habia una vez»
«Mentiritas»
«Chufacha» 1996 Chiquititas vol 2
«Me pasan cosas»
«Chufachon» 1997 Chiquititas vol 3
«Por una sola vez»
«Cabecita» 2000 Cabecita
«Chiquititas baila así» 2001 Chiquititas vol 7
«Ventanita de Los Sueños»
«Vuela»
«Esperanza»

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Program Result
1996 Premios Martín Fierro Best Young Actress Chiquititas Winner
2022 Premios Martín Fierro Best Leading Actress la 1-5/18 Winner

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Elizalde, Teresa. "Agustina Cherri: "Volvería a elegir a Gastón cada segundo de mi vida"". Revista OHLALÁ! (in Spanish). Retrieved June 19, 2016.
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