Rita Cortese
Biography
Adela Rita Cortese (born August 5, 1949, in Buenos Aires) is a renowned Argentine actress and singer. Her career spans across films, series, and telenovelas, earning her three Martín Fierro Awards as well as a Silver Condor Award. In 1967, she began studying Philosophy and Letters but dropped out a year later. In 1974, she entered the theater school directed by Néstor Raimondi, although, according to her own statements, she started her professional career in 1972 at the Teatro Latino in San Telmo. As a film actress, she worked in La nube, and in 2003, she received the Silver Condor Award for Best Actress for Herencia. As a television actress, she received a Martín Fierro Award in 2002 for her performance in the telenovela El sodero de mi vida and another in 2008 for her special appearance in the sitcom Lalola. That same year, she released her first album titled El amor, ese loco berretín, in which she performs various tango ballads; the album won her the Carlos Gardel Award for Best New Tango Artist in 2009. In 2014, she was one of the stars of the hit film Relatos salvajes (Wild Tales), which was nominated for the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival and for an Oscar.
Known For
All Movies (35)
- Most People Die on Sundays2024 · as Dora
- Blondi2023 · as Pepa
- Indisciplinado. Historia de un proyecto político2023 · as Narradora
- The Substitute2022 · as Amalia
- An Argentinian Crime2022 · as Gobbi
- Shadow of the Cat2021 · as Ana
- The Siamese Bond2021 · as Clota
- Bruja2019 · as Abuela
- Heroic Losers2019 · as Carmen Lorgio
- Wild Tales2014 · as Cook (segment "Las ratas")
- Fragmentos2014
- Una cita, una fiesta y un gato negro2012 · as Saravia
- Widows2011 · as Esther
- Los Marziano2011 · as Delfina
- Brother and Sister2010 · as Alicia
- Cinco velitas2010
- Horizontal/Vertical2009 · as Albita
- Reparaciones2007 · as Cora
- Lugones Family2007 · as Bibliotecaria
- 30 años de vida venciendo a la muerte2006
- Monobloc2005 · as Madrina
- Do You Swim?2002 · as Mamá de Dolores
- Samy and Me2002 · as Liliana
- Inheritance2002 · as Olinda
- ¿Y dónde está el bebé?2002
- Apariencias2000 · as Susana Posse
- Alma mía1999 · as Tita
- Stolen Moments1998
- Cohen vs. Rosi1998 · as Angélica Rosi
- El sueño de los héroes1997 · as Mujer del corralón
- Cenizas del paraíso1997 · as Mirta
- A Wall of Silence1993
- The Lost Republic II1986 · as Narrator
- Murder in The Senate1984
- El Sobrino—
All TV Shows (20)
- So Far, So Good2026 · as Lea
- In the Mud2025 · as Cecilia Moranzón
- The Best Heart Attack of My Life2025 · as Roberta
- The Mind Behind Power2024
- Maradona, Blessed Dream2021 · as Doña Tota
- Esperanza mía2015 · as Genoveva
- Esa mujer2013 · as Ofelia Morales
- Tiempo de pensar2011
- The Man of Your Dreams2011 · as Sandra Guzmán
- Lalola2007 · as Bruja
- Montecristo2006 · as Sara Carusso
- Killer Women2005
- Sin código2004 · as Mirna
- Los secretos de Papá2004 · as Blanca
- Sol Negro2003 · as Dra. Gloria Glezer
- Costumbres argentinas2003 · as Celina Martínez
- Malandras2003 · as Coca Bertolotti.
- 1000 millones2002 · as Dominga Vargas
- Endless Summer1998 · as Sara Katz
- R.R.D.T.1997 · as Delia







