Mónica Villa

Mónica Villa
Mónica Villa at Picadilly Theatre, before a rehearsal
Born	Mónica Villa (1954-12-16)16 December 1954 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality	Argentine
Occupation	actress
Years active	1976-present

Mónica Villa (born 1954) is an award-winning Argentine actress of stage, screen, and TV, as well as a researcher and educator. She earned a Best Actress award for her role as "Susana" in cult classic "Esperando la Carroza at the 1985 Festival de Cine Iberoamericano, in Huelva, Spain. She won an ACE Golden award for best leading actress in the 2002 comedy "Ojos traidores", a 2004 Premios Trinidad Guevara for best Actress of a Repertoire Company, a Premios Carlos de Oro for her 2011 performance as best lead actress in the theater production "Jardín De Otoño", and in 2015 a Premios Estrella de Mar for Best Female Performance in a Repertoire Company for "La Nona". In addition, she has been nominated for a Best Actress in a TV Special for the 2003 Premios Martín Fierro, making her acting work recognized in all three major media.

She was the first actor in Argentina to earn a master's degree and has published and had performed an opera for children. In addition, she has written and performed in the play “Raren bicho raro”.

Mónica Villa was born 16 December 1954 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She grew up in Villa Urquiza and dreamed of becoming a veterinarian or guitar player. At 13 or 14, she changed directions and began to pursue acting. She began to study acting and enrolled in the classes of Hedy Crilla. In an unusual move for Argentinian actors, she enrolled in the Argentine and Latin American Theater Program at Buenos Aires University (UBA) and qualified for the master's degree in Argentine and Latin American Theater, with a thesis titled "José González Castillo, Militante de lo Popular". She became the first actor to attain a master's degree in Argentina in 2011 and has plans to publish her thesis as a book.

Villa made her theater debut in 1974 as Nancy in the comedy "The Knack", written by British playwright Ann Jellicoe directed by Augustín Alezzo. In 1976, she acted in the play "Como quien dice Adellach" in the Teatro de La Fábula in Buenos Aires under the direction of Rolando Revagliatti. In 1980, Villa had a starring role in "Fando y Lys" and her performance was well received leading to additional work in the theater and television offers. She participated in 1982 in both the production of "El estupendo cornudo" at the Museo del Cine Pablo C. Ducrós Hicken, and the Teatro Abierto in "Prohibido no pisar el cesped" by Rodolfo Paganini, After a five-year break for TV and film, in 1987 she performed in "Gasalla es el Maipo y el Maipo es Gasalla" with Antonio Gasalla and "Dando pasos".