
Acting
Natalia Chiarelli
Montevideo, Uruguay
Natalia Chiarelli is a prominent Uruguayan actress and drama teacher, a graduate of the Escuela Multidisciplinaria de Arte Dramático (EMAD) with additional training in lyric arts and contemporary dance, who joined the permanent cast of the Comedia Nacional by audition in 2012 after more than a decade in the independent theater circuit. Throughout her stage career, she has performed in major productions such as *The Oresteia*, *Cat on a Hot Tin Roof*, *Victor, or Power to the Children*, *An Enemy of the People*, and *The Threepenny Opera*, earning a Florencio Award in 2006 for her performance in *The Magic Flute* alongside numerous nominations; she has also built a screen career in films such as *In This Tricky Life* and *As Fragile as a Second*, highlighted internationally by the Fellini Award for Best Lead Actress at the 2019 Amarcort Film Festival in Italy for the short film *Bodas de oro*.
Acting credits
7.1A fictionalized drama film based on one of the most shocking crimes in Argentina's history. In 1992, Ricardo Barreda was an unassuming dentist, brutally murdered his wife, mother-in-law, and two adult daughters in their family home. Branding himself as a victim, Ricardo Barreda ignited a media storm and fueled a national scandal.
Barreda
2026
8.0When a sweet old lady manages to reunite her family to tell them she won the lottery, her despicable children start behaving like vultures to fight for the jackpot.
Kini
2020
NRThis documentary, which includes testimonies from architects, urban planners, and specialists, as well as images of the demolition of iconic buildings, invites us to consider how heritage preservation and modernity can be combined without transforming Montevideo into a "museum city."
Montevideo Inolvidable
2025
NRDina and Alberto are two young Uruguayans who are getting married to fulfill the Jewish family mandate and thus continue the traditions that their families have inherited and maintained for centuries. Family pressure and the rapid transition to adult life will make these two young people rethink their dreams and their freedom in the Montevideo setting of the 90s.
May I See You Bride
2024
5.4Montevideo, Uruguay. In this comedic drama, Elisa, 27, dreams of opening her own hairdressing salon in one of the rich districts of the Uruguayan capital. A bit of a rebel, one day Elisa moves out of her mother's house with her two children and breaks up with Garcia, her boss and lover who has infuriated her by not wanting to get married. So, in the space of twenty-four hours, Elisa finds herself without a roof over her head, without a man, without a job and without money. Her best friend Loulou finds her a job - in the brothel run by Dona Jacqueline. And without really being aware of it, Elisa slides into prostitution, which leads her to Barcelona. She falls in love, she is exploited, she gets involved in transvestite gang wars, and meanwhile just dreams of earning enough money for her little beauty salon back home.
In This Tricky Life
2001
