Tamara Acosta

Acting

Tamara Acosta

Born

1972-02-05 (54)

Place of birth

Providencia, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile

Known for

Acting

Credits

72 titles

Tamara Acosta is a Chilean actress known for her roles in "Machuca" (2004), "La fiebre del loco" (2001) and in the TV series "Los 80".

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 11 titles

The Wave poster
5.1

A music student’s testimony ignites a feminist uprising on her campus, where protest becomes performance and collective voice becomes an act of resistance.

The Wave

2025

"Midnight Stories 2" - The Martian poster
NR

An innocent woman who is recovering from a great loss, for which she volunteers at a help center. Suddenly, she receives a call from someone who claims to be a Martian, which will make her life take an unexpected turn.

"Midnight Stories 2" - The Martian

2020

Papi Ricky: La Película poster
NR

Alicia returns to Chile to introduce her future husband, an eccentric young Spanish hipster who embodies modernity. His arrival causes a family upheaval, and the clash with the conservative Papi Ricky and the irreverent Catrala leads both parents to put aside their old differences and unite around a common goal: stopping their daughter’s wedding.

Papi Ricky: La Película

2026

"Midnight Stories 4" - Veronica's Curse poster
NR

In the last horror story, realities become confused, leading to a devastating and absurd ending.

"Midnight Stories 4" - Veronica's Curse

2020

Me vuelves loca poster
8.4

Carolina has a perfect life: she lives in a luxurious house, works in a fashion magazine and is married to a successful publicist. One day everything goes to waste: she discovers that she is sterile, the same day that her husband leaves her for her best friend, who, in addition, is pregnant with him. After the impact of this news, Carolina has a crisis, drinks too much, trips and falls from the second floor of her house, a fact that is interpreted as a suicide attempt.Carolina is interned against her will, in the exclusive psychiatric center Eden. In that place she will meet a group of "madmen" who will help her heal and glimpse that her previous life was not so perfect. He also discovers that perhaps the craziest are those outside the psychiatric hospital.

Me vuelves loca

2023

"Midnight stories 1" - The deadly Pizza poster
NR

A man wakes up in a house that is not his house. He doesn't remember how he got there. A woman enters via Zoom, and they begin to piece together what the hell is going on. But as the minutes pass, the man discovers that he is nothing more than the pawn in a sinister plan.

"Midnight stories 1" - The deadly Pizza

2020

El Mar en la Muralla poster
NR

One day, Rebeca and Octavio, a married couple who have been trying to cope with the death of their daughter for years, see “something” in their window that gives them back the illusion of a happy past. How long will this illusion last?

El Mar en la Muralla

2024

S.O.S MAMIS 2: New Mom On The Block poster
6.2

Daniela is the new mother at Saint Michael School. Trini feels that there is something wrong with Daniela, she will discover her big secret, showing the true nature of Daniela.

S.O.S MAMIS 2: New Mom On The Block

2023

S.O.S. Mamis: The Movie poster
6.8

Trini's daughter is sad that her best friend is leaving Saint Michael School since her mother can't keep paying for it. Trini promises her daughter that this won't happen and decides to put together a plan with the other "mamis" of the group to solve the problem. But this mission will be much more difficult than they thought and they will have to stick together as a group.

S.O.S. Mamis: The Movie

2022

"Midnight Stories 3" - The Birthday Party poster
NR

In this love special of "Historias Nocturnas", an anonymous call will reveal many secrets from beyond the grave.

"Midnight Stories 3" - The Birthday Party

2020

Danka Priscilla Danka poster
NR

AI generated content becomes the biggest concern for campaign manager Priscilla (Tamara Acosta), who is secretly in a relationship with the presidential candidate Danka Marull (Katty Kowaleczko). As social media explodes with both support and criticism of the campaign, Priscilla will try and discover more about deepfakes.

Danka Priscilla Danka

2024

2010s · 5 titles

2000s · 11 titles

Machuca poster
7.7

Santiago, capital of Chile during the Marxist government of elected, highly controversial president Salvador Allende. Father McEnroe supports his leftist views by introducing a program at the prestigious "collegio" (Catholic prep school) St. Patrick to allow free admission of some proletarian kids. One of them is Pedro Machuca, slum-raised son of the cleaning lady in Gonzalo Infante's liberal-bourgeois home. Yet the new classmates become buddies, paradoxically protesting together as Gonzalo gets adopted by Pedro's slum family and gang. But the adults spoil that too, not in the least when general Pinochet's coup ousts Allende, and supporters such as McEnroe.

Machuca

2004

The King of Idiots poster
4.6

Anselmo is a fair man forced to live in an unfair world. His innocence will lead him to get involved in dangerous situations that will make him wonder if he does need a bit of evil to achieve happiness.

The King of Idiots

2006

Casa de remolienda poster
4.3

Concerned about the future of her three children, a widow takes them to the city with the purpose of getting them married.

Casa de remolienda

2007

Radio Corazón poster
6.2

Radio Corazón recreates Chile's most successful radio show of all time. Composed of 3 fun, sexy and romantic short films based on true stories as told by the show's listeners to "Rumpy", an unparalleled radio host.

Radio Corazón

2007

La última luna poster
4.8

Palestine 1914. One morning in July, Soliman, a young Palestinian and Jacob, his Jewish friend, begin to build a house in Beit-Sajour, in the hills of Judea, with stones brought from Beit-Jala, while the apparent stillness of the place is interrupted by bursts of violence that anticipate the future days of the war.

La última luna

2005

Tierra del fuego poster
5.8

The film is based on the novel (of the same name) by the Chilean writer Francisco Coloane, and on the chronicles of the Romanian engineer Julius Popper, a nationalized Argentine and one of the principle actors in the genocide of the Selk'nam, one of the indigenous peoples who inhabited the Tierra del Fuego Archipelago.

Tierra del fuego

2000

Azul y Blanco poster
6.1

When enemy members of the two main Chilean soccer teams, Azul and Paloma meet in a fight after a soccer game they fall in love at first sight. They run away through the night in the streets of Santiago, while two groups search for them, when they meet, happens the inevitable.

Azul y Blanco

2004

Loco Fever poster
5.9

When the Chilean officials lift the ban on harvesting the shellfish "el loco" (which purportedly is an aphrodisiac) in the seaside village of Puerto Gala greed and lust take hold. Greed is embodied by Carlos Maldonato, "El Canuto," who attempts to buy all of the shellfish for a Japanese company, and by a traveling band of prostitutes that accompany the influx of fishermen. El Canuto also wrangles to get into good stead with an old flame, Sonia, who is now the proprietor of "La Pincoya," a local restaurant. But "el loco" proves more effective, and more damaging, than anyone could have guessed.

Loco Fever

2001

La Gabriela: Una historia sobre Gabriela Mistral poster
6.0

TV Movie based on the life of Gabriela Mistral. Gabriela's life is reconstructed, her travels as a diplomat, the relationship with her adopted son Yin Yin and her work as a poet until she received the Nobel Prize.

La Gabriela: Una historia sobre Gabriela Mistral

2009

Te amo (made in Chile) poster
4.7

Sam returns to Chile from the USA after his parents divorce. Left with a sexually-abusive nanny, he makes friends with some other neglected kids: Isabel, whose mother suffers from depression after the disappearance of her father and brother, and Daniela whose mother is dead and whose father is an alcoholic. The teenagers get together to make a slasher film dealing with family issues, and finally confront their demons.

Te amo (made in Chile)

2001

Psycho Game poster
3.6

Javier is Spanish and is married to Laura, who is Chilean. They have a six year old son, living in Chile and enjoy a prosperous economic position. The three are, at last, on vacation in Spain, because Laura seems to have overcome a problem of claustrophobia that prevented her from traveling. The family moved to a camp, near the home of Javier's parents. There they meet Ignacio, a handsome young man, a friendly neighbor. But not everything is as nice as it seems at first sight.

Psycho Game

2006

1990s · 5 titles

The Sentimental Teaser poster
6.6

A young and excentric radio DJ airs a successful program in which diverse calls come in from anonymous listeners, who reveal their love stories, all charged with mix-ups, disputes and passion.

The Sentimental Teaser

1999

Gringuito poster
6.3

Ivan is a kid whose family decides to go back to Chile from New York, after at least a decade away. Ivan of course is not quite the Chilean kid his grandparents would like him to be: he sulks, misses the Opera, finds things odd and ugly, acting like a real "little gringo" (hence the title).

Gringuito

1998

Revenge poster
8.0

A small house is devastated by the irrepressible force of the Ñuble river. Anita is rescued from the riverbank while her parents disappear into the water. She is given in adoption to her godparents, who can not keep her, they turn her over to a large hacienda in the area, where the little one will be the companion of the sickly patron, Lucia. When the owner of the hacienda dies, Anita, disregarding the advice of the other servants, stays to serve the boss, Don Pablo. She is already a woman and he is a single man. A strong attraction emerges between the two. This sad story of love and revenge as strong and uncontrollable as the overflowing waters of the Ñuble River.

Revenge

1999

Largadistancia poster
NR

A woman receives a postcard from afar. The film is about distance as existence.

Largadistancia

1994

La chica del Crillón poster
NR

Teresa is a girl from Chilean aristocracy. She lives a double life, at day she dresses very elegant and fancy, while at night she assist to high society meetings at the Crillon Hotel in Santiago, where diplomats and wealthy people meet. However, her family is economically ruined after a bad sale of her father's mines and they have to live at Romero Street, where the working class lives.

La chica del Crillón

1999

Series credits

Mentiras verdaderas poster
5.5

Daily interviews discussing the guest's personal lives and national contingency.

Mentiras verdaderas

2011

Pasapalabra poster
2.0

Game show in which every episode two contestants team with celebrities to play various games. A team's correct responses in these games score seconds, extending their contestant's time limit in the final game, known as 'el rosco'.

Pasapalabra

2018

Sigamos de largo poster
2.0

The most important events of the day, with a relaxed tone and high doses of humor. Each episode tackles the most relevant events that dominate the public eye, with guests who contribute their views on the matter.

Sigamos de largo

2018

Algo personal poster
2.0

No synopsis available yet.

Algo personal

2015

La divina comida poster
4.0

Four celebrities invite each other to their homes and compete to be the best host, where night after night they must cook for the other guests, who in turn will be both the judges and their rivals.

La divina comida

2016

Los Pincheira poster
6.0

Four bandit siblings try to take revenge on the landowners who killed their father.

Los Pincheira

2004

Podemos hablar poster
4.0

Talk show in which six personalities from different fields (politics, entertainment, sports, among others), exchange opinions on various topics and personal experiences.

Podemos hablar

2019

El circo de las Montini poster
6.0

A circus family must face a new season of performances, under the risk that this may be their last tour.

El circo de las Montini

2002

Soltera otra vez poster
1.3

A real estate broker discovers that her boyfriend cheats on her with a younger woman, so she will be single again and start a desperate search for love.

Soltera otra vez

2012

Pampa Ilusión poster
2.0

The exiled daughter of an English businessman returns home, in the midst of the class struggle between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat in the Humberstone nitrate office, during the acute 1930s financial crisis.

Pampa Ilusión

2001

Oro verde poster
6.3

An ambitious entrepreneur wants to cut down the forest of southern Chile, but a young ecologist girl will hinder their plans.

Oro verde

1997

Los 80 poster
8.0

The story of the Herreras, a middle-class family living in Santiago of Chile. The plot is set between 1982 and 1989, in the military dictatorship, and revolves around historical events during the 80's, especially the economic crisis of 1982 and the 8.0 magnitude earthquake in Santiago.

Los 80

2008

Vértigo poster
2.0

No synopsis available yet.

Vértigo

2003

Sucupira poster
6.0

Sucupira is a seaside town in Chile. Federico Valdivieso, the mayor, a scoundrel, rascal and womanizer is determined to be re-elected. One of his main goals for that is to inaugurate the Sucupira cemetery, something he cannot achieve because nobody is dying, in his endeavor to make that happen he will star in hilarious situations.

Sucupira

1996

La fiera poster
5.5

Catalina Chamorro, is a woman who rejects every wooer interested in her. The matter would not be important if it were not because, according to an old promise of love, Catalina's father, Pedro Chamorro, refuses to give his youngest daughter, Blanca, in marriage until his oldest daugher has married.

La fiera

1999

Estúpido cupido poster
5.0

In 1962, the small town of San Andrés is ruled by morality and good manners. The arrival of a new nun will change everything. Turn everything upside down.

Estúpido cupido

1995

Iorana poster
4.5

Cristian is in love with the beautiful "pascuense" Vaitea, but external interests interpose between them.

Iorana

1998

Papi Ricky poster
4.0

The relationship between Ricky and his daughter will suffer when the girl's mother returns and wants her back.

Papi Ricky

2007

Amor a la Catalán poster
4.0

Two women have had a romantic relationship with the same man for years, but when he dies he will leave them in the care of his business: a bakery.

Amor a la Catalán

2019

Pero con respeto poster
2.0

No synopsis available yet.

Pero con respeto

2021

Feroz poster
4.0

When the Cruz family return to their hometown, they are victims of strange events related to werewolves.

Feroz

2010

Pacto de sangre poster
7.0

The lives of four lifelong friends change dramatically after a bachelor party.

Pacto de sangre

2018

Generación 98' poster
7.5

Seven former schoolmates meet again in an unexpected class reunion, after 25 years without seeing each other.

Generación 98'

2023

De tú a tú poster
2.0

Martín Cárcamo invites people of huge national and international relevance to his home to have a relaxed conversation, without fanfare but revealing and intimate.

De tú a tú

2021

Dale Play poster
2.0

No synopsis available yet.

Dale Play

2020

20añero a los 40 poster
6.0

After a 20 year comma, a man awakens in a time when everything is different and in the body of a man of 40 years old but with a mentality of a twenty-something.

20añero a los 40

2016

Animal nocturno poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Animal nocturno

2006

A tu día le falta Aldo! poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A tu día le falta Aldo!

2010

42 Days of Darkness poster
6.4

In a town in Chile, a woman leads a frantic search to find her missing sister amid a media storm and the police investigation. Inspired by a true case.

42 Days of Darkness

2022

Preciosas poster
3.5

The story of four women who share a deep friendship, four women that happen to meet while serving time and the adventures they live after they successfully escape from jail.

Preciosas

2016

Loca piel poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Loca piel

1996

Sucupira, la comedia poster
NR

A spin-off sequel of the 1996 TV series "Sucupira". The story takes place when Sucupira Mayor Federico Valdivieso, who was thought gone and buried comes out of his grave, causing confussion and chaos among the town's citizens.

Sucupira, la comedia

1998

Diana poster
NR

Talk show in which different celebrities will open up to share their life stories with humor, emotion, depth, spontaneity and intimacy. Diana will take the guests out of their comfort zones to challenge them and invite them to play and laugh at themselves.

Diana

2017

Buenas noches poster
2.0

No synopsis available yet.

Buenas noches

2014

No artwork available
4.5

The exploits of an investigative police group that from anonymity, solve intricate criminal cases.

Brigada Escorpión

1997

Vida por vida poster
2.0

Stories of a medical team that day by day mix their personal dramas with their work in the emergency room.

Vida por vida

2012

No artwork available
2.0

Interviews with prominent Chilean actors, throwbacks to their careers and personal lives.

Sin maquillaje

2011

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

45 minutos con

2023

No nos quieren ver poster
7.8

After the death of a teenager in a children's shelter house, a lawyer discovers endless irregularities, errors and horrors within the institution that will shake political power.

No nos quieren ver

2021

S.O.S. Mamis poster
3.0

A comedy series centered in the interactions of 5 mothers through the messaging service Whatsapp.

S.O.S. Mamis

2020