Norma Martínez

Acting

Norma Martínez

Born 1969-10-22 · Lima, Peru

Acting credits

Man on Fire poster
7.5

Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.

Man on Fire

2004

Proof of Life poster
6.2

When Peter Bowman, an American engineer working in a South American country, is captured by anti-government forces, the rebels learn his identity and demand $5 million for his safe return. However, his US employer is on the verge of insolvency and will not provide the ransom. Peter's wife Alice is forced to deal with the matter on her own and she retains the services of freelance professional hostage negotiator Terry Thorne.

Proof of Life

2000

The House of Snails poster
6.0

A writer secludes himself in the mountains and falls in lust with local Berta. After realizing the oddities of the rural community the author starts to question the lines between reality and fiction.

The House of Snails

2021

The Girls Garden poster
NR

Julia inherited her mother Asunta’s job as a domestic worker in the wealthy De la Puente household, where she was raised alongside the family’s daughters. Asunta, an Andean woman who migrated to Lima after Peru’s 1970 earthquake, carried a life shaped by displacement, silence, and sacrifice. Over the years, affection and inequality became inseparably intertwined within the household. Now, as illness and old age expose long-buried secrets, Julia is forced to confront the invisible social order that has defined her existence. Torn between loyalty and freedom, she must decide whether to remain in the role imposed on her or finally reclaim her own identity.

The Girls Garden

2026

Encadenados poster
3.3

No synopsis available yet.

Encadenados

2015

El Árbol poster
NR

Maria visits her mother's apartment for the first time after her death, intending to put it up for sale. Once inside, she encounters objects from her childhood that remind her of a significant event from her past.

El Árbol

2012

Cuidados Intensivos poster
NR

It's Christmas, and in a desolate clinic, a nurse (Norma Martinez) prepares to attend to a patient. With the nursing technician (Stephie Jacobs), she cares for a young man (Nacho Elías) who has suffered a heart attack and is unconscious in the intensive care unit. Ten minutes before midnight, he dies, and a dance begins between the three of them. As the clock strikes twelve, everything freezes until seconds before the young man's death, and the story rewinds to the moment the nurse (Martínez) leaves to attend to the patient.

Cuidados Intensivos

2011

Lima 13 poster
5.5

In the last days of 2012 everyone is talking about the end of the world. This doesn't seem to affect the routine of Wachi, a grumpy watchman. However the arrival of Tesla, an impulsive fifteen year-old girl, does. Tesla, Wachi, an a lively 80 year old called Trini, spend the last days of 2012 together, sharing a bond despite, their differences.

Lima 13

2012

Zolipront poster
NR

A man feels persecuted; his psychiatrist has the solution.

Zolipront

2012

Sun in Lidia poster
NR

Lidia goes with her mother, Gina, to the beach house where they used to vacation during her childhood. What should have been an opportunity to relax by the sea, begins to reveal unresolved issues in their relationship.

Sun in Lidia

2026

Bendito Xeas poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Bendito Xeas

1996

Spicy Will poster
NR

Will “Partyforever” Harris' wild lifestyle comes to a sudden stop when his millionaire father dies, leaving him with nothing but a 100-year-old Mexican salsa recipe. Broke and desperate, Will has no choice but to change his ways and get a real job. With the help of his former sous chef Eugenio and Eugenio’s beautiful cousin Salma, Will embarks on a delirious adventure. He faces off against the Mexican Hot Sauce Mafia and discovers along the way that the recipe may be the key to truly finding himself.

Spicy Will

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La vida después

Zulen and I poster
2.0

Today, after not seeing his beloved Zulen in years, Dora comes face to face with him.

Zulen and I

2022

El secreto del héroe poster
5.5

Based on true events, Rafael is a journalist who has had great success in his career. One day he witnesses a terrorist attack in Madrid and decided to follow the perpetrators of it taking several photographs and informing the police of the route.

El secreto del héroe

2003

How to Deal with a Heartbreak poster
7.1

María Fe, still single but not so sought after, faces the existential crisis and the blank page as any mature and sensible woman would: by getting involved with the wrong guy.

How to Deal with a Heartbreak

2023

Secretos del Almuerzo poster
NR

Anything can happen during a lunch.

Secretos del Almuerzo

2009

On the Air poster
NR

A recently graduated journalist is assigned to work at a radio station in a remote mountainous area. There she has troubles with the staff, who are set in their ways.

On the Air

1988

The Gospel of the Flesh poster
6.1

Three lives in search of redemption intersect in the streets of Lima: undercover cop Gamarra’s desperate attempts to save his wife from a terminal illness gets him into trouble; bus driver Felix wants to be accepted into a religious sect after his involvement in a tragic traffic accident; and imperiled soccer club leader Narciso tries to secure his younger brother’s release from prison.

The Gospel of the Flesh

2013

Altiplano poster
5.7

In the Andes, a Belgian doctor and his photojournalist wife become ensnared in a native tribe's struggle with a mining company.

Altiplano

2009

Rocanrol 68 poster
6.3

Manolo is an adolescent who dreams about making movies. It's 1968 and, among his friends, he spends his last year before entering university on the beach and listening rock music. But his life changes when he met a hippie young girl: Emma. Now, with the intention to win her, Manolo will start to make unlucky decitions.

Rocanrol 68

2013

Bala perdida poster
5.3

A group of rich teenagers from Lima travel to Cusco looking for drugs, parties and sex. One of them wants to find Pamela, who he met when they were kids. In that quest, his friends and him will get to know a world of violence, perversion and disenchantment.

Bala perdida

2001