María Francisca Lewin Castellano (born 26 September 1980) is a Chilean film, theater, and television actress.
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| Born | María Francisca Lewin Castellano 26 September 1980 Santiago, Chile |
| Education | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Political party | Democratic Revolution |
| Partner | Guillermo Calderón |
| Mother | Ángela Castellano |
| Relatives | Blanca Lewin (cousin) |
| Awards | APES Award (2005) |
Early life and education
editFrancisca Lewin was born in Santiago in 1980, the daughter of Ángela Castellano, a professor at the Pontifical Catholic University's School of Nursing. She is the distant cousin of actress Blanca Lewin.[1]
She studied acting at the Theater School of the Pontifical Catholic University, graduating in October 2002, with the production Hombre pobre todo es trazas by Pedro Calderón de la Barca.
Television and film career
editA year after graduating, Lewin landed a leading role in the TVN youth telenovela titled 16. She later appeared in its sequel, 17.[2]
In 2005, she joined TVN, to play Doménica Capo in the Italian immigrant television series Los Capo. For this performance, she received the APES Award for Best Supporting Actress.[2]
Also that year, she acted in the Alberto Fuguet film Se arrienda, alongside Luciano Cruz-Coke. The film premiered in October 2005 at the Valdivia International Film Festival. In an interview on the Canal 13 morning show Viva la mañana, in its entertainment segment, Alfombra roja, Lewin said:
The first time I saw the complete film was in Valdivia, but I only dedicated myself to analyzing it. The second time was different and I enjoyed it. I followed the story of Luciano, everything that happened to him, and I liked it a lot.[3]
She established herself in soap operas in 2006, playing the ambitious Andrea Riquelme in the successful Cómplices, a role that took Lewin out of her previous roles as a "tender" girl.
In 2007, she appeared in three television projects on the state channel. Corazón de María is a telenovela in which Lewin plays a young transplanted woman, Elisa, who has a complicated family history. Mi primera vez is an anthology series that revolves around the loss of virginity of its protagonists. In it, Francisca appears in the chapter "Gonzalo", where the protagonist, played by Matías Oviedo, is a virgin schoolboy who tries to persuade his girlfriend (Lewin), also a virgin, to have sex. Finally, she appeared in the sitcom Hotel para dos, directed by Nicolás Acuña, where she plays a teenager who inherits a hotel, along with her mother, her stepsister, and the latter's mother.
In 2008, she joined the cast of the telenovela Viuda Alegre, where she played the role of Javiera Balmaceda/Sabina Díaz.[4]
On 18 June 2009, the film Teresa, starring Lewin and directed by Tatiana Gaviola, was released in theaters.
In the same year, Francisca starred with Álvaro Rudolphy in the nightly television series Conde Vrolok, playing Emilia Verdugo.[4]
In 2010, she starred in La familia de al lado, a production in which she portrays Carola Fabres, the black sheep of the Fabres family and lives in the shadow of her older sister, Ignacia. "The parents do not treat Carola well, not like Ignacia, who has always been her favorite. That is why she rebels and takes refuge in alcohol and drugs," Lewin explained.
In 2011, she dedicated herself fully to theater in the Guillermo Calderón play Villa+Discurso, and in 2012 she appeared in the feature film Educación física with Pablo Cerda.
In 2014, Lewin continued her professional rise with Las 2 Carolinas, directed by Vicente Sabatini. She played Carolina Salazar, the innocent young woman who arrives in Las Condes to work as a personal assistant to the voracious and ruthless owner of a fashion store.[5]
Advertising
editDuring 2006, Lewin ventured into advertising, becoming one of the main faces of the Ripley department store.
In 2007, she was hired by Ingesa S.A. to be the face of Skechers sneakers, a position previously held by actress Carolina Varleta. The manager of Ingesa commented that Lewin was chosen because she is "talented, charismatic, and arouses great sympathy among the youth. She is close to the people, simple, and far from show business."[6]
Personal life
editIn May 2016, Lewin voiced her support for the Democratic Revolution party.[7]
In March 2018, she announced that she was having her first child with her partner, the actor and dramatist Guillermo Calderón.[2]
Filmography
editFilms
edit| Year | Title | Role | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Crescendo (short) | Amanda | |
| No me toques (short) | Yezarela | Mauro Bravo | |
| 2005 | Se arrienda | Elisa | Alberto Fuguet |
| 2009 | Teresa | Teresa Wilms Montt | Tatiana Gaviola |
| 2010 | Velódromo | Claudia Santa Ana | Alberto Fuguet |
| 2012 | Educación física | Emiliana | Pablo Cerda |
| Réquiem | Margarita | Camilo Chicahuale | |
| 2013 | Agua | Malena | Álvaro Rudolphy |
| 2015 | Sex Life of Plants | Barbara | Sebastián Brahm |
TV series
edit| Year | Title | Role | Episode | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Enigma | Cecilia | "Trágico agosto" | |
| 2002 | Enigma | Isabel | "Triste Domingo" | |
| 2003 | Mea Culpa | Viviana Garay | "El Taxi" | |
| Cuentos de mujeres | Camila | "Camila" | ||
| 16 | Magdalena Arías | Víctor Huerta | ||
| 2005 | 17 | Magdalena Arías | Víctor Huerta | |
| Los Capo | Doménica Capo | Vicente Sabatini | ||
| 2006 | Cómplices | Andrea Riquelme | Patricio González | |
| Tiempo final: en tiempo real | Karina | "Pleno centro" | ||
| 2007 | Corazón de María | Elisa Lamarca | Patricio González | |
| Mi primera vez | Carolina | "Gonzalo" | Marcelo Ferrari | |
| Hotel para dos | Paula Plaza | Nicolás Acuña | ||
| 2008 | Viuda Alegre | Javiera Balmaceda/Sabina Díaz | Patricio González | |
| 2009–2010 | Conde Vrolok | Emilia Verdugo | Víctor Huerta | |
| 2010 | La familia de al lado | Carola Fabres | Víctor Huerta | |
| 2013–2014 | Secretos en el jardín | Raquel Lastra | Rodrigo Velásquez | |
| 2014 | Las 2 Carolinas | Carolina Salazar | Vicente Sabatini | |
| 2017 | Ramona | Soledad Ortúzar | Andrés Wood | |
| 2018 | Martín, el hombre y la leyenda | Mireya Inostroza | Juan Francisco Olea | |
| 2021 | No nos quieren ver | Colomba Ulloa | Guillermo Helo |
TV programs
edit| Year | Title | Role | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 15th Viña del Mar International Song Festival | Juror | Chilevisión |
Theater
edit| Year | Title | Author | Role | Theater | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Hombre pobre todo es trazas | ||||
| Romeo and Juliet | William Shakespeare | Juliet | |||
| 2003 | An Enemy of the People | Henrik Ibsen | Petra | Teatro Tobalaba | |
| 2006 | A View from the Bridge | Arthur Miller | Catherine | Teatro del Parque | [8] |
| 2007 | Todo es distinto de cómo tú piensas | Carlos Fernández Shaw | |||
| 2008–2009 | Clase | Guillermo Calderón | Centro Mori | [9] | |
| 2009 | Three Sisters | Anton Chekhov | Irina | Teatro de la Palabra | |
| 2011 | Villa+Discurso | Guillermo Calderón | |||
| 2013 | Escuela | Guillermo Calderón | Teatro UC | ||
| 2016 | Un cuento de navidad | Álvaro Viguera | Belle | ||
| 2019 | Dragón | Guillermo Calderón | Teatro UC |
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Award | Category | Production | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | APES Award | Best Acting Performance | 16 | Nominated | |
| 2005 | APES Award | Best Supporting Actress | Los Capo | Winner | [2] |
| Guachaca Queen | Most Popular Female Character | Cómplices | Nominated | ||
| Altazor Award | Best Film Actress | Se arrienda | Nominated | ||
| 2009 | Altazor Award | Best Theater Actress | Clase | Nominated | |
| 2017 | Caleuche Awards | Best Leading Film Actress | Sex Life of Plants | Nominated |
References
edit- ^ "Blanca Lewin aclara parentesco con recordada actriz" [Blanca Lewin Clarifies Relationship With Remembered Actress] (in Spanish). Canal 13. 15 March 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Francisca Lewin será madre por primera vez a los 37 años" [Francisca Lewin Will Be a Mother for the First Time at the Age of 37] (in Spanish). Televisión Nacional de Chile. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "Francisca Lewin: 'Se Arrienda deja una sensación de belleza'" [Francisca Lewin: "Se Arrienda Leaves a Feeling of Beauty"] (in Spanish). Canal 13. 6 October 2005. Archived from the original on 28 June 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ a b Cardenas, Paulina (30 November 2021). "Francisca Lewin contó su experiencia de volver a la TV: 'Me emocionó el llamado'" [Francisca Lewin Recounts Her Experience of Returning to TV: "I was moved by the call"] (in Spanish). FM Dos. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ Araujo, Adela (16 January 2014). "Francisca Lewin entre dos clases sociales en lo nuevo de CHV" [Francisca Lewin Between Two Social Classes in CHV's Newest]. Publimetro Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "Francisca Lewin, nuevo rostro de Skechers" [Francisca Lewin, New Face of Skechers]. La Nación (in Spanish). Chile. 16 February 2007. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "Es oficial: Revolución Democrática ya se inscribió como partido político" [It's Official: Democratic Revolution Has Registered as a Political Party]. El Desconcierto (in Spanish). 16 May 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ Muñoz S., Bárbara (7 April 2006). "Insoportablemente bella" [Unbearably Beautiful]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Santiago. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "Exitoso paso de 'Clase' por escenarios locales" [Successful Tour of "Clase" Through Local Stages]. Diario Austral (in Spanish). Valdivia, Chile. 25 November 2008. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
