Cecilia Roth

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rotenberg and the second or maternal family name is Gutkin.

Cecilia Roth
Roth in 2014.
Born	Cecilia Edith Rotenberg Gutkin (1956-08-08) August 8, 1956 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1976–present
Spouse(s)	Gonzalo Gil (divorced) Fito Páez ​ ​ (m. 1999; div. 2003)​
Children	1

Cecilia Edith Rotenberg Gutkin better known as Cecilia Roth (Spanish pronunciation: [seˈsilja rot]; born August 8, 1956) is an Argentine actress. She is the winner of two Goya Awards and a European Film Award. She is known for being an "Almodóvar girl" and the "muse" of Fito Páez during the 1990s.

Life and career

Roth's father, Abrasha Rotenberg, is of Ukrainian Jewish origin, having moved in the 1930s to Buenos Aires, where he worked as a writer, editor, and journalist. Cecilia's mother, Dina Gutkin, known as Dina Rot, a singer, was born in Mendoza and spent her childhood in Santiago de Chile. Her brother, Argentine musician Ariel Rot, is a former member of the Spanish-Argentine supergroup Los Rodríguez and lives in Spain.

She began as an actress in Argentina, until 1976 when she fled the military dictatorship and moved to Spain. Roth has had great success in Spanish film since her first appearances in Las verdes praderas (The Green Meadows), by José Luis Garci; Arrebato (Rapture), by Iván Zulueta; and Laberinto de pasiones (Labyrinth of Passion) by Pedro Almodóvar. Her most prominent movies include Un lugar en el mundo (A place in the world) and Martín (hache), both by Adolfo Aristarain. In 1980 she worked with Almodovar on "Pepi, Luci, Bom" and "All About My Mother", which earned Almodovar his first Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

She is also known for her leading role in Todo sobre mi madre (All about my mother), by Almodóvar. Roth won Goya Awards for Best Actress with both directors. Roth has also made noteworthy appearances in numerous television series, including the soap operas Por amor (For love), together with Arnaldo André and Marita Ballesteros, and Nueve lunas (Nine moons). She appeared in the mini-series Laura y Zoe together with Susú Pecoraro, Epitafios (Epitaphs) with Julio Chávez and Leonardo Sbaraglia, and Tratame bien (Treat me nice) again with Chávez.

Roth was first married to Gonzalo Gil, then later married to Argentine singer-songwriter Fito Páez for some years, with whom she adopted a child, Martín. Joaquin Sabina composed the song "Cecilia" for Roth and Páez. In addition to her career in film and television, Roth has also worked in theater in Argentina, as well as in Spain. She is currently working, together with Darío Grandinetti, on the Philippe Blasband play, Una relación pornográfica.

Filmography

Some of the best-known works in which Roth has acted include:

Film and television

• No toquen a la nena (1976)
• Crecer de golpe (1977)
• De fresa, limón y menta (1978)
• Verdes praderas (1979)
• La familia, bien, gracias (1979)
• Reproches (1980)
• El curso en que amamos a Kim Novak (1980)
• Cuentos eróticos (1980)
• Arrebato (1980)
• Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón (1980)
• Pepe, no me des tormento (1981)
• Just a Film (Una película) (1981)
• Trágala, perro (1981)
• Best Seller (1982)
• Laberinto de pasiones (1982)
• Octubre, 12 (1982)
• Historias paralelas (1983)
• Entre tinieblas (1983)
• Una pequeña movida (1983)
• El señor Galíndez (1984)
• ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto? (1984)
• El jardín secreto (1984)
• The Stranger (1987)
• Los amores de Kafka (1988)
• La dama del bosque (1989)
• Vivir mata (1991)
• Un lugar en el mundo (1992)
• Desencuentros (1992)
• La balada de Donna Helena (1994)
• Caballos salvajes (1995)
• Martín (Hache) (1997)
• Cenizas del paraíso (1997)
• Todo sobre mi madre (1999)
• Segunda piel (2000)
• Una noche con Sabrina Love (2000)
• Afrodita, el sabor del amor (2001)
• Antigua vida mía (2001)
• Vidas privadas (2001)
• Pernicioso vegetal (2002)
• Hable con ella (2002)
• Deseo (2002)
• Kamchatka (2002)
• La hija del caníbal (2003)
• Epitafios (2004)
• Luisa Sanfelice (2004)
• Otros días vendrán (2005)
• La intrusa (2005)
• Amas de casa desesperadas (2006)
• Sofacama (2006)
• Las películas de mi padre (2007)
• Epoxy (2007)
• Resurrectores (2007)
• Tratame bien (2009)
• Epitafios 2: El final ahora tiene dos caras (2009)
• I'm So Excited (2013)
• El Angel (2018)
• Pain and Glory (2019)
• The Intruder (2020)
• Crímenes de familia (2020)

Narration

Year	Program	Role	Notes
2015–present	Atlántico sur	Narrator	Narration debut

Theater

Year	Production	Direction
2006	Disparatados en Varieté!
2006–2007	Días contados	Oscar Martínez
2010	Amor, dolor y qué me pongo	Mercedes Moran
2013–2014	Una relación pornográfica	Javier Daulte

Awards and nominations

Goya Awards

Year	Category	Movie	Result
1998	Best Actress	Martín (Hache)	Won
2000		All About My Mother	Won

European Film Awards

Year	Category	Movie	Result
1999	Best Actress	All About My Mother	Won

Cóndor de Plata Awards

Year	Category	Movie	Result
1993	Best Actress	Un lugar en el mundo	Won
1998		Martín (Hache)	Won
2001		Una noche con Sabrina Love	Nominated
2002		Antigua vida mía	Nominated
2007	Best Supporting Actress	Sofacama	Nominated

Fotograma de Plata Awards

Year	Category	Movie	Result
1999	Best Actress	Todo sobre mi madre	Won

Konex Awards

Year	Category	Result
2001	Platinum Konex Award: Best Film Actress of the decade 1999	Won

Other awards

• Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts (2009)
• Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva (2000) for Best Actress in Una noche con Sabrina Love.
• Sant Jordi Award (1999) for Todo sobre mi madre .
• Latin ACE Award (1997) for Martín (Hache).

See also

• Epitafios

External links

• Cecilia Roth at IMDb
• Cecilia Roth at Cinenacional.com (in Spanish) (archive)