María del Barrio

Maria del Barrio
Born Maria del Barrio Fernandez
(1989-07-05) July 5, 1989
Madrid
Occupation actress

María del Barrio is a Spanish actress born 5 July 1989 in the town of Alcalá de Henares, Madrid. She began her career at the age of 14 working with Sadrac González and Sonia Escolano in the short film: Mr. Long-Neck.[1]

She also participated in plays such as Medea (2005) and Bodas de Sangre.[2] She participated in the shooting of other short films such as Juliets,[3] in which she played the role of a young girl with terminal cancer who had committed suicide.

In October 2008, del Barrio began filming her first feature film, Myna Has Gone,[4] where she played a young undocumented immigrant who has a bitter experience, and which according to del Barrio, was extremely difficult due in part to the tough and controversial sex scene in the film, and required three months of rehearsals and psychological support.[5] Myna se va won the "Narrative Feature Special Jury Recognition for Acting" at the 2009 Austin Film Festival.[6] She also won the award for best actress in the Naperville Independent Film Festival.[7]

In 2011 the film Myna has gone was released in theaters in the United States which include the cities of Minneapolis,[8] Los Angeles,[9] St. Louis,[10] Phoenix,[11] Houston,[12] San Francisco,[13] Dallas,[14] Seattle,[15] Miami,[16] Denver,[17] New York,[18] and Palm Beach.[19]

Filmography

Year Film Format
2005 El Señor Cuello-Largo Short film
2005 Mr. Long-Neck Short film
2006 Juliets Short film
2009 Myna Has Gone Feature film
2010 The vampire in the hole Feature film

Awards

Year Film Festival Award Film
2009 Naperville Independent Film Festival Best actress Myna Has Gone
2009 Austin Film Festival Special Jury Recognition for Acting Myna Has Gone
2009 Zaragoza Film Festival Special Jury Recognition for Acting Myna Has Gone

References

  1. ↑ "El Señor Cuello Largo (2005)". Free Movie Releases Online.
  2. ↑ "Maria del Barrio biography". Myna Has Gone website.
  3. ↑ "María del Barrio protagoniza Myna se va de Sonia Escolano y Sadrac González" (in Spanish).
  4. ↑ "Myna se va: el cine independiente español también existe". VayaCine.com (in Spanish).
  5. ↑ "Tres películas, entre ellas Myna se va, y un corto en Sección Cine Social". LaRioja.com (in Spanish).
  6. ↑ Jones, Kimberley (24 October 2009). "Austin Film Festival: Film and Screenwriting Awards Announced". The Austin Chronicle.
  7. ↑ "Premios más importantes concedidos a la cinematografia española en el año 2009" (PDF) (in Spanish).
  8. ↑ http://www.citypages.com/movies/myna-has-gone-myna-se-va-1039866/
  9. ↑ http://www.laweekly.com/movies/myna-has-gone-myna-se-va-676432/
  10. ↑ http://www.riverfronttimes.com/movies/myna-has-gone-myna-se-va-825704/
  11. ↑ http://www.riverfronttimes.com/movies/myna-has-gone-myna-se-va-825704/
  12. ↑ http://www.houstonpress.com/movies/myna-has-gone-myna-se-va-1392628/
  13. ↑ http://www.sfweekly.com/movies/myna-has-gone-myna-se-va-1635843/
  14. ↑ http://www.dallasobserver.com/movies/myna-has-gone-myna-se-va-1488227/
  15. ↑ http://www.seattleweekly.com/movies/myna-has-gone-myna-se-va-743609/
  16. ↑ http://www.miaminewtimes.com/movies/myna-has-gone-myna-se-va-1794378/
  17. ↑ http://www.westword.com/movies/myna-has-gone-myna-se-va-1233223/
  18. ↑ http://www.villagevoice.com/movies/myna-has-gone-myna-se-va-1313884/
  19. ↑ http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/movies/myna-has-gone-myna-se-va-904167/
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