Tamara Acosta

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

Tamara Olga Acosta Zambra (born 5 February 1972) is a prominent Chilean actress.

Tamara Acosta
2011
Born	Tamara Olga Acosta Zambra (1972-02-05) 5 February 1972 (age 53) San Bernardo, Chile
Other names	The muse of Chilean cinema
Alma mater	Instituto Sagrado Corazón
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1994–present
Spouse	Sebastián Araya
Awards	Altazor (2000, 2009, 2010, 2011) APES [es] (1996, 2001) Copihue de Oro (2006, 2007, 2010) TV Grama [es] (2009, 2010) Caleuche (2016)

Career

Tamara Acosta graduated from the Theater School of Fernando González [es]. She is a recognized figure of theater, television, and above all is known as "the muse of Chilean cinema" because she has participated in a large number of films produced in Chile.^[1] She has won several awards at international festivals. Her first television appearance was on Sábado Gigante Internacional in 1991, as a participant in a situation contest.

For her outstanding performance as Ana López [es] on the series Los 80 she was nominated five consecutive times for the Altazor Award for best television actress, winning it three years in a row.^[2][3]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1994	Largadistancia		Claudia Aravena
1997	Volando voy [es]		Miguel Albaladejo
1998	Gringuito [es]	María Ortuzar	Sergio Castilla
1999	El desquite [es]	Anita	Andrés Wood	Winner: Altazor Winner: Damascus Film Festival[4]
	La chica del Crillón [es]	Teresa Iturrigorriaga	Alberto Daiber
	The Sentimental Teaser	Mía Ballero	Cristián Galaz [es]	Winner: Altazor[4]
2000	Tierra del Fuego	Mennar	Miguel Littín
2001	Te amo (made in Chile) [es]	Ema Neira	Sergio Castilla	Winner: APES [es] Award[5]
	La Fiebre del Loco	Nelly	Andrés Wood	Winner: Cartagena Film Festival Winner: Lima Festival[4] Nominated: Altazor
2004	Azul y blanco [es]	Paloma Sanhueza	Sebastián Araya
	Machuca	Juana María	Andrés Wood	Nominated: Altazor
2005	Monógamo sucesivo		Pablo Basulto
	The Last Moon	Matty	Miguel Littín
2006	El rey de los huevones [es]	Sandra	Boris Quercia
2007	Casa de remolienda	Irene "La Ronca"	Joaquín Eyzaguirre
	Rojo intenso [es]	Inspectora González	Javier Elorrieta [es]
	Radio Corazón	Valeria	Roberto Artiagoitia [es]
2009	La Gabriela [es]	Palma Guillén	Rodrigo Moreno del Campo
2011	My Last Round	Matilde	Julio Jorquera
	Gente mala del norte	La musa (voice)	Patricio Riquelme
	El lenguaje del tiempo		Sebastián Araya
2015	El Inquisidor	Juana	Ignacio Eyzaguirre
2017	La Salamandra	La mujer	Sebastián Araya
2022	S.O.S. Mamis: La película	Milagros	Gabriela Sobarzo Mierzo
2023	S.O.S. Mamis 2: Mosquita muerta

Television

Telenovelas

Year	Title	Role	Channel
1994	Champaña [es]	Cynthia Jurandir	Canal 13
	Top Secret [es]	Amparo Mena	Canal 13
1995	Estúpido Cupido	Marisol Tagle	TVN
1996	Sucupira	Daniela López	TVN
	Loca piel	Danitza Torres / Lorena Torres	TVN
1997	Oro verde [es]	Jeannette Machuca	TVN
1998	Iorana	Tahía Peñailillo	TVN
1999	La fiera [es]	Kathia Alejandra Cereceda "DJ Kathia"	TVN
2001	Pampa Ilusión	Clementina Paita	TVN
2002	El circo de las Montini [es]	Nadia Carolina Marín "La Comaneci"	TVN
2004	Los Pincheira	Matilde del Solar	TVN
2007	Papi Ricky	Colomba Chaparro	Canal 13
2008	Don Amor	Gloria Alessandri	Canal 13
2010	Feroz	Soledad Gutiérrez	Canal 13
2015	Veinteañero a los 40	Rafaela Guerra	Canal 13
2016	Preciosas	Elsa Morales	Canal 13
2017	Soltera otra vez	Tatiana Álvarez	Canal 13

Series and miniseries

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Notes
1997– 1998	Sucupira, la comedia [es]	Daniela López	TVN
2007	Lo que callamos las mujeres	Jessenia	Mega	Episode: "Difícil de olvidar"
2008– 2014	Los 80	Ana López [es]	Canal 13	78 episodes Altazor Award for Best Television Actress (2009–2011)[2][3] Nominated: Altazor Award for Best Television Actress (2012–2013) TV Grama [es] for Best Actress (2009–2010) Nominated: Copihue de Oro for Best Actress (2012–2014) Nominated: TV Grama for Best Actress (2011–2012) Caleuche Award for Best Actress in Series (2016)[6]
2012	Vida por vida [es]	Dr. María Teresa León	Canal 13	13 episodes

Appearances

• La ruta de la seda (TVN, 2001) – Co-host
• La ruta de Amazonía (TVN, 2007) – Co-host
• Vértigo V/S [es] (Canal 13, 2008) – Guest
• Acoso textual [es] (Canal 13, 2010) – Guest
• Zona de estrellas [es] (Zona Latina, 2012) – Guest
• Vértigo 2012 [es] (Canal 13, 2012) – Guest
• Sin maquillaje [es] (TVN, 2013) – Guest
• Dudo (13C, 2013) – Guest

Theater

• Madame de Sade (1993)
• La visita (1996), directed by Claudia Di Girolamo
• Los Ciegos (1997)
• Las Huachas (2008)
• Topografía de un Desnudo (2010)
• Amledi, El Tonto (2010)
• Padre (2011)
• Persiguiendo a Nora Helmer (2012)
• Lady Marginal (2017), directed by Claudia Di Girolamo

Awards

Acosta playing Ana López on the series Los 80, a role which earned her several awards

Altazor

Year	Category	Production	Result
2000	Best Actress – Film	El desquite [es] / The Sentimental Teaser	Winner[4]
2002	Best Actress – Film	La fiebre del loco	Nominated
2005 [es]	Best Actress – Film	Machuca	Nominated
2009 [es]	Best Actress – Theater	Las Huachas	Nominated
	Best Actress – Television	Los 80: first season	Winner
2010	Best Actress – Television	Los 80: second season	Winner
2011 [es]	Best Actress – Television	Los 80: third season	Winner[2][3]
2012 [es]	Best Actress – Television	Los 80: fourth season	Nominated
2013 [es]	Best Actress – Television	Los 80: fifth season	Nominated

APES

Year	Category	Production	Result
1996	Best Actress – Television (cast)	Loca piel	Winner
2001	Best Actress – Film	La fiebre del loco / Te amo (made in Chile) [es]	Winner[5]

Copihue de Oro

Year	Category	Result
2006	Best Actress – Film	Winner
2007	Best Actress – Film	Winner
2010	Best Actress – Film	Winner[7]
2012	Best Actress – Television	Nominated
2013	Best Actress – Television	Nominated
2014	Best Actress – Television	Nominated

TV Grama

Year	Category	Production	Result
2009	Best Actress – Television	Los 80: second season	Winner
2010	Best Actress – Television	Los 80: third season	Winner[8]
2011	Best Actress – Television	Los 80: fourth season	Nominated

Caleuche

Year	Category	Production	Result
2016	Best Leading Actress in Series	Los 80: fifth season	Winner[6]

Other awards

Year	Country	Award	Category	Production
1999		Damascus Film Festival	Best Actress[4]	El desquite [es]
2002		Cartagena Film Festival	Best Actress of Cast[4]	La fiebre del loco
2002		Lima Festival	Best Actress[4]