Cecilia Roth

Biografia

She moved to Spain with her father and her brother, Ariel Rot, in 1976 and started acting. Her first major role was in Iván Zulueta's Arrebato (1979). After appearing in Pedro Almodóvar's debut feature _Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón (1980)_ she kept working with him in Labirinto di passioni (1982), L'indiscreto fascino del peccato (1983) and Che ho fatto io per meritare questo? (1984). In 1995 she moved back to Argentina and became a national movie, stage and TV star. Besides appearing in the U.S. co-produced thriller The Stranger (1987), she mostly starred in Argentine films including Un posto nel mondo (1992), hit detective drama Cenizas del paraíso (1997) and family drama Martín (Hache) (1997), which gained her a Goya Award. She teamed up with Almodóvar again starring in Tutto su mia madre (1999).