Norma Aleandro Robledo (born May 2, 1936) is an Academy Award-nominated Argentine actress, born in Buenos Aires to María Luisa Robledo and Pedro Aleandro, both actors.
Aleandro was a distinguished performer, playwright and director on the South American stage and also appeared regularly on television.
During the late 1970s she was vocal about her progressive views and during the rule of the military government she was exiled to Uruguay. Later Aleandro moved to Spain and did not return to Argentina until after the military junta fell in 1982.
In 1985 her breakout role in films was the Argentine Academy Award-winning film The Official Story. For her acting in the film she won, among others, the Cannes Award for best actress.
She worked in several other Argentine movies such as the Academy Award-nominated El Hijo de la Novia, Sol de Otoño, and El Faro.
Aleandro co-starred in a few Hollywood films such as One Man's War, with Anthony Hopkins, and Gaby: A True Story (1988) for which she received an Oscar nomination. She also had a minor role in Cousins (1989).
In 1996 she was honored as Ciudadano Ilustre de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires ("Illustrious Citizen of the City of Buenos Aires").
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