{{Short description|Argentine actress (born 1978)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox person | image = Premios Goya 2026 - Dolores Fonzi (cropped).jpg | caption = Fonzi in 2026 | alt = | birth_name = Dolores María Fonzi | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|7|19|df=y}} | birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1996–present | spouse = | partner = <!--Partner parameter is for long term/unmarried life partners. Not dating or fiancés.--> | children = 2 | relatives = Tomás Fonzi (brother) }}
'''Dolores María Fonzi''' (born 19 July 1978) is an Argentine television, theatre and film actress. Several of her films have received critical acclaim such as ''Burnt Money'' (2000), ''Waiting for the Messiah'' (2000), ''Bottom of the Sea'' (2003), ''The Aura'' (2005), and ''Paulina'' (2015).
In 2023, she marked her directorial debut with the comedy-drama ''Blondi''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/espectaculos/personajes/dolores-fonzi-su-debut-como-directora-en-blondi-la-plaza-que-eligio-para-filmar-en-la-que-jugaban-nid28052023/|website=La Nación|date=28 May 2023|first=Natalia|last=Trzenko|title=Dolores Fonzi: su debut como directora en Blondi, la plaza que eligió para filmar en la que jugaban sus hijos y el elogio de Santiago Mitre, su pareja}}</ref> Her second film, the legal drama ''Belén'', is competing for the Golden Shell at the 73rd San Sebastian International Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web |last=González |first=David |date=1 September 2025 |title=San Sebastián completes its selection |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/482363 |access-date=15 September 2025 |website=Cineuropa |language=en}}</ref>
== Biography == Dolores Fonzi was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. After the separation of her parents, her mother, María del Rosario Cárrega, returned with her children to Adrogué, a city where Dolores and her brothers Tomás and Diego grew up. She studied acting at the school of Carlos Gandolfo. Her brother Tomás Fonzi is also an actor in Argentina.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.parati.com.ar%2Fnota.php%3FID%3D8444&langpair=es%7Cen&hl=en&safe=off&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools|title = Google Translate}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.caras.uol.com.ar%2Fedicion_1281%2Fnota_01.htm&langpair=es%7Cen&hl=en&safe=off&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools|title = Google Translate}}</ref> == Career == In 1996, when she was seventeen years old, Dolores Fonzi made her first television appearance in the series ''La nena''. In 1998, Cris Morena chose her to play Clara Vázquez in ''Verano del '98'' with her brother, who played Benjamín Vázquez. Thanks to this successful series and her character as a villain, she gained great popularity and success. At the end of 1999 she left ''Verano del '98'' to be part of the cast of Marcelo Piñeyro's film ''Burnt Money'', thereby landing her film debut with a role as a sex worker.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/lifestyle/dolores-fonzi-belleza-con-caracter-nid221925/|website=La Nación|title=Dolores Fonzi: belleza con caracter|date=18 June 2020|first=Marina|last=Gambier}}</ref> She also appeared in ''Waiting for the Messiah''. In 2001, she had great recognition by integrating the cast of ''El sodero de mi vida'' in Canal 13, where she played a girl with a mild intellectual disability. Experimenting with Luis Ortega the tape ''Caja negra'' is born, where she acted and participated in the integral creation. She later acted in movies like ''Private Lives'', ''Bottom of the Sea'', ''The Aura'', ''La mujer rota'', ''Salamandra'', ''El club de la muerte'' and ''El campo'', for the latter she was nominated for the Silver Condor Awards for Best Actress. In 2003 she starred in the unitary series ''Disputas'' and in the adaptation of the play of John Ford, ''Lástima que sea una puta''. The following year she starred with Mariano Martínez the terror unit, ''Sangre fría'' by Telefe.
During 2006, Fonzi starred and produced the miniseries ''Soy tu fan'' which in 2010 was adapted by Canana Films in Mexico. She also starred in the series ''El tiempo no para'' by Canal 9. From 2005 to 2008 she participated in three chapters of ''Mujeres asesinas''. Her return to television was in 2012 with her participation in ''Graduados'' the new Underground production for Telefe. In addition, she was part of the unit of TV Pública ''En terapia'' with the actors Norma Aleandro, Diego Peretti, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Ailín Salas, Julieta Cardinali and Germán Palacios. She also resumed the theater as the protagonist of the play ''Isósceles''. That year, she also made the filming of ''El Crítico'' by Hernán Guerschuny, a co-production between HC Films and Lagarto Cine where Dolores Fonzi had the lead alongside Rafael Spregelburd. On television she participated as a guest actress in two episodes of the series ''Aliados''.
In 2015 Fonzi starred in the film ''Paulina'', remake of the film starring Mirtha Legrand, in 1960. The film had a strong box office collection and favorable reviews, being praised at the Cannes Festival. For her work in the film, Fonzi was awarded the Havana Star Prize for Best Actress at the 17th Havana Film Festival New York.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-04-18 |title=Havana Film Festival NY 2016 anuncia los ganadores del Premio Havana Star |url=https://queenslatino.com/havana-film-festival-ny-2016-anuncia-los-ganadores-del-premio-havana-star/ |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=Queens Latino |language=en-US}}</ref> She also acted in ''Truman'' film starring Ricardo Darín. In 2016 she was part of the cast of the series of ''La Leona'', she played Eugenia Leone.
== Personal life == From 2008 to 2014, Fonzi was in a relationship with actor Gael García Bernal,<ref name="parati" /> whom she met on the set of the 2001 film ''Private Lives''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/01/11/gentes/1231693736.html|website=El Mundo|date=10 November 2009|title=Gael García Bernal y Dolores Fonzi, padres por primera vez}}</ref> They had two children respectively born in 2009 and 2011.<ref name="parati">{{Cite web|url=https://www.parati.com.ar/news/a-8-anos-de-su-separacion-los-motivos-por-los-que-dolores-fonzi-y-gael-garcia-bernal-terminaron-su-relacion/|date=25 September 2022|website=Para Ti|title=A 8 años de su separación, los motivos por los cuales Dolores Fonzi y Gael García Bernal terminaron su relación}}</ref> Afterwards, Fonzi entered a relationship with filmmaker Santiago Mitre, whom she met during the filming of ''Paulina'' in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mdzol.com/mdz-show/2023/3/17/asi-comenzo-la-historia-de-amor-de-dolores-fonzi-el-director-de-argentina-1985-santiago-mitre-322677.html|website=MDZonline|date=17 March 2023|title=Así comenzó la historia de amor de Dolores Fonzi y el director de Argentina 1985, Santiago Mitre}}</ref>
== Filmography == === Television === {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Title ! Character ! Channel |- |1996 |''La nena'' |Sol |Canal 9 |- |1996 |''Por siempre mujercitas'' |Candela |Canal 9 |- |1997 |''Ricos y Famosos'' |Gina |Canal 9 |- |1998-1999 |''Verano del '98'' |Clara Vázquez |Telefe |- |1999 |''Cabecita'' |María González |Telefe |- |2000 |''Tiempo final'' |Tamara |Telefe |- |2001 |''El sodero de mi vida'' |Romina Muzzopappa |Canal 13 |- |2002 |''Final del juego'' | |Canal 13 |- |2002 |''Historias de no creer'' |Paola |Canal (á) |- |2003 |''Disputas'' |Gala |Telefe |- |2003 |''Mujeres en rojo: Fama'' |Rocío |Telefe |- |2004 |''Sangre fría'' |Renata |Telefe |- |2005 |''Mujeres asesinas'' |Claudia Sobrero |Canal 13 |- |2006 |''El tiempo no para'' |Lorena "Lola" Giglione |Canal 9 |- |2006 |''Soy tu fan'' |Carla "Charly" García |Canal 9 |- |2007 |''Mujeres asesinas'' |Consuelo |Canal 13 |- |2008 |''Mujeres asesinas'' |Marcela |Canal 13 |- |2012 |''Graduados'' |Azul Vega |Telefe |- |2012-2013 |''En terapia'' |Ana Irigoyen |TV Pública |- |2013 |''Aliados'' |Female Creative Energy |Telefe |- |2016 |''La Leona'' |Eugenia Leone |Telefe |- |2020 |''Puerta 7'' |Diana |Canal 13/Netflix |- |}
=== Movies === {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Movie ! Character ! Director |- |2000 |''Burnt Money'' |Vivi |Marcelo Piñeyro |- |2000 |''Waiting for the Messiah'' |Any |Daniel Burman |- |2001 |''Vidas privadas'' |Ana Uranga |Fito Páez |- |2001 |''Caja negra'' |Dorotea |Luis Ortega |- |2001 |''Gerente en dos ciudades'' |Carmela |Diego Soffici |- |2003 |''Bottom of the Sea'' |Ana |Damián Szifron |- |2005 |''The Aura'' |Diana Dietrich |Fabián Bielinsky |- |2007 |''La mujer rota'' |Camila |Sebastián Faena |- |2008 |''Salamandra'' |Alba |Pablo Agüero |- |2008 |''El club de la muerte'' |Selma |James Merendino |- |2012 |''El campo'' |Elisa |Hernán Belón |- |2013 |''El crítico'' |Sofía |Hernán Guerschuny |- |2015 |''Paulina'' |Paulina |Santiago Mitre |- |2015 |''Truman'' |Paula |Cesc Gay |- |2017 |''Nieve negra'' |Sabrina |Martín Hodara |- |2017 |''La cordillera'' |Marina Blanco |Santiago Mitre |- |2017 |''The Future Ahead'' |Romina |Constanza Novick |- |2017 |''Restos de viento'' |Carmen |Jimena Montemayor |- |2018 |''La misma sangre'' |Carla |Miguel Cohan |- |2018 |''Claudia'' |Claudia |Sebastián De Caro |- |2019 |''The Moneychanger'' |Gudrun |Federico Veiroj |- | 2021 |''Fever Dream'' |Carola |Claudia Llosa |- | 2024 | ''Feeling Better'' | Lei | Valerio Mastandrea |- | 2025 | ''Belén'' | Soledad Deza | Herself<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/482363 |title= San Sebastián completes its selection |first=David |last=González |date=1 September 2025|access-date=1 September 2025|website= Cineuropa |language=en}}</ref> |}
=== Theater === {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Director ! Theater |- |2000 |''El señor Bergman y Dios'' |Roberto Castro |Teatro Municipal General San Martín |- |2001 |''Amanda y Eduardo'' |Roberto Villanueva |Teatro Municipal General San Martín |- |2003 |''Dios Perro'' |Alejandra Ciurlanti |Centro Cultural Recoleta |- |2012 |''Isósceles'' |Mariana Chaud |Teatro El Extranjero |- |}
=== Videoclips === {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Artist ! Song |- |2003 |Fito Páez feat. Luis Alberto Spinetta |''Bello abril'' |- |2012 |Leandro Fresco |''Algún día'' |- |}
== Accolades == {{Expand list|date=December 2023}} {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! Year ! Award ! Category ! Work ! Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- | {{center|2004}} || 52nd Silver Condor Awards || Best Supporting Actress || ''Bottom of the Sea'' || {{nom}} || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/espectaculos/cine/candidatos-al-condor-de-plata-nid561805/|website=La Nación|title=Candidatos al Cóndor de Plata|date=8 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eldia.com/nota/2004-5-6--valentin-la-mas-premiada-en-los-condor-de-plata|website=El Día|title="Valentín", la más premiada en los Cóndor de Plata|date=6 May 2004}}</ref>}} |- | {{center|2013}} || 61st Silver Condor Awards || Best Actress || ''In the Open'' || {{nom}} || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavoz.com.ar/vos/cine/premios-condor-plata-2012-principales-nominados/|website=La Voz del Interior|title=Premios Cóndor de Plata 2012: los principales nominados|date=6 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|website=La Nación|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/espectaculos/todos-los-ganadores-de-los-premios-condor-de-plata-2013-nid1627061/|date=8 October 2013|first=Antonela|last=Minniti|title=Todos los ganadores de los premios Cóndor de Plata 2013}}</ref>}} |- | rowspan = "2" | {{center|2015}} || 10th Sur Awards || Best Actress || rowspan = "2" | ''Paulina'' || {{won}} || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/espectaculos/cine/premios-sur-2015-todos-los-ganadores-nid1848716/|website=La Nación|title=Premios Sur 2015: todos los ganadores|date=25 November 2015}}</ref>}} |- | 2nd Fénix Awards || Best Actress || {{won}} || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|website=El Universal|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/espectaculos/cine/2015/11/26/lista-de-ganadores-premios-fenix-2015/|title=Lista de ganadores Premios Fénix 2015|date=26 November 2015}}</ref>}} |- | rowspan = "4" | {{center|2016}} | 3rd Feroz Awards || Best Supporting Actress in a Film || rowspan = "2" | ''Truman'' || {{nom}} || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecartelera.com/noticias/lista-ganadores-premios-feroz-2016-25627/|website=ecartelera|title=Lista de ganadores de los premios Feroz 2016|date=19 January 2016|first=Pedro|last=Gómez Alberdi}}</ref>}} |- | 8th Gaudí Awards || Best Supporting Actress || {{won}} || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cultura/20160201/palmares-premios-gaudi-4860433|website=El Periódico de Catalunya|publisher=Prensa Ibérica|date=1 February 2016|title=Todos los ganadores de los Gaudí 2016}}</ref>}} |- | 3rd Platino Awards || Best Actress || rowspan = "2" | ''Paulina'' || {{won}} || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/espectaculos/guillermo-francella-y-dolores-fonzi-triunfaron-en-los-premios-platino-nid1921617/|website=La Nación|first=Nelso|last=Fernández|date=24 July 2016|title=Guillermo Francella y Dolores Fonzi triunfaron en los Premios Platino}}</ref>}} |- | 64th Silver Condor Awards || Best Actress || {{won}} || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/teleshow/infoshow/2016/10/04/premios-condor-de-plata-la-lista-completa-de-ganadores/|website=Infobae|date=4 October 2016|title=Premios Cóndor de Plata: la lista completa de ganadores}}</ref>}} |- | rowspan = "4" | {{center|2024}} | 11th Platino Awards || Best Actress || rowspan = "4" | ''Blondi'' || {{nom}} || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/noticias/premios-platino-2024-palmares-ganadores-sociedad-nieve-5238097/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|title=Premios Platino 2024 {{!}} Palmarés completo: el triunfo de 'La sociedad de la nieve' y todos los ganadores de la noche|date=21 April 2024}}</ref>}} |- | rowspan = "3" | 18th Sur Awards || Best Director || {{nom}} || rowspan = "3" | {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|website=Ámbito Financiero|url=https://www.ambito.com/espectaculos/premios-sur-2024-donde-ver-la-ceremonia-lo-mejor-del-cine-nacional-n6052192|title=Premios Sur 2024: dónde ver la ceremonia a lo mejor del cine nacional|date=23 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/espectaculos/cine/premios-sur-la-lista-completa-con-todos-los-ganadores-en-la-gran-noche-del-cine-argentino-nid27082024/|website=La Nación|title=Premios Sur: la lista completa con todos los ganadores en la gran noche del cine argentino|date=27 August 2024}}</ref>}} |- | Best Actress || {{won}} |- | Best Original Screenplay || {{nom}} |- | rowspan = "2" | {{center|2026}} | rowspan = "2" | 13th Platino Awards || Best Director || rowspan = "2" | ''Belén'' || {{pending}} || rowspan = "2" | {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|website=Vertele|date=20 March 2026|via=eldiario.es|url=https://www.eldiario.es/vertele/series/anatomia-instante-promesa-suenos-libertad-series-espanolas-finalistas-premios-platino_1_13085491.html|first=Laura|last=Pérez|title='Anatomía de un instante', 'La Promesa' y 'Sueños de libertad', las series españolas finalistas de los Premios Platino}}</ref>}} |- | Best Actress || {{pending}} |}
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