Elizabeth Arciniega
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Elizabeth Arciniega Haag (born in Mexico City
) is a Mexican actress in living in Zurich
.
). Afterwards she studied further under Adriana Barraza
and Ludwik Margules
to perfect her acting skills.
Her first lead roles were on stage in classical plays such as The Glass Menagerie
and The Great Theatre of the World. Following this she played numerous roles in theatre, television mini-dramas and film
s. All in all she has contributed to more than 50 productions though most of her lead roles have been in theatre.
The television mini-dramas "María Belén" and "Mujeres engañadas" have been a highlight as they were exported all over the world after 2001/01. Elizabeth played the lawyer defending the child María Belén.
Another career highlight has been her role in 2008 in the film of "James Bond
007 - Quantum of Solace, where she played the girlfriend of Mr. White, James Bond's arch enemy.
In 2004 she married a Swiss and moved to Zurich where she founded the theatre group LaVox Theater, in which she is director and actress.
The aim of LaVox Theater is to bring an awareness and understanding of the Spanish spoken theatre and culture into the German speaking areas.
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
) is a Mexican actress in living in Zurich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
.
Life
Elizabeth Arciniega studied dramatic literature and theatre at the National Autonomous University in Mexico (UNAMUnam
UNAM or UNaM may refer to:* National University of Misiones, a National University in Posadas, Argentina*National Autonomous University of Mexico , the large public autonomous university based in Mexico City...
). Afterwards she studied further under Adriana Barraza
Adriana Barraza
Adriana Barraza is a Mexican film and television actress and director. She has also been nominated for a Golden Globe, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Broadcast Film Critics Association and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She is also a veteran actress of Televisa telenovelas...
and Ludwik Margules
Ludwik Margules
Ludwik Margules Cobes was a Mexican theatre, opera and film director. Being an active member of the Mexican theatre circuit for more than fifty years, Margules taught acting and directing methods in several institutions, eventually founding his own acting academy, the Foro Teatro Contemporáneo...
to perfect her acting skills.
Her first lead roles were on stage in classical plays such as The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie is a four-character memory play by Tennessee Williams. Williams worked on various drafts of the play prior to writing a version of it as a screenplay for MGM, to whom Williams was contracted...
and The Great Theatre of the World. Following this she played numerous roles in theatre, television mini-dramas and film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
s. All in all she has contributed to more than 50 productions though most of her lead roles have been in theatre.
The television mini-dramas "María Belén" and "Mujeres engañadas" have been a highlight as they were exported all over the world after 2001/01. Elizabeth played the lawyer defending the child María Belén.
Another career highlight has been her role in 2008 in the film of "James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
007 - Quantum of Solace, where she played the girlfriend of Mr. White, James Bond's arch enemy.
In 2004 she married a Swiss and moved to Zurich where she founded the theatre group LaVox Theater, in which she is director and actress.
The aim of LaVox Theater is to bring an awareness and understanding of the Spanish spoken theatre and culture into the German speaking areas.
Stage
- 1995: Jardín de pulpos
- 1997: Bajo las sábanas
- 2005: Ultramar
- 2008: Rosa de dos aromas
Telenovela
- 1999: Mujeres engañadasMujeres engañadasMujeres engañadas is a Mexican telenovela that was produced by Televisa and broadcast on El Canal de las Estrellas from October 25, 1999, to April 7, 2000...
- 2000: Mujer casos de la vida real
- 2001: Maria Belén
- 2005: Linea di confine
Film
- 2002: La hija del canibal / Lucía Lucía
- 2005: Grounding (Swissair)Grounding (Swissair)Grounding - Die letzten Tage der Swissair is a film about the collapse in 2001 of Swissair, Switzerland's national airline, by Michael Steiner and Tobias Fueter, presented in January 2006....
- 2008: James Bond 007: Quantum of Solace