Luciana Pedraza
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Luciana Duvall is an Argentine
actress and director. She is married to American fellow actor Robert Duvall
, and is the granddaughter of Argentine aviation pioneer Susana Ferrari Billinghurst
.
Born in the Argentine Northwest
, province of Jujuy, she was the oldest of five girls. After graduating from the University of Buenos Aires
with an MBA and minor in English
she became the marketing director of W. & Associates. In 1997, while strolling down the street, she approached Duvall to invite him to a party without knowing who he was. They share the same birthday 41 years apart.
Duvall wrote and directed the short documentary Portrait of Billy Joe (2004), and had an important role in the 2002 film Assassination Tango
, written, produced, directed and starring Robert Duvall.
Even though she grew up in Argentina it was Robert who introduced her to tango. This is not as rare as it sounds, since Tango is usually practiced in Buenos Aires, and not as much elsewhere in Argentina.
Duvall and Pedraza have been active supporters of Pro Mujer, a non-profit charity organization dedicated to helping Latin America's poorest women (with Duvall and Pedraza concentrating on Pedraza's home of northern Argentina) help themselves through micro-credit, business training and health care links.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
actress and director. She is married to American fellow actor Robert Duvall
Robert Duvall
Robert Selden Duvall is an American actor and director. He has won an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards and a BAFTA over the course of his career....
, and is the granddaughter of Argentine aviation pioneer Susana Ferrari Billinghurst
Susana Ferrari Billinghurst
Susana Ferrari Billinghurst was an Argentine aviator. She was the first woman in South America to earn a commercial pilot's license, in 1937.-Career:...
.
Born in the Argentine Northwest
Argentine Northwest
The Argentine Northwest is a region of Argentina composed by the provinces of Catamarca, Jujuy, Salta, Santiago del Estero and Tucumán.-Geography:The region had 5 different biomes:* Sub-Andean humid Sierras of the east...
, province of Jujuy, she was the oldest of five girls. After graduating from the University of Buenos Aires
University of Buenos Aires
The University of Buenos Aires is the largest university in Argentina and the largest university by enrollment in Latin America. Founded on August 12, 1821 in the city of Buenos Aires, it consists of 13 faculties, 6 hospitals, 10 museums and is linked to 4 high schools: Colegio Nacional de Buenos...
with an MBA and minor in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
she became the marketing director of W. & Associates. In 1997, while strolling down the street, she approached Duvall to invite him to a party without knowing who he was. They share the same birthday 41 years apart.
Duvall wrote and directed the short documentary Portrait of Billy Joe (2004), and had an important role in the 2002 film Assassination Tango
Assassination Tango
Assassination Tango is a 2002 crime film written, produced, directed by, and starring Robert Duvall. It is a thriller about an assassin's discovery of Argentine tango. Other actors include Rubén Blades, Kathy Baker and Duvall's wife, Luciana Pedraza. Francis Ford Coppola was one of the executive...
, written, produced, directed and starring Robert Duvall.
Even though she grew up in Argentina it was Robert who introduced her to tango. This is not as rare as it sounds, since Tango is usually practiced in Buenos Aires, and not as much elsewhere in Argentina.
Duvall and Pedraza have been active supporters of Pro Mujer, a non-profit charity organization dedicated to helping Latin America's poorest women (with Duvall and Pedraza concentrating on Pedraza's home of northern Argentina) help themselves through micro-credit, business training and health care links.