Manuela Abril Martelli Salamovich (born April 16, 1983 in Santiago

Santiago, Chile

Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...

) is a film and television actress best known for her roles in the films B-Happy and Machuca.

She is the daughter of Nicolás Martelli, of Italian

Italian people

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 descent, and Marian Salamovich, of Croatian descent. Studied at Saint Gerorge's College and later joined Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile for being an actress.

Manuela got the main role in the film B-Happy by Gonzalo Justiniano. Later she got roles in the TV serie "Huaiquimán y Tolosa" and some movies like "Machuca

Machuca

Machuca is a 2004 Chilean film written and directed by Andrés Wood. Set in 1973 Santiago during Salvador Allende's socialist government and shortly before General Augusto Pinochet's military coup in 1973, the film tells the story of two friends, one of them the very poor Pedro Machuca who is...

", "Radio Corazón" and "Malta con Huevo". In 2010 Manuela will appear in the new telenovela of Canal 13

Canal 13 (Chile)

Canal 13 , is the second oldest television station in Chile. It is owned by Luksic Group associated with the Papal Catholic University of Chile. Its inaugural transmission took place on August 21, 1959...

, named "Feroz".

Films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2003	B-Happy	Katty	Main role.
2004	Machuca Machuca Machuca is a 2004 Chilean film written and directed by Andrés Wood. Set in 1973 Santiago during Salvador Allende's socialist government and shortly before General Augusto Pinochet's military coup in 1973, the film tells the story of two friends, one of them the very poor Pedro Machuca who is...	Silvana
2005	Monógamo Sucesivo
	Como un Avión Estrellado	Luchi
	Baño de Mujeres	Soledad
2007	Malta con Huevo	Fedora
	¡Pega Martín Pega!
	Radio Corazón	Nice
2008	Sonetàula	Maddalena	Italian film
	La Buena Vida	Paula
2009	The Bridge	Lucía
	Navidad	Aurora

Telenovelas

Year	Telenovela	Role	Channel	Notes
2010	Feroz	Amanda Carrera	Canal 13 Canal 13 (Chile) Canal 13 , is the second oldest television station in Chile. It is owned by Luksic Group associated with the Papal Catholic University of Chile. Its inaugural transmission took place on August 21, 1959...	Debut in telenovelas.

TV series

Year	TV series	Role	Channel	Notes
2008	Huaiquimán y Tolosa	Sofía Santos	Canal 13 Canal 13 (Chile) Canal 13 , is the second oldest television station in Chile. It is owned by Luksic Group associated with the Papal Catholic University of Chile. Its inaugural transmission took place on August 21, 1959...	appeared in 11 chapters.

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