Paula Ali

Paula Ali

Nascimento : 1938-01-01, Pinar del Río, Cuba

História

Se vinculó al mundo del espectáculo en 1959 en Cuba, cuando comenzó a trabajar como modelo en la televisión. En 1965, pasó al Teatro Martí, lugar emblemático en la cultura cubana por el teatro vernáculo que allí se hacía con famosos actores del género bufo.  En 1970, se integró al grupo Teatro Estudio, uno de los más prestigiosos de Cuba, donde ha permanecido hasta la actualidad. Durante los dos últimos años ha colaborado también con el grupo El Público: su protagónico en la obra La Celestina, con dirección de Carlos Díaz, ha sido un gran éxito.  En su larga carrera teatral ha interpretado importantes personajes en obras clásicas del teatro cubano y universal. Paralelamente ha actuado en 6 telenovelas, además de haber participado en múltiples teleplays, teatros en T.V. y otros seriados, como el popular programa humorístico Punto G.  Ha realizados giras por Portugal, Yugoslavia, España, Ecuador, Venezuela y Colombia.

Perfil

Paula Ali

Filmes

El Mundo de Nelsito
El Mundo de Nelsito
¿Por qué lloran mis amigas?
¿Por qué lloran mis amigas?
Viva
Viva
Nita
Jesus (Héctor Medina) é um garoto cubano de 18 anos tentando descobrir sua identidade. Incerto sobre o seu futuro, ele faz a maquiagem em um clube de drag queens de Havana onde sonha em ser um performer. Quando finalmente tem a chance de subir no palco, ele é agredido pelo pai, Angel (Jorge Perugorría), um ex-boxeador ausente da sua vida por 15 anos após ter sido preso. Perante o conflito entre os dois, eles lutam para entender um ao outro.
Mila Caos
Mila Caos
Chicha
Every weekend at an illegal drag show in the suburbs of Havana, Sebastián, a 17-year-old Cuban teenager, transforms into 'Mila Caos', his empowered, flamboyant alter-ego. When he returns to his daytime self, Sebastián suffers from his mother's indifference, dreaming that one day she will see him on stage for who he truly is.
Lisanka
Lisanka
Revolves around a love triangle that later evolves into a love square involving three Cubans and a Soviet soldier. Set in a fictitious rural village near a Soviet military base in central Cuba, their amorous adventures, or misadventures, unravel against the backdrop of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.
El Premio Flaco
El Premio Flaco
Carmelina
Iluminada lives a poor life but her luck turns around when she wins a prize from a Rina brand soap.
Horn of Plenty
Horn of Plenty
Asunción
An unclaimed fortune, grown for centuries in a British bank account, becomes a potential windfall for Bernadito Castiñeiras and the residents of the tiny village of Yaragüey, Cuba. To receive his massive inheritance check, Bernadito must prove his lineage to the Castiñeiras nuns who first populated the region. In an isolated and impoverished town where many residents share the same surname, a feud breaks out between the "Castiñeiras" and "Castiñeyras" families.
Love by Mistake
Love by Mistake
Julio del Toro is a successful writer in his fifties, who has always had his life under his control, until the day that, returning from one of his frequent foreign travel, this consistent world will fall into crisis. His daughter has started an affair with a Spanish older than him, his mistress poses a serious ultimatum, a young journalist begins to prepare a report on his work, and he faces the question if he is already finished as a creator. While Julio feels increasingly confused and disoriented, the women around him will make the decisions that he is not able to take.
Nada+
Nada+
Cuca
Carla, a young postal worker in Havana, spends her days postmarking thousands of letters and dreaming of the day when she can be reunited with her parents, who moved to Miami when she was fifteen. To fulfill her longing for intimacy, she opens random letters and rewrites them into lyrical prose, believing she is helping her fellow Cubans understand one another better. Beautifully filmed in black and white accented by brilliant colours, Nada+ has a stunning visual composition. With its delightful mix of visual humour, theatrical characters, satire and a lighthearted love story, it has a distinctly Cuban flair.
Vertical Love
Vertical Love
Ernesto's Mother
The architecture student Estela (Silvia Aguila) makes a suicide attempt after her plans for solving Havana's housing shortage are rejected. This brings her into contact with earthy, cynical hospital nurse Ernesto (Jorge Perugorria). Estela invites him home for dinner, and he succeeds in offending everyone present. Unable to find a quiet spot to be alone, they finally find a squatters' tenement, where their sexual frenzy causes a ceiling to collapse. They next try vertical love in a stalled elevator, trapping people in the modern building minus stairs. Fleeing responsibilities, they stage a romantic rendezvous alongside a country river, but once again they are interrupted as Cuban commissars arrive with papers and forms because the couple constructs a hut beneath a bridge. Amid the misadventures, lust turns to love
Che
Che
Cinebiografia do revolucionário Ernesto Che Guevara.
Oscuros rinocerontes enjaulados... muy a la moda
Oscuros rinocerontes enjaulados... muy a la moda
The Charwoman
In a Havana public office, the charwoman discovers the sexual activities among the workers.
Supporting Roles
Supporting Roles
Jefa del Sindicato
A prestigious theater group in crisis prepares for the staging of a famous love tragedy. Mirtha, an actress marked by frustration, decides to leave the theater when a guest conductor offered a starring role. The incorporation of young actors, unscrupulous, and an inspector trigger a series of situations that will endanger the reputation and power of the actress who heads the group.