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Begonya Plaza

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Begonya Plaza
During the 50th Anniversary of the bombing of Gernika by Franco and Hitler, my father unites with friends and other Basques to remember childhood memories of misery and war, and to insist that only through peace will there be hope, and prosperity.
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Gernika Lives (1989)
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Begonya Plaza was born in Colombia, as Begoña del Pilar Plazaetxea Goyenetxe. Her Colombian mother's father was Basque and her father is Basque, born in Gernika, Euskadi, where they moved to live when she was 2 years old until the age of 7 when the family immigrated to Hollywood, California. During her formative years, a continuous juggling act persisted between these three countries, later adding New York and Barcelona, where daughter Caterina was born.

Begonya began acting at age 9, and has been directed by some of the best, such as Clint Eastwood, Michael Mann, Amy Jones, Oliver Stone, Tim Hunter and Philip Seymour Hoffman at New York's Labyrinth Theater. Austrian director, Kurt Palm chose Begonya to perform a one-woman theatre piece of erotic songs and poems of Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill.

She's acted opposite Robert De Niro, Tom Cruise, Willem Dafoe, Klaus Kinski, Carrol O'Connor, Ana Ortiz and David Zayas, amongst others.

She is writer/director/editor of the documentary "Gernika Lives" about her Basque heritage and the tragic events that her father as a young boy experienced during the bombing of Guernica.

In her bio/drama "The Real Gernika", Plaza continues to explore political and cultural issues, with the late John Randolph playing an American Lincoln Brigades Vet of the Spanish Civil War who returns to Gernika to visit the grave of his ex-comrade; and there meets his granddaughter, Begonya.

She wrote/shot/edited "Souvenir Views" in New York and Barcelona as a tribute to the World Trade Center attack of 9/11. The film premiered in 2003 at The Tribeca Film Festival, Festival de Nuevo Cine Latino Americano, Havana Cuba, Giron Film Fest in Catalunya, Spain, and airs on The Independent Film Channel.

Wrote the screenplay, "The Persistence of Memory" about one year in the life of Salvador Dalí and his wife/muse the great Gala, seen from the eyes of a young lover, through New York, Cadaques and Rome. Glenn Close is committed to playing Gala and co-producer; Amanda Mackey is currently casting the uncompromising Dalí. Juan Ruiz-Anchia, Director of Photography from Bilbao, will debut as director.

Currently writing in workshop a One-Woman performance piece titled "Passion Flower of Spain" about Dolores Ibarruri's symbolic journey through the Spanish Civil War.
BornJuly 12, 1966
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Closing night of "TERESA'S ECSTASY", Cherry Lane Theatre, NYC, April 1st, 2012 Darmia, & Donna Murphy, Begonya Plaza, Bob Rose, Shawn Elliott, Linda Larkin, & Yul Vazquez
A photo still from the photo set of Dark Justice, shot in Barcelona, Spain.
Willem Dafoe, Barry Gifford, and Begonya Plaza
Begonya Plaza
"Teresa's Ecstasy" opened Off-Broadway at Cherry Lane Theatre, NYC, March, 14, 2012
Dan Lauria, Begonya Plaza at Joe Allen's in NYC, 2010
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Shawn Elliott, Linda Larkin, and Begonya Plaza

Known for

Tom Cruise in Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Born on the Fourth of July
7.2
  • Charlie's Whore(as Begonia Plaza)
  • 1989
Beverly D'Angelo, Ally Sheedy, Michael Ontkean, Valerie Perrine, and Dick Shawn in Maid to Order (1987)
Maid to Order
5.5
  • Maria(as Begoña Plaza)
  • 1987
Janet Gunn, Clayton Prince, and Ramy Zada in Dark Justice (1991)
Dark Justice
7.3
TV Series
  • Cat Duran
  • Catalana 'Cat' Duran
  • Catalina 'Cat' Duran
Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Al Pacino, Ted Levine, Wes Studi, Jerry Trimble, and Mykelti Williamson in Heat (1995)
Heat
8.3
  • Anna Trejo
  • 1995

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Actress

  • Lost Revolution (2011)
    Lost Revolution
    • (as Begoña Plaza)
  • Red Dead Redemption (2010)
    Red Dead Redemption
    • (voice)
  • American Hero
    • (as Begoña Plaza)
  • I Believe in America (2007)
    I Believe in America
    • (as Begoña Plaza)
  • Patricia Arquette in Medium (2005)
    Medium
    • (as Begoña Plaza)
  • Chalet Nechtman (right) and Matthew Carey (left) in a scene from 'Approaching Heaven'
    Approaching Heaven
    • (as Begonia Plaza)
  • Pictured - (top/back) Josh Randall, JanaMarie Hupp; (bottom, clockwise from center top) Tom Cavanagh, Michael Ian Black, Rachel Cronin, Daryl "Chill" Mitchell, Justin Long, Lesley Boone, Julie Bowen.
    Ed
    • (as Begoña Plaza)
  • 'R Xmas (2001)
    'R Xmas
    • (as Begonia Plaza)
  • Malik Yoba in New York Undercover (1994)
    New York Undercover
    • (as Begoña Plaza)
  • Witness to the Mob (1998)
    Witness to the Mob
    • (as Begoña Plaza)
  • Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Al Pacino, Ted Levine, Wes Studi, Jerry Trimble, and Mykelti Williamson in Heat (1995)
    Heat
  • Janet Gunn, Clayton Prince, and Ramy Zada in Dark Justice (1991)
    Dark Justice
  • City (1990)
    City
    • (as Begoña Plaza)
  • Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection (1990)
    Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection
    • (as Begonia Plaza)
  • Whip Valentine

Director

  • American Hero
    • (as Begoña Plaza)
  • Souvenir Views (2003)
    Souvenir Views
    • (as Begonia Plaza)
  • The Real Guernika
    • (as Begonia Plaza)
  • Gernika Lives (1989)
    Gernika Lives
    • (as Begonia Plaza)

Writer

  • American Hero
    • (as Begoña Plaza)
  • Souvenir Views (2003)
    Souvenir Views
    • (as Begonia Plaza)
  • The Real Guernika
    • (as Begonia Plaza)
  • Gernika Lives (1989)
    Gernika Lives
    • (as Begoña Plaza)

Videos3

Scenes with Begonya Plaza
Demo Reel 6:48
Scenes with Begonya Plaza
Gero Arte by Begonya Plaza
Demo Reel 15:02
Gero Arte by Begonya Plaza
Gernika Lives
Trailer 5:07
Gernika Lives

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    • Izar Productions
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    • July 12, 1966
    • Bogota, Colombia
    • (divorced, 1 child)
    • Caterina Armenter
  • Wrote, "Persistence of Memory" about one year in the life of Salvador Dali, seen from the eyes of a young beautiful lover, through New York, Cadaques and Rome. Producer: Ron Schwary (Tootsie, Scent of a Woman...).

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    Studied with Geraldine Page and Michael Howard in New York. Eric Morris and John Lehne in Los Angeles.

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