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Fede Alvarez was born on 9 February 1978 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He is a writer and producer, known for Alien: Romulus (2024), Don't Breathe (2016) and Evil Dead (2013).

Barbara Mori began her career in television where she starred in telenovelas for more than 10 years. The most notable of those was "Rubí" which garnered her international recognition globally.

Through this notoriety she has had the opportunity to work in such countries such as Chile, The United States, Spain, India and South Africa.

Following her television success Mori also ventured into cinema with films such as "My Brother's Wife", "Love Pain and Vice Versa", "Kites" and "Cantinflas", among others.

In 2012 she created her own production company, "Lua Producciones", with which she has produced films such "Alice in Marialand", The Mongolian Conspiracy", Thirty Single and Fantastic" and the television series "Dos Lunas"

That same year Mori also began the charitable foundation "Amorinfinito Fundation", which is dedicated to fulfilling the dreams of boys and girls who are going through terminal illness or who are at risk of death. It continues to be a huge focus for her today.

Next up, she is preparing her debut feature as a screenwriter and director.

Natalia Marisa Oreiro Iglesias is an Uruguayan actress. She was born on May 19, 1977 in Montevideo and began studying theatre at the age of 8. Today her life passes between stage, cameras, premieres, recording studios, presentations and she is already a phenomenon. When was 12 years old, she presented herself for audition that needed child actors, and started a career in the commercial world. From then till 16 she recorded 37 commercials for O.B., Coca-Cola, Knorr, among others. At 14 she was picked out of 10,000 competitors to accompany Xuxa on her tour in America and representing her in programs (such as El show de Xuxa (1991)) and homages. But most of her earnings went on tickets to Buenos Aires to participate in film castings.

When she was 17 she relocated to Argentina alone. She participated in a small role in the television series called Unconquerable Heart (1994) (at first as an ordinary extra, later as one of the schoolgirls). Then she renounced her part as an ambassadress (called "Paquita") to Xuxa and to be a host on MTV Latino. In 1995 she was called to play the protagonist's niece in the telenovela Sweet Anne (1995). Afterwards she appeared in Top Models (1996) and a year later in Ricos y famosos (1997), which got attention all over Argentina and abroad. Already in 1996 she participated in the theatre play "Las mariposas son libres". In 1998 she co-hosted with Fernando Bravo the gala of Premios Martín Fierro (an equivalent of Emmy Awards in Argentina). She also appeared in the movie An Argentinian in New York (1998) as an ambitious teenage lady who dreams of being a triumph in the music world. The film beat all audience records with 1,634,702 spectators, and was the initial kick-off to her singing career.

In 1998 she launched her first record worldwide called "Natalia Oreiro" and performed the song "Cambio dolor" that opened the television series Muñeca brava (1998) which was the rating leader of afternoon television. Her songs ("Me muero de amor", between others) are heard all over the world. On January 27, 2000 she received the Celebrity of the Year prize in the chain by cable E! Entertainment Television Network in the television category for her outstanding career and for being the celebrity revelation of 1999. She was also nominated for a Martín Fierro Award in two consecutive years (1999 and 2000) as the best dramatic actress in a leading role for her part as a boyish and sensual orphan who seduced the viewers in Muñeca brava (1998). This series was screened in 63 countries all over the world, among others in the United States, Russia, Greece, Slovenia, Cyprus, Lithuania, Romania, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and the whole Latin America. In her musical career, she sang with Raffaella Carrà; in Italy (song "03 03 456"), was part of Gala de la Hispanidad, a classical Spanish show in Punta del Este. She was also in Festival de la Calle 8 in Miami and in Gala de Murcia in Spain. After making public her decision to dedicate her career to singing in 2000, she traveled to Los Angeles to put her voice to a second record titled "Tu veneno" ("Your Poison") this is a pop-rock style with an Andalusian touch, for which she was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award as best female pop album. Natalia received various offers to film in Spain, Italy and the United States. In 2000 and 2001 she did an extensive tour of recitals including countries like Romania, Philippines, Hungary, Greece, Poland, Czech Republic, Israel, Slovakia, Slovenia, Russia, Belarus, among others. In February 2001 she was elected the Queen of the Viña del Mar Festival 2000, conquering all the Chilean public by singing and beauty. Next year she participated as a guest to sing in the Viña del Mar Festival 2001 for the second year running and was chosen to co-conduct one of the festival nights.

In March 2002 she continued her tour in Russia and Belarus and started to record her new album titled "Turmalina" ("Tourmaline"), which came on sale in June 2002. A month earlier, Natalia started filming Kachorra (2002), finished in December of the same year and transmitted in many countries of Latin America, Philippines, the Middle East and Europe. For this part, in 2003 she was nominated for a Martín Fierro Award as the best comedy actress in a leading role and for an Inte Award as the best actress. In March 2003 she began shooting of her second movie Cleopatra (2003). In the middle of 2003, she started a tour for Eastern Europe and Latin America. On March 1, 2004 she started filming El Deseo (2004). In 2006 she joined as a boxer in the cast of the telenovela Sos mi vida (2006).

After that, Natalia played the title character of Amanda O (2008) and focused on her cinematographic career, shooting 4 films: Música en espera (2009), Francia (2009), Miss Tacuarembó (2010) and My First Wedding (2011).

In 2012 she will release a movie Clandestine Childhood (2011) and a series Lynch (2012).

In his beginnings he played drums in a band formed with his classmates Martín Rodríguez, Juan Dos Santos Falcon, Valeria Aquino and Johana Borobiov, and participated in television advertising while finishing his bachelor's degree in architecture orientation, He held several acting workshops and in 2006 he entered the Ricardo Beiro Actor School in Uruguay, graduating in 2008. In 2008 he participated in the feature film Masangeles (co-production between Argentina and Uruguay) starring in "Santiago Saravia".

In 2011 participates in the chapter Question of Power of the TV series Battered, where he plays "Emiliano". That same year he acts in Because I love you so where he plays "Ciro Schiaretti", son of the character of Catherine Fulop, and in the series Dance of Channel 10 (Uruguay). During the filming of the series Dance meets one of the producers of Dulce amor which leads him to emigrate to Argentina to participate in the novel between the years 2012 and 2013, joining the cast of the successful Argentine Tylenol, starring Sebastián Estevanez and Carina Zampini, where she plays "Diego".

In 2012 he is also part of the cast of the second season of the Italian Tylenol Terra Ribelle, which was filmed in Argentina; Interprets the personage of "Angiolino". In 2013 he is part of the play "Dévidistas" making the character of "Luca". In addition, it participates in the film of Manuel Facal, Relocos re pasados in 2014 plays the role of "Máximo" in Somos famila.

He also starred in "Diosito" in the series El Marginal on public TV Argentina and transmitted by Netflix. At the moment it forms part of the main cast of Educating to Nina transmitted by Telefe and in 2017 signed contract to participate in the new novel of Sebastian Ortega, Fanny la fan also by Telefe.

Enzo Vogrincic was born on 22 March 1993 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He is an actor, known for Society of the Snow (2023), 9 (2021) and Boys on Film 24: Happy Endings (2024).

Francis Benhamou was born in Montevideo, Uruguay to a Morrocan father and an Eastern European mother. She grew up in Miami, Florida and graduated from NYU with a B.A. in psychology and a concentration in acting. She continued her studies at The Maggie Flanigan Studio.

Francis is best known for her role as Nasira in Arranged (2007).

Gustavo Rojo was born on 5 September 1923 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He was an actor and director, known for Caesar Against the Pirates (1962), The Valley of Gwangi (1969) and The Evil Forest (1952). He was married to Erika Remberg, Mercedes Castellanos and Carmela Stein. He died on 22 April 2017 in Mexico City, Mexico.

He was born in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Barbareschi grew up in Milan with his father Francesco Saverio Barbareschi, who was an engineer and entrepreneur with a partisan past (battle name Luca and white partisan in the Passerini brigade in Varese) and his mother Maria Antonietta Hirsch, an economist of Jewish origin.

He was married to Patrizia Fachini. He is father of Eleonora , Angelica and Beatrice.

Subsequently during 90' he was the partner of the actress Lucrezia Lante Della Rovere for seven years.

He is married with Elena Monorchio, daughter of the former state accountant general Andrea, with whom he had two children: Maddalena and Francesco Saverio.

In the 2008, he became Member of the Italian Parliament. Member of the Italian Parliament.

George Hilton was born on 16 July 1934 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He was an actor, known for Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin (1970), The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971) and The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971). He died on 28 July 2019 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Daniel Hendler was born on 3 January 1976 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He is an actor and director, known for Norberto's Deadline (2010), El candidato (2016) and Phase 7 (2010). He has been married to Ana Katz since 2008. They have two children.

Pedro Luque, originally from Uruguay, made a grand entrance in 2016 as the cinematographer for the runaway horror hit Don't Breathe, directed by Fede Alvarez for Sony Pictures' Screen Gems. The film was nominated for a Critics' Choice Award for Best Sci-Fi Horror Movie. Upon its release, Peter Travers, writing for Rolling Stone magazine, noted Luque. "What makes this so memorably nerve-frying is the way Alvarez and cinematographer Pedro Luque use night-vision and every trick in the book and ones not invented yet to trap us in their vise."

Luque went on to shoot the 2018 modern gothic psychological thriller movie Look Away, for director Assaf Bernstein (the critically-acclaimed director of Netflix's massive hit series, Fauda, 2015); the 2018 science fiction film Extinction for director Ben Young for Good Universe; the 2019 remake of the horror film Jacob's Ladder for director David Rosenthal; and the 2021 sequel Don't Breathe 2. Luque also served as DP on 2018's The Girl in the Spider's Web for Sony Pictures, starring Claire Foy, and on 2020's Antebellum for Lionsgate.

Luque recently wrapped La Sociedad de la Nieve for Netflix. Based in Los Angeles, he lives with his wife and two kids and speaks both English and Spanish fluently.

Narciso Ibáñez Serrador was born on 4 July 1935 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He was a writer and director, known for Who Can Kill a Child? (1976), The House That Screamed (1969) and Historias para no dormir (1966). He was married to Adriana Gardiazábal and Diana Nauta. He died on 7 June 2019 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

Jefferson Hack is the CEO and co-founder of Dazed Media, an independent media company renowned for producing award-winning stories across its industry leading print, digital and video brands. The company's portfolio includes some of the world's most influential media brands including luxury fashion and lifestyle bi-annuals AnOther Magazine and Another Man; bi-monthly youth fashion and culture magazine Dazed, websites and global video channel NOWNESS, in addition to creative services agency Dazed Studio.

In 1991 at the age of 19 Hack founded Dazed with photographer Rankin while a student at London College of Printing. Early cover stars profiled by Hack included Bjork, Thom Yorke and David Bowie. In 2001 Hack launched luxury bi-annuals AnOther Magazine which has featured Hollywood cover stars including Natalie Portman, Solange, Tilda Swinton, Jodie Foster, Ruth Negga, Marion Cottillard and Scarlett Johannson; In 2005 Hack co-founded men's style bible Another Man. Cover stars have included Joaquin Phoenix, David Beckham, Harry Styles, Keith Richards, Skepta, Tom Ford and Willem Dafoe.

In 2006 Hack launched dazeddigital later launching anothermag in 2009.

In 2010 Hack co-founded NOWNESS, an independent luxury lifestyle video channel that was originally launched in partnership with LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. In 2017 Modern Dazed a partnership between Dazed Media and Modern Media acquired a majority stake.

Hack has worked with musicians such as Bjork and as creative consultant of U2. In 2015 he worked with Rihanna on a project with Alexander McQueen and AnOther Magazine that resulted in the world's first digital cover magazine and in 2015 with fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld which resulted in the world's first handcrafted hologram fashion magazine cover.

Hack has edited multiple books including Star Culture (Phaidon Press, 2000); Another Portrait Book (Steidl 2009); Another Fashion Book (Steidl, 2009); Another Art Book (Steidl, 2010); Dazed and Confused: Making It Up As We Go Along (Rizzoli, 2011), Another Man: Men's Style Stories(Rizzoli, 2014) and We Can't Do this Alone: Jefferson Hack the System (Rizzoli, 2016).

Hack is a seasoned speaker at conferences including Web Summit, Wired and Mediacom Beyond Advertising and is a prominent supporter of humanitarian and environmental charities most notably, an advocate for Crisis Action and Parlay for the Oceans. He is a member of the Creative Industries Federation and the British Fashion Council's Press Committee supporting the Fashion Awards, London Fashion Week Men's and London SHOW Rooms in Paris.

César Charlone was born on 19 April 1958 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He is a cinematographer and director, known for The Constant Gardener (2005), Blindness (2008) and City of God (2002).

Elli Medeiros was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. Her mother, Mirtha Medeiros, decided to become an actress after Elli was born, & when she was admitted into Uruguay's Escuela National, had to take her along, so Elli attended drama school & classes by Spanish teacher Pepe Struch before kindergarden. Mirtha graduated and quickly became a very busy actress and Elli was regularly hired each time a child was needed in a play or a TV show. Her first part, at age 4, was Mme Butterfly's son, in the production of Puccini's opera at the Montevideo Opera. This was Orson Welles' first role, at the same age. Elli's father, José Luis Medeiros, vanished from her life when she was five.

Elli attended the Uruguyan American School, and when her mother remarried & moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, she attended the Instituto Bayard, a British school. When she was fourteen, her mother & step father moved to Paris, and she had to learn French in a couple of months so she could attend high school. She tried several schools, including an art schoot, l'Ecole des Arts Appliquées, but dropped out before getting a "baccalauréat" to start her first band, the Stinky Toys, the first French punk band, playing several London punk Festivals along with the Clash & the Sex Pistols.

Elli appeared on the cover of 'Melody Maker' & that convinced the until then extremely reluctant French record companies to sign them a deal. After two albums, the Stinky Toys split and Elli and Stinky Toy Jacno then released several albums as the techno pop duo 'Elli & Jacno'. Their last was Full Moon in Paris (1984), the score to Éric Rohmer's movie. Elli then went solo, her music becoming more personal, more Latin and had several hits in France, including Toi mon Toit, mega hit of 1986, now a standard.

After a break, Elli decided to go back to acting & school, & worked with 'Andreas Voutsinas', who was Lee Strasberg's assistant for twenty years and created the Paris "Actor's Studio", le Théatre des Cinquante. She also took classes with Madeleine Barchevska and Bob Mc Andrew.

Jorge Drexler was born on 21 September 1964 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He is a composer and actor, known for The Motorcycle Diaries (2004), The Outlaw (2010) and Cándida (2006). He was previously married to Ana Laan.

Gustavo Cardozo was born on 24 February 1975 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He is an actor and producer, known for Risk for Honor, How did Jean Claude Van Damme Change Our Life (2020) and Bunker: Project 12 (2016).

Álvaro Brechner was born in 1976 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He is a director and writer, known for A Twelve-Year Night (2018), Mal día para pescar (2009) and Mr. Kaplan (2014).

Mateo Chiarino was born on 1 October 1983 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He is an actor and writer, known for Hawaii (2013), Los Nadies (2014) and La máquina que escupe monstruos y la chica de mis sueños (2012).

César Troncoso Barros (Montevideo, April 5, 1963) is a Uruguayan actor. After quitting an occupation in an accounting office, he took courses in the performing arts and began his career in theater. In addition to the theater, acting in plays in Uruguay and Argentina, he is also dedicated to cinema and television, with works in Brazil and Spain. César Troncoso Barros (Montevideo, April 5, 1963) is a Uruguayan actor. He holds several awards, such as: cinematographic revelation and best actor at the Asociación de Crítitos Cinematográficas del Uruguay, in 2003; 1st Prize at the II Encuentro de Teatro Joven, in 1992, among others.

Actor, director and writer China Zorrilla was born in Uruguay in 1922. She grew up in Paris and studied theater in London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and New York.

The preeminent actor of the celebrated Uruguayan Comedy during the 1950s-1960s she was directed by the legendary Margarita Xirgu; and starred of more than 50 plays, appearing also in Madrid and Paris.

At 50 she made her first film in Argentina (Un guapo del 900 (1971)) and moved there to make an impressive film, theater, and television career. She owned her popularity to soap-opera author Alberto Migré; who cast and wrote for her character roles in several TV plays.

She made more than 30 films and won the Moscow Film Festival as best actress in 2004.

Winner of several national and international awards, in 2008 the French Government awarded her with the Legion of Honor. She is also a recipient of the Orden de Mayo and Orden Gabriela Mistral from the Argentinian and Chilean governments.

Born in Montevideo in 1974.

He studied social communication in the Catholic university of Uruguay where he started directing shorts movies. There he also met Juan Pablo Rebella, his partner as a writer and director in all his movies.

After finishing their degree, he started working in commercials and TV in Uruguay. In 2001 he directed, with Juan Pablo Rebella, his first movie, "25 watts", influenced by Jim Jarmusch and Kevin Smith, tells the story of three friends trying to get some excitement during a boring sunday in Montevideo. "25 Watts" was well condidered in many festivals around the world.

During 2 years, Pablo Stoll and Juan Pablo Rebella worked in the screenplay of their second movie: Whisky. It became one of the greatest surprises at its release in the Cannes Film Festival in 2004. Since then, it has been released worldwide.

Nando Parrado was born on 9 December 1949 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He is an actor, known for Alive (1993), Society of the Snow (2023) and La odisea de los Andes (1976). He is married to Veronique Van Wassenhove. They have two children.

Frank Rodriguez was born on 8 December 1960 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He is an actor, known for Baby Mama (2008), First Reformed (2017) and Taken (2017). He has been married to Wanda Arriaga since 2 October 2004. They have two children.

Uruguayan actress who in 1987 emigrated o Chile.

She forms part of the most noticeable actresses of the ambito national. In television participated in the programs: "The life is a loteria", "on the less thought".

Among the teleseries are "Adrenalina", "Fásil de amar" (1992), "El amor está de moda" (1995), "Rosabella" (1997), "Semidios" (1988), 16 (2003), 17 (2005), Idolos (2004-2005).

Finally, in theater works in "Monologos de la Vagina" (Monologs of the vagina), "Brujas" (Witches) attracted attention.