Victoria Lauría
Victoria Lauría is a fictional character in the 2012 Argentine telenovela Graduados. She is played by Paola Barrientos, both as an adult and, in flashbacks, as a teenager. Barrientos. received the Tato Award and the Martín Fierro Award for her work.
Fictional biography
Victoria Lauría was the best friend of María Laura Falsini in high school. She had a crush on fellow student Guillermo Almada. Lauría and Falsini stayed as friends and confidants after graduation, and Lauría became a psychologist.Her crush on Almada ended during a meeting of former students, several years later, when he came out of the closet and revealed that he was gay. Lauría stayed as Almada's friend, and helped him with his adoptive daughter. Eventually, she fell in love with Tuca, another former high school student.
Character creation
Initially, Victoria Lauría was meant to be played by Julieta Ortega. However, Ortega was reassigned to the role of Verónica Diorio after Verónica Lozano turned down that role. Nancy Dupláa, the lead actress of the telenovela, proposed the actress Paola Barrientos for the character. She was advised by a friend, fellow actress Andrea Pietra, who had seen Barrientos at the theater play Estado de Ira. Paola Barrientos became famous with her work as the character.Paola Barrientos commented that she proposed her own ideas and input for the design of the character, expanding the initial draft. She included her own views about psychology, and the verbiage of the character.