Virginia Lago


Virginia Lago is an Argentine actress with an extensive career in theater, film, and television. She is best known for being the host of the popular film series , broadcast by Telefe.

Biography

Virginia Lago was born in San Martín in the north of Greater Buenos Aires on 22 May 1946. Until age 20 she resided in Villa Ballester. She attended primary school at Roberto Noble School No. 11, and Tomás Guido secondary school in San Martín. She is the cousin of actress Zully Moreno and the aunt of actress Fabiana García Lago.
In 1963 she had a prominent performance in the play Pygmalion. She studied Theater with and at the Institute of Modern Art and learned from many other actors. In 1966 she appeared on the well-received program Galería Polyana, which was broadcast on weekdays from May to October on Channel 9 with scripts by the theatrical author Clara Giol Bressan and a cast that included Susana Campos, Fanny Navarro, Enzo Viena, Ricardo Passano,, Aída Luz,,, and.

Internet meme

As a result of the series that Virginia Lago hosted on Telefe, around March 2012, her image became the subject of an Internet meme in which her way of speaking and acting is parodied. Videos in which she is imitated have circulated on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. In the parodies, emphasis is placed on Lago's unhurried tone, the diminutives and temperance in her speech, and her recurring catchphrase ¡maravilloso! to describe a situation. Lago acknowledged that she initially cried about these jokes, but then took them with humor.

Career

Film

Theater

Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw, dir. Two for the Seesaw by William GibsonSe armó la murga by Sucede lo que pasa by Griselda GambaroLejana tierra prometida by, dir. Canciones para mirar by María Elena Walsh' by Pam Gems, theatrical adaptation by Roberto "Tito" Cossa, dir. Rubens W. Correa.

Awards and nominations

Martín Fierro Awards

Other awards