María Elena Pérez
Biography
María Elena Pérez, born in 1968, is an award-winning Uruguayan actress and teacher with over thirty years of experience in film and theater. She was named best supporting actress at the 2025 Málaga Film Festival for the movie "Perros".
Known For & Full Filmography7 Titles
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Isabel Pesquera de Turcatti
On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, chartered to take a rugby team to Chile, crashes into a glacier in the heart of the Andes.
Movie - 2013, 2h 15m • as Jacqueline
Three women - a single girl, scared of being alone forever, another whose boyfriend is still attached to his ex-wife and an old lady who has nobody left - will learn from each other that it's always possible to shift and get out of one's current existence.
Movie - 2025, 2h 15m • as Mirta Saldaña
Summer in Uruguay. The Saldaña family are looking after the house of their well-off neighbors, the Pernas. Having the key to temptation, they decide to abuse their duties and spend the holidays there. What begins as an innocent game quickly escalates to a full-out confrontation between the families after the unexpected disappearance of the Pernas' dog.
Movie - 1997, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An unrepenitent Don Juan, an introverted buddy, their girlfriends, and the women they have their eyes on—all mix in the nightlife of Montevideo.
Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A tale of children's horror for adults. A story that intermingles fantasy and reality. The eyes of a child who perceive what adults are not able to see.
Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • as Dolores
A small town, two families joined together over time. A man who does not forget the values of honor and fraternal friendship. From the director of The Journey to the Sea, history proposes the coalition of two worlds or, perhaps, the same but with different ways of understanding it.
Movie - 1993, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A mother struggles to raise her daughter all by herself, and due to the economic difficulties decides to rob multiple finance houses, fooling her victims with the handle of her umbrella that she make them think is a real revolver.