María Onetto

María Onetto (born 18 August 1966 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine theatre, film, and television actress. She received the a 2011 Konex Award in entertainment for her theatrical work, and is also well known for her role in the 2006 Argentine TV series Montecristo, for which she won the Clarín and Martín Fierro Awards as best actress in drama and rising star. She also directed a localized production of rock musical Passing Strange in 2011. Onetto is the daughter of Estela Mary Pastore and Jorge Onetto, an employee of Segba and restaurateur who died of a sudden myocardial infarction in 1967 when María was 1 year old. The family lived in the suburb of Martínez, Buenos Aires. She was enrolled in a nuns' school, and at age 17 she began studying psychology at the University of Buenos Aires, where she took up acting in the theater. She graduated in 4 years and for a time worked in the same scho...