---
name: "Rita Cortese"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rita-cortese"
fi1m_id: "rita-cortese"
imdb_id: "nm0181300"
tmdb_id: 99113
wikidata_id: "Q6109125"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 August 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:29:38.193615+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Rita Cortese

## Identity

Rita Cortese

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rita-cortese
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rita-cortese
- **IMDb ID:** nm0181300
- **TMDB ID:** 99113
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6109125
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Cortese, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6109125, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0181300/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/99113

Actor. Born 5 August 1949 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 August 1949, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Cortese, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6109125, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0181300/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/99113

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Wild Tales*](https://film.one/film/wild-tales.md) (83)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Rita Cortese is an Argentine actress and singer. She was born Adela Rita Cortese on 5 August 1949 in Buenos Aires. She began studying acting in the early 1970s with Néstor Raimondi and later Carlos Gandolfo, and made her professional stage debut in 1980 in the play *Marathón* directed by Jaime Kogan. She was active in the Teatro Abierto movement during Argentina's military dictatorship.

Cortese is known for her film roles including Olinda in *Herencia* (2001), for which she received the Silver Condor Award for Best Actress, and the cook in the "Las ratas" segment of *Wild Tales* (2014). Other credits include *Heroic Losers* (2019), *The Substitute* (2022) and *In the Mud* (2025). On television she has appeared in series such as *El sodero de mi vida*, *Sin código* and *Maradona, Blessed Dream* (2021), winning multiple Martín Fierro Awards.

She has also released tango albums, including *El amor, ese loco berretín* (2008), which earned her a Carlos Gardel Award.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, es.wikipedia.org, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Wild Tales* (2014), Fi1m 83, as Cook (segment "Las ratas") — [page](https://film.one/film/wild-tales.md)

## Complete filmography (57)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Captive* (2026), series, Actor
- *So Far, So Good* (2026), series, as Lea
- *In the Mud* (2025), series, as Cecilia Moranzón
- *The Best Heart Attack of My Life* (2025), series, as Roberta
- *Most People Die on Sundays* (2024), as Dora
- *The Mind Behind Power* (2024), series, Actor
- *Blondi* (2023), as Pepa
- *Indisciplinado. Historia de un proyecto político* (2023), as Narradora
- *The Substitute* (2022), as Amalia
- *An Argentinian Crime* (2022), as Gobbi
- *Maradona, Blessed Dream* (2021), series, as Doña Tota
- *Shadow of the Cat* (2021), as Ana
- *The Siamese Bond* (2021), as Clota
- *Bruja* (2019), as Abuela
- *Heroic Losers* (2019), as Carmen Lorgio
- *Esperanza mía* (2015), series, as Genoveva
- *Wild Tales* (2014), as Cook (segment "Las ratas") — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/wild-tales.md)
- *Fragmentos* (2014), Actor
- *Esa mujer* (2013), series, as Ofelia Morales
- *Una cita, una fiesta y un gato negro* (2012), as Saravia
- *Tiempo de pensar* (2011), series, Actor
- *Widows* (2011), as Esther
- *The Man of Your Dreams* (2011), series, as Sandra Guzmán
- *Los Marziano* (2011), as Delfina
- *Brother and Sister* (2010), as Alicia
- *Cinco velitas* (2010), Actor
- *Horizontal/Vertical* (2009), as Albita
- *Reparaciones* (2007), as Cora
- *Lalola* (2007), series, as Bruja
- *Lugones Family* (2007), as Bibliotecaria
- *Montecristo* (2006), series, as Sara Carusso
- *30 años de vida venciendo a la muerte* (2006), Actor
- *Killer Women* (2005), series, Actor
- *Monobloc* (2005), as Madrina
- *Sin código* (2004), series, as Mirna
- *Los secretos de Papá* (2004), series, as Blanca
- *Sol Negro* (2003), series, as Dra. Gloria Glezer
- *Costumbres argentinas* (2003), series, as Celina Martínez
- *Malandras* (2003), series, as Coca Bertolotti.
- *Do You Swim?* (2002), as Mamá de Dolores
- *Black Box* (2002), Thanks
- *Samy and Me* (2002), as Liliana
- *Inheritance* (2002), as Olinda
- *1000 millones* (2002), series, as Dominga Vargas
- *¿Y dónde está el bebé?* (2002), Actor
- *Apariencias* (2000), as Susana Posse
- *Alma mía* (1999), as Tita
- *Stolen Moments* (1998), Actor
- *Cohen vs. Rosi* (1998), as Angélica Rosi
- *Endless Summer* (1998), series, as Sara Katz viuda de Levin
- *El sueño de los héroes* (1997), as Mujer del corralón
- *Cenizas del paraíso* (1997), as Mirta
- *R.R.D.T.* (1997), series, as Delia
- *A Wall of Silence* (1993), Actor
- *The Lost Republic II* (1986), as Narrator
- *Murder in The Senate* (1984), Actor
- *El Sobrino*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Buenos Aires, 15 de julio de 2014.- Conmemorando los 30 años del nacimiento de Teatro Abierto, el Ministerio de Cultura de la Nación organizó el concurso "Nuest](https://film.one/media/person/105778/gallery-73a566254e8a.jpg) Buenos Aires, 15 de julio de 2014.- Conmemorando los 30 años del nacimiento de Teatro Abierto, el Ministerio de Cultura de la Nación organizó el concurso "Nuest — Ministerio de Cultura de la Nación, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Lorenzo_Quinteros_and_Rita_Cortese_2014.jpg/1280px-Lorenzo_Quinteros_and_Rita_Cortese_2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Buenos Aires, 15 de julio de 2014.- Conmemorando los 30 años del nacimiento de Teatro Abierto, el Ministerio de Cultura de la Nación organizó el concurso "Nuest](https://film.one/media/person/105778/gallery-e74d6ab4b143.jpg) Buenos Aires, 15 de julio de 2014.- Conmemorando los 30 años del nacimiento de Teatro Abierto, el Ministerio de Cultura de la Nación organizó el concurso "Nuest — Ministerio de Cultura de la Nación, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Rita-Cortese.jpg/1280px-Rita-Cortese.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Buenos Aires, 15 de julio de 2014.- Conmemorando los 30 años del nacimiento de Teatro Abierto, el Ministerio de Cultura de la Nación organizó el concurso "Nuest](https://film.one/media/person/105778/gallery-22b140eb8169.jpg) Buenos Aires, 15 de julio de 2014.- Conmemorando los 30 años del nacimiento de Teatro Abierto, el Ministerio de Cultura de la Nación organizó el concurso "Nuest — Ministerio de Cultura de la Nación, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Rita_Cortese%2C_Lorenzo_Quinteros_y_Valeria_Lois_-_%22Nuestro_Teatro_2014%22.jpg/1280px-Rita_Cortese%2C_Lorenzo_Quinteros_y_Valeria_Lois_-_%22Nuestro_Teatro_2014%22.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rita Cortese en la XVIII edición de La noche de los Magazine en 2010.](https://film.one/media/person/105778/gallery-75261b8801e0.jpg) Rita Cortese en la XVIII edición de La noche de los Magazine en 2010. — jªvi, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Rita_Cortese_en_2010.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Rita Cortese](https://film.one/media/person/105778/gallery-b9bf34cbc24d.jpg) Rita Cortese — Image via TMDB
- ![Buenos Aires, 21 de mayo de 2015 – En el marco de las celebraciones por un nuevo aniversario de la Revolución de Mayo, bajo el lema “El mismo Sol, la misma Patr](https://film.one/media/person/105778/gallery-fd3aeff2dd9f.jpg) Buenos Aires, 21 de mayo de 2015 – En el marco de las celebraciones por un nuevo aniversario de la Revolución de Mayo, bajo el lema “El mismo Sol, la misma Patr — Ministerio de Cultura de la Nación, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Rita_Cortese_en_la_Puesta_en_marcha_del_Centro_Cultural_Kirchner.jpg/1280px-Rita_Cortese_en_la_Puesta_en_marcha_del_Centro_Cultural_Kirchner.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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