Mercedes Scápola Explained

Mercedes Scápola
Birth Name:Mercedes Gloria Scápola Morán
Birth Date:25 April 1975
Birth Place:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Othername:Mey Scapola
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:1995–present
Partner:Soltera
(2020–present)
Children:León Castro
(b. 2013)
Parents:Oscar Scápola and Mercedes Morán
Relatives:María Scápola (sister)
Manuela Martínez (sister)

Mercedes Gloria Scápola Morán (born April 25, 1975 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine actress. She became famous thanks to the 2012 soap opera Graduados and the 2014 soap opera Guapas, both telenovelas. She is the daughter of actress Mercedes Morán.

Biography

Mercedes Scápola Morán is the daughter of actress Mercedes Morán. She studied theatre under Agustín Alezzo and Julio Chávez. She ceased using the last name "Morán" to avoid being confused with her mother, who already was a famous actress.[1]

Career

She worked in the successful 2012 soap opera Graduados, playing housekeeper "Clarita." She joined the cast when the production was almost completed, and received a character that the writers initially considered a minor one.[2] Her character was drafted as a humble Paraguayan; Scápola proposed instead to make it a native of the Córdoba Province, and always fussing about the house's condition. As it was her first major success in television and she did not spoof the slang from the Córdoba Province, and many fans mistook her for an actual native of the province. She was fluent in slang because her grandparents lived in that province, and she had already tried for it the film Rancho aparte.[3] Mercedes Morán made a brief cameo in that soap opera as the mother of her character. Scápola got pregnant during the airing of the program, so the scripts made her character become pregnant as well. Her son León was born in 2013.[4] Scápola returned to work in the 2014 soap opera Guapas. Her mother Mercedes Morán works in it as well. As they both enjoyed the cameo in Graduados, their characters are again mother and daughter within the plot.[5]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleCharacterChannel
1995Amigovios Canal 13
1998GasolerosTeresaCanal 13
2005Amarte asíOlga RellanTelemundo/Canal 13
2006Amas de casa desesperadas Sonia MitreCanal 13
2009EpitafiosSerenaHBO/Canal 13
2010Secretos de amor CoraTelefe
2011El pactoSofía BrailleAmérica TV
2012GraduadosClara AcuñaTelefe
2014La celebraciónClaraTelefe
2014-2015Guapas Natalia DiezCanal 13
2015Variaciones WalshAngélica LernerTV Pública
2015El mal menorMercedes "Mechi".TV Pública
2016El marginalBetinaTelevisión Pública
2016Educando a NinaMilagros Alonso SánchezTelefe
2018SimonaÁngeles "Angie" BueroCanal 13

Movies

YearMovieCharacterDirector
2007Rancho aparteSusana Edi Flehner
2009Anita NatiMarcos Carnevale
2010Dormir al sol PaulaAlejandro Chomski
2013Bienvenido Brian JackyFederico Palazzo
2018The Queen of Fear DepiladoraValeria Bertuccelli

Theater

YearTitleCharacterDirector Theater
2010Amor, dolor y que me pongo
2015Bajo terapia

Awards

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2008Malaga FestivalBest ActressRancho aparte
2008Sur AwardsFemale Revelation Rancho aparte
2008Clarín AwardsFemale Revelation Rancho aparte
2012Tato AwardsRevelationGraduados

Nominations

Notes and References

  1. Web site: "Lo mismo que nos une nos provoca cortocircuitos". "We have disagreements about the same thing that unites us". Spanish. María Laura Santillán. April 18, 2009. Clarín. March 21, 2014.
  2. Web site: Conocé a Mercedes Scápola Morán, "Clarita" de Graduados: "Yo misma fui a pedirles trabajo a Ortega y Culell". Meet Mercedes Scápola Morán, "clarita" from Graduados: "I applied for a job with Ortega and Culell myself". Spanish. Micaela Levitt. August 25, 2012. Ciudad. March 20, 2014.
  3. Web site: Mercedes Scápola Morán: Cordobesa por adopción. Mercedes Scápola Morán: Cordobesa by adoption. Spanish. Juliana Rodríguez. June 4, 2012. La Voz del Interior. March 20, 2014.
  4. Web site: Mercedes Morán y su hija Mercedes Scápola. Mercedes Morán and her daughter Mercedes Scápola. Spanish. Mara Derni. October 2013. Para Tí. March 20, 2014.
  5. Web site: Guapas: Cinco mujeres fuertes. Guapas: Five strong women. Spanish. Marina Zucchi. March 16, 2014. Clarín. March 18, 2014.