| Rita Cortese | |
| Birth Name: | Adela Rita Cortese |
| Birth Date: | 5 August 1949 |
| Birth Place: | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Years Active: | 1972–present |
Adela Rita Cortese (born 5 August 1949) is an Argentine theatre, film, and television actress and singer. She is considered one of the best actresses of Argentina.
Cortese was born in Buenos Aires on 5 August 1949. She is of Spanish and Italian descent. In 1967, she started studying Philosophy and Letters, but dropped out a year later. She began studying acting at 24 years old in 1973 with professor Néstor Raimondi, and later with Carlos Gandolfo, two of the "four great acting teachers" of the time. She was also a student of theatre director Roberto Villanueva, who directed her in multiple plays.
Her first professional role was in the play Marathón (1980), written by Ricardo Monti and directed by Jaime Kogan. In the 1980s, Cortese was part of the Argentine Open Theatre, an independent theatre movement in resistance of the 1976–83 civil–military dictatorship in Argentina.
Typically a supporting actress, she had her first lead role in a feature film in Inheritance, released in Argentina in 2002.
Cortese resides in the Monserrat neighbourhood in Buenos Aires.
| width=24% | Organizations | width=4% | Year | width=22% | Category | width=18% | Work | width=12% | Result | width=4% | |
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| Amiens International Film Festival | 2001 | Best Actress | Inheritance | ||||||||
| Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences | 2011 | Best Supporting Actress | Los Marziano | ||||||||
| 2014 | Best Actress | Wild Tales | |||||||||
| Argentine Film Critics Association | 2003 | Best Actress | Inheritance | ||||||||
| 2012 | Best Supporting Actress | Los Marziano | |||||||||
| 2015 | Wild Tales | ||||||||||
| 2021 | Best Actress | Las siamesas | |||||||||
| Clarín Entertainment Awards | 2002 | Best Actress – Film | Inheritance | ||||||||
| Martín Fierro Awards | 2001 | Best Supporting Actress | El sodero de mi vida | ||||||||
| 2003 | Sol negro | ||||||||||
| 2005 | Supporting Actress in a Comedy Program | Sin código | |||||||||
| 2007 | Best Guest Appearance | Lalola | |||||||||
| Miami International Film Festival | 2003 | Best Actress | Inheritance | ||||||||
| Ourense Independent Film Festival | 2001 | Best Actress | Inheritance | ||||||||
| Viña del Mar International Film Festival | 2001 | Best Actress | Inheritance |