Emoé de la Parra
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de la Parra at event to honor her mother at the Museo de Arte Popular
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| Born |
Emoé de la Parra Vargas June 16, 1955 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1970-present |
| Parent(s) |
Yolanda Vargas Dulché Guillermo de la Parra |
| Relatives | Elba de la Parra Vargas (sister) Manelick de la Parra Vargas (brother) Mané de la Parra (nephew) Alondra de la Parra (niece) Armando Vargas de la Maza (grandfather) Josefina Dulché (grandmother) |
Emoé de la Parra (born Emoé de la Parra Vargas on June 16, 1955 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actress and academic, daughter of Mexican writer Yolanda Vargas Dulché. Most of her acting work has been in the theater but she is better known for her television work, including appearances in works written by her mother such as Encrucijada and Gabriel y Gabriela. Other acting related work has been direction and production of plays, along with screenplay adaptation and translations. Her academic work has been focused on philosophy, mostly with the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
de la Parra was born on June 16, 1955 in Mexico City. Her interest in the theater began when she was a child; however, her formal college degree work focused on philosophy. She graduated from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in 1977 with a degree in philosophy, followed by graduate work in the philosophy of science at the University of Oxford and post graduate studies at Sorbonne University. She received her masters in philosophy at UNAM. Her acting studies began in 1969 at UNAM with various classes and workshops including classes taken in Paris and London up through 1989.
She is the daughter of Mexican writer Yolanda Vargas Dulché whose work she has safeguarded since her mother’s death in 1999. During the 2005 controversy surrounding Memín Pinguín, when the character was accused of racism by some in the United States, Emoé defended her mother and the character, who she says she considered to be an “older brother.”
In addition to Spanish, she speaks English and French fluently, with competency in German as well.
Most of her acting work has been with the theatre with roles in over forty five plays and other theatrical pieces from 1969 to the present. These include Lejos (Far away) by Caryl Churchill (2009), Noche de Ánimas by Oralba Castillo Nájera (2009), Primavera salvaje by Arnold Wesker (2011), Emily by William Luce (2011), First Love by Samuel Beckett (2012), and Requiem by Hanoch Levin (2012) .
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