multifaceted. With this adjective could well define Melania Lenoir, a young actress who in the scenarios. Between the arena and the Maipo, it displays talent and dare to go for more. It is actress, singer and dancer. He graduated as Bachelor in arts dramatic and choreographic composition, both races in the Instituto Universitario Nacional del Arte. That stands in the porteño scene, commercial theatre and first level shows for more than ten years. Doomed to musical comedy, Melania took his first steps in independent works, to participate as a protagonist in renowned musicals. Among them: “Chicago”, “Shrek”, “Forever Young”, “The Rocky Horror Show”, “Rock of Ages” and “Jekyll and Hyde”. The latter awarded him one of its greatest merits, she was awarded the Hugo Award for best actress in 2017.Sin however his career does not remain only between scenes and backdrops. Melania worked in cinema, with international artists, in recognized television productions, and today committed to current and popular phenomenon to see fiction: streaming giant series. We saw it on television with “Beautiful” (2014) and “My love my love” (2013). In cinema, in the debut of “The Queen of fear” Valeria Bertuccelli (2018). The same year he was in Madrid doing “A Midsummer night’s dream” in Gran Vía. And finally, he joined the cast of the first adolescent strip of Netflix, “Go! Live your way”.
Melania in “The curious incident of the dog at midnight” | Photo: Courtesy of press also and not least, Melania worked alongside Will Smith and Emma Watson in “Focus” and “Cologne”, respectively. “An experience that I would like to repeat,” features. Filo.News spoke to the young woman who this April returns with a new edition of “Forever Young” and premiered “The curious incident of the dog at midnight,” in Teatro Maipo. Based on the book by Mark Haddon, are encouraged to reflect on Asperger syndrome. For you April is a month of presentations, and great works, such as “The curious incident of the dog” at midnight and “Forever young”. How do you live this great moment?
A year ago no I would have imagined everything what is happening to me. It was in an opposite situation, jobless for the first time in a long time. Several months passed without work as an actress but my reality changed to half of 2018.Se began to give very good chances: as film “Go! Live your way”, I went to Madrid to do”A Midsummer night’s dream”, I was at the Teatro Colón, forming part of the”Disney in concert”, and more. Works in which I currently work are incredible. Those who already saw the musical know that we love to do it. The audience celebrates with us, they come asking for it so long ago. “We could finally return, and both the actors and the creative team are happy.” The curious incident of the dog at midnight”, is a unique work. It gave me the possibility of interpreting a piece of text, my first love. I was fortunate to see it in London, and really feel that I never saw a piece like this. The way that tells what happens, the use of technology coupled with an incredible drama, a very good novel with a story that is urgent to count. I am very blessed these two possibilities.
Melania Lenoir in “Forever Young” | Photo: Courtesy of press when discover your passion for the arts? How you you started in the industry? Was it difficult?
From very girl my family. My old promoted art in different areas. My dad as musician, my mom but by the side of the plastic arts, painting, arts & crafts. The College that I has a very strong Theater tradition, so from very small I was covered by all the branches in the art, experimenting and playing with these possibilities. Over the years, the theatre was winning predominantly love in my life. I am passionate about from too small. My first foot in the commercial theatre was in “RENT”. I continued trying to convert me to my best version, the best artist that could be. I still do so constantly. From there opened me a space and began to see me. I always tried to work in the best way and I think that that impacted my career. Sometimes feel that it was random – than when they came outside to choose the cast for “Chicago” and I chose me, despite that I did not have the curriculum to make it – but honestly, I worked and worked very hard to show everything that I can when the opportunity presents itself ad. How do are you the composition of your characters? In “Forever young”, for example you get to dive into the skin of an elderly woman of great spirit, you divertís interpreting it? what you reflexionás from the deep message that lets us work?
There is an information that it gives you the text, realize you how is character. Other work with my intuition, I imagine on the skin, in this role. My character in “Forever” is an old one that is priori always angry, insults and is grouchy. I think that you there should be a root for that pain. I try to put me in depth and think why the things pass you. Also I was watching much Grandmothers of the nursing home where he worked for eight years, in their movements. And, on the other hand, the character is very based on my great-great grandmother: a very hard woman. It served to focus on the impression that I had it when I was a girl. This grandmother teach me to see how I want to build my life. There is an old age approaching and we have to take care of how we want to live it. For Judy (“the curious incident…”) have to be able to get into the depth of what is proposed. It is a character who makes complex decisions that I would never take. I have to encourage me to put me in the pain of the life of that character to understand it. I inquired much about Asperger syndrome because it seemed important to understand is how a mother who passes a situation as well. I focus on the impressions of people I come across – as a neighbor that she could be – and try to bring those prints to my body to so interpret it.
Melania in “The curious incident of the dog at midnight” | Photo: Courtesy of press would consider important to a work to treat this disorder in times of constant inclusion? How live you forming part of sunset scene?
That is dealing with issues as well, if I feel that it is a matter of urgency. The character of Judy enabled me to deepen and soften me, and put me much more loving to understand that in the world there are many people with different views and that mine is not necessarily correct. I see an empathy, a plurality which seems very interesting to me to understand that we are different human beings making this world a richer place. How live the experience of participating in a series of Netfilx?
Isabel is the godmother of mine, the protagonist. Mine loses her mom and my character who was his best friend, becomes their surrogate mother. It is the feminine role caring in your life and cares about their well-being, their past and their future. With Pili Pascual (the main character) we have a beautiful link, it is important to count the link which unites them. A success was by doing this series, it is incredible to think that in 176 countries around the world are watching a series produced in Argentina. I think still I have no notion of the scope. Maybe my account if I have the good fortune to travel to any part of the world and someone identifies by the series, hence it would surprise me enough!
How was the experience of recording movies with Will Smith and Emma Watson? Would you like to return to work abroad? in what kind of productions?
Working with Emma Watson and Will Smith were two completely different experiences. With Will Smith, we had a very complex, as with five hundred extras scene. We were eight hours rehearsing and testing of light, without him but with his double of light. Then came, with the best wave and very affectionate but very involved on one’s own. We passed the scene once and recorded. Emma we were longer. She was very much with her best friend (also the film actress). It was enriching connection to see how are these mega productions, with a level that normally we don’t see here in Argentina since it is very expensive to shoot with such production. Obviously I’d like to repeat it but perhaps with characters with more development, because what I did in these films was very small and it would be nice to be able to do something more scripted.
