Petra Martínez

Petra Martínez Pérez (born 24 June 1944) is a Spanish actress who has had a long career on stage, film and television.

Career

Martínez was in the cast of the 1967 stage play Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare.

In 2011, Uroc Teatro, founded by Martínez and husband Juan Margallo, received the Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes. In 2012, she was nominated to Premio Luna de Islantilla for Best Actress at Festival Internacional de Cine Bajo la Luna Islantilla Cinefórum for the film Libre directo. In 2014, she featured in the television series La que se avecina, playing Fina.

In 2017, Martínez received the Premio Jiennenses de Cultura, given by Diario Jaén. On 18 March 2017, she earned the 'San Pancracio' Honorary Award at the Festival Solidario de Cine Español de Cáceres alongside actors Roberto Álamo, Laia Marull, Carlos Santos, Ana Castillo, directors Koldo Serra and Salvador Calvo and stage designer Marcelo Pacheco.

In 2021, she starred in David Martín de los Santos's That Was Life as María. Her performance clinched her a Feroz Award for Best Actress and a nomination for Best Actress at the 36th Goya Awards.

Personal life

In 1968, Martínez married her eventual longtime domestic and artistic partner Juan Margallo in Gibraltar in a ceremony without legal validity to Spanish authorities (their marriage was legally formalised circa 2018).

In 2017, she created an Instagram account because she was usurped so many times.