Yalitza Aparicio ( Yalitza Aparicio Martínez ) black and white photo.

Yalitza Aparicio ( Yalitza Aparicio Martínez  ) black and white photo.

Size 25 x 20 cm

Hand-signed

Good condition.

Come with a Certificate of Authenticity.

Yalitza Aparicio Martínez ( born 11 December 1993) is a Mexican actress and preschool teacher. She made her film debut as Cleo in Alfonso Cuarón's 2018 drama Roma, which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 2019, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. On 4 October 2019, she was named the UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadorfor Indigenous Peoples.

Aparicio made her acting debut in the drama film Roma, which was written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón. The film was released in November 2018. Aparicio received critical acclaim, with Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian stating that she "brings to the role something gentle, delicate, stoic and selfless. She is the jewel of this outstanding film.

For her performance, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the first Indigenous American woman to receive a Best Actress Oscar nomination.

She also earned nominations in the same category from the Chicago Film Critics Association, the Critics' Choice Movie Awards, the Hollywood Film Awards, the Gotham Awards, the San Francisco Film Critics Circle, the Satellite Awards, and the Women Film Critics Circle, as well as recognition from Timeand The New York Times.