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Paula Luchsinger Escobar (Santiago, December 24, 1994) is a Chilean film and television actress, recognized for her participation in the film El Conde (2023), the film Ema (2019), the series La jauría (2019) and various chilean television series.

Career
She studied Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile. After having completed and passed the first year of the degree, he opted for his true vocation, acting, which is why so she studied Acting at the Theater School of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Subsequently, she completed a Diploma in Aesthetics and Philosophy at the same Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and a Postgraduate Degree in Biology of Knowledge and Human Communication at the University of Chile. From there, she began a prolific career in film and television, which earned her being highlighted as a chilean "Revelation Actress" by El Mercurio in 2022, the country's main newspaper.

Chilean Television
Her career began in Chilean television series on the Mega television channel, which has the most viewed dramatic productions in Chile.

In 2015 she participated in an episode of the series "Papa a la deriva". Later, she became part of the stable cast of the channel's dramatic area. Her first telenovela was "Señores papis" (2016-2017), where she played Ignacia Pereira.

During 2017 and 2018, she participated in the afternoon TV serie "Tranquilo papa".

During 2019 and 2020, she participated in the main antagonistic role of Blanca in the musical television series "Yo soy Lorenzo" (2019-2020), set in the 1960s, a character for which she had to take dance classes, and study films and television series from the 60s. In fiction, she performed the song "You will be my baby". For this antagonistic role, she received very good reviews at the national level.

During 2021 he starred in two series on Mega. She was the co-star of the serie "Edificio Corona", a fiction filmed during the COVID-19 pandemic, which sought to depict the way of life during the health emergency in a community. In parallel, she had an antagonistic role in the series "Amar Profundo", playing the character of Jeimy Contreras, an extravagant young woman who could not stand the precariousness of the cove, but due to a family debt, she was forced to join the grocery business. artisanal fishing.

In 2023 she participated in the Paramount+ series "Dime con que andas", playing Bruna Ayala, sister of the protagonist of the series.

Cinema and series on digital platforms
In 2019 she participated in two episodes of the HBO of the American comedy television series Los Espookys .

During 2019, she released her first film too, Ema, filmed in Valparaíso, directed by Pablo Larraín and produced by Fábula, where she played the supporting role of María, a character for which she had to take dance classes and dye her hair completely sky blue color. The film had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, where it was selected to compete for the 2019 Golden Lion, the Festival's main prize. In an interview in El Mercurio's Magazine, Luchsinger highlighted about the people who starred in the film that "in the bodies of these women ideas as powerful as freedom and rebellion are embodied. I also feel that they are female minds that are rarely visited, or in many cases, associated to evil: the strong, sensual woman is always characterized as the enemy and never the heroine. In the film, Ema is the heroine".

In 2020, he premiered his first series called La jauría, a police series produced by Fábula and Fremantle, released in Latin America and Spain on Amazon Prime Video (July 10, 2020) and on HBO Max in the United States (December 16, 2020). She played the leading role of Celeste Ibarra, a performance highly highlighted by critics, being nominated as Best New Actress at the 2020 Produ Awards, shortlisted for Best Female Supporting Performance at the 8th edition of the 2021 Platino Awards, Best Leading Actress at the Caleuche Awards 2022 , and Best Female Supporting Performance at the Estrella Awards, winning in the latter category. Likewise, she attended the 2019 Zurich Film Festival gala on behalf of the cast of the series. In an interview with the BBC, Luchsinger highlighted that the series "breaks with several paradigms, because it stars women, and strong women. And that shows a very important change compared to television products where only men were protagonists," adding that "what is in the series is a sample of women demanding their rights. It is not a war against men, because feminism "He doesn't want that. He wants equal rights and that is evident throughout the chapters".

In 2023 he released his second film, El Conde, directed by Pablo Larraín, produced by Fábula and Netflix, which was released at the 80th edition of the Venice International Film Festival on August 30, 2023 and on Netflix worldwide on September 15, 2023. In this, she played the character of Nun Carmen, the antagonistic main character of the film. Her performance was very well received by specialized critics, due to its significance in the plot, the complex personality and demonstrated capabilities of the character, as well as its proximity to the representation of Renée Jeanne Falconetti in the film The Passion of Joan of Arc by Carl Theodor Dreyer   , so much so that film critic Anthony Lane of The New Yorker stated that “no one in the movie makes a more striking impact than Luchsinger.” She attended the film's premiere on behalf of the cast at the 80th Venice International Film Festival. During the international press conference, Luchsinger told Variety Magazine the importance of the film in the context of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the coup d'état in Chile, highlighting that “This is a film that can start a national conversation” , adding that “There is a resurgence of the extreme right in Chile and this is a necessary film because it reminds us that Pinochet went unpunished.” Likewise, on the red carpet at the premiere of the film, the style and elegance of her look was highlighted by Vogue magazine  and other Chilean media.