ALBA RAQUEL BARROS

ALBA RAQUEL BARROS

Actor/Writer/Director

 

A graduate from the University of Puerto Rico, Miss Barros was brought up in the newspaper journalism world by her mother, famed writer Alba Raquel Cabrera. 

Her first Journalist experience as an active reporter was with The San Juan Star, English speaking newspaper  in Puerto Rico. 

In Los Angeles she spent one year working with Pace Magazine as an editor in the editing desk as part of a distinguish  professional group in Journalism Cultural exchange .

 Persuing  her acting career, and after  winning ”Best Dramatic Performance” awards for her roles in the local media, her natural “Latin Beauty” has brought her roles as the “Femme Fatal” of a number of productions.  Her abilities to “disguise” her characters  has allowed her to play,  from the strong lesbian in the Mini-Series “Las Divorciadas”, to the sweetest naïve and good natured “Julia” in her own comedy series, ”Juan Ponce”,  also winning her that year Awards,  for her comedy roles on local prime time TV shows. 

 Her theatrical experience has made her play the young and inexperienced bride in “The last Bite”, the dancing and singing prostitute in “El Diluvio que Viene” and the hard hitting “tour the force” of her Sandra in “Camino Negro” giving her the opportunity to win that year “Best Dramatic Performance” for local theatre with “Orinoco”.

She performed in the Venezuelan play, "A 2.50 la Cuba Libre" in Miami and New York with repeatedly great critics. Alba also cautivated the audience in “A Cada Quien su Vida” and as the “Mother” in Federico Garcia Lorcas “ Bodas de Sangre”…”magistral” was the word that the critics described her performance in this deep and difficult role. Produced by Sociedad Actoral Hispanoamericana.

Miss Barros was  seen on national TV, Sunday march 11/2005, on the CBS movie of the week “Second Honeymoon" starring Roma Downy and  Tim Matheson, Directed by Larry Pierce and produced  by Robert Pierman . Lifetime movies such as “One hot Summer Day” and “Thieves and Liers”. On September 2005 Alba performed in HBO LATINO’s show “HABLA y HABLA”.

Her most recent role was in NBC’s Telemundo Soap, “En Otra Piel” as Dona Lupe, surrounded with an all Star cast. As such was in “El Rostro de Analia”2009 and her unforgettable, “Yoyita” in “Alguien te Mira” in 2010. For Telemundo she has also done cueing in various local soap operas.

In 2011 Alba Raquel showed off her craft in the difficult but extremely challenging monologue “Rosita” from the Cuban author Ulises Cala, under the impeccable direction of Yoshvani Medina.Alba Raquel went through three different ages on stage in the 60 minutes of this incredible piece based on Lorcas “Rosita la Soltera”.

  The  Artspoken Production of “Pequenos Crimenes Conyugales” a romantic thriller, gave Miss Barros the opportunity  where she once again gives an award performance in The award winning Drama by In Miami (2009-10) She directed the Drama Ministry of King Jesus International Ministry writing, directing and producing a 15 minute drama for each Sunday service. Eric Emmanuel Schmidt.

Miss Barros is also an excellent director and has directed and produced local work for TV in her native Puerto Rico. In oct-nov of 2011 Alba Raquel directed for “Micro Theater Miami” , “El Amor es un Asco” 15 min comedy and in November she directed and Starred in “Lechugas” a dark comedy. For Microtheater Miami she has directed and acted on a total of 5 pieces having all of them in the “Best of Microtheater” being the most recent ones “Como te Explico” and “Instrucciones para una Bofetada”.

Most recent awards: By Women in The Arts Assoc.

 2011- WITA-Women in the Arts- Excellence in acting (overall)

2012- WITA- Best Actor Award (Theater), Achievement Award (Pequenos Crimenes Conyugales)

2013-WITA – Actress of the year 

 

All this, together with her 30 years career experience  in Television, Movies and theater, makes Miss Barros one of the most competent and trained actresses in the Latin American market.