Mane Nett

Mane Nett
Born
María Eliana Nett Sierpe

19 September 1948 (1948-09-19)
Died10 February 2022(2022-02-10) (aged 73)
Santiago, Chile
OccupationActress

María Eliana Nett Sierpe (19 September 1948 – 10 February 2022) was a Chilean actress and cultural manager, mainly active in theatre and television.

Life and career

Born in Osorno, Nett studied theatre at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.[1] She made her professional debut in 1975, but had her breakout three years later, as co-protagonist of the telenovela El secreto de Isabel, which was followed by a number of other popular television works between 1980s and early 2000s,[2] mainly for Canal 13.[3] She retired from acting in 2005.[2]

Besides her acting career, Nette was a prominent cultural activist and manager: among other things she was president of Sidarte (the Chilean Actors and Actresses Union) between 2002 and 2006, and a member of its board of directors from 2008 until 2020.[4] She was president of the Chilean Coalition for Cultural Diversity.[5] For her work she was given a special award during a UNESCO meeting in 2008.[5] She was the author of the book Cultural Diversity: The Value of Difference.

Nett died on 10 February 2022, at the age of 73.

References

  1. ↑ Morales, Samuel (10 February 2022). "Querida actriz de teleseries, Mané Nett, falleció a los 73 años". ADN Radio Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  2. 1 2 López, Lucía (10 February 2022). "Mundo del espectáculo de luto por fallecimiento de actriz Mane Nett". El Filtrador (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  3. ↑ Prieto, Karina (10 February 2022). "Confirman muerte de Mané Nett: la destacada actriz de teleseries de Canal 13 falleció a los 73 años". Publimetro (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Confirman la muerte de Mané Nett, destacada actriz y dirigenta cultural". El Mostrador (in Spanish). 10 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Premio especial para la Coalición Chilena para la Diversidad Cultural" (in Spanish). IFACCA. 10 June 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2026.