Evita

The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, a B-movie Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president and dictator Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.

She was at the zenith of her stardom, but still, she had to fight for a film role. Madonna was known by then as the “Material Girl,” named after one of her songs.

The series Santa Evita, based on the bestselling novel by Tomás Eloy Martínez, directed by Rodrigo García, and produced by Salma Hayek, has become a true phenomenon around the world, thanks to a plot that, like the novel, cunningly combines real events with pure fiction. Although the performances of Ernesto Alterio, Darío Grandinetti, Diego Velázquez and Francesc Orella are notable, the heaviest weight falls on the actress chosen to play Eva Duarte, the Uruguayan Natalia Oreiro.

Finally, after a 13-year absence, a musical won the Golden Globe, although it was greeted with derision by the media for having bested the Coen Brothers’ Fargo. And even worse, Madonna won Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy over Frances McDormand.