MarÃÂa Amparo Noguera Portales is a Chilean television, theatre and film actress and theatre director.
MarÃÂa Amparo Noguera Portales is the daughter of the actor Héctor Noguera Illanes and Isidora Portales. Her grandfather, Héctor Noguera Prieto was descendant of the former President of Chile José JoaquÃÂn Prieto Vial and her mother is descendant of Diego Portales, Chilean politician of Basque descent.
Noguera studied acting at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and the Escuela de Teatro Imagen.
Her half-sister, Emilia is also an actress.
Noguera is one of the most recognized actresses in Chile. She is best known for the films El Ciclista de San Cristóbal, El PaÃÂs de Octubre and Mi ÃÂltimo Hombre.
She won the Altazar Award for best actress for her role in Un Ladrón y su Mujer.
In 2009 Noguera appeared in the TV series ÿDónde está Elisa? as Amanda Goldstein.