She moved to Spain with her father and her brother,
Ariel Rot, in 1976 and started acting. Her
first major role was in Iván Zulueta's
Arrebato (1979). After appearing in
Pedro Almodóvar's debut feature
_Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón (1980)_ she kept working with him in Labyrinth der Leidenschaften (1982),
Das Kloster zum heiligen Wahnsinn (1983) and
Womit habe ich das verdient? (1984).
In 1995 she moved back to Argentina and became a national movie, stage
and TV star. Besides appearing in the U.S. co-produced thriller
Erinnern ist tödlich (1987), she mostly
starred in Argentine films including
Ein Ort auf dieser Welt (1992),
hit detective drama
Cenizas del paraíso (1997)
and family drama
Martín (Hache) (1997), which
gained her a Goya Award. She teamed up with Almodóvar again starring in
Alles über meine Mutter (1999).
