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Pablo Daniel Echarri (born September 21, 1969) is a leading Argentine actor.

He was born in Villa Dominico, Buenos Aires Province, and began his career on Argentine television in 1993. He was given his first significant film role in the 1998 thriller, El desvío (The Detour), and received his first major film award at the Havana Film Festival for Best Actor for his role in Sólo gente (Only People), in 1999. He was further honored by the Spanish Actors Union for his 2005 role in El método (The Method), and in Argentina in 2006 for Crónica de una fuga (Chronicle of an Escape) – in both cases portraying the film's chief antagonist. He married fellow Argentine actress Nancy Dupláa in 2007, and the couple has two children (a girl and a boy).

Nancy Dupláa (born December 3, 1969) is an Argentine actress.

She was born in Olivos, a northern suburb of Buenos Aires), and was raised in San Martín, a suburb to the west. She enrolled in the University of Buenos Aires to pursue a degree in graphic design, but discontinued her studies after two years. An apprenticeship in the local theatre led to her first significant role, that of Mariana, the teen protagonist in a popular local teen drama series, Montaña Rusa (Rollercoaster), in 1994-95; the experience led to a brief, but much-publicized romance with co-star Gastón Pauls. She remained active in the theatre, working with veteran actor Federico Luppi in a local production of The Dresser, in 1997.

She first appeared on the Argentine cinema in a thriller, Comodines (Jokers), in 1997, and would portray such varied roles as the murderous Gabriela in El desvío (The Detour), and the ambitious Arteche in Buenos Aires me mata (Buenos Aires Kills Me). She was reunited with Gastón Pauls for the acclaimed Nueces para el amor (Nuts for Love), in 2000. While at work in El desvío, she met her future husband, actor Pablo Echarri, with whom she co-starred in the hit romantic comedy, Apasionados (Impassioned), in 2002. The couple married in 2007, and have a daughter called Morena. She has won a Martin Fierro Award for best actress, for her work in the television series 099 Central.