Margarita Xhepa is an Icon of Albanian Cinema, one of the great ladies of the Albanian theater. He was honored with the highest title "People's Artist" He was born on April 2, 1934 in Lushjne, this city, which has produced artists in all fields of art such as: Vace Zela, Vath Koreshi, Ilia Shyti, Kristaq Dhamo, Ferial Alibali, Visar Zhiti, Pavlina Mani and others. She was a little girl when the constellation of theater and stage artists such as Kujtim Spahiovogli, Kadri Roshi, Naim Frasheri, Pjeter Gjoka, Loro Kovaci were the ones who teased the dreams of Margarita Xhepa years ago. And this made her not separated from art. People's artist Margarita Xhepa has a wide range of roles on the stage of the National Theater and in Albanian cinematography. From 1950, he became active as a probist artist at the People's Theater (today the National Theatre) and at the same time studied at the Artistic Lyceum, Drama Branch. He has created over 150 roles in the theater, among which we can mention: Majlinda in "Majlinda" (Xh. Broja), Dafina in "Dead River" (dramatization by K. Velça of the novel with the same title by Jakov Xoxa), Filja in "Cuca e maleve" (Loni Papa), Mrs. Mother in "Who brought Doruntina" (dramatization by Edmond Budina and Pirro Mani of the novel with the same title by Ismail Kadare), Mother "In front of you" (Ruzhdi Pulaha) etc. . She has been equally successful in world dramaturgy roles, such as Ophelia in "Hamlet", Second Daughter in "King Lear", Nanny in "Romeo and Juliet", Queen Margaret in "Richard III", by Shakespeare. In other roles from world dramaturgy, Klea stands out in "The Fox and the Grapes" (Figereido), Lena in "Uncle Vanya" (Chekhov), Lady Milford in "Louise Miller" (Shiler), Miss Berling in "The Inspector's Visit" (Priestley ), Mrs. Lomen in "The Death of a Commissioner" (A. Miller), Anna Andreyevna in "The Auditor" (Gogol), Marsela in "The Gardener's Dog" (De Vega), Mashenka in "Mashenka" (Afigenov), Sheyla in "The morality of Mrs. Dulska" (Zapolska), or Nanny to "Elektra" by Sophocles, under the direction of the Greek director Dhimitri Mavrikis, at the National Theater of Greece, in Athens. In addition to roles in theater, he has also performed 32 roles in cinematography, working with most Albanian directors. With K. Dhamon, he shoots "The first years" and "Traces", with I. Muçaj and K. Mitro "The last winter", "Bloody land", "A boy and a girl" and "Apassionata", with Viktor Gjika , "General gramophone", with E. Musliu, "Circle of memory" and "Years of waiting" (E. Musliu), with Kujtim Çashku, "Warm hand", with Dhimitër Anagnosti, "The stones of my house", with P. Milkanin, "Spring did not come alone", with S. Kumbaron, "Concert in 1936", with Gj. Zhuvanian "Last Sunday" and "Dear Enemy". In 1997, he performed in the Greek film "Farewell" (director J. Koras, K. Vupuras). The film won the Grand Prize at the International Mediterranean Film Festival in Thessaloniki, while Margarita Xhepa won the Honorary Prize. In May 2004, she returned to the stage of the National Theatre, to shine in the drama "Shelter of the Forgotten", another success in her 50-year career. Filmography 1. In search of whom (2011), series 2. The sound of silence – (2010) telenovela 3. Palace No. 7 – 4. Provincial chronicle – (2009) 5. We and Lenin – (2008) – Elisabeta Bali 6. Dear Enemy – (2004) – Grandma 7. Goodbye – (1997) 8. Last Sunday – (1993) – Wife 9. A Son also a daughter – (1990), teacher Kristina 10. Years of waiting – (1990) – .Mother 11. Who brought Doruntina (1989) theater-drama, mother of Kostandin and Doruntina 12. Spring did not come alone – (1988 ) – Irene's mother 13. The mission across the sea – (1988) – Kristulla, Andrea's wife 14. The circle of memory – (1987) – Tefta 15. Difficult start – (1986) – The doctor, the director of the ambulance 16. The mistake – (1986) – Teacher 17. The stones of my house – (1985) – Lilo Mertiri 18. Militant – (1984) – Visar's mother 19. Apassionata – (1983) – Arturi's mother 20. Warm hand – (1983) – Nena e Besimit 21. Friends – (1982) – Nena e Genci 22. The first day of naming – (1981) – Light 23. With the step of friends – (1979) (TV) – Vera nena e Gon 24. The wedding toast mine – (1978) – Mother of the bride 25. The Third – (1978) Wife of Qazim Beluli 26 – Gramophone General – (1978) – Wife of the Vice-Prefect 27. Concert in 1936 (1978) – Eleni 28. The Last Winter – (1976) – Shanuja 29. Forest of freedom – (1976) – Katerina Zaka, Vlashi's mother 30. Bloody land – (1976) Sandra, Mito's wife 31. Dead army general – 1972) 32. Footprint – ( 1970) – Artan's wife 33. The first years – (1965) – Zyraka Minga THEATER 03/04/1952 — "Revizori" by Nikolai Gogol – (Ana Andrejevna) 03/11/1957 — "Kremlin Hours" by N. Pogodin 03/02/1958 — "Majlinda" by Xhemal Broja. – (Majlinda) 21/06/1958 — "Mashenka" by Afigenov – (Mashenka) 21/03/1959 — "On the other side" by Baranov 24/06/1960 — "Hamlet" by Shakespeare – (Ophelia) 04/02/1961 — "The Prodigal Son" by E. Rane 06/22/1961 — "Fox and Grapes" by Guilherme Figueiredo – (Klea) 11/27/1961 — "The Good Brave with Many Friends" by Sulejman Pitarkës (People's Artist) 27/09/1962 — Zapolska's "Morals of Mrs. Dulska" – (Shejla) 01/09/1963 — "The Gardener's Dog" by Lope De Vega- (Marsela) 01/23/ 1964 — "Carnivals of Korça" by Spiro Çomorra 27/04/1964 — "Uncle Vanya" by AP Chekhov – (Lena) 30/07/1965 — "King Lear" by Shakespeare – (Second Daughter) 29/ 06/1966 — "Three rifle shots" by Ibrahim Uruç 03/07/1967 — "Cuca e maleve" by Loni Papa- (Filja) 09/17/1967 — "Fiery land" by Drita Agolli 04/ 03/1968 — "Great impassable wall" by Xhan – Huan 04/03/1971 — "Arturo Ui" by Bertold Brecht 30/10/1971 — "Viti '61" by Fadil Paçrami 24/01/1973 — "Red signal" by Bashkim Kozel 03/07/1974 — "Our land" by Kola Jakova 18/12/1974 — "Together with the dawn" by Kola Jakova 11/05/1976 — "The dead river ” by Kudret Velça.- (Dafina) 18/03/1979 — “Luiza Miller” by Schiller – (Lady Milford) 25/10/1980 — “The Inspector's Visit” by Priestley – (Mrs. Bering) 16/10/ 1981 — "Communists" by Ruzhdi Pulaha. – (Ija) 12/11/1983 — "In front of myself" by Ruzhdi Pulaha – (Mother) 21/03/1984 — "Prometheus" by Viktor Eftimiu 26/10/1985 — "General of the dead army" by Piro Manit (People's Artist) 25/05/1986 — "Death of a Commissioner" by Artur Miller – (Ms. Lomen) 12/09/1987 — "Romeo and Juliet" by Shakespeare 16/02/1989 — " Who brought Doruntina" by Piro Man (People's Artist) and Edmond Budina – (Mrs. Meme) — /09/1992 — "Richard the Third" by Shakespeare – (Queen Margaret) 14/05/2005 — "How I defeated Mussolini" by Aqif Mulliq 25/12/2008 — "Trojans" by Euripides 27/03/2010 — "Electra" by Sophocles – (Nurse) Other shows: "Besa e vellai dem" – (Doruntina) ; "Oedipus" by Sophocles; "Six Years Pregnant" "The Beautiful Queen"; Chekhov's "Swan" – (Nadjezhna); "The Cursed Guest" – (The Strange Woman); "Forgotten" – Awards and Titles "People's Artist" – "Honour of the Nation" – "Great Master of Art" January 22, 2007 – "Honorary Citizen" of the City of Struga. 2007 – Special Award for the interpretation of the role of Nadezhna in the monodrama "The Swan" by Chekhov. 1997 – Honorary Award for her performance in the film "Farewell" at the International Mediterranean Film Festival held in Thessaloniki, Greece in 1997. First Award for her performance as Clea in Aesop's "The Fox and the Grapes" at the First Theater Festival. ____________________ Albanian Cinema in activity since 2013 Published for the first time in 2013 on the Albanian Cinema page – Facebook and reviewed from time to time in the following years. Reference: Web. Albanian online newspaper and various forums 2002 – 2013.
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