María del Carmen Raquel Villanueva Goyanarte (Buenos Aires, Argentina; October 5, 1951), better known as Pata Villanueva, is a former model, vedette, businesswoman, writer, entertainer and Argentine actress, sex symbol of the ’70s and ‘ 80.
She is the daughter of a doctor of philosophy and letters and a dentist, she and one of seven siblings. Pata Villanueva began her vocation on the stage as a catwalk model for renowned fashion designers. Among the models to which Villanueva belonged, Teté Coustarot, Patricia Miccio, Tini de Bucourt, Anamá Ferreyra and Adriana Aguirre stand out. She worked in film, theatre and television, where she had a presence both through her performances and the controversial statements and news in which she participated. In 1984, she did work in France and Italy.
She started on television doing advertisements for 43/70 cigarettes, and at that time, she was an antagonist of the advertising model Claudia Sánchez, who showed L&M cigarettes. Thanks to this publicity, she was discovered by journalist Chiche Gelblung, who led her to make other series of commercials. She was on the cover of Gente magazine with her real name: María del Carmen Raquel.
On the cover of Playboy magazine, she and Mariana Nannis defined themselves as one of the first Argentine booties.
She made her film debut in 1976 with La noche del Theft alongside Ricardo Espalter, Ethel Rojo and Javier Portales. In 1978, she filmed two other films, With my wife I can’t with Guillermo Bredeston and Leonor Benedetto, and My Wife Is Not My Lady with Alberto Olmedo.
In 1993, she worked as a public relations entrepreneur for Teleclic magazine (official spokesperson for Telefé).
She published an autobiographical book titled I Don’t Regret Anything, in which she discusses her private life, her nightlife, her addictions, and her hidden romances.
Cine
1976: La noche del hurto.
1978: Con mi mujer no puedo.
1978: Mi mujer no es mi señora
2017: La vida sin brillos
Televisión
1966: Una terraza al mar, conducido por Juan Alberto Mateyko. Emitido por Canal 13
2005: Fin de semana fantástico.
2009: Paraíso terrenal
2019: ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?
Teatro
2000 a 2002: Risas a granel junto a Flavia Miller, la Señorita Lee y elenco – Dirección: Jorge Gallo.
2002: El precio del pudor junto a Adriana Aguirre y Karina Ranni.
2003-2004: Camarero… ¡con cama adentro! – Teatro La Sombrilla, con Cristina del Valle, Lorena Paola, Carlos Rotundo, Pablo Machado, Freddy Villarreal, María Orsti, Graciela Saez y Linda Cortés – Dirección: Hugo Piccini.7
2015-2017: Extinguidas – Teatro Regina junto a Beatriz Salomón, Luisa Albinoni, Mimí Pons, Silvia Peyrou, Adriana Aguirre, Noemí Alan, Patricia Dal, Sandra Smith y Naanim Timoyko. Dirección José María Muscari.
2017: Hasta que la chipa nos separe junto a Mimí Pons y Christian Eckert .Dirección y libreto: Fernando Mariano.
2018 : Hasta que la chipa nos separe”, junto a: Christián Eckert y Andressa. Dirección: Fernando Mariano.