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Luciana Pedraza

Luciana Duvall (born January 5, 1972) is an Argentine actress and director. She is married to American fellow actor Robert Duvall, and is the granddaughter of Argentine aviation pioneer Susana Ferrari Billinghurst. Born in the Argentine Northwest, in the city of Salta, she grew up in the province of Jujuy. She was the oldest of five girls. After graduating from the University of Buenos Aires with an MBA and minor in English she became the marketing director of W. & Associates. In 1996, while strolling down the street, she approached Duvall to invite him to a party without knowing who he was. They share the same birthday 41 years apart. Duvall wrote and directed the short documentary Portrait of Billy Joe (2004), and had an important role in the 2002 film Assassination Tango, written, produced, directed and starring Robert Duvall. Even though she grew up in Argentina it was Robert who introduced her to tango. This is not as rare as it sounds, since Tango is usually practiced in Buenos Aires, and not as much elsewhere in Argentina. Duvall and Pedraza have been active supporters of Pro Mujer, a non-profit charity organization dedicated to helping Latin America's poorest women (with Duvall and Pedraza concentrating on Pedraza's home of northern Argentina) help themselves through micro-credit, business training and health care links.