She earned a Best Actress award for her role as "Susana" in cult classic "Esperando la Carroza at the 1985 Festival de Cine Iberoamericano, in Huelva, Spain.

In addition, she has been nominated for a Best Actress in a TV Special for the 2003 Premios Martín Fierro, making her acting work recognized in all three major media.

[5] Villa made her theater debut in 1974 as Nancy in the comedy "The Knack", written by British playwright Ann Jellicoe directed by Augustín Alezzo.

[citation needed] In 1976, she acted in the play "Como quien dice Adellach" in the Teatro de La Fábula in Buenos Aires under the direction of Rolando Revagliatti.

[29] She also played in weekly serials including "Atreverse",[5] "Fiscales",[30] and "Chiquititas",[31] among many others, as she preferred to work in television while she was on hiatus from the theater and raising her son.

[5] With her fourth film, she earned popular acclaim as "Susana"[33] in cult movie "Esperando la Carroza" (1985) filmed by Alejandro Doria,[34] for which she won the Best Actress Award at the XI Festival de Cine Iberoamericano, in Huelva, Spain—a corollary prize was awarded to American actor William Hurt in that year's edition of the festival.

[39] In 1993, she played "Señora Zamildio" with Italian actor Marcelo Mastroianni in "De Eso no se Habla"[40] written by María Luisa Bemberg.

[41][42] In 2004 she made "Niña santa" directed by Lucrecia Martel[43] and in 2010 she appeared in "Largo viaje del día hacia la noche".

[citation needed] The set was designed by Rosa Buk and it was performed under the direction of Jorge Roca at the Stained Glass Theater in Buenos Aires.