Catalina Sopelana (born 1992) is a Spanish actress.
Born in 1992 in Madrid, she earned a degree in Psychology, deciding to join an amateur theatre group in her senior year. [1] [2] She later trained her acting chops at Juan Carlos Corazza's attelier. [2] She made her feature film debut in Carlos Vermut's Quién te cantará (2018). [2] After appearing in television series such as Velvet Colección , Matadero , Centro médico , and Inhibidos, her portrayal of Julia in Netflix superhero comedy series The Neighbor (2019–2021) advanced her career. [3] She starred as "empowered" gig worker Clau in Playz webseries Riders . [3] She also appeared in films Outlaws (2021), Manticore (2022), and Prison 77 (2022), [4] and joined the cast of Julio Medem's Minotauro. Picasso y las mujeres del Guernica to portray Marie-Thérèse Walter. [5] [n. 1] She played the girfriend of Lali Espósito's Wendy in the last season of action thriller series Sky Rojo , [7] aired in 2023.
Her supporting performance in The Blue Star portraying a friend of rock musician Mauricio Aznar (2023) earned her an Actors and Actresses Union Award nomination for Best Film Female Performance in a Minor Role. [8] [9] In season four of crime series Wrong Side of the Tracks , Sopelana portrayed unexperienced yet ambitious police agent Camila. [4] Also in 2024, she featured in university-set psychological thriller Fraternity , [10] and had a minor role in the television series I, Addict . [11] In 2025, she starred opposite to Álvaro Rico and Cecilia Suárez in the romantic thriller series The Gardener (2025), portraying "sweet and kind" pre-school teacher Violeta. [12] She also wrapped shooting El cuco de cristal, another Netflix thriller series in which she played the protagonist, a young doctor who, upon receiving a heart transplant, digs into the identity of the donor in the countryside. [13]
† | Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2018 | Quién te cantará | Diana | Feature film debut | |
2021 | Las leyes de la frontera (Outlaws) | Paqui | [14] | |
2022 | Mantícora (Manticore) | [4] | ||
Modelo 77 (Prison 77) | Lucía | [15] | ||
2023 | La estrella azul (The Blue Star) | Mara | ||
2024 | El aspirante (Fraternity) | Lau | ||
TBA | Que vienen los perros† |
† | Denotes series that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2019–21 | El vecino (The Neighbor) | Julia | [3] | |
2021 | Riders | Clau | [3] | |
2022 | Sentimos las molestias | Laura | ||
2023 | Sky Rojo | Greta | Introduced in season 3 | |
2024 | Entrevías (Wrong Side of the Tracks) | Camila | ||
Yo, adicto (I, Addict) | ||||
2025 | El jardinero (The Gardener) | Violeta | ||
TBA | El cuco de cristal† | Clara Merlo |