Gracia Olayo

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Gracia Olayo
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Gracia Olayo (centre) next to her twin (right)
Born (1957-08-19) 19 August 1957 (age 66)
Madrid, Spain
OccupationActress

Gracia Olayo (born 19 August 1957) is a Spanish stage, television and film actress.

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Biography

Gracia Olayo was born in Madrid on 19 August 1957, [1] into a family of 19 siblings. [2] She has another twin sister, Sole Olayo, also an actress. [3] [4] She worked for 11 years (until age 30) as a flight attendant. [5] [2] In 1988, she founded the comedy trio Las Veneno  [ es ], which became a duo (consisting of Gracia and her twin Sole) in the 1990s. [6] By 1999, she was working in Antena 3's show Sorpresa ¡Sorpresa!  [ es ] as a steward. [7]

Some early film credits in her acting career include performance in Historias de la puta mili  [ es ] (1994), El efecto mariposa (1995), Perdona bonita, pero Lucas me quería a mí (1997), 800 Bullets (2002), Bulgarian Lovers (2004) and The Ferpect Crime (2004). [6] [5]

Her character of Rosa Ruano (providing comic relief) in fantasy television series Los protegidos from 2010 to 2012 became popular, providing Olayo a platform to reach to younger audiences, going on to perform for 4 years in Los Javis' (Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi) stage play La llamada, in replacement of Llum Barrera  [ es ]. [8] [5] She also reprise her role of Sor Bernarda in the film adaptation of the stage play, La llamada (known under the English-language title Holy Camp! ) which was also directed by Los Javis. [9] In 2018 she featured alongside Pedro Casablanc as (foster) parents of the title character of superhero comedy Superlópez . [10] Olayo joined the second season of another superhero comedy work, the series The Neighbor , to portray the Mayor of Madrid, obsessed with bringing a Summer Olympics to the city. [11]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2002 800 balas (800 Bullets)Juli [12]
2004 Los novios búlgaros (Bulgarian Lovers)Rosita [13]
2004 Crimen ferpecto (The Ferpect Crime)Concha [14]
2010 Balada triste de trompeta (The Last Circus)Sonsoles [15]
2014 Musarañas (Shrew's Nest)Doña Puri [16]
2017 La llamada (Holy Camp!)Sor Bernarda [9]
2018 Superlópez [10]
2020 Hasta que la boda nos separe (The Wedding Unplanner)Lourdes [17]
2020 Las mejores familias (The Best Families)Carmen [18]
TBDFenómenasPaz [19]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2006 Mujeres SusanaMain [20]
2008 Plutón B.R.B. Nero MercheMain [21]
2010–12 Los protegidos Rosa RuanoMain [22] [23]
2013 Con el culo al aire Mamen [24]
2016 La sonata del silencio (The Sonata of Silence)Juana [25]
2021 El Vecino (The Neighbor) Alcaldesa de Madrid Introduced in season 2 [11]
2021 Los protegidos: El regreso Rosa RuanoReprise of role in Los protegidos [26]
2021 Supernormal Marisol [27]
2023
 La mesías Tía Rosa ('Aunt Rosa')

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2007
 16th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Television Actress in a Minor RoleMujeresWon
2016
 25th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Stage Actress in a Secondary RoleLa llamadaNominated
2018
 5th Feroz Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Film Holy Camp!Nominated
27th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Film Actress in a Secondary RoleNominated [34] [35]
2024
 32nd Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Television Actress in a Minor Role La mesías Won

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