Mireia Oriol

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Mireia Oriol
Mireia Oriol, XII Premis Gaudi (2020).jpg
Attending the 12th Gaudí Awards
Born1996 (age 27–28)
Argentona, Catalonia, Spain
OccupationActress

Mireia Oriol (born 1996) is a Spanish actress from Catalonia.

Life and career

Oriol was born in Argentona, Maresme in 1996. [1] She made her feature film debut as an actress at age 13 in horror picture ESO, Entidad Sobrenatural Oculta (2009), portraying a ghost girl. [2] [3] [4] She began working as a model at age 16. [5] She began a degree in audiovisual studies in Barcelona and later, at age 20, she joined the Giles Foreman Acting Centre for Acting in London, where she lived for two years. [6] [5]

Her sophomore acting credit in a feature film was in supernatural thriller The Pact (2018), starring as Clara alongside Belén Rueda and Darío Grandinetti. [4] Early television work include performances in Catalan soap opera Com si fos ahir  [ ca ] (2018) and Flooxer miniseries Terror.app. [4] She made her directorial debut by co-helming the short film Sans moi je n'existe pas. [5] She earned recognition for her portrayal of Lorena in Catalan sports drama series The Hockey Girls . [7] In 2020, she featured in films Tocats pel foc  [ ca ] and The Art of Return . [4] In 2022, she starred as the title character in supernatural thriller series Alma (aka The Girl in the Mirror ), [8] earning a Zapping Award  [ es ] for Best Actress for her performance. [9] In 2023 she starred as Fiona in TV3 series La mirada de la Fiona. [10] In 2024, she was cast to star as Nevenka Fernández  [ es ] in Icíar Bollaín's re-telling of a famous case of sexual harassment in the Ayuntamiento of Ponferrada in I'm Nevenka . [11]

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References

  1. ↑ Salas, Ana (14 March 2023). "Mireia Oriol: "Me gustaría que las mujeres pudieran salir del cine indie"". Vanity Fair .
  2. ↑ "'El pacto', con Belén Rueda: ¿Qué serías capaz de hacer por salvar la vida de tu hijo?". rtve.es . 5 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Conoce al reparto de 'Alma' en Netflix: Mireia Oriol, Pol Monen, Javier Morgade..." Cinemanía . 29 August 2022 – via 20minutos.es.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (4 December 2020). "Mireia Oriol, de tal talento, tal belleza". Aisge.
  5. 1 2 3 Casañas, Jesús (21 November 2018). "Sans moi je n'existe pas: poesía, foto y cine". Neo2.
  6. ↑ Cabeza, Elisabet (27 January 2021). "Spain Stars of Tomorrow: Mireia Oriol (actor)". ScreenDaily .
  7. ↑ "Mireia Oriol protagonitzarà 'Alma', nova sèrie de Netflix". Ara . 19 September 2020.
  8. ↑ Keller, Joel (19 August 2022). "Stream It Or Skip It: 'The Girl In The Mirror' On Netflix, Where A Teen Sees Visions And Fractured Memories After A Tragic Accident". Decider.com .
  9. ↑ Álvarez, Inés (18 March 2023). "Jordi Hurtado, 'Crims' y 'No me gusta conducir', entre los premiados de los Zapping". El Periódico de Catalunya . Prensa Ibérica.
  10. ↑ Alonso, Marita (20 December 2023). "Mireia Oriol: "Vivo en contradicción"". La Razón .
  11. ↑ "Comienza el rodaje de 'Soy Nevenka', película de Icíar Bollaín sobre el escándalo de acoso sexual de los 2000". Cine con Ñ. 1 February 2024.
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