Silvia Abascal | |
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Born | Silvia Abascal Estrada 20 March 1979 Madrid, Spain |
Occupation | Actress |
Silvia Abascal Estrada (born 20 March 1979) is a Spanish film, television and stage actress. She landed a breakthrough role in 1995 sitcom Pepa y Pepe which advanced her career. She has since featured in films such as The Yellow Fountain, The Wolf , and The Idiot Maiden .
Silvia Abascal Estrada was born on 20 March 1979 in Madrid. [1] [2] She made her television debut in the game show Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez , age 14. [3]
She advanced her career with her performance in 1995 sitcom series Pepa y Pepe , in which she played Clarita, the middle sibling in the protagonist family characterised as a sarcastic and macabre yet also sensible grunge-loving teenager. [4] [5] She trained her acting chops under Juan Carlos Corazza. [6] She landed her feature film debut in Time of Happiness (1997). [7] Her performance in The Yellow Fountain as Lola, a half-Spanish half-Chinese wild child, [8] earned her a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Actress. [9]
She was appointed as Unicef goodwill ambassador in 2003. [10]
In April 2011, Abascal suffered a stroke which temporarily halted her career. [11] [12] [13] [14] Ten months later, she make a comeback to the spotlight attending the gala of the 26th Goya Awards. [3] She made a film performance in Pasaje de vida (2015). [11]
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† | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
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1997 | El tiempo de la felicidad (Time of Happiness) | Verónica | [15] [16] | |
1999 | La fuente amarilla (The Yellow Fountain) | Lola | [17] [8] | |
2001 | La voz de su amo (His Master's Voice) | Marta | [18] [19] | |
2002 | A mi madre le gustan las mujeres (My Mother Likes Women) | Sol | [20] | |
2004 | El lobo (The Wolf) | Begoña | [21] | |
2005 | Vida y color (Life and Colour) | Begoña | [22] | |
2006 | La dama boba (The Idiot Maiden) | Finea | [23] | |
2007 | Enloquecidas (Crazy) | Blanca | [24] | |
Escuchando a Gabriel | Sara | [25] | ||
2008 | El amor se mueve | [26] | ||
2010 | La herencia Valdemar (The Valdemar Legacy) | Luisa Llorente | [27] | |
La herencia Valdemar II: La sombra prohibida (The Valdemar Legacy II: The Forbidden Shadow) | Luisa Llorente | [28] | ||
2015 | Pasaje de vida (Safe Passage) | Ariadna | [29] [30] | |
Francisco, el padre Jorge (Francis: Pray for Me) | Ana | [31] | ||
Ma ma | Enfermera | [32] | ||
Truman | Mónica | [33] | ||
2022 | Asombrosa Elisa (Amazing Elisa) | Úrsula | [34] [35] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
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1995 | Pepa y Pepe | Clarita | [5] | |
1999–2000 | El comisario | [36] [11] | ||
2002 | Viento del pueblo: Miguel Hernández | Josefina Manresa | Miniseries | [37] |
2009 | Acusados | Laura Nieto | [38] | |
2011 | Piratas | Blanca Díaz de Andrade | [39] | |
2018 | La catedral del mar (Cathedral of the Sea) | Elionor | [40] | |
2021 | La cocinera de Castamar (The Cook of Castamar) | Reina Isabel de Farnesio | [41] | |
2021 | Cuéntame cómo pasó | María Alcántara | Introduced in season 21.Younger versions portrayed by Esmeralda García, Celine Peña, Paula Gallego , and Carmen Climent | [42] |
2022 | ¡García! (García!) | Catalina Bellido | [43] | |
2023 | Montecristo | Mercedes Herrera | [44] | |
2025 | Asuntos internos | Ana Villacastín |
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2000 | 14th Goya Awards | Best New Actress | The Yellow Fountain | Nominated | [46] |
2005 | 19th Goya Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The Wolf | Nominated | [47] |
14th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role | Nominated | [48] [49] | ||
2006 | 15th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Stage Actress in a Leading Role | Historia de una vida | Nominated | [50] [51] |
9th Málaga Film Festival | Silver Biznaga for Best Actress | The Idiot Maiden | Won | [52] | |
2007 | 21st Goya Awards | Best Actress | Nominated | [53] |