Amaia Salamanca Urízar (born 28 March 1986) is a Spanish actress, best known for her role as Catalina Marcos in the Spanish version of the Colombian TV series Sin tetas no hay paraíso and as Alicia Alarcón in series Gran Hotel.
Biography
Amaia Salamanca was born in Coslada on 28 March 1986. Initially, she was not planning to go into acting, but in her first audition, for SMS, the television channel TV company LaSexta gave her first acting job. In SMS, she worked with other young film and television actors such as Yon González, Aroa Gimeno, Mario Casas and María Castro.
Besides her work as an actress, Amaia works as a model for photo shoots, video clips and shows.
Career She made a theater debut in 2009 with The Marquise of O, by Heinrich von Kleist. In 2010, she played Letizia Ortiz in the TV movie Felipe y Letizia.
In the media In October 2020, Salamanca became an ambassador for Codorníu and the protagonist of its new campaign 'Live to celebrate'.
Filmography +Television Year Title Role Notes 2006–07 SMS: Sin Miedo a Soñar Paula 185 episodes 2007 Los hombres de Paco Cristina Guest. Season 4 2008–09 Sin tetas no hay paraíso Catalina Marcos Ruiz 2009 No estás sola, Sara Sara TV movie 2010 Letizia Ortiz TV movie aired as a two-part miniseries 2011–13 Gran Hotel Alicia Alarcón 2014–15 Velvet Bárbara de Senillosa 2016 La embajada Fátima 2017 Velvet Colección Bárbara de Senillosa Reprise of role in Velvet 2017 Tiempos de guerra (Morocco: Love in Times of War) Julia Ballester 2022–present Todos mienten Sofía 2022–23 Bienvenidos a Edén (Welcome to Eden) Astrid 2022 Dos años y un día Verónica
+ Film Year Title Role Notes 2009 Fuga de cerebros (Brain Drain) Natalia 2010 Rebeca 2011 XP3D (Paranormal Xperience 3D) Ángela 2012 ¡Atraco! (Hold-Up!) Teresa 2016 Nuestros amantes (Our Lovers) María 2018 Perdida Nadine 2019 A pesar de todo (Despite Everything) Sofía Lo dejo cuando quiera (I Can Quit Whenever I Want) Gloria 2022 La piel del tambor (The Man from Rome) Macarena Bruner (Always Winter) Marta
Theatre 2009 The Marquise of O (Debut)
Accolades Year Award Category Work Result 2010 19th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best New Actress Sin tetas no hay paraíso
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