María del Carmen Machi Arroyo (born 7 January 1963) is a Spanish actress. She become popular for her role as Aída in the television series ''

7 vidas ''7 Vidas'' is a Spanish sitcom which aired on Telecinco from 1999 to 2006. Its title translates as "7 lives" and the symbol of the sitcom is a cat, in reference to the belief that cats have 7 lives (in contrast to English-speaking countries, whe ...

'' and ''

Aída ''Aída'' is a Spanish sitcom that aired on Telecinco from 16 January 2005 to 8 June 2014. Set in Madrid, it is a spin off of the sitcom ''7 Vidas'', on which Aída was a recurring character. It was produced by Globomedia. The show stars C ...

''.

Biography

María del Carmen Machi Arroyo was born on 7 January 1963 in

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the Europ ...

and raised in neighbouring

Getafe Getafe () is a municipality and a city in Spain belonging to the Community of Madrid. , it has a population of 180,747, the region's sixth most populated municipality. Getafe is located 13 km south of Madrid's city centre, within a flat ar ...

. Her father's family comes from

Genoa Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian census, the Province of ...

. After several years as a theatre actress, she became popular thanks to her character ''Aída'' first in the TV series ''

7 Vidas ''7 Vidas'' is a Spanish sitcom which aired on Telecinco from 1999 to 2006. Its title translates as "7 lives" and the symbol of the sitcom is a cat, in reference to the belief that cats have 7 lives (in contrast to English-speaking countries, whe ...

'', and later in a spinoff series made for the character, ''

''. She has also worked in movies like ''

Hable con ella ''Talk to Her'' ( es, Hable con ella) is a 2002 Spanish drama written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, and starring Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti, Leonor Watling, Geraldine Chaplin, and Rosario Flores. The film follows two men who form an ...

'' (2002), ''

Descongélate ''Chill Out!'' ( es, Descongélate!, links=no) is a 2003 Spanish comedy film written and directed by Félix Sabroso and Dunia Ayaso which stars Pepón Nieto, Candela Peña, Loles León, and Rubén Ochandiano. Plot Set in a multicultural neighb ...

'' (2003), '' Los Amantes Pasajeros'' (2013), '' Ocho apellidos vascos'' (2014) and '' Ocho apellidos catalanes'' (2015).

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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* 1963 births Living people Spanish people of Italian descent People of Ligurian descent Actresses from Madrid Spanish film actresses Spanish television actresses Chicas Almodóvar 21st-century Spanish actresses Spanish stage actresses {{Spain-actor-stub