Alba Planas Menchén (born 10 September 2000) is a Spanish actress. She portrayed Eva Vázquez Villanueva in the teen drama series ''
Skam España
''Skam España'' (; often stylised as ''SKAM España'') is a Spanish teen drama television series based on the Norwegian television series '' Skam''. Its four seasons originally aired from September 2018 to October 2020 on Movistar+.
Premise
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''. In 2017, she also appeared in the television series ''Centro médico''.
Early years
Alba Planas Menchén was born and raised in
Madrid
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, Spain. She began taking acting classes at the age of 7, training in different performing arts schools. Her first steps into the world of acting were small roles in theater and the film ''
El árbol de la sangre
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,'' directed by
Julio Medem
Julio Medem Lafont (born 21 October 1958) is a Basque film director, producer, editor, and screenwriter.
Biography
Medem was born on 21 October 1958 in San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain and showed an interest in movies since childhood, when ...
, in which she co-starred with
Úrsula Corberó
Úrsula Corberó Delgado (born 11 August 1989) is a Spanish actress. She became known in Spain for playing Ruth Gómez in the teen drama series ''Física o Química'' (2008–2010), Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy, Margarita de Austria in ...
and
Álvaro Cervantes
Álvaro Cervantes Sorribas (born 12 September 1989) is a Spanish actor.
Life and career
Álvaro Cervantes Sorribas was born in Barcelona on 12 September 1989. His younger sister Ángela has also pursued an acting career.
Cervantes made a name ...
. Subsequently, Planas was selected out of a pool of numerous teenagers auditioning to play the lead role of Eva in the first season of ''
Skam España
''Skam España'' (; often stylised as ''SKAM España'') is a Spanish teen drama television series based on the Norwegian television series '' Skam''. Its four seasons originally aired from September 2018 to October 2020 on Movistar+.
Premise
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''.
Planas can also speak Spanish and English fluently.
Career
''
Skam España
''Skam España'' (; often stylised as ''SKAM España'') is a Spanish teen drama television series based on the Norwegian television series '' Skam''. Its four seasons originally aired from September 2018 to October 2020 on Movistar+.
Premise
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'' premiered in September 2018, with Planas' character Eva as the central protagonist in the first season of the show. She continued to star in subsequent seasons in a main role until the end of the series in 2020. While appearing as Eva in ''Skam'', she continued to appear in several other short films. For her role in the short film ''16'', she was given the Best Actress Award by the Official Jury of the Ávilacine Film Festival.
In 2020, she then shot the feature film ''Por los pelos'' by Nacho G. Velilla and the series ''Umbra'', filmed in
Arnedo
Arnedo is the third largest town in La Rioja, Spain. It is located near Calahorra, and has a population of about 15,000 people.
Its economy is based on the shoe industry.
History
The area of Arnedo has been inhabited as early as the Neolithic A ...
. In 2021, she joined the cast of the first original series of
Starz
Starz (stylized in all caps as STARZ; pronounced "stars") is an American pay television network owned by Starz Entertainment, and is the flagship property of Starz Inc. Launched in 1994 as a multiplex service of what is now Starz Encore, ...
Spain's ''
Express
Express, The Expresss or EXPRESS may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media Film
* ''Express: Aisle to Glory'', a 1998 comedy short film featuring Kal Penn
* ''The Express: The Ernie Davis Story'', a 2008 film starring Dennis Quaid
* The Expre ...
'', along with
Maggie Civantos
Maggie Civantos (; born 28 December 1984) is a Spanish actress, best known for her starring role of Macarena Ferreiro in the prison series '' Locked Up'' (''Vis a vis''). She has since starred in series such as ''Cable Girls'', '' Malaka'', '' Vi ...
and
Kiti Mánver
María Isabel Ana Mantecón Vernalte (born 11 May 1953), better known as Kiti Mánver, is a Spanish actress. She has appeared in more than 100 films and television shows since 1970.
Biography
María Isabel Ana Mantecón Vernalte was born in ...
. In May of the same year, she joined the cast of
Prime Video
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and
Mediaset España
Grupo Audiovisual Mediaset España Comunicación, S.A.U. (formerly Gestevisión Telecinco, S.A. and Mediaset España Comunicación, S.A.) is a Spanish media company, controlled by the Italian-based company MFE – MediaForEurope N.V., which i ...
's ''Días mejores'' series, where she plays Graci.
''Express'' and ''Días mejores'' were then both renewed for second seasons, with Planas continuing on in both her main roles through 2023.
Filmography
Television
Cinema
Short films
References
External links
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Spanish television actresses
Spanish film actresses
Living people
2000 births