Cecilia Freire Peñas (born 17 November 1981) is a Spanish actress. She is best known for playing Blanca Román on ''

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'' (2014–2016).

Early life and education

Cecilia Freire Peñas was born on 17 November 1981 in

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, Spain.

Career

Freire has worked as a film, theatre, and television actress. In 2008 she became popular for her role in the film '' Mortadelo and Filemon. Mission: Save the Planet''. She has also appeared in films such as '' No Shame'' in 2001 and ' in 2008. In theatre, she has worked in

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in ''

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'', while in Spain she has been in plays such as ''La katarsis del tomatazo'' and ''Pero ¿quién mató el teatro?'', in addition to having taken her first steps in shorts like ''La habitación de los abrigos'' by Nerea Madariaga. In television, she appeared in '' La vida de Rita'' on La 1 (2003), on the

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series ' (2006), which was not very successful, and played Setefilla on ''

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'' on Telecinco (2007). From 2008 to 2009, she was part of the Antena 3 series ''

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as a monologist. From 2014 to 2016 she played Rita Montesinos in the Antena 3 series ''

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''. Rita is a seamstress in the Galleries, who along with her friends Ana ( Paula Echevarría) and Luisa ( Manuela Vellés) and her sister Clara ( Marta Hazas) are known as the "Velvet girls". Freire appeared in the first four seasons of the series. In October 2016 she won Best Female Performer at the 63rd edition of the Ondas Awards for her role as Rita Montesinos. In November 2016 she played Inma in the film '' Don't Blame the Karma for Being an Idiot'', a comedy directed by Maria Ripoll based on Laura Norton's homonymous novel. Since 2018 she has starred in the TVE series '' La otra mirada'', where she shares the screen with actresses such as Macarena García, Patricia López Arnaiz, and Ana Wagener.

Filmography

Movies

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Freire, Cecilia 1981 births 21st-century Spanish actresses Actresses from Madrid Living people Spanish film actresses Spanish stage actresses Spanish television actresses