Cristina Marsillach (born 30 September 1963) is a Spanish

actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

Biography

She was born in

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

in a family of actors, the daughter of the actor

Adolfo Marsillach Adolfo Marsillach Soriano (January 25, 1928 – January 21, 2002) was a Spanish actor, playwright and theatre director. He was born in Barcelona. He was known for his collaborations with playwright Alberto Miralles. He is the father of a ...

and the actress and model María Teresa del Río Martínez del Cerro, who was also Miss Spain, 1960. Her sister Blanca is also an actress. Cristina Marsillach debuted at age thirteen in the television series, ''Mrs. Garcia Confesses'', thanks to her father who was the director. Cristina went on to a film career with appearances in ''El Poderoso Influjo de la Luna'', ''Crime in the Family'', ''The Sea and Time'', and ''Last Days with Teresa''. She also appeared in such television shows as ''High School'' and the second season of ''Chronicle of the Sunrise''. She was the artistic director of the Marsillach Acting Academy in Madrid.

Filmography

* ''El poderoso influjo de la luna'' - (1981) * ''

Estoy en crisis ''Estoy en crisis'' () is a 1982 Spanish comedy film co-written and directed by Fernando Colomo. The film was entered into the main competition at the 39th edition of the Venice Film Festival. Plot Cast * José Sacristán as Bernabé * Cri ...

'' - (1982) * ''Últimas tardes con Teresa'' - (1983) * '' The Trap'' - (1985) * '' Every Time We Say Goodbye'' – (1986) * ''

Opera Opera is a form of History of theatre#European theatre, Western theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by Singing, singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically ...

'' - (1987) * ''

Days of Inspector Ambrosio ''Days of Inspector Ambrosio'' ( Italian: ''I giorni del commissario Ambrosio'') is a 1988 Italian crime film directed by Sergio Corbucci. It is loosely based on several novels written by Renato Olivieri. Plot A few days before Inspector Ambrosi ...

'' - (1988) * ''

I ragazzi di via Panisperna ' (''Via Panisperna Boys'') is an Italian movie by director Gianni Amelio, telling the enthusiasms, fears, joys and disappointments of the (private and professional) life of a well-known group of young men fond of physics and mathematics, who ...

'' - (1989) * ''

Marrakech Express ''Marrakech Express'' is a 1989 Italian film directed by Gabriele Salvatores and starring Diego Abatantuono, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Cristina Marsillach, Giuseppe Cederna, and Gigio Alberti. A classical road movie, it was the first installment of ...

'' - (1989) * ''

'O Re ''O Re'' (also known as ''The King of Naples'') is a 1989 Italian historical film written and directed by Luigi Magni.Franco Montini, Piero Spila, ''Il mondo di Luigi Magni : avventure, sogni e disincanto''. Rai Eri, 2000. . For his performanc ...

'' - (1989) * '' Women in Arms'' - (1991)

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* 1963 births Living people Actresses from Madrid 20th-century Spanish actresses {{Spain-actor-stub