María Elena Ballesteros Triguero (born 6 July 1981) is a Spanish actress.

Biography

Ballesteros began her career doing commercials while going to

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to achieve her dream of becoming an actress. Her first opportunity arrived with the role of Lola in the TV series ''More than friends'' in 1996.She worked with

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, Melani Olivares and Alberto San Juan, among others. At the same time, she hosted the children's program ''Club Disney''. Afterwards she was in the TV series ''Journalists'', in which she played José Topped's daughter. This role made her famous and opened the doors of cinema. Since then, she has worked with directors like Manuel Iborra, Gerardo Smith,

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and Roger Young. She stood out in Álvaro Díaz Lorenzo's ''Coffee Alone or with Them'', one of the more popular Spanish films of 2007. She was also in '' Fermat's Room'' which had a big international cast. In 2009, she filmed in

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for the film ''All and sundry'' with director Manolo González, whose

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was rewarded by the ASGAE. She went back to work in television, starring in the comedy-musical ''Paco and Veva'' with Hugo Silva, ''Table for five'' and an intrigue series called '' Personal Reasons.'' In the summer of 2007, she began the shooting under Antenna 3, broadcasting with the title ''The Family Kills'', in which she had a lead role with the actor Daniel Guzmán. In July 2011, she premièred in the series '' Scarlet Tip'' on

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. Since June 2011 she has written a personal blog on Fotogramas called "Now I think ...".

Personal life

She has a daughter named Jimena from her relationship with actor Paco Marín. She married comic Dani Mateo on 23 July 2010 whom she met during the shooting of ''The Family Kills''. In July 2016, the couple announced their divorce.Confirmado: Dani Mateo y Elena Ballesteros se divorcian
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Filmography

Radio

* ''Which disgust of summer'' (2014) with Dani Mateo in the Chain BE. * At present collaborator of " The Dovecot" ( Oh My LOL) in the Chain Be

References

External links

* in Internet Movie Database (in English)
Index card in Cinemanía

Interview in 20 minutes on The family Kills in July 2007

Official blog Elena Ballesteros

Personal blog of Elena Ballesteros
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