Elsa Pinilla Osuna (born October 2, 1985, in
Madrid
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) is a Spanish singer-songwriter and actress.
She is the first of three children of MarÃa Osuna and the record producer
Pablo Pinilla
Pablo is a Spanish form of the name Paul.
People
*Pablo Alborán, Spanish singer
*Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer
*Pablo Armero, Colombian footballer
* Pablo Bartholomew, Indian photojournalist
*Pablo Brandán, Argentine footballer
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. She has studied several performing arts, mainly ballet, piano playing, singing, and acting.
From an early age, she has taken part in several
TV advertisements and
fashion show
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s. In 1999 she won the
El Corte Inglés
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'Photographic Model' contest. She's also appeared on album covers of some Spanish bands and featured in
David DeMarÃa's music videos ''Sin miedo a perder'' and ''El perfume de la soledad''.
In 2004, she was one of the hosts of the Spanish music TV program ''Musica Uno''.
She was a founder, songwriter and member of the music group
Tess Tess or TESS may refer to:
Music
* Tess (band), a Spanish pop band active from 2000 to 2005
* TESS (musician), a UK musician
Film and theatre
* ''Tess'' (1979 film), a 1979 film adaptation of '' Tess of the d'Urbervilles''
* ''Tess'' (2016 film) ...
, along with
Úrsula Sebastián and
Laura Pinto.
As an actress, she began playing 'Elsa' in the successful Spanish TV series ''
Al salir de clase'' (2000) along with the other members of Tess, which helped them promote their first album. She also played one of the lost girls in the Spanish musical ''Peter Pan'' (2002–2003). In 2006, Elsa moved for a year and a half to
Argentina
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, where she played 'Marilyn' in the TV series ''
Alma Pirata'' and 'Barbara' in ''Romeo y Julieta''.
In 2007, she decided to go back to her native Spain and continue there her career as an actress, appearing at some episodes of the TV series ''Cuestión de sexo'' and ''Sin tetas no hay paraÃso''.
In 2008, she appears in the
Antena 3 Antena 3 may refer to:
* Antena 3 (Portugal), a national radio channel produced by the Portuguese public broadcasting entity Rádio e Televisão de Portugal
*Antena 3 (Romania), a Romanian television channel owned by Intact Media Group
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two-episode
TV film about
Marisol, playing the role of the former actress in her teenage years.
At the beginning of 2009, she plays the role of Susana in the Spanish TV series ''Dieciocho''.
External links
Official Elsa Pinilla Site*
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1985 births
Living people
Spanish songwriters
Spanish television actresses
Actresses from Madrid
21st-century Spanish singers
21st-century Spanish women singers