Ester Expósito Gayoso (born 26 January 2000) is a Spanish actress. She is best known for her starring role as Carla Rosón Caleruega in the

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Life and career

Ester Expósito Gayoso was born on 26 January 2000 in

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. She became interested in the artistic world at a very young age. After completing her studies at the age of 16, she took acting courses. She trained at the Juan Codina acting workshop. Expósito won Best Actress at the Madrid Theater Awards in 2013 and 2015. She landed a minor part in ''

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'' (2016) but she was removed from the final cut of the film. She first appeared on television as Rosa Martín in an episode of the

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series ''Centro Médico'' in 2016. Later that year, Expósito played Fernando's daughter in a season two episode of '' Vis a Vis'' on Antena 3. She reprised her role for a season three episode released in 2018. Expósito's first recurring television role was as Ruth in the first season of the TVE series ''

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'', which aired in 2017. She then gained international attention for her role in the 2018

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, in which she portrayed Carla Rosón Caleruega until 2020. After the success of the series, she made her big screen debut with leading roles in the 2018 films ''

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,'' as Silvia, and '' Your Son'', as Andrea. In 2019, Expósito appeared in the TVE series '' La caza. Monteperdido'', where she played Lucía Castán Grau, one of the disappeared girls. She then starred in the 2020 Netflix limited series ''

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,'' portraying Cayetana Aldama. Later that year, Expósito had a recurring role in the limited television series, ''Veneno'', on

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, playing Machús Osinaga, a journalist from the talk show ''Esta noche cruzamos el Mississippi''. In December 2020, she appeared in the role of Claudia in the film '' You Keep the Kids!'' directed by Dani de la Orden, and starring

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and Miren Ibarguren. In 2021, she briefly returned to

, reprising her role as Carla in three short story episodes. Expósito starred in the horror film ''

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'' in a "very physical" role. In 2024, she signed with talent management firm Brillstein Entertainment.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Expósito, Ester 2000 births Living people 21st-century Spanish actresses Actresses from Madrid Spanish film actresses Spanish stage actresses Spanish television actresses Web series actresses