Ángela Cervantes
At the 14th Gaudí Awards in 2022
Born (1993-01-02) 2 January 1993
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
OccupationActress
RelativesÁlvaro Cervantes (brother)

Ángela Cervantes (born 2 January 1993) is a Spanish actress.

Biography

Born in Barcelona on 2 January 1993, she has an older brother, Álvaro, who also works as an actor.[1][2] She played basketball when she was young and studied a degree in Criminology and Public Prevention Policies, although she dropped out to pursue an acting career.[1][3] Having also been involved in stage plays since young, she made her television debut as an actress in Catalan series such as La riera and Com si fos ahir.[4][1] She performed the recurring role of Ro in Perfect Life.[4]

She had a breakthrough performance in her first film credits in Carol Rodríguez Colás' comedy-drama Girlfriends (2021), playing Soraya, a bar owner.[5][6] She was subsequently cast in Paco Caballero's More the Merrier[7] and Laura Mañá's A Boyfriend for My Wife[8] and also landed the role of Penélope in Pilar Palomero's drama La maternal.[9]

Accolades

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
202277th CEC MedalsBest New ActressGirlfriendsNominated[10]
36th Goya AwardsBest New ActressNominated[11]
14th Gaudí AwardsBest Supporting ActressWon[12]
2023 15th Gaudí AwardsBest Supporting ActressMotherhoodWon[13]
10th Feroz AwardsBest Supporting Actress in a FilmNominated[14]
37th Goya AwardsBest Supporting ActressNominated[15]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bosque, Marisa del (30 January 2022). "Ángela Cervantes, la actriz de 'Chavalas' en la carrera por el Goya: "Ser la hermana de Álvaro me abre puertas"". Yodona – via El Mundo.
  2. ↑ Tomás, Helena (12 February 2022). "Ángela Cervantes: significativo nombre, primer trabajo y hermano actor". Vanitatis – via El Confidencial.
  3. ↑ Álvarez, Cristina (11 February 2022). "Hermana de un conocido actor, estudió criminología... entrevistamos a Ángela Cervantes, 'revelación' de los Goya". ¡Hola!.
  4. 1 2 Fariñas, T. (18 January 2022). "De Chechu Salgado a Almudena Amor: de dónde salen los actores y actrices revelación de los Goya". El Confidencial.
  5. ↑ Navío, Javier (24 January 2022). "Ángela Cervantes: «Pensaba que no podría trabajar como actriz por tener un cuerpo fuera de lo normativo»". abcplay – via ABC.
  6. ↑ Ramírez, Noelia (2 September 2021). "El barrio es esto, 'Chavalas': por qué la película revelación del año va de amistad femenina y desclasamiento". Smoda – via El País.
  7. ↑ "La comedia 'Donde caben dos' llega a las carteleras". Las Provincias. 30 July 2021.
  8. ↑ Boquerini (10 August 2021). "'Un novio para mi mujer', la nueva comedia de Laura Mañá". El Correo.
  9. ↑ "La maternal". Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain. 15 October 2021.
  10. ↑ "'El amor en su lugar' arrasa en las Medallas CEC con hasta seis premios, todos los principales". Cine con Ñ. 10 February 2022.
  11. ↑ "Palmarés completo de los Premios Goya 2022: 'El buen patrón', mejor película". Cinemanía. 12 February 2022 – via 20minutos.es.
  12. ↑ "Los Gaudí encumbran a Neus Ballús y Clara Roquet por 'Sis dies corrents' y 'Libertad'". Cine con Ñ. 7 March 2022.
  13. ↑ "En directe | Premis Gaudí: "Alcarràs" i "Un año, una noche", les més nominades de la nit". 3/24. 22 January 2023.
  14. ↑ "Premios Feroz 2023 | Palmarés completo: empatan 'As bestas' y 'Cinco lobitos' en cine y 'La ruta' y 'No me gusta conducir' en series". Cinemanía. 29 January 2023 – via 20minutos.es.
  15. ↑ Galán, Rafael (12 February 2023). "Ganadores Premios Goya 2023: lista de todos los premiados". Esquire.
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