Irene Arcos
Born (1981-07-25) 25 July 1981[1]
Madrid, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Years active1996-present

Irene Arcos (Madrid, July 25, 1981) is a Spanish actress known mainly for her roles in television series. She made her debut in Los hombres de Paco (2008). Since then, she has been in popular shows like Élite (2018-2020) and El embarcadero (2019-2020).[2]

Biography

Arcos was born on July 25, 1981, in Madrid (Spain). Most of her family comes from Galicia, specifically from La Coruña. She graduated in audiovisual communication at the Complutense University of Madrid. However, she later found her vocation as an actress and studied drama at the Centro de Estudio Recabarrem, an acting school located in Madrid. In addition, she also took a series of courses related to acting.[3]

Professional career

She began working as a camera assistant after finishing her degree in audiovisual communication at the Complutense University of Madrid, in the well-known series of Hospital Central, for Telecinco. However, during this experience, she knew that her vocation was to be an actress, and so she decided to study theater for three years.[4] First, she interpreted plays of great importance, such as La caja, Troyanas, Trainspotting or 12 meses. Later, she participated in Spanish fiction as an episodic character. In 2011, she had a recurring role in the series Hispania, playing Navia.[5] Although her fame has come as a result of the series Vis a Vis and Élite, when she first became known on the national stage.[6][7]

In 2019, it was announced that she would play Verónica in the Movistar+ fiction El embarcadero, alongside Álvaro Morte y Verónica Sánchez.[8] She later participated in La valla and Madres.Amor y vida.[9] At the end of 2020, her leading role was announced for the Movistar+ series Todos mienten, where she plays Macarena, a teacher who is involved in a sex scandal when a video of her high-content together with a student comes to light.[10][11]

Filmography

Cinema

Year Title Character Directed by
2014 Trezze Paula Elbio Aparisi Nielsen
2018 Hacerse mayor y otros problemas Paty Clara Martínez-Lázaro

Television

Year Title Character Channel Duration
2008 Los hombres de Paco Sol Antena 3 1 episode
2009 Hospital Central Angelina Telecinco 1 episode
Sin tetas no hay paraiso Etra 1 episode
Punta Escarlata Extra 1 episode
2011 11-M, para que nadie lo olvide Maribel 2 episodes
2011 - 2012 Hispania, la leyenda Navia Antena 3 8 episodes
2015 Sin identidad Conchi 3 episodes
2015 Cuéntame cómo pasó Secretaria TVE 2 episodes
2015 - 2016 Vis a vis Carolina Antena 3 6 episodes
2016 El Caso: Crónica de sucesos Eugenia TVE 1 episode
Seis hermanas Dorisa 1 episode
2018 - 2020 Élite Pilar Domínguez Netflix 14 episodes
2019 - 2020 El embarcadero Verónica Alfaro Movistar+ 16 episodes
2020 La valla Emilia Noval Antena 3 4 episodes
Madres. Amor y vida Claudia Telecinco and Prime Video 11 episodes
2022 Todos mienten Macarena Movistar+ 6 episodes

Theater

Year Title Directed by
2009 - 2011 Todas quieren ser Jacky Kennedy Eduardo Recabarren
2013 - 2014 La caja Gabriel Olivares
2013 - 2015 Lágrimas, mocos y sangre Noé Denia and Oscar Sanz Cabrera
2014 Una historia de amor y miedo Nacho López
2014 - 2015 Entreactos Miguel Ángel Arcano
2015 - 2016 El cielo que me tienes prometido Ana Diosdado
2017 12 meses Nacho Redondo
2017 - 2018 Trainspotting Fernando Soto
2018 Troyanas Carmen Portacelli
2019 - 2021 Antígona David Gaitán
2020 - 2021 Traición Israel Elejalde

Awards and nominations

Award Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Fotogramas de Plata 2020 Best Actress in Theater Traición Nominated [12]
Spanish Actors Union 2020 Best Newcomer Actress El embarcadero Won [13]

References

  1. ↑ "Irene Arcos". FórmulaTV (in Spanish).
  2. ↑ "Irene Arcos, la chica más deseada es gallega" (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 16 February 2019.
  3. ↑ "Irene Arcos, la actriz revelación que tienes que conocer" (in Spanish). InStyle. 22 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "Hablamos con Irene Arcos, la nueva actriz del momento" (in Spanish). ¡Hola!. 12 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "Irene Arcos es Navia" (in Spanish). Antena 3. 25 March 2011.
  6. ↑ "Irene Arcos acerca de su paso por Vis a vis: "Me siguen llegando comentarios y palabras muy bonitas sobre Carolina"". Yahoo (in Spanish). 10 December 2018.
  7. ↑ "Irene Arcos: "Todos tenemos unos principios y luego, a veces, se van a la mierda"". Hola (in Spanish). 5 February 2022.
  8. ↑ "Irene Arcos ('El embarcadero'): de hacerse pasar por gallega a recorrer medio África". El Confidencial (in Spanish). Vanitatis. 30 January 2020.
  9. ↑ "Telecinco renueva 'Madres' por una segunda temporada, que contará con Jon Plazaola y Paco Tous" (in Spanish). Formula TV. 29 October 2019.
  10. ↑ "'Todos mienten': un reparto de lujo para la nueva serie de Movistar". Diez Minutos (in Spanish).
  11. ↑ "Así es Irene Arcos, la protagonista de 'Todos mienten' que reclama su sitio como actriz". Hola (in Spanish). 4 September 2021.
  12. ↑ "Fotogramas de Plata 2020" (in Spanish). Fotogramas. 15 November 2021.
  13. ↑ "Ganadores/as de los 29 Premios de la Unión de Actores y Actrices" (in Spanish). Artez Blai. 10 March 2020.
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