Alba Planas

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Planas and the second or maternal family name is Menchén.
Alba Planas
Born
Alba Planas Menchén

(2000-09-10) 10 September 2000 (age 24)[1]
Madrid, Spain
OccupationActress
Notable workSkam España

Alba Planas Menchén (born 10 September 2000) is a Spanish actress, best known for her main role as Eva Vázquez Villanueva in the series Skam España, the Spanish adaptation of Skam. In 2017, she also appeared in the television series Centro médico.[2]

Early years

Alba Planas Menchén was born and raised in Madrid, Spain. She began taking acting classes at the age of 7, training in different performing arts schools. Her first steps into the world of acting were small roles in theater[3] and the film El árbol de la sangre, directed by Julio Medem, in which she co-starred with Úrsula Corberó and Álvaro Cervantes.[4] Subsequently, Planas was selected out of a pool of numerous teenagers auditioning to play the lead role of Eva in the first season of Skam España.[5]

Planas can also speak Spanish and English fluently.[6]

Career

Skam España premiered in September 2018, with Planas' character Eva as the central protagonist in the first season of the show. She continued to star in subsequent seasons in a main role until the end of the series in 2020. While appearing as Eva in Skam, she continued to appear in several other short films. For her role in the short film 16, she was given the Best Actress Award by the Official Jury of the Ávilacine Film Festival.[6]

In 2020, she then shot the feature film Por los pelos by Nacho G. Velilla[7] and the series Umbra, filmed in Arnedo.[8] In 2021, she joined the cast of the first original series of Starz Spain's Express, along with Maggie Civantos and Kiti Mánver.[9] In May of the same year, she joined the cast of Prime Video and Mediaset España's Días mejores series, where she plays Graci.[10] Express and Días mejores were then both renewed for second seasons, with Planas continuing on in both her main roles through 2023.

Filmography

Television

Year Title Character Channel Notes
2017 Centro médico Sol TVE 1 episode
2018–2020 Skam España Eva Vázquez Villanueva Movistar+ Main cast; 38 episodes & central character of season 1
2022–2023 Express Gus Valera Vázquez Starzplay Main cast; 16 episodes
Días mejores Graci Amazon Prime Main cast; 18 episodes

Cinema

Year Title Character Director
2018 El árbol de la sangre Rebeca (14 años) Julio Medem
2022 Por los pelos Aitana Nacho G. Velilla
2024 La virgen roja Hildegart[11] Paula Ortiz

Short films

Year Title Character Director
2018 Canasta Aurora Gracia Querejeta
2019 La confianza de mi cabeza entre tus muslos Lola Miguel Carreras
2020 16 Laura Ana Lambarri

References

  1. ^ "Alba Planas es la joven actriz de Días Mejores y Express". Neo2 (in Spanish).
  2. ^ "'SKAM España': Así son Alba Planas y Tomy Aguilera (Eva y Jorge)". Fuera de series (in Spanish). 30 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Alba Planas ("Skam España"), una estrella emergente". The Citizen (in Spanish). 10 May 2019.
  4. ^ "El árbol de la sangre". Premios Goya (in Spanish).
  5. ^ "El sorprendente crossover entre 'Fama a bailar' y 'Skam España': Así ha sido el casting de Inés y Eva". FórmulaTV (in Spanish). 17 December 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Alba Planas - Carcelén". Carcelén Talents (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Concluye en Estambul el rodaje de 'Por los pelos. Una historia de autoestima', la nueva película de Nacho G. Velilla". Atresmedia (in Spanish). 10 November 2020.
  8. ^ "'Umbra' graba en Arnedo con Alba Planas como protagonista". nuevecuatrouno (in Spanish). 7 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Arranca el rodaje de 'Express', la primera serie española de Starzplay" (in Spanish). Cine con Ñ. 16 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Amazon y Mediaset ya graban 'El día menos pensado', una dramedia protagonizada por Blanca Portillo". Formula TV (in Spanish). 27 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Alba Planas da vida a Hildegart en «La virgen roja»: «Sigo pegando un bote en la silla cuando veo el final de la película»". La Voz de Galicia. 4 October 2024.