Carla Quílez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Quílez and the second or maternal family name is Alonso.
Carla Quílez
Quílez at the 37th Goya Awards
Born
Carla Quílez Alonso

February 2008 (age 16)
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Occupations
  • Actress
  • dancer
Years active2022–present

Carla Quílez Alonso (Catalan: [ˈkaɾlə ˈkiləs]; born February 2008) is a Spanish actress and dancer. She is known for her starring role in the teen drama film Motherhood (2022), for which she won the Gaudí Award for Best New Performance.

Early life

Carla Quílez Alonso was born in Barcelona, Spain, in February 2008,[1] to Eva, a logistics administrator.[2] She is a native of Horta, Barcelona.[3]

Quílez has been dedicated to dance since the age of 6, covering various genres, starting with ballet, contemporary, ballet with tap, urban dance, and hip hop.[2]

Career

Quílez made her feature film debut in Pilar Palomero's teen drama Motherhood, portraying Carla, a pregnant teenager who arrives at a shelter for teenage mothers, where she receives support and forms bonds with other girls in the same situation.[4] She got an audition for the film after Irene Roqué, the casting director, discovered one of her choreography videos on Instagram.[5]

Her performance earned her the Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance ex aequo alongside Paul Kircher at the 70th San Sebastián International Film Festival,[6] the Gaudí Award for Best New Performance,[7] the CEC Medal for Best New Actress,[8] and received a Feroz Award nomination for Best Actress in a Film.[9]

Filmography

Key
† Denotes productions that have not yet been released

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2022 Motherhood Carla
2024 La niña tatuada[10] Irene Short film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2025 Dime tu nombre †[11] Miniseries

Awards and nominations

Award Date of ceremony Category Title Result Ref.
CEC Medals 9 February 2022 Best New Actress Motherhood Nominated [8]
Feroz Awards 28 January 2023 Best Actress in a Film Nominated [9]
Gaudí Awards 22 January 2023 Best New Performance Won [7]
San Sebastián International Film Festival 24 September 2022 Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance Won [6]

References

  1. ^ "Saturday Edition, February 16, 2008, page 29". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 16 February 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b Ramírez, Noelia (20 January 2023). "Carla Quílez, protagonista de 'La Maternal': "Ojalá pusieran mi embarazo en todos los institutos"". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  3. ^ "La història d'èxit de Carla Quílez: fitxada per Instagram i premiada a Sant Sebastià". CCMA (in Catalan). 25 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  4. ^ Rodríguez González, Amanda (19 December 2022). "Carla Quílez, con 13 años y sin ser actriz profesional se metió en la piel de una madre adolescente". Público (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 September 2024 – via UwU.
  5. ^ Mantilla, Daniel (18 November 2022). "Carla Quílez ('La maternal'): "La gente decide apartar y juzgar a las madres jóvenes, aunque no se den cuenta"". El Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  6. ^ a b Roxborough, Scott (24 September 2022). "'The Kings of the World' Wins San Sebastian Film Festival Golden Shell for Best Film". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  7. ^ a b ""Alcarràs" s'imposa sense sorpresa als Gaudí, amb cinc premis en les principals categories". 3/24 (in Catalan). 23 January 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  8. ^ a b "'El amor en su lugar' arrasa en las Medallas CEC con hasta seis premios, todos los principales". Cine con Ñ (in Spanish). 10 February 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  9. ^ a b Gualda, Lucía (29 January 2023). "Premios Feroz, en directo: los premiados a mejor película, mejor serie y mejor actriz y actor protagonistas". Vanitatis (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 September 2024 – via El Confidencial.
  10. ^ Meseguer, Astrid (26 June 2024). "La generación de intérpretes y cineastas (menores de 30) que pide paso en las pantallas". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  11. ^ Sánchez Sequera, Marco (8 March 2024). "Comienza el rodaje de 'Dime tu nombre', nueva serie de Prime Video producida por Espotlight Media y Skybound Entertainment". Audiovisual451 (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 September 2024.
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