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Manuela Vellés
Manuela Vellés
	At the 2019 Goya Awards
Born	Manuela Vellés Casariego; 16 January 1987 (age 37); Madrid, Spain
Occupation(s)	Actress, singer
Years active	2007–present

Manuela Vellés Casariego (born 16 January 1987) is a Spanish actress best known for her appearances in television series and films.

Biography

Manuela Vellés comes from a family of artists, writers, and designers, and her parents are architects. She began her theatrical acting studies at the school of Argentine director Juan Carlos Corazza, in the course "Theater for Youth". She continued her training with Jorge Eines, Augusto Fernandes, and Fernando Leones, and later, in 2010, she attended The Acting School of London.

In addition to working as an actress, she has developed a parallel career as a musician. She has performed songs in several movies and series, and composes her own songs on guitar.

Professional career

Vellés made her cinematic debut in 2007, after Julio Medem selected her in a casting to be the protagonist of Caótica Ana.^[1]

She then obtained her first regular role as the second lead of the Antena 3 series La chica de ayer, based on the British Life on Mars.^[2] In 2009 she joined the cast of the third season of the TVE telenovela La Señora.^[3]

In 2010 she appeared on one of the productions for which she has received the most recognition, Hispania, la leyenda. Vellés played Elena during the series' three seasons.^[4] That same year she also premiered the mini-series La piel azul [es] directed by Gonzalo López-Gallego^[5] and the films Kidnapped by Miguel Ángel Vivas and Retornos by Luis Avilés.^[6]^[7]

In 2012, after the end of Hispania, Vellés focused on her film career until 2014, when she was added to the cast of the period series Velvet.^[8] Vellés played Luisa Rivas during the first three seasons of the series, although in the third season she only appeared as a guest star in one episode.^[9]

On the big screen she has been part of the cast of productions such as Al final todos mueren [es], The Bride by Paula Ortiz, and Muse by Jaume Balagueró.

In 2015 she participated in the theatrical production The Trickster of Seville by playwright Tirso de Molina and directed by Darío Facal [es].^[10] In 2017 she returned to work under Facal in the play Punk&Love, which she starred in with Daniel Grao.^[11]

Besides being an actress, Vellés has also worked as a singer, giving various concerts throughout Spain.^[12] Her first album Subo, bajo was released in October 2018.^[13]

Filmography

Television

Special Amar en tiempos revueltos: Flores para Belle, as Belle (2008)
La chica de ayer, as Rosa de Santos (2009)
La Señora, as Carlota de Castro Santibáñez (2009)
La piel azul [es], as Sophie. Miniseries (2010)
Hispania, la leyenda, as Helena (2010–2012)
Infames, as Irene Simón/Isabel Rouge, one episode (2012)
Velvet, as Luisa Rivas (2014–2015)
High Seas, as Louisa/Sofía Plazaola (2019–2020)
El Ministerio del Tiempo, as Carolina Bravo (2020)

Feature films

Caótica Ana, as Ana. Dir. Julio Medem (2007)
Camino, as Nuria. Dir. Javier Fesser (2008)
Kidnapped, as Isa. Dir. Miguel Ángel Vivas (2010)
Retornos, as Mar. Dir. Luis Avilés (2010)
Buscando a Eimish, as Eimish. Dir. Ana Rodríguez Rosell [es] (2012)
Somos gente honrada, as Julia. Dir. Alejandro Marzoa (2013)
Al final todos mueren [es], as Noelia. Dir. David Galán Galindo, Roberto Pérez Toledo [es], Pablo Vara, Javier Botet, and Javier Fesser (2013)
The Bride, as a girl. Dir. Paula Ortiz (2015)
Lobos sucios, as Candela. Dir. Simón Casal de Miguel (2015)
Las siete muertes, as Clara. Dir. Gerardo Herrero (2017)
Muse, as Beatriz. Dir. Jaume Balagueró (2017)
Alegría tristeza, as Luna. Dir. Ibon Cormenzana (2018)
La influencia, as Alicia. Dir. Denis Rovira van Boekholt (2019)

Short films

La unión, as Sara. Dir. Carlos A. Sambricio (2009)
Lo siento, te quiero, as Bárbara. Dir. Leticia Dolera (2009)
Avevamo vent'anni, as Sara. Dir. Ivan Silvestrini (2010)
El orden de las cosas, as Julia. Dir. César Esteban Alenda and José Esteban Alenda (2010)
Amor sacro, as Lucía. Dir. Javier Yáñez Sanz (2011)
The Room, cast. Dir. Miguel Ángel Vivas (2011)
Inertial Love, as a girl. Dir. César Esteban Alenda and José Esteban Alenda (2012)
Hibernation, as Claire Martínez. Dir. Jon Mikel Caballero (2012)
Solsticio, as Marina. Dir. Juan Francisco Viruega (2013)
Hay dos clases de personas, as She. Dir. Eva Moreno and Juan Carlos Vellido (2013)
1:58, cast. Dir. Rodrigo Cortés (2014)
IPDENTICAL: Imagine a world without creativity, Dir. Marco Huertas (2018)

Theater

Amor Casual, by Nicolás Casariego [es]. Dir. Nicolás Casariego (2012)
The Trickster of Seville, by Tirso de Molina, as Tisbea. Dir. Darío Facal [es] (2015)
Punk&Love, by Pedro Cantalejo. Dir Darío Facal (2017)

Awards and nominations

2010: Nominated for the Mestre Mateo Award for Best Female Lead Performance, for Retornos^[14]
2010: Vila International Short Film Festival award for Best Female Performance, for El orden de las cosas^[15]
2010: Nominated for the Luna de Islantilla [es] award for Best Actress, for El orden de las cosas^[16]

References

^ "Julio Medem recuerda a su hermana muerta en la película 'Caótica Ana'" [Julio Medem Remembers His Dead Sister in the Film 'Caótica Ana']. Eldiario.es (in Spanish). 30 August 2007. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
^ "Antena 3 estrena 'La chica de ayer', una adaptación de 'Life of Mars'" [Antena 3 Premieres 'La chica de ayer', an Adaptation of 'Life of Mars']. El Diario Montañés (in Spanish). Madrid. 26 April 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
^ "Cinco nuevos personajes se incorporan a 'La señora'" [Five New Characters Join 'La señora']. El Mundo (in Spanish). Madrid. 12 November 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
^ "Antena 3 graba en Extremadura la serie histórica 'Hispania'" [Antena 3 Records the Historical Series 'Hispania' in Extremadura]. El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Barcelona. 2 August 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
^ "'La piel azul', un thriller de supervivencia en alta mar" ['La piel azul', a Survival Thriller on the High Seas]. El Confidencial (in Spanish). 14 March 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
^ Oliva, José (11 October 2010). "Pánico de un 'secuestro exprés' en 12 planos secuencia" [Panic of an 'Express Kidnapping' in 12 Part Sequence]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Sitges. EFE. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
^ "Luis Avilés se estrena en el largometraje con una historia de desencuentros" [Luis Avilés Premieres a Short Film with a History of Misunderstandings]. ABC (in Spanish). EFE. 24 October 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
^ "'Galerías Velvet': Pasen y vean a todas las caras de la sucesora de 'Gran Hotel'" ['Galerías Velvet': Come and See All the Faces of the Successor to 'Gran Hotel']. Eldiario.es Vertele (in Spanish). 14 June 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
^ Diaz, Irene (8 October 2015). "Manuela Vellés, de 'Galerías Velvet': 'Luisa tiene un giro total'" [Manuela Vellés, on 'Galerías Velvet': 'Luisa Has a Total Turn'] (in Spanish). Madrid. Europa Press. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
^ Bravo, Julio (27 September 2015). "Álex García y Manuela Vellés protagonizan 'El burlador de Sevilla' en el Teatro Español" [Álex García and Manuela Vellés Lead 'The Trickster of Seville' at the Teatro Español]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 November 2018.
^ Artola, Iñigo (25 May 2017). "'Punk and Love' con Manuela Vellés y Daniel Grao se despide de Las Noches de la Suite" ['Punk and Love' with Manuela Vellés and Daniel Grao Says Goodbye to Las Noches de la Suite]. Okdiario (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 November 2018.
^ "Manuela Velles, emocionada en su primer concierto" [Manuela Velles, Emotional in Her First Concert] (in Spanish). Madrid. Europa Press. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
^ Salido, Chus (14 November 2018). "Por qué no podemos dejar de escuchar 'Subo bajo', el disco debut de Manuela Vellés" [Why We Can't Stop Listneing to 'Subo bajo', the Debut Album of Manuela Vellés]. InStyle Spain (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 November 2018.
^ "Os Premios Mestre Mateo 2010 xa teñen candidatos" [The 2010 Mestre Mateo Awards Already Have Nominees]. La Región (in Galician). A Coruña. 16 March 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
^ "Nely Reguera y Luis Fabra, triunfadores del Cineculpable" [Nely Reguera and Luis Fabra, Winners of the Cineculpable]. nomepierdoniuna.net (in Spanish). 27 November 2010. Archived from the original on 15 March 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
^ "Histórico" (in Spanish). Islantilla Film Festival. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2018.