:Itziar Castro

Itziar Castro i Rivadulla was born in Barcelona on 14 February 1977.{{Cite web|date=8 December 2023|title=Mor l'actriu Itziar Castro als 46 anys|url=https://www.regio7.cat/necrologiques/2023/12/08/mor-lactriu-itziar-castro-als-95590710.html|website=Regió7|publisher=Prensa Ibérica}}{{Cite web|url=https://es.euronews.com/2023/12/08/muere-la-actriz-espanola-itziar-castro-a-los-46-anos|website=Euronews|date=8 December 2023|title=Muere la actriz española Itziar Castro a los 46 años}} Her professional career dates back to 2002, when she participated in the feature film Noche de fiesta. She landed her first role in a feature film in Unconscious (2003). Later, she participated in fictional roles for both television and cinema, including in El cor de la ciutat or Algo que celebrar on television and in Blancanieves or La sexta alumna in cinema.{{Cite web |title=Ficha, noticias, trabajos y fotos de Itziar Castro |url=https://www.formulatv.com/personas/itziar-castro/|publisher=Formula TV |language=es}} In 2017, she signed for the main cast of Eduardo Casanova's film Skins,{{Cite web |date=24 March 2017 |title=Itziar Castro responde con un corpiño a los gordofóbicos que la atacaron en las redes |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/de-moda/feminismo/20170324/421151792802/itziar-castro-gordo-fobia-festival-cine-malaga-alfombra-roja.html |publisher=La Vanguardia |language=es}} for which she was nominated for a Goya Award for Best New Actress and won the Actors and Actresses Union award in the same category.{{Cite news |website=ElPaís |date=6 February 2018 |title=Los ganadores de los Premios Goya 2018 |language=es |page= |agency=El País |issue= |location= |url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/02/03/actualidad/1517685158_402859.html}}{{Cite web |date=13 March 2018 |title=La gala de premios de la Unión de Actores y Actrices destila feminismo |url=https://www.elespanol.com/cultura/cine/20180313/gala-premios-union-actores-actrices-destila-feminismo/291720868_0.html|publisher=El Español |language=es}}

In 2018, she was part of the main cast of the television series Locked Up in the role of Goya Fernández, which earned her notoriety.{{Cite web |date=4 April 2020 |title=¿Quién es Itziar Castro, la revelación de la nueva Vis a Vis? |url=https://www.clarin.com/espectaculos/tv/-itziar-castro-revelacion-nueva-vis-vis-_0_NA6RRuGUY.html |publisher=Clarín |language=es}} In addition, she participates in the feature films Matar a Dios{{Cite news |date=23 September 2018 |title=Estrenar en Gran Vía |url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2018/09/21/madrid/1537522440_995805.html|newspaper=El País |language=es|last1=Pastor |first1=Custodio }} and Campeones, and made a cameo in the second season of Paquita Salas, portraying the stage manager of the Tarazona Festival. In July 2018, she signed on to play the acting teacher of the academy of Operación Triunfo 2018, replacing Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo.{{Cite web |date=18 July 2018 |title=Itziar Castro ficha por 'OT 2018' como profesora de interpretación |url=https://www.formulatv.com/noticias/82052/ot-2018-itziar-castro-profesora-interpretacion/|publisher=Formula TV |language=es}} On October 31, just over a month after the edition started, it was learned that the actress was leaving her job in the program, apparently a decision taken unilaterally by the program's management.{{Cite web |date=5 November 2018 |title=La gran farsa de OT 2018 con Itziar Castro |url=https://www.abc.es/play/television/noticias/abci-operacion-triunfo-gran-farsa-2018-itziar-castro-201811051055_noticia.html|publisher=ABC |language=es}}

In 2019, she participated in the feature films El cerro de los dioses by Daniel M. Caneiro{{Cite web |date=25 November 2020 |title=Los secretos de la original sátira El cerro de los dioses revelados por su director |url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cultura/20201125/los-secretos-de-la-original-satira-el-cerro-de-los-dioses-8221163|website=Yotele |publisher=El Periódico |language=es}} and ¿Qué te juegas? by Inés de León.{{Cite web |date=28 March 2019 |title=¿Qué te juegas? es una comedia romántica que se ríe de las propias películas del género, véase Pretty Woman o Notting Hill. |url=https://www.elcineenlasombra.com/que-te-juegas-critica/ |publisher=El Cine en la Sombra |language=es}} In 2020, she made a cameo in Woody Allen's film Rifkin's Festival and starred in the Fox España series Vis a vis: El Oasis,{{Cite web |date=21 October 2019 |title='Vis a vis: El oasis' completa su reparto con Itziar Castro y Paula Gallego y comienza su rodaje |url=https://www.formulatv.com/noticias/vis-a-vis-el-oasis-completa-reparto-itziar-castro-inicia-rodaje-96546/|publisher=Formula TV |language=es}} as well as having a recurring role in the HBO Spain series One Way or Another as Choni.{{Cite web |date=8 June 2020 |title=Brays Efe e Itziar Castro en "Por H o por B" o la serie de HBO que nos hará reír a carcajadas |url=https://www.telva.com/cultura/2020/06/08/5ede97b601a2f129978b45b3.html|publisher=Telva |language=es}} She is also one of the protagonists of Historias lamentables, a film by Javier Fesser for Amazon Prime Video.{{Cite web |date=16 November 2020 |title=Crítica de 'Historias lamentables': De los campeones a los conformados |url=https://www.moviementarios.com/critica-historias-lamentables/ |publisher=Moviementarios |language=es}} In December 2020, her signing was announced as the main character for the first Netflix musical series in Spain Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After directed by Manolo Caro.{{Cite web |date=1 December 2020 |title='Érase una vez... pero ya no', la serie musical de Netflix que incluirá clásicos del pop español |url=https://as.com/epik/2020/12/01/portada/1606811374_323223.html|website=Epik |publisher=As |language=es}}

Castro died shortly after experiencing cardiorespiratory arrest at 2:00 a.m. on 8 December 2023, aged 46, in a municipal swimming pool of Lloret de Mar while rehearsing for a synchronised swimming performance.{{Cite news |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/cine/20231208/9434927/muere-actriz-itziar-castro-46-anos.html |newspaper=La Vanguardia |date=8 December 2023 |title=Muere la actriz Itziar Castro a los 46 años |first=Mayka |last=Navarro |first2=Lara |last2=Gómez Ruiz |language=es |access-date=8 December 2023}}

• Los Bermejo (Dir. José Fernández-Ark, 2018), secondary role.
• Desaliento (Dir. Pinky Alonso, 2018), leading role.
• RIP (Dir. Caye Casas and Albert Pintó, 2017), leading role.
• Eat my shit (Dir. Eduardo Casanova, 2015), leading role.
• La Colleja (Dir. Sergio Morcillo, 2019), leading role.

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• [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2458772/ Itziar Castro] on IMDb

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