Asia Ortega

{{Infobox person

| name = Asia Ortega

| birth_name = Asia Ortega Leiva

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1995|5|18}}{{Cite web|title=Asia Ortega

|url=https://www.formulatv.com/personas/asia-ortega/|website=FórmulaTV|language=es}}

| birth_place = Barcelona, Spain

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 2004-present

}}

Asia Ortega Leiva (born 18 May 1995) is a Spanish film and television dancer and actress who became known for her participation in the series Les de l'hoquei (2019-2020) as Flor Vilamayor. Later, she starred in the series El internado: Las Cumbres (2021-2022) in the role of Amaia Torres.{{Cite web |title=Asia Ortega en eCartelera |url=https://www.ecartelera.com/personas/asia-ortega/|website=eCartelera |language=es}}

Biography

= First years =

Ortega Leiva was born on 18 May 1995, in Barcelona, Spain. She is descendant of an Argentinian father, a circus clown by profession, and a Spanish mother and actress. Always rooted in the world of art, she has a great passion for flamenco, so from a very young age she began with this type of dance.{{Cite web |title=Asia Ortega Leiva: biografía y trayectoria |url=https://www.elisabetharana.com/actors/asia-ortega-leiva/ |website=Elisabeth Arana |language=es}}

= Professional career =

In 2017 she made her film debut with the movie Cuando los ángeles duermen, directed by Gonzalo Bendala and produced by Áralan Films. In 2018 she played Sara, daughter of José Coronado, in the film Tu hijo, directed by Miguel Ángel Vivas and produced by Apache Films. In April 2019 she premiered on TV3 the series Les de l'hoquei, where she played Flor Vilamayor during the two seasons. In addition, she signed for the second season of + de 100 mentiras on Atresmedia's Flooxer platform{{Cite web |date=9 July 2019 |title=Flooxer renueva 'Más de 100 mentiras' por una última temporada |url=https://www.cineytele.com/2019/07/09/flooxer-renueva-mas-de-100-mentiras-por-una-ultima-temporada/ |publisher=Cine y tele |language=es}}

In 2020 she participated in the feature film Malnazidos, directed by Alberto de Toro and Javier Ruiz Caldera.{{Cite web |title=Fotos del rodaje de Malnazidos, película de guerra y zombies que rueda Javier Ruiz Caldera |url=http://www.diariodevenusville.com/tag/asia-ortega/|website=Diario de Venusville |language=es}} She also starred in Hasta el cielo, a film by Daniel Calparsoro, alongside Miguel Herrán and Carolina Yuste.{{Cite web |date=29 May 2020 |title=Hasta el cielo: Miguel Herrán, Carolina Yuste, Asia Ortega y Luis Tosar |url=https://moobys.es/2020/05/hasta-el-cielo-miguel-herran-carolina-yuste-asia-ortega-y-luis-tosar/|publisher=Moobys |language=es}} In 2021 she starred in the series El Internado: Las Cumbres, adaptation of the successful Antena 3 El Internado: Laguna Negra, where she played Amaia Torres, a conflictive student looking for her boyfriend.{{Cite web |date=18 February 2020|title='El Internado: Las Cumbres': las nuevas caras que protagonizan el 'reboot' |url=http://www.sensacine.com/noticias/series/noticia-18581533/|website=SensaCine |language=es}} After the broadcast of the first season in February 2021, the renewal of the series for a second season was announced, again with Asia as the main character, along with Albert Salazar.{{Cite web |date=30 March 2021 |title='El Internado: Las Cumbres' y 'ByAnaMilán' anuncian el comienzo de rodaje de sus nuevas temporadas |url=https://vertele.eldiario.es/noticias/El-Internado-Las-Cumbres-ByAnaMilan-anuncian-rodaje-nuevas-temporadas_0_2327467262.html |publisher=Vertele |language=es}} In April 2021 she participated episodically in the Netflix series El Inocente, playing Cassandra.{{Cite web |date=28 April 2021 |title=El Inocente: la próxima miniserie de Netflix que debes ver si te gustó ¿Quién mató a Sara? |url=https://spoiler.bolavip.com/series/El-Inocente-cuando-se-estrena-en-Netflix-la-miniserie-con-Mario-Casas--20210428-0014.html |publisher=Spoiler |language=es}}

In February 2022, it was announced that she would star in the TV series Hasta el cielo on Netflix, based on the 2020 film of the same name, in which she already participated in a supporting role.{{Cite web |date=18 February 2022 |title=Netflix ya rueda la serie de 'Hasta el cielo', que continúa la historia de la película |url=https://www.formulatv.com/noticias/netflix-arranca-rodaje-hasta-el-cielo-luis-tosar-114046/ |publisher=Formula TV |language=es}}