Belén López (actress)

López studied acting at the now defunct {{Interlanguage link multi|Centro Andaluz de Teatro|es}} (CAT), along with Paco León and Paz Vega. During her first two years at the school, her parents died, but she continued to pursue her studies in music, song, dance, acrobatics and pantomime while suffering her loss.{{cite web|url=http://www.aisge.es/ficha.php?menu_id=3&jera_id=309&cont_id=946|title="Perdí a mis padres y el teatro me salvó la vida"|publisher=Aisge|accessdate=June 12, 2013|first=HÉCTOR |last=ÁLVAREZ JIMÉNEZ|language=Spanish}} During her studies, she managed to get a small role in the TV series Plaza Alta. Gaining popularity, she was given a leading role alongside José Luis Garcia Pérez in the new follow-up series Castillos en el Aire, based on Plaza Alta.{{Cite web|url=http://a6cinema.com/en/belen-lopez-en|title=Belén López:Biography|accessdate=June 11, 2013|publisher=a6cinema.com|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131130015611/http://www.a6cinema.com/en/belen-lopez-en|archivedate=November 30, 2013}} She had a very minor role in Pilar Távora's Yular (1998).

In 2001, López portrayed Raquel Conde in the TV series Esencia de poder. The following year, she played Bárbara in the hospital drama series, Hospital Central. In 2003, she played Lorena in Una nueva vida. Between 2000 and 2006, she sang with the actors Guillermo Rayo and Manolo Caro in the group Rayo y los Trueno, later recording with them. López had her first major role in a feature film in 2006 in La Distancia, produced by {{Interlanguage link multi|Pepe Quero|es}} and co-starring Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Federico Luppi and José Coronado. The film noir on boxing was well received and was shown at the San Sebastian Film Festival.{{cite web|title=Belén López|url=http://www.lahiguera.net/cinemania/actores/belen_lopez/biografia.php|publisher=LaHiguera.net}} She was subsequently nominated for Best New Actress at the Goya Awards.{{cite book|title=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e7YqAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=June 12, 2013|year=2006|publisher=Hollywood Reporter Incorporated|page=185}}

She then moved to Madrid and continued working in TV and feature films. She became more popular following her role as Maite Valcárcel in the series {{Interlanguage link multi|Motivos Personales{{!}}Motivos Personales|2=es|3=Motivos personales|4=gl|5=Motivos personales|preserve=1}} in 2005, which won her an award. She also received many awards and her role in Llévame a otro sitio was appreciated. She has since acted in numerous television serias including: RIS Cientifico (Telecinco), Pelotas (TVE), the biopic Hoy Quiero Confesar (Antena 3) and Luna, el misterio de Calenda (Antena 3). She had roles in the films Ocho Citas (2008) directed by Peris Romano and Rodrigo Sorogoyen; Holmes & Watson. Madrid Days (2012) directed by José Luis Garci; and 15 años y un dia (2013), directed by Gracia Querejeta.

She won the AISGE Award for the film Take Me Somewhere Else (2004). She was nominated thrice, in 2007 for Newcomer Award for her role in The Distance (2006),{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1349281/awards|title=Awards for Belén López|work=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=June 24, 2013}} in 2008 and 2001 for the award of the Spanish Actors Union for her TV series for R.I.S. Científica (2007) for supporting actress and for lead performance for the teleserial, Pelotas (2009).

The films in which she has acted are:

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• Recambios (2003)
• 15 días contigo (2004)
• Llévame a otro Sitio (2004)
• Ludoterapia (2006)
• Mcguffin (2005)
• La Distancia (2005)
• ¿Por qué se frotan las Patitas? (2006)
• 8 citas (2007)
• Intrusos (2007)
• Holmes & Watson. Madrid Days (2012)
• 15 años y un día (2013)

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She has acted in the following television series:

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• Leyendas, Canal Sur (1994)
• Proyecto Seneca, Canal Sur (1995)
• Plaza Alta, Canal Sur (1998–1999)
• Castillos en el Aire, Canal Sur (1999)
• Manos a la obra, Antena 3 (2001)
• Esencia de Poder, Telecinco (2001)
• Periodistas, Telecinco (2001)
• TV-Movie Despacito y a Compás, Telecinco (2002)
• Mujeres, TVE 2 (2002)
• Hospital Central, Telecinco (2002)
• 3, 2, 1... ¡Vídeo!, Canal Sur (2002)
• Segundo Matrimonio, Telecinco (2002)
• Una Nueva Vida, Telecinco (2003)
• Ana y los 7, TVE (2004)
• Los Serrano, Telecinco (2004)
• El Camino de Víctor, Canal Sur (2004)
• La Sopa Boba, Antena 3 (2004)
• {{Interlanguage link multi|Motivos Personales{{!}}Motivos Personales|2=es|3=Motivos personales|4=gl|5=Motivos personales|preserve=1}}, Telecinco (2004–2005)
• Masala, Telecinco (2006)
• El Comisario, Telecinco (2006)
• Los Simuladores, Cuatro (2006)
• RIS Científica, Telecinco (2007)
• Pelotas, TVE 1 (2009–2010)
• Los misterios de Laura (2011)
• Hoy quiero confesar, Antena 3 (2011)
• Luna, el misterio de Calenda, Antena 3 (2012–2013)
• Mar de plástico, Antena 3 (2015)
• Traición, La 1{{Cite web|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/traicion-la-nueva-serie-de-bambu-producciones-llega-a-la-1-el-martes-28-de-noviembre/|website=Audiovisual451|title='Traición', la nueva serie de Bambú Producciones, llega a La 1 el martes 28 de noviembre|date=November 20, 2017}} (2017–2018)
• White Lines (2020)
• Caronte (2020)
• ''Berlin (2023){{Cite web|url=https://vertele.eldiario.es/noticias/Mediaset-cambia-planes-estreno-Caronte-se-vera-en-Cuatro-y-no-Telecinco_0_2315468460.html|website=Vertele!|publisher=eldiario.es|title=Mediaset cambia sus planes para el estreno de 'Caronte': se verá en Cuatro y no en Telecinco|date=February 18, 2021}}

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Category:1970 births

Category:Living people

Category:Actresses from Seville

Category:Spanish television actresses

Category:Spanish film actresses

Category:21st-century Spanish actresses