Carla Quílez
{{Short description|Spanish actress (born 2008)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Quílez|Alonso|lang=Spanish}}
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| name = Carla Quílez
| image = Goyas 2023 - Carla Quilez (1).jpg
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| caption = Quílez at the 37th Goya Awards
| birth_name = Carla Quílez Alonso
| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|February 2008}}
| birth_place = Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|dancer}}
| years_active = 2022–present
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Carla Quílez Alonso ({{IPA|ca|ˈkaɾlə ˈkiləs|lang}}; 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,{{cite web|title=Saturday Edition, February 16, 2008, page 29|url=https://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2008/02/16/pagina-29/67949833/pdf.html|access-date=8 September 2024 |website=La Vanguardia|date=16 February 2008|language=es}} to Eva, a logistics administrator.{{cite web|date=20 January 2023|title=Carla Quílez, protagonista de 'La Maternal': "Ojalá pusieran mi embarazo en todos los institutos"|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2023-01-20/carla-quilez-protagonista-de-la-maternal-ojala-pusieran-mi-embarazo-en-todos-los-institutos.html|first=Noelia|last=Ramírez|access-date=8 September 2024|website=El País|language=es}} She is a native of Horta, Barcelona.{{cite web|date=25 September 2022|title=La història d'èxit de Carla Quílez: fitxada per Instagram i premiada a Sant Sebastià|url=https://www.ccma.cat/324/la-historia-dexit-de-carla-quilez-fitxada-per-instagram-i-premiada-a-sant-sebastia/noticia/3186387/|access-date=8 September 2024|website=CCMA|language=ca}}
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.
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.{{cite web|date=19 December 2022|title=Carla Quílez, con 13 años y sin ser actriz profesional se metió en la piel de una madre adolescente
|url=https://www.publico.es/uwu/cultura/carla-quilez-con-13-anos-y-sin-ser-actriz-profesional-se-metio-en-la-piel-de-una-madre-adolescente/|first=Amanda|last=Rodríguez González|access-date=8 September 2024|website=Público|via=UwU|language=es}} She got an audition for the film after Irene Roqué, the casting director, discovered one of her choreography videos on Instagram.{{cite web|date=18 November 2022|title=Carla Quílez ('La maternal'): "La gente decide apartar y juzgar a las madres jóvenes, aunque no se den cuenta"
|url=https://www.elespanol.com/series/cine/20221118/carla-quilez-maternal-decide-apartar-jovenes-no/718928491_0.html|first=Daniel|last=Mantilla|access-date=8 September 2024|website=El Español|language=es}}
Her performance earned her the Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance ex aequo alongside Paul Kircher at the 70th San Sebastián International Film Festival,{{cite magazine|last=Roxborough|first=Scott|date=24 September 2022|title='The Kings of the World' Wins San Sebastian Film Festival Golden Shell for Best Film|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/san-sebastian-film-festival-2022-winners-1235226902/|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=8 September 2024}} the Gaudí Award for Best New Performance,{{Cite web|website=3/24|date=23 January 2023|title="Alcarràs" s'imposa sense sorpresa als Gaudí, amb cinc premis en les principals categories
|url=https://www.ccma.cat/324/arriben-els-premis-gaudi-alcarras-i-un-ano-una-noche-les-mes-nominades-de-la-nit/noticia/3207981/|language=ca|access-date=8 September 2024}} the CEC Medal for Best New Actress,{{Cite web|url=https://cineconn.es/medallas-cec-2022-ganadores/|website=Cine con Ñ|title='El amor en su lugar' arrasa en las Medallas CEC con hasta seis premios, todos los principales
|date=10 February 2022|language=es|access-date=8 September 2024}} and received a Feroz Award nomination for Best Actress in a Film.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vanitatis.elconfidencial.com/famosos/2023-01-29/premios-feroz-2023-directo-alfombra-roja-premiados_3565881/|website=Vanitatis|via=El Confidencial|title=Premios Feroz, en directo: los premiados a mejor película, mejor serie y mejor actriz y actor protagonistas|date=29 January 2023|first=Lucía|last=Gualda|language=es|access-date=8 September 2024}}
Filmography
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=Film=
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! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| scope=row| 2022
| scope="row"| Motherhood | Carla | |
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| scope=row| 2024
| scope="row"| La niña tatuada{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20240626/9747202/generacion-interpretes-cineastas-menores-30-pide-paso-pantallas.html|website=La Vanguardia|title=La generación de intérpretes y cineastas (menores de 30) que pide paso en las pantallas |date=26 June 2024|first=Astrid|last=Meseguer|language=es|access-date=8 September 2024}} | Irene | Short film |
=Television=
Awards and nominations
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! scope="col" | Award ! scope="col" | Date of ceremony ! scope="col" | Category ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Ref heading}} |
| scope="row" | CEC Medals
| 9 February 2022 | Best New Actress | rowspan="4" |Motherhood | {{Nom}} |
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| scope="row" | Feroz Awards
| {{Nom}} |
| scope="row" | Gaudí Awards
| Best New Performance | {{Won}} |
| scope="row" | San Sebastián International Film Festival
| Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance | {{won|{{Abbrv|Won|Shared with Paul Kircher ("Winter Boy")}}}} |
References
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External links
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{{Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance}}
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Category:21st-century Spanish actresses
Category:Actresses from Barcelona