Clara Lago

{{short description|Spanish actress}}

{{family name hatnote|Lago|Grau|lang=Spanish}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox person

| image = Clara Lago en los Premios Goya 2017 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Clara Lago in 2017

| birth_name = Clara Lago Grau

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|03|06}}

| birth_place = Torrelodones, Community of Madrid, Spain

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 2000–present

| partner = Dani Rovira (2013–2019)

| website =

}}

Clara Lago Grau (born 6 March 1990) is a Spanish actress.

Career

Clara Lago Grau was born on 6 March 1990 in Torrelodones,{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/yes/2021/05/08/dani-llevamos-separados-dos-anos-amor-incondicional/0003_202105SY8P2991.htm|website=La Voz de Galicia|date=9 May 2021|first=Sandra|last=Faginas|title=Clara Lago: "Dani y yo llevamos separados dos años, pero nuestro amor es incondicional"}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.eitb.eus/es/television/programas/la-noche-de/detalle/3290934/todos-apellidos-clara-lago-dani-rovira/|website=EiTB|date=16 June 2015|title=Los apellidos de Clara Lago y Dani Rovira}} Community of Madrid. Lago made her feature film debut in Miserable Life (2000),{{Cite journal|page=11|url=https://idus.us.es/bitstream/handle/11441/144478/El%20pasado%20reciente%20escolar%20en%20el%20cine%20espa%C3%B1ol%20actual.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|title=El pasado reciente escolar en el cine español actual: una mirada a las películas protagonizadas por niños (1996-2011)|journal=Tempo e Argumento|location=Florianópolis|publisher=Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina|doi=|volume=14|issue=37|year=2022|first=Valeriano|last=Durán Manso}} providing the voice to Bea.{{Cite web|website=El País|date=12 November 2016|first=Javier|last=Galán Caballero|first2=José M.|last2=Abad Liñán|title=Estos son los 100 actores más taquilleros del cine español|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2016/11/11/actualidad/1478889951_248072.html}} She also joined the cast of Compañeros.

In 2002 she starred in Carol's Journey, a film directed by Imanol Uribe for which Lago was nominated for a Goya Award for Best New Actress.{{cite news |title=Candidatos a los Premios Goya 2002 |url=http://www.elmundo.es/especiales/2002/12/cultura/goya/ |newspaper=El Mundo |access-date=8 February 2015 |publisher=Mundinteractivos, S.A. |language=es |year=2002}}

She won the 'Best New Talent in Spanish Cinema' awarded by L'Oreal in the 2008 56th San Sebastian Film Festival.

Clara won the Shooting Stars Award by the ICAA for the European Film Academy and the Berlin International Film Festival in 2011 for her role in the film The Hidden Face.

In November 2012 she played Eva in Fin, along Maribel Verdú and Daniel Grao.{{cite web |url=https://www.antena3.com/se-estrena/especiales/fin/fin-gana-melies-plata-imagine-fantastic-film-fest-amsterdam_2012090757903cdd4beb289894907271.html |title='Fin' gana el 'Méliès de Plata' en el 'Imagine Fantastic Film Fest' de Amsterdam |location=Madrid |date=24 June 2018 |language=es |access-date=8 February 2015 |work=Antena 3 |publisher=Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación, S.A}}

In 2014, Lago starred in Spanish Affair. The film broke Spanish box-office records, becoming the top-grossing Spanish title of all time with more than $75 million in sales and sitting.{{cite web |url=http://www.hispanicallyyours.com/?p=20847 |title="Spanish Affair" Becomes the Top-Grossing Spanish Title of All Time |date=30 April 2014 |access-date=7 October 2018 |work=Hispanically Yours}} Then she portrayed in the stage play La venus de las pieles, directed by David Serrano de la Peña.{{cite news |url=http://www.larioja.com/culturas/201405/03/vasca-pasa-teatro-20140503005532-v.html |title=La 'vasca' se pasa al teatro |first=Edurne |last=Martínez |date=3 May 2014 |access-date=8 February 2015 |location=Madrid |language=es |newspaper=La Rioja |publisher=Vocento}}

Lago appears in the 2015 film Extinction{{cite web |url=http://www.thewrap.com/jeffrey-donovan-matthew-fox-star-post-apocalyptic-horror-movie-welcome-harmony-exclusive |title=Jeffrey Donovan, Matthew Fox to Star in Post-Apocalyptic Horror Movie 'Welcome to Harmony |first=Jeff |last=Sneider |date=20 December 2013 |access-date=10 July 2014 |work=The Wrap}} along with Matthew Fox and Jeffrey Donovan, in an adaptation of Juan de Dios Garduño's bestseller book Y pese a todo.

In 2017 she dubbed Cleopatra in the video game Assassin's Creed: Origins.{{cite web |url=https://es.ign.com/assassins-creed-origins-xbox-one/123387/news/clara-lago-doblara-a-cleopatra-en-assassins-creed-origins |title=Clara Lago doblará a Cleopatra en Assassin's Creed Origins |first=David |last=Soriano |date=14 September 2017 |access-date=7 October 2018 |work=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis, LLC}} It is the first time she participated in the dubbing of a video game.{{cite news |url=http://www.marca.com/tiramillas/videojuegos/2017/09/16/59bd5c8b268e3e89398b45ee.html |title=Clara Lago pone voz a Cleopatra en 'Assassin's Creed Origins' |first=Marta S. |last=Ortigosa |date=16 September 2017 |access-date=7 October 2018 |newspaper=Marca |language=es |publisher=Unidad Editorial Información Deportiva, S.L.U.}}

Personal life

In 2013, Lago began a relationship with her Ocho Apellidos co-star Dani Rovira.{{cite web |title=Clara Lago confiesa cuándo empezó su relación con Dani Rovira |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.es/2017/05/22/clara-lago-confiesa-cuando-empezo-su-relacion-con-dani-rovira_a_22102934/ |work=The Huffington Post |access-date=27 August 2017 |first=Margarita |last=Lázaro |date=22 May 2017 |language=es |publisher=España Prisa Noticias S.L.U.}} The couple officially broke up in 2019 after 5 years of dating.{{cite news |url=https://www.abc.es/estilo/gente/abci-dani-rovira-y-clara-lago-rompen-relacion-tras-cinco-anos-noviazgo-201905231931_video.html |title=Dani Rovira y Clara Lago rompen su relación tras cinco años de noviazgo |date=23 May 2019 |access-date=24 May 2019 |newspaper=ABC |language=es |publisher=Vocento}} Lago speaks fluent English and Spanish. In March 2017 she started a vegan diet due to an ethical and environmental decision that gives her "peace of mind", she also says that she feels "full of energy" and is "perfect" in health.{{cite news |url=https://www.diariosur.es/gente-estilo/vegana-tranquilidad-conciencia-20191215000459-ntvo.html?ref=https:%2F%2Fca.wikipedia.org%2F |title=Clara Lago: "Ser vegana me da tranquilidad de conciencia" |date=23 May 2019 |access-date=20 March 2020 |newspaper=Diario Sur |language=es }}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable"| Notes

! class="unsortable"| {{Tooltip|Ref.|References}}

align = "center" | 2000

| Terca vida (Miserable Life)

| Bea

| Voice. Feature film debut

| {{Cite journal|page=11|url=https://idus.us.es/bitstream/handle/11441/144478/El%20pasado%20reciente%20escolar%20en%20el%20cine%20espa%C3%B1ol%20actual.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|title=El pasado reciente escolar en el cine español actual: una mirada a las películas protagonizadas por niños (1996-2011)|journal=Tempo e Argumento|location=Florianópolis|publisher=Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina|doi=|volume=14|issue=37|year=2022|first=Valeriano|last=Durán Manso}}

align = "center" | 2002

| El viaje de Carol (Carol's Journey)

| Carol

|

| align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a9668/el-viaje-de-carol/|website=Fotogramas|first=Fernando|last=Méndez-Leite|date=29 May 2008|title=El viaje de Carol}}

align = "center" | 2004

| La vida que te espera (Your Next Life)

| Genia

|

| align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2004/film/reviews/your-next-life-1200536737/|date=29 January 2004|title=Your Next Life|first=Jonathan|last=Holland|website=Variety}}

align = "center" | 2006

| {{ill|Arena en los bolsillos (film)|es|Arena en los bolsillos (película)|lt=Arena en los bolsillos}}

| Elena

|

| align = "center" | {{Cite web|title=Arena en los bolsillos|website=Fotogramas|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a13116/arena-en-los-bolsillos/|date=29 May 2008}}

align = "center" | 2007

| {{ill|El club de los suicidas|es|El club de los suicidas (película de 2007)}}

| Laura

|

| align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/metropoli/2007/08/24/cine/1187906408.html|website=Metrópoli|via=El Mundo|date=22 August 2007|first=Carmen|last=Pastor|title=Cuando el suicidio es una razón para vivir}}

align = "center" | 2008

| El juego del ahorcado (The Hanged Man)

| Sandra

|

| align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.diezminutos.es/teleprograma/programacion-tv/a29816392/el-juego-del-ahorcado-pelicula-clara-lago-alvaro-cervantes-adriana-ugarte-joven/|title='El juego del ahorcado', de Manuel Gómez Pereira|first=Diego|last=Jimeno|date=8 December 2020|website=Diez Minutos}}

align = "center" | 2010

| El mal ajeno (For the Good of Others)

| Ainhoa

|

| align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/for-the-good-of-others-el-mal-ajeno/5010765.article|website=ScreenDaily|title=For The Good of Others (El Mal Ajeno)|first=Lee|last=Marshall|date=12 February 2010}}

align = "center" | 2011

| Primos (Cousinhood)

| Clara

|

| align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.diariovasco.com/v/20110204/cultura/adios-adolescencia-20110204_amp.html|website=Diario Vasco|first=Daniel|last=Roldán|date=4 February 2011|title=Adiós a la adolescencia}}

align = "center" | 2011

| La cara oculta (The Hidden Face)

| Belén

|

|align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.elpais.com.co/entretenimiento/que-tuvo-que-hacer-clara-lago-para-interpretar-a-belen-en-la-cara-oculta.html|website=El País|title=¿Qué tuvo que hacer Clara Lago para interpretar a 'Belén' en 'La cara oculta'?|date=31 January 2012|first=Isabel|last=Peláez}}

align = "center" | 2012

| Tengo ganas de ti (I Want You)

| Gin

|

| align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.es/2012/06/21/mario-casas-federico-moccia_n_1614719.html|website=HuffPost|title=Mario Casas, Clara Lago, María Valverde: Tengo ganas de ti, la secuela de A tres metros sobre el cielo (FOTOS)|date=21 June 2012}}

align = "center" | 2012

| Fin (The End)

| Eva

|

| align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/end-fin-turin-review-397359/|website=The Hollywood Reporter|title=The End (Fin): Turin Review|date=3 December 2012|first=Stephen|last=Dalton}}

align = "center" | 2013

| {{Ill|Parents (2013 film)|de|3=Eltern (Film)|lt=Parents}}

| Isabel

|

|

align = "center" | 2013

| ¿Quién mató a Bambi? (Who Killed Bambi?)

| Mati

|

| align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.cope.es/actualidad/noticias/criticas-los-estrenos-cine-del-noviembre-20131114_107140|website=Cadena COPE|date=14 November 2013|title=Críticas de los estrenos de cine del 15 de noviembre}}

align = "center" | 2014

| Ocho apellidos vascos (Spanish Affair)

| Amaia Zugasti

|

| align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.redalyc.org/journal/765/76566924010/76566924010.pdf|last=Gil Hernández|first=Roberto|title=España, nación fantasmal. Plenitud y ausencia en la identidad española posmoderna|journal=Papeles del CEIC. International Journal on Collective Identity Research|issue=1|year=2019|publisher=Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea|location=Bizkaia|doi=10.1387/pceic.19019|page=12}}

align = "center" | 2014

| Against the Jab

| Pénelope

|

|

align = "center" | 2015

| Extinction

| Woman

|

|

align = "center" | 2015

| Ahora o nunca

| Tatiana

|

|

align = "center" | 2015

| Ocho apellidos catalanes (Spanish Affair 2)

| Amaia Zugasti

| Reprise of her role in Ocho apellidos vascos

| align = "center" |

align = "center" | 2016

| Al final del túnel (At the End of the Tunnel)

| Berta

|

| align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20160808/final-del-tunel-leonardo-sbaraglia-clara-lago-thriller-aroma-clasico/1383280.shtml|website=RTVE|title='Al final del túnel', Leonardo Sbaraglia y Clara Lago en un thriller con aroma clásico|date=8 August 2016}}

align = "center" | 2016

| Órbita 9 (Orbiter 9)

| Helena

|

| align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.rtve.es/radio/20170403/clara-lago-alex-gonzalez-obligan-reflexionar-sobre-vida-orbita-9/1515746.shtml|website=RTVE|title= Clara Lago y Álex González obligan a reflexionar sobre la vida en 'Órbita 9'|date=3 April 2017}}

align = "center" | 2018

| The Commuter

| Eva

|

| align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://woman.elperiodico.com/belleza/pelo/clara-lago-corte-pelo-the-commuter|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926132443/https://woman.elperiodico.com/belleza/pelo/clara-lago-corte-pelo-the-commuter|url-status=usurped|archive-date=26 September 2022|website=Woman|via=El Periódico de Catalunya|title=Clara Lago estrena nuevo look en el estreno de 'The Commuter'|date=9 January 2018|first=Aida|last=Ortega}}

align = "center" | 2019

| Gente que viene y bah (In Family I Trust)

| Bea

|

| align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cultura/20190116/estreno-gente-que-viene-y-bah-patricia-font-7250277|website=El Periódico de Catalunya|title='Gente que viene y bah': la búsqueda de la felicidad|date=16 January 2019|first=Beatriz|last=Martínez}}

align = "center" | 2019

| El cuento de las comadrejas (The Weasel's Tale)

| Bárbara Otamendi

|

| align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cine/20190712/463421542743/clara-lago-duelo-actores-argentinos-el-cuento-de-las-comadrejas-juan-jose-camapanella.html|website=La Vanguardia|title=Clara Lago aguanta el pulso a los 'monstruos' del cine argentino|date=12 July 2019|first=Fernando|last=García}}

{{center|2025}}

| Votemos (All in Favor)

Nuria{{center|{{Cite web|url=https://www.aisge.es/los-estrenos-del-13-de-junio-votemos|website=Aisge|first=Alberto|last=Úbeda-Portugués|date=9 June 2025|title=Los estrenos del 12 de junio. 'Votemos'. Miserias vecinales}}}}

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable"| Notes

2000–02

| Compañeros

| Desirée

| 15 episodes

2000

| Manos a la obra

| Estela

| 1 episode

2004–07

| Hospital Central

| Candela Rodríguez

| 23 episodes

2007–08

| Los Hombres de Paco

| Carlota Fernández

| 19 episodes

2008

| LEX

| Eli Estrada

| 16 episodes

2010

| Las Chicas de Oro

| Lucía

| 1 episode

2014

| El corazón del océano

| Ana de Rojas

| 6 episodes

2016

| Web Therapy

| Inés

|

2017

|The Librarians

|Estrella

|1 episode

2019–20

|The Neighbor

|Lola

|10 episodes

TBD

| Limbo

| Sofía

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/noticias/clara-lago-es-una-influencer-nada-convencional-en-la-serie-limbo-hasta-que-lo-decida-4852001/|website=Cinemanía|publisher=20minutos.es|access-date=12 October 2021|date=12 October 2021|title=Clara Lago es una influencer nada convencional en la serie 'Limbo... hasta que lo decida'|first=Irene|last=Crespo}}

2024

| Clanes (Gangs of Galicia)

| Ana González Soriano

| {{Cite web|website=mag|via=El Comercio|url=https://mag.elcomercio.pe/fama/que-ver/hoy-en-netflix-clanes-nnda-nnlt-noticia/|date=23 June 2024|first=Carla|last=Ocaña|title=Netflix: tiene 7 episodios, se inspira en hechos reales y es la serie española de la que todos están hablando}}

Notes

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