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 =
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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
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Category:Actresses from the Community of Madrid
Category:Spanish film actresses