Eva Llorach
{{Short description|Spanish actress (born 1979)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Eva Llorach
| image = Goyas 2025 - Eva Llorach.jpg
| caption = Llorach in 2025
| birth_date = 1979
| birth_place = Murcia, Spain
| occupation = Actress
}}
Eva Llorach (born 1979) is a Spanish actress. She had a breakout performance in the 2018 drama film Quién te cantará, which earned her the Goya Award for Best New Actress in 2019.
Biography
She was born in Murcia in 1979.{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.es/entry/eva-llorach-estoy-deseando-que-cuando-veamos-cualquier-atisbo-machista-o-misogino-nos-de-un-golpe-en-la-cara-feminismo-campamento-albanta-antena-3_es_5f199b23c5b6f2f6c9f29f58|website=HuffPost|title=Eva Llorach: "Estoy deseando que cuando veamos cualquier atisbo machista nos dé un golpe en la cara"|first=Paula M.|last=Gonzálvez}} She worked in the company owned by his father, specialised in machine industry. A lateblooming actress, she previously studied Tourism, and also dropped out in Psychology. She trained as an actress at the Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático de Murcia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/local/murcia/20190204/46194281488/umu-felicita-a-la-murciana-eva-llorach-por-el-goya.html|website=La Vanguardia|title=UMU felicita a la murciana Eva Llorach por el Goya|date=4 February 2019}}
She worked in advertising as well as she was also given a minor role in the TV series Los Quién, aired in 2011 on Antena 3. Her first performance in a feature film after she moved to Madrid was her leading role as 'Violeta' in Diamond Flash, a 2011 film directed by Carlos Vermut.{{Cite web|url=https://www.laopiniondemurcia.es/cultura-sociedad/2011/10/03/sitges-selecciona-diamond-flash-protagoniza-murciana-eva-llorach/354463.html|website=La Opinión de Murcia|date=3 October 2011|title=Sitges selecciona ´Diamond Flash´, que protagoniza la murciana Eva Llorach|first=Julia|last=Albaladejo}}
During her early career, Eva Llorach was mostly restricted to the circuit of independent cinema, and was only given minor roles in television series.{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/10/25/actualidad/1540492381_409693.html|website=El País|title=Eva Llorach, el secreto original de ‘Quién te cantará’|first=Gregorio|last=Belinchón|date=27 October 2018}} She starred in the film #Realmovie (2013), in which she played the character 'Eva Binoff', a famous Spanish actress who experiences the kidnapping of her sister and has to found her she is murdered.{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2013/07/09/television/1373398344_037184.html|title=Esta forma de hacer cine engancha|first=María|last=Sosa Troya|date=10 July 2013|website=El País}} She played too the role of a fictional actress in La lava en los labios (2013).{{Cite web|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/cine/2013-12-02/el-precioso-inconsciente-de-un-critico-de-cine_60894/|website=El Confidencial|first=Héctor G.|last=Barnés|date=2 December 2013|title=El precioso inconsciente de un crítico de cine}}
Her breakout performance was her role in the 2018 film Quién te cantará.{{Cite web|url=https://shangay.com/2019/04/08/eva-llorach-quien-te-cantara-najwa-nimri-premios-goya-entrevista/|website=Shangay|title=Eva Llorach: "Quiero más personajes tan maravillosos como el de ‘Quién te cantará’, pero no sé si volverá a pasar"|date=8 April 2019}} She played 'Violeta', a single mother psychologically abused by her daughter 'Marta' (Natalia de Molina) and who works in a karaoke and likes to perform singer 'Lila Cassen' (Najwa Nimri), of whom Violeta is a passionate fan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/cine/2018-10-26/quien-te-cantara-carlos-vermut-najwa-nimri_1634995/|website=El Confidencial|title='Quién te cantará': 'fantasmas' y 'vampiros' en la consagración de Carlos Vermut|date=26 October 2018|first=Marta|last=Medina}}{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2018/10/26/madrid/1540538784_813285.html|website=El País|title=Juego de identidades|date=28 October 2018|first=Custodio|last=Pastor}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20181026/452535568014/quien-te-cantara-lila-cassen-estrenos-cine-cartelera.html|website=La Vanguardia|title=Todas las caras de Lila Cassen|first=Astrid|last=Meseguer|date=26 October 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20181025/eva-llorach/1826640.shtml|website=RTVE|title=Eva Llorach, la gema revelada del cine español|first=Esteban|last=Ramón|date=25 October 2018}} Her performance in the film brought her a Forqué Award, a Feroz Award and a Goya Award in 2019.
Following her performance in Quién te cantará, she joined the cast of Elite to portray 'Sandra', the mother of 'Rebeca' (Claudia Salas) in the series.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elespanol.com/bluper/television/20200729/eva-llorach-mujeres-partir-convertimos-personajes-secundarios/508199848_0.html|website=El Español|title=Eva Llorach: "Las mujeres, a partir de los 40, nos convertimos en personajes secundarios"|date=29 July 2020|first=Lucía F.|last=Gallardo}} Llorach also appeared in the limited web terror series Terror y Feria.{{Cite web|url=https://cadenaser.com/programa/2019/04/26/el_cine_en_la_ser/1556283268_848556.html|website=Cadena SER|title=De folclóricas fachas a la estupidez 'youtuber': la locura cañí de 'Terror y feria'|date=26 April 2019|first=Daniel|last=Garrán}} She later starred in the TV series Campamento Albanta, aired in 2020 on Atresplayer Premium: she played the role of Idalia, the founder of the camp for young people with problems central to the plot.{{Cite web|url=https://www.larazon.es/television/20200726/wm7b2637ejfzhdd5v2xsgnovwm.html|website=La Razón|title="Campamento Albanta": una historia terrorífica|date=26 July 2020|first=Cecilia|last=García}}
Filmography
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Accolades
File:Premios Goya 2019 -Eva Llorach.jpg
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|4650038}}
{{Goya Award Best New Actress}}
{{Feroz Award for Best Main Actress in a Film}}
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Category:21st-century Spanish actresses
Category:Spanish film actresses