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Nerea Camacho

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Camacho and the second or maternal family name is Ramos.
Nerea Camacho
At the 31st Goya Awards in 2017
Born
Nerea Camacho Ramos

(1996-05-15) May 15, 1996 (age 28)
Balanegra, Andalusia, Spain
OccupationActress
Years active2008–present

Nerea Camacho Ramos (born 15 May 1996) is a Spanish actress. Her first performance in the 2008 film Camino earned her the Goya Award for Best New Actress.

Biography

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Born on 15 May 1996 in Balanegra, province of Almería,[1] Andalusia. Both of her parents were from Langreo and moved to Balanegra for work-related reasons.[2] She began to train for theatrical plays when she was nine.[3]

Camacho's debut as a film actress came in Javier Fesser's Camino (2008),[4] where she played the leading character Camino, a 11-year old girl raised in an Opus Dei family who develops a terminal cancer.[5] The performance earned her the Goya Award for Best New Actress in 2009 and opened the doors for her acting career.[6][7]

Following her debut, she was cast in more main roles in feature films: she starred in Tres metros sobre el cielo (2010), the adaptation of the Federico Moccia's namesake novel, in which she played Dani, the younger sister of Babi (María Valverde).[4] Also in 2010, she performed the role of Elena in the Pau Freixas' film Heroes.[4][2]

She also starred in the 2011 drama La chispa de la vida (As Luck Would Have It), directed by Álex de la Iglesia, in which Camacho played Bárbara, one of the two children of the marriage formed by Luisa (Salma Hayek) and Roberto (José Mota).[8] Together with her film activity, she also started in television, taking guest roles in series such as Los protegidos and El barco.[4]

She reprised the role of Daniela in Tengo ganas de ti (2012), the sequel to Tres metros sobre el cielo.[4]

She was given her first stable role in television as part of the cast of the limited series Bienvenidos al Lolita,[9] aired in 2014 on Antena 3. She played Greta, a 16-year old girl who lives in the Lolita Cabaret surrounded by adults.[9]

Camacho during a presentation of Tiempo después, together with the director and other members of the cast (October 2017).

Camacho joined the cast of the Colombian telenovela La esclava blanca (The White Slave), a historical drama involving slave trade.[10] She played the leading character Victoria Quintero, an orphan young woman raised by rebel slaves.[11][4][10] She also appeared in the 2017 Mexican telenovela En tierras salvajes, playing Alejandra Rivelles Zavala, the love interest of Uriel Santana, the stable boy of the Otero family.[12]

Camacho starred in a minor role in José Luis Cuerda's Tiempo después [es] (2018), a comedy set in a dystopia venturing into surrealism,[13] playing Margarita, a role described as a sort of "choni from the future".[14] In 2019, she appeared in the young-adult horror miniseries Terror.app, aired on Atresplayer Premium.[15]

Filmography

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Films
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2008 Camino Camino Won—Goya Award for Best New Actress [16]
2010 Herois (Heroes) Elena [2]
2010 Tres metros sobre el cielo (Three Steps Above Heaven) Daniela [2]
2011 La chispa de la vida (As Luck Would Have It) Bárbara [8]
2012 Fuga Sara Short film [4]
2012 Tengo ganas de ti (I Want You) Daniela Same character as in Tres metros sobre el cielo [4]
2018 Tiempo después (Some Time Later) Margarita [14]
2023 Últimas voluntades (Last Wishes) Sonia [17]
Television
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2010 Los protegidos Vanesa Episode: "El accidente"
2013 El Barco Sandra 1 episode [4]
2014 Bienvenidos al Lolita Greta Vidal 8 episodes [4]
2016 La esclava blanca Victoria Quintero Lead role [4]
2017 En tierras salvajes Alejandra Rivelles Zavala [12]

References

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  1. ^ "Nerea Camacho: "algunos periodistas me preguntan cosas de mayores..."". Fotogramas. 18 August 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d "Nerea cambia de registro". La Nueva España. 3 January 2011.
  3. ^ "La joven intérprete Nerea Camacho recibe el premio actriz revelación". Lanzadigital. 11 June 2009.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Catalá, Laura (15 May 2016). "Nerea Camacho cumple 20 años: Repaso a los 10 trabajos más importantes de la carrera de la actriz". Bekia.
  5. ^ "Javier Fesser, director de 'Camino', se defiende de las críticas y acusa al Opus Dei". El Mundo. 24 October 2008.
  6. ^ Hernández, Clara. "Niños prodigio del cine: nacidos con una cámara bajo el brazo". 20minutos.es.
  7. ^ "Nerea Camacho y su Goya, de vuelta a clase". ABC. 3 February 2009.
  8. ^ a b Venkatesh, Vinodh (2016). "Ethics, spectacle, and violence in Álex de la Iglesia's La Chispa de la Vida". Hispanófila (178). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: 22–23. JSTOR 90012364.
  9. ^ a b Rodríguez, Marta (6 January 2014). "'Bienvenidos al Lolita': Nerea Camacho estrena su primer personaje estable en televisión". La Voz de Almería.
  10. ^ a b Hernández, Wilma (4 May 2016). "Nerea Camacho enfrenta su mayor reto en "La esclava blanca"". Diario Las Américas.
  11. ^ Chamorro, Coral; G., Dolores (15 March 2016). "Así se graba 'La esclava blanca' con Nerea Camacho y Miguel de Miguel". Diez Minutos.
  12. ^ a b Obregón, Amelia (10 August 2017). "Cabalga "En Tierras Salvajes"". El Imparcial.
  13. ^ Alfonso Rivera (27 September 2018). "Review: Some Time After". cineuropa.
  14. ^ a b Martínez, Evaristo (29 October 2017). "Nerea Camacho vuelve a la gran pantalla". La Voz de Almería.
  15. ^ "'Terror.App', una serie de horror juvenil en Flooxer para Halloween". El Periódico Mediterráneo. 27 October 2019.
  16. ^ "'Camino' has the starring role at the 23rd Goya Awards". surinenglish.com. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  17. ^ Cantero, Celia (1 April 2022). "Finaliza el rodaje de 'Últimas voluntades', un thriller de amor, culpa y segundas oportunidades". Murcia Plaza.
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