Cristina Urgel

Cristina Urgel García (born 5 April 1979) is a Spanish television actress and presenter, known to an international audience for her role as Patricia O’Farrell in La Reina del Sur.

Cristina Urgel
(2010)
Born (1979-04-05) April 5, 1979
Soria, Spain
Alma materUniversity of La Rioja
OccupationActress, TV presenter, reporter

Biography

Cristina Urgel García[1] was born on 5 April 1979 in Soria,[2][3] although she was raised in Logroño (in the neighbouring region of La Rioja), studying at the IES Mateo Sagasta.[4] She ran as candidate of Soria at Miss Spain 1997, when she was 17 years old.[5] She earned a licentiate degree in Law from the University of La Rioja and then moved to Madrid to train as actress at the Alicia Hermida's La Barraca School.[4]

She played secondary or supporting roles in series such as El comisario or Ana y los 7,[4] starring as main cast in El auténtico Rodrigo Leal, the Spanish remake of the namesake Colombian telenovela.[6]

She also worked as TV presenter for MTV Spain (2004 and 2005),[7] El Grand Prix del verano (2005),[7] Adivina quién viene a cenar, and as collaborator for La Sexta's Sé lo que hicisteis... (2009) and Cuatro's Vaya tropa (2009–2010).[2][4][8][9]

She rose to international prominence in 2011 starring in La Reina del Sur playing Patricia O'Farrell, an aristocratic, cultured, educated and bisexual woman friend of the leading character Teresa Mendoza.[10][11] She also appeared in Bandolera and Ciega a citas.[10] After playing a small role in two episodes of La que se avecina in 2014, Urgel took some years off from acting.[10] She briefly worked as collaborator of Amigas y conocidas[12] and the comedy show Dani&Flo (2017).[13]

She returned to fiction in 2020, as she joined the cast of El secreto de Puente Viejo.[10]

Filmography
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Television
Year Title Role NotesRef
2005 El auténtico Rodrigo Leal Carmen Morena [14]
2006 La dársena de poniente Carla [15]
2011 La Reina del Sur Patricia O’Farrell [16]
2012 Bandolera Eva [17]
2020 El secreto de Puente Viejo Estefanía [18]

References
  1. "Actriz Kate del Castillo besa a una mujer". La Estrella de Panamá. 31 March 2011.
  2. "Así es... Cristina Urgel". Antena 3. 4 January 2011.
  3. "Cristina Urgel, nueva reportera para 'Sé lo que hicisteis'". Heraldo de Aragón. 6 June 2009.
  4. Marín, Diego (10 September 2009). "Cristina Urgel sabe lo que hace". La Rioja.
  5. "Cristina Urgel en Cabrejas". Heraldo-Diario de Soria. 19 July 2010.
  6. "El auténtico Rodrigo Leal". Vertele. eldiario.es. 12 December 2006.
  7. "Cristina Urgel se incorpora a laSexta". El Correo de Andalucía. 16 September 2009.
  8. "Cuatro ficha a Cristina Urgel para 'Vaya Tropa'". El País. 16 November 2009.
  9. "Vaya tropa' pasa a emitirse de lunes a jueves". Europa Press. 26 January 2010.
  10. "Cristina Urgel ficha por 'El secreto de Puente Viejo'". FormulaTV. 29 January 2020.
  11. Orozco, Gisela (29 March 2011). "Cristina Urgel, la incondicional de 'La reina del sur'". Chicago Tribune.
  12. "Cristina Urgel y María Gómez, a un paso de sumarse al equipo de 'Dani & Flo'". El Confidencial. 8 February 2017.
  13. "Dani&Flo' despide a Cristina Urgel para realizar cambios internos". El Español. 18 April 2017.
  14. Baragaño, Techu (27 June 2005). "Antena 3 rueda una adaptación del culebrón 'El auténtico Rodrigo Leal'". El País.
  15. "La clave está en la intriga". Vertele. eldiario.es. 6 October 2006.
  16. "La reina del sur, un parteaguas en la carrera de Cristina Urgel". El Informador. 12 July 2011.
  17. "Cristina Urgel se incorpora a la serie 'Bandolera'". Europa Press. 10 April 2012.
  18. "'El secreto de Puente Viejo': Cristina Urgel se une al reparto". Diez Minutos. 29 January 2020.
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