Macarena García
Macarena García de la Camacha Gutiérrez-Ambrossi (born 26 April 1988), professionally known as Macarena García, is a Spanish actress and singer who has taken part in several musicals. Before starting working as an actress, she studied the first course of psychology at the Autonomous University of Madrid. Her brother, Javier Ambrossi, is also an actor.
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Born | Macarena García de la Camacha Gutiérrez-Ambrossi 26 April 1988 |
Alma mater | Autonomous University of Madrid |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2008–present |
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Life and career
She started her training when she was eight years old with artistic gymnastics. When she was fourteen, she started combining it with dance, both modern as funk, in the Carmen Senra and Academia Broadway dance schools. Rosario Ruiz and Nora Troyani taught her how to sing during some years. In addition, she has complemented her training with guitar classes in the last years.
She got her first role when she was thirteen and performed the role of Canelilla in En nombre de la Infanta Carlota, of Jara productions, a musical which was performed during some seasons in the Theatre of Madrid.[1] She also worked in the musical High School Musical and performed the lead role (Gabriella Montez) with Daniel Diges (Troy Bolton).[2]
Since then, she has taken part in several television series such as Central Hospital (Spanish: Hospital Central), Punta Escarlata, and the Antena 3 series The Boarding School (Spanish: El Internado). But the role which made her known was the one of Chelo, the daughter of the doormen in Amar en tiempos revueltos between 2010 and 2012.[3] In 2013, she played Vera on Luna, el misterio de Calenda, a series of Antena 3.[4]
In cinema, she has performed the leading role in Blancanieves, directed by Pablo Berger and released in 2013.[5] This work has brought her very important awards, such as the Concha de Plata a la mejor actriz in the San Sebastián International Film Festival and her first Goya Award for Best New Actress.
Filmography
Title | Original Title | Year | Role | Director | Television Network | Producer | Notes |
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Central Hospital | Hospital Central | 2009 | Cristina | Javier Pizarro | Telecinco | Videomedia | TV series; Supporting role (Chapter 1) |
The Pact | El pacto | 2010 | Ana Alcides | Fernando Colomo | Telecinco | Videomedia | TV movie; Leading role |
The Boarding School | El Internado | 2010 | Gema | Jesús Rodrigo | Antena 3 | Globomedia | TV series; Supporting role (Season 7) |
To Love in Troubled Times | Amar en tiempos revueltos | 2010–2012 | Consuelo Muñoz ¨Chelo¨ | Eduardo Casanova | TVE | Diagonal TV | TV movie; Leading Role (Seasons 6, 7) |
To Love in Troubled Times: The death in a scene | Amar en tiempos revueltos: La muerte a escena | 2012 | Consuelo Muñoz ¨Chelo¨ | Eduardo Casanova | TVE | Diagonal TV | TV movie; Leading role |
Punta Escarlata | Punta Escarlata | 2011 | Raquel Solís | Pablo Barrera and Guillermo Fernández Groizard | Telecinco | Globomedia | TV series; Supporting role (8 chapters) |
Central Hospital | Hospital Central | 2011 | Sol Martínez | Juan Testa | Telecinco | Videomedia | TV series; Supporting role (2 chapters) |
Moon, the mystery of Calenda | Luna, el misterio de Calenda | 2012–2013 | Vera Mendoza Morales | Fernando González Molina | Antena 3 | Globomedia | TV series; Leading role (20 chapters) |
Robbed Babies | Niños robados | 2013 | Violeta | Salvador Calvo | Telecinco | Mod Producciones | TV movie; Leading role |
B&B, from mouth to mouth | B&b, de boca en boca | 2014–? | Sonia Balboa Bermejo | Begoña Álvarez Rojas | Telecinco | Globomedia | TV series; Leading role (20 chapters) |
Snow White | Blancanieves | 2012 | Carmen | Pablo Berger | Film; Leading role | ||
All are dead | Todos están muertos | 2013 | Nadia | Beatriz Sanchís | Film; Leading role | ||
Palm Trees in the Snow | Palmeras en la nieve | 2015 | Julia | Fernando González Molina | Film; Leading role | ||
In the name of the Infanta Carlota | En nombre de la Infanta Carlota | 2001 | Canelilla | Javier Muñoz | Musical | ||
Holy Camp! | La Llamada | 2017 | María | Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo | Musical | ||
Villaviciosa de al lado | 2016 | Sole | Nacho G. Velilla | ||||
The Ministry of Time | El Ministerio del Tiempo | 2017 | Lola Mendieta | TVE | TV series | ||
Holy Goalie | Que baje Dios y lo vea | 2018 | Sara | Curro Velázquez | Film; Leading role | ||
Despite Everything | A pesar de todo | 2019 | Lucía | Gabriela Tagliavini | Netflix Media Center | Film; Leading role |
Awards and nominations
Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
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2012 | Concha de Plata a la mejor actriz | Blancanieves | Won |
Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result | Ref. |
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2012 | Best New Actress | Blancanieves | Won | [6] |
- Premios Fotogramas de Plata
Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
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2017 | Mejor actriz de teatro | Holy Camp! | Won |
- Premios de la Unión de Actores
Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
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2011 | Mejor actriz de reparto de televisión | To Love in Troubled Times | Nominated |
Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
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2012 | Best adapted character | Blancanieves | Won |
References
- Madrid, Virginia (14 October 2017). "Macarena García: «A veces veo el vaso medio lleno y otras medio vacío. Yo soy de altibajos»". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- "La versión "más emotiva e ibérica" de 'High School Musical' y en español llega al Teatro Lope de Vega de Madrid". Europa Press (in Spanish). 22 September 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- "Macarena García es Chelo Muñoz". Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española (in Spanish). 26 August 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- "Fran Perea y Macarena García presentan 'Luna, el misterio de Calenda'". Neox. Madrid: Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación, S.A. 10 April 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- "Macarena García, la Blancanieves torera". Cadena SER (in Spanish). 7 February 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- EFE (17 February 2013). "Macarena García, Goya a la actriz revelación por "Blancanieves"". El Diario. Retrieved 11 June 2018.