Nuria Gago (Moncada i Reixach, Spain, 10 March 1980) is a Spanish film and television actress and writer.[2][3]

Nuria Gago
Nuria Gago in 2018
Born
Nuria Gago Roca

(1980-03-10) 10 March 1980 (age 44)[1]
Barcelona, Spain
OccupationActress
Years active2001-present

Biography

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Born in Barcelona, she spent her youth in Moncada i Reixach, where most of her family lives. Núria attended primary school at the Sagrat Cor school in Moncada i Reixach. She was a model student and always wanted to be an actress.

She became known in the Catalan TV3 series El cor de la ciutat, where she played Rut between 2000 and 2003.[4] Some time before, she had participated in an amateur theater group in Montcada i Reixach, Dèria Teatre, dedicated to street theater, classical theater, etc.

In 2003 she took her first step to the big screen with Noviembre by Madrid director Achero Mañas. The following year she was selected to play the role of Fany in the film Héctor, by director Gracia Querejeta. This performance earned her a Goya nomination for best new actress.[5]

Since 2004 she was part of the recurring cast of the series Mis adorables vecinos, on Antena 3, where she played Laura Sandoval until the final season of the series in 2006.[6] After participating in successful series such as Hospital Central in a capitular way, in TV movies such as Serrallonga, and films such as Tu vida en 65' and Ciudad en celo; in 2008, Gago returned to television to join the cast of the medical series MIR, broadcast on Telecinco for two seasons.[7] At the same time, he also joined the cast of the second season of the series Herederos on TVE.[8]

In 2011 she returned to the house where she was born to star in the TV3 series Kubala, Moreno i Manchón, alongside Marc Cartes and Jordi Martínez. Gago played Helena Manchón, a recently graduated criminologist who starts working in the private detective office "Solé y Moreno", during the three seasons it was on the air.[9] Also that year she premiered the films Primos, by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo and No tengas miedo by Montxo Armendáriz.[10][11]

In 2014, she joined the cast of the second season of Antena 3's afternoon series Amar es para siempre, playing Clara.[12] Despite the announcement that her character would leave the series in the third season, finally, both she and the character of Álex Barahona, participate in the fourth season of the series until finally leaving it in September 2016.[13] In 2015 she has a supporting role in the debut film of director Leticia Dolera Requisitos para ser una persona normal.[14] She is also part of the choral cast of Incidencias, a comedy directed by José Corbacho and Juan Cruz.[15]

In 2015 she published her first novel, Cuando volvamos a casa, with Grupo Planeta.[16]

In spring 2016 she joined the second season of the series Citas, broadcast on Catalan regional television. Gago played Olga in three of the episodes of the series and shared scenes with Alfonso Bassave and Julio Manrique.[17][18] In 2018 she won the Azorín Novel Prize, awarded by the publishing house Planeta, with the work "Quiéreme siempre", a dialogue between two women and a love song to old age.[19]

Filmography

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Television

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Year Series Character Channel Duration
2001 - 2003 El cor de la ciutat Rut TV3
2002 Mirall trencat Criada 1 episode
2004 - 2006 Mis adorables vecinos Laura Sandoval Antena 3 62 episodes
2005 Más que hermanos Lola TV3, Canal Sur y TVG TV Movie. Directed by Ramón Costafreda
2007 - 2008 MIR Gloria Calatayud Telecinco 26 episodes
2008 Hospital Central 1 episode: Los restos del naufragio
Serrallonga, la llegenda del bandoler Joana Massissa TV3 y La 1 Miniseries, 2 episodes
2008 - 2009 Herederos Lorena La 1 10 episodes
2010 Ojo por ojo Eulalia Torrents TV3 y La 1 Miniseries, 2 episodes
2012 Toledo, cruce de destinos Cristina Antena 3 1 episode: Traición
2012 - 2014 Kubala, Moreno i Manchón Helena Manchón i Vendrell TV3 39 episodes
2014 - 2016 Amar es para siempre Clara Gómez Cortina Antena 3 370 episodes
2016 Cites Olga Ballart TV3 3 episodes
2019 Mira lo que has hecho Begoña Movistar+ 3 episodes
La dama del cuadro Àngels TV3, Canal Sur, TVG and ETB-2 TV Movie. Directed by Juan Miguel del Castillo
2019 - 2021 Com si fos ahir Xesca TV3
2020 En casa Nuria HBO 1 episode: Mi jaula

Feature films

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Short films

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  • En nombre de Dios, supporting actress. Directed by Roberto Castón (2001)
  • ¿Lo quieres saber?, as Sol. Directed by Pedro Moreno del Oso (2009)
  • Dímelo a la cara, as Sofía. Directed by Eder García (2010)
  • Té y fantasmas, supporting actress. Directed by Sintu Amat (2011)
  • Adentro, supporting actress. Directed by Pau Camarassa (2011)
  • Alba, as Ana. Directed by Isak Férriz (2012)
  • 3x2, as Nuria. Directed by Leticia Dolera (2016)
  • Marcianos de Marte, as Laura. Directed by Fernando Trullols (2016)
  • Destino, as Marta. Directed by Marta Juanola (2017)
  • Miss Wamba, as Susana. Directed by Estefanía Cortés (2017)
  • Divorcio, as Nuria. Directed by Bárbara Santa-Cruz (2018)

Theater

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  • Peter Pan, of the company Catacrac Teatre
  • Espectáculo sobre textos by Bertolt Brecht. Directed by David Plana
  • LorcaLorca, of the company Dèria Teatre
  • Fragmentos de la víscera exquisita. Various directors
  • Pericles, by William Shakespeare. Directed by Ferrán Audí

Advertising

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Books

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Awards and nominations

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  • Nominated for Best New Actress at the XIX Goya Awards for her role as Fany in Héctor (2004).
  • Nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Actors Union Awards for her role as Fany in Héctor (2004).
  • Nominated to the C.E.C. Awards for her role as Fany in Héctor (2004).

References

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  1. ^ "Nuria Gago". FórmulaTV (in Spanish).
  2. ^ "Es tiempo de Nuria Gago". Vanidad (in Spanish). 21 May 2001.
  3. ^ "Entrevista con la actriz Nuria Gago por el cortometraje 'Destino'". En el patio de butacas (in Spanish). 2014.
  4. ^ "Una montcadenca a El Cor de la Ciutat". La Xarxa (in Catalan). 17 July 2001.
  5. ^ "Nuria Gago Goya 2005". ElMundo (in Spanish).
  6. ^ "Nuria Gago y Alberto Amarilla se reencuentran 10 años después del final de 'Mis adorables vecinos'". ElEspañol (in Spanish). 22 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Nuria Gago: "Necesitaba desahogarme y escribir sobre mí"". EuropaPress (in Spanish). 23 April 2015.
  8. ^ "Siete nuevos personajes en "Herederos"". RTVE (in Spanish). 20 October 2008.
  9. ^ "Els detectius Kubala, Moreno i Manchón arriben a TV3". ARA (in Catalan). 30 December 2011.
  10. ^ "La comedia 'Primos', de Daniel Sánchez Arévalo, en 'Versión Española'". RTVE (in Spanish). 31 December 2015.
  11. ^ "'No tengas miedo' : El infierno de la inocencia". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 29 April 2011.
  12. ^ "Núria Gago se incorpora a 'Amar es para siempre'". Fórmula TV (in Spanish). 8 May 2014.
  13. ^ "Nuria Gago: " Volvemos a cerrar etapa en 'Amar'"". Antena3 (in Spanish). 11 November 2017.
  14. ^ "'Versión española' estrena 'Requisitos para ser una persona normal', opera prima de Leticia Dolera". RTVE (in Spanish). 10 February 2017.
  15. ^ "Comienza el rodaje de 'Incidencias', la nueva película de José Corbacho y Juan Cruz". Fotogramas (in Spanish). 5 November 2014.
  16. ^ "Nuria Gago publica su primer libro "Cuando volvamos a casa"". EuropaPress (in Spanish). 23 April 2015.
  17. ^ "Julio Manrique, Núria Gago i Alfonso Bassave fan un trio, a "Cites"". CCMA (in Catalan). 6 May 2016.
  18. ^ "Nuria Gago: "Hacer un trío es jugar con fuego"". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 28 June 2016.
  19. ^ "Nuria Gago, así ganó el Azorín de Novela con "Quiéreme siempre"". Telva (in Spanish). 30 April 2018.
  20. ^ "La actriz y escritora catalana Nuria Gago gana el Premio Azorín de Novela 2018 con su obra 'Quiéreme siempre'". Monòver.com. 2 March 2018.
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