Itziar Castro i Rivadulla (14 February 1977 – 8 December 2023) was a Spanish actress known mainly for her role as Gоya Fernández in Locked Up and participating in films such as Champions or Skins, for which she was nominated to the Goya Award for Best New Actress.[1][2]
Itziar Castro | |
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.jpg) Castro at the 2022 Gaudí Awards | |
| Born | Itziar Castro i Rivadulla 14 February 1977 Barcelona, Spain |
| Died | 8 December 2023 (aged 46) Lloret de Mar, Spain |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2002–2023 |
Biography
editItziar Castro i Rivadulla was born in Barcelona on 14 February 1977.[3][4] Her professional career dates back to 2002, when she participated in the feature film Noche de fiesta. She landed her first role in a feature film in Unconscious (2003).[5] Later, she participated in fictional roles for both television and cinema, including in El cor de la ciutat or Algo que celebrar on television and in Blancanieves or La sexta alumna in cinema.[6] In 2017, she signed for the main cast of Eduardo Casanova's film Skins,[7] for which she was nominated for a Goya Award for Best New Actress and won the Actors and Actresses Union award in the same category.[8][9]
In 2018, she was part of the main cast of the television series Locked Up in the role of Goya Fernández, which earned her notoriety.[10] In addition, she participates in the feature films Matar a Dios[11] and Campeones, and made a cameo in the second season of Paquita Salas, portraying the stage manager of the Tarazona Festival. In July 2018, she signed on to play the acting teacher of the academy of Operación Triunfo 2018, replacing Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo.[12] On October 31, just over a month after the edition started, it was learned that the actress was leaving her job in the program, apparently a decision taken unilaterally by the program's management.[13]
In 2019, she participated in the feature films El cerro de los dioses by Daniel M. Caneiro[14] and ¿Qué te juegas? by Inés de León.[15] In 2020, she made a cameo in Woody Allen's film Rifkin's Festival and starred in the Fox España series Vis a vis: El Oasis,[16] as well as having a recurring role in the HBO Spain series One Way or Another as Choni.[17] She is also one of the protagonists of Historias lamentables, a film by Javier Fesser for Amazon Prime Video.[18] In December 2020, her signing was announced as the main character for the first Netflix musical series in Spain Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After directed by Manolo Caro.[19]
Castro died shortly after experiencing cardiorespiratory arrest at 2:00 a.m. on 8 December 2023, aged 46, in a municipal swimming pool of Lloret de Mar while rehearsing for a synchronised swimming performance.[5]
Filmography
editFilm
editFeature films
edit| Year | Title | Character | Directed by | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Noche de fiesta | Extra | Xavi Puebla | |
| 2004 | Inconscientes | Wet nurse | Joaquín Oristrell | |
| Las maletas de Tulse Luper 3 | Frances Cotumely | Peter Greenaway | ||
| 2008 | Pretextos | Nurse | Sílvia Munt | |
| Sing for Darfur | Woman | Johan Kramer | ||
| 2010 | The Great Vazquez | Wi-fi saleslady | Óscar Aibar | |
| 2011 | Águila Roja: la película | Maid | José Ramón Ayerra | |
| 2012 | Rec 3: Génesis | Lady with Pamela | Paco Plaza | |
| Blancanieves | Tocinillo de cielo | Pablo Berger | ||
| 2013 | Las brujas de Zugarramurdi | 3D witch | Álex de la Iglesia | |
| 2015 | Transeúntes | Woman | Luis Aller | |
| 2016 | La sexta alumna | Anita | Benja de la Rosa | |
| 2017 | Pieles (Skins) | Itziar | Eduardo Casanova | |
| Matar a Dios | Ana | Caye Casas and Albert Pintó | ||
| 2018 | Campeones | Jesus's mother | Javier Fesser | |
| Escape from Marwin | Ben's sister | Jordi Castejón | ||
| 2019 | El cerro de los dioses | Herself | Daniel M. Caneiro | |
| ¿Qué te juegas? | Rosita | Inés de León | ||
| 2020 | Rifkin's Festival | Woman in the garden | Woody Allen | |
| Asylum: Twisted Horror and Fantasy Tales | Wife | Carlos Goitia | ||
| Historias lamentables | Ingrid Müller | Javier Fesser | ||
| 2021 | ¡A todo tren! Destino Asturias | Asturian farmgirl | Santiago Segura | |
| 2022 | La mesita del comedor | Super friend[citation needed] | Caye Casas |
Short films
edit- Los Bermejo (Dir. José Fernández-Ark, 2018), secondary role.
- Desaliento (Dir. Pinky Alonso, 2018), leading role.
- RIP (Dir. Caye Casas and Albert Pintó, 2017), leading role.
- Eat my shit (Dir. Eduardo Casanova, 2015), leading role.
- La Colleja (Dir. Sergio Morcillo, 2019), leading role.
Television
editSeries
edit| Year | Title | Cadena | Character | Duration | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | El cor de la ciutat | TV3 | Sandra Pi | 1 episode | |
| 2005 | Hospital Central | Telecinco | Sara | 1 episode | |
| 2006–08 | El cor de la ciutat | TV3 | Bea Billars | Secondary role | |
| 2007 | Rumors | Canal Nou | Secretary | Television movie | |
| 2009 | Otra ciudad | Wig shop keeper | |||
| Xadom | Vimeo | Marta | 1 episode | ||
| 2015 | Algo que celebrar | Antena 3 | Louise | 2 episodes | |
| 2017 | Laia | TV3 | Lame woman | Television movie | |
| El crac | Miriam Espinguet | 1 episode | |||
| 2018 | Paquita Salas | Netflix | Awards councillor | 1 episode | |
| 2018–19 | Vis a vis (Locked Up) | FOX España | Goya Fernández | Introduced in season 3 | |
| 2019 | Terror y feria | Flooxer | Montse | ||
| Vida perfecta | Movistar+ | Nurse | 1 episode | ||
| 2020 | Vis a vis: El Oasis | FOX España | Goya Fernández | 8 episodes | |
| Válidas | Flooxer | Lawyer | 1 episode | ||
| Benidorm | Antena 3 | Hotel client | 1 episode | ||
| Por H o por B (One Way or Another) | HBO España | Choni | |||
| 2022 | Érase una vez... pero ya no (Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After) | Netflix | Eloísa / Candela |
Programs
edit| Year | Title | Cadena | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Operación Triunfo | TVE | Teacher |
| 2019 | Todo es mentira | Cuatro | Collaborator |
| Viajando con Chester | Guest |
Accolades
edit| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018
|
32nd Goya Awards | Best New Actress | Skins | Nominated | |
| 27th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best New Actress | Won | |||
| 2nd Fugaz Awards | Best Actress | RIP | Nominated |
References
edit- ^ "Itziar Castro, biografía de una actriz sin complejos". Zeleb (in Spanish).
- ^ "Toda la trayectoria de la actriz Itziar Castro: ¡de 'Vis a vis' a OT y mucho más!" (in Spanish). Pronto. 17 November 2020.
- ^ "Mor l'actriu Itziar Castro als 46 anys". Regió7. Prensa Ibérica. 8 December 2023.
- ^ "Muere la actriz española Itziar Castro a los 46 años". Euronews. 8 December 2023.
- ^ a b Navarro, Mayka; Gómez Ruiz, Lara (8 December 2023). "Muere la actriz Itziar Castro a los 46 años". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ "Ficha, noticias, trabajos y fotos de Itziar Castro" (in Spanish). Formula TV.
- ^ "Itziar Castro responde con un corpiño a los gordofóbicos que la atacaron en las redes" (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. 24 March 2017.
- ^ "Los ganadores de los Premios Goya 2018". ElPaís (in Spanish). El País. 6 February 2018.
- ^ "La gala de premios de la Unión de Actores y Actrices destila feminismo" (in Spanish). El Español. 13 March 2018.
- ^ "¿Quién es Itziar Castro, la revelación de la nueva Vis a Vis?" (in Spanish). Clarín. 4 April 2020.
- ^ Pastor, Custodio (23 September 2018). "Estrenar en Gran Vía". El País (in Spanish).
- ^ "Itziar Castro ficha por 'OT 2018' como profesora de interpretación" (in Spanish). Formula TV. 18 July 2018.
- ^ "La gran farsa de OT 2018 con Itziar Castro" (in Spanish). ABC. 5 November 2018.
- ^ "Los secretos de la original sátira El cerro de los dioses revelados por su director". Yotele (in Spanish). El Periódico. 25 November 2020.
- ^ "¿Qué te juegas? es una comedia romántica que se ríe de las propias películas del género, véase Pretty Woman o Notting Hill" (in Spanish). El Cine en la Sombra. 28 March 2019.
- ^ "'Vis a vis: El oasis' completa su reparto con Itziar Castro y Paula Gallego y comienza su rodaje" (in Spanish). Formula TV. 21 October 2019.
- ^ "Brays Efe e Itziar Castro en "Por H o por B" o la serie de HBO que nos hará reír a carcajadas" (in Spanish). Telva. 8 June 2020.
- ^ "Crítica de 'Historias lamentables': De los campeones a los conformados" (in Spanish). Moviementarios. 16 November 2020.
- ^ "'Érase una vez... pero ya no', la serie musical de Netflix que incluirá clásicos del pop español". Epik (in Spanish). As. 1 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d Corona, Alberto (8 December 2023). "7 películas y series (y un cortometraje) para recordar a Itziar Castro". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
- ^ Vall, Pere (12 December 2022). ""La mesita del comedor": la comedia será cruel o no será". Fotogramas.
- ^ "¿Quién es Itziar Castro, la revelación de la nueva Vis a Vis?". Clarín. 4 April 2020.
- ^ Cámara, Nora (26 May 2023). "Itziar Castro ('Vis a vis'), Choni en 'Por H o por B': "Creo que Choni merece un spin-off"". Diez Minutos.
- ^ Osco, Nelly (11 March 2022). "De qué trata y cómo ver "Érase una vez... pero ya no"". mag – via El Comercio.
- ^ Milicua, Piedad (4 February 2018). "Premios Goya 2018: lista completa de los premiados". HobbyConsolas.
- ^ "XXVII Premios Unión de Actores y Actrices". Fotogramas. 13 March 2018.
- ^ "Nominados y ganadores 2018". Premios Fugaz. Retrieved 8 December 2023.