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Úrsula Corberó Delgado (born 11 August 1989) is a Spanish actress, best known for her roles as Ruth in the Antena 3 series Física o química (2008), Margarita de Austria en Isabel (2011), Esther Salinas in the series La embajada and Tokyo in the television series Money Heist (2017).

Corberó debuted as Maria in television series Mirall trencat (2002) in 2002. She appeared as Sara in Ventdelplà (2005) in 2005-06, and in series Cuenta atrás (2007) in 2007. In 2008, she portrayed Manuela Portillo in series El internado (2007) and began working on the Antena 3 television series Física o química (2008). Her character, Ruth Gomez, suffered from bulimia. The series attracted a lot of controversy but Corberó has been critically acclaimed for her outstanding performance.

Úrsula Corberó appeared in several movies such as horror film XP3D, comedy Quien mató a Bambi? and Perdiendo el norte alongside the actors Blanca Suárez and Yon González. Cómo sobrevivir a una despedida (2015) is her first main role in a movie and confirmed she's one of the best comical actresses of Spain.

In 2017 she starred in the heist TV series Money Heist (2017). The series first aired in Spain, and was later made available internationally through Netflix. The actress received a nomination for Best Actress in a TV Series at the Premios Feroz.

Later this year, she was given her first main dramatic role in cinema by Julio Medem. El árbol de la sangre (2018) is a thriller and Corberó is Rebecca, a mysterious woman who, along with her husband, discover secrets from her family. The actress was also directed by Isabel Coixet for the movie Proyecto tiempo (2017): La Llave. The film debuted at the San Sebastian Film Festival.

Daniel Brühl was born in Barcelona, Spain. His father was German TV director Hanno Brühl (1937-2010), who was born in São Paulo, Brazil. His Spanish mother was a teacher. He also has a brother and a sister, Oliver and Miriam. Shortly after his birth, his family moved to Cologne, Germany, where he grew up and attended the Dreikönigsgymnasium. Brought up in a fully multilingual home, he speaks fluent German, English, Portuguese, Spanish, French and Catalan.

Ivana was born in Barcelona, Spain. She graduated High School at The American School of Barcelona.

She got her big break in 2006 when Guillermo Del Toro cast her as the lead in his critically acclaimed fantasy thriller "Pan's Labyrinth." The role of Ofelia was originally intended for an eight-year-old girl, but the script was altered to accommodate Ivana (who was eleven at the time) due to her outstanding audition.

Ivana was awarded the 2007 Goya Award for Best New Actress for her performance in "Pan's Labyrinth." In addition to her Goya Award, she received various awards including the Award for Best Newcomer by the Union of Spanish Actors, the Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Young Actor and the Imagen Award for Best Actress.

Before receiving great acclaim in "Pan's Labyrinth," Ivana had already appeared in a number of films. The most notable of these films were "Fragile" with Calista Flockhart and "Romasanta" alongside Julian Sands, both of which were supporting roles when she was only 9 and 10 years old.

Ivana played her first American role in the feature film "The New Daughter," where she starred opposite Kevin Costner. In 2015, she shot in New Zealand MTV's television series "The Shannara Chronicles" - a story based on Terry Brook's bestselling novel "The Elfstones of Shannara."

While she is fully dedicated to her acting carrier, she is also undertaking Law studies.

Astrid Bergès-Frisbey was born the 26th May of 1986 in Barcelona, Spain to a Spanish Father and a French-American Mother of English descent. She is fluent in French, Spanish, and Catalan. Astrid Bergès-Frisbey made her acting debut in 2007 on French television. In 2008, she made her feature debut in the French film Un barrage contre le Pacifique (2008) and since then has made other French films. In 2011, Bergès-Frisbey made her English debut as the beautiful mermaid Syrena in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011). She was personally picked by director Rob Marshall and producer Jerry Bruckheimer after a whirlwind of auditions in France, Hollywood, and the UK.

Spanish actress Christina Ochoa is best known for her current roles on TNT's Animal Kingdom and as the lead for SyFy's Blood Drive and The CW's Valor.

She was born in Barcelona, Spain, the daughter of Spanish sculptor Victor Ochoa. She is the grandniece of Nobel Prize winner Severo Ochoa. Christina spent her childhood between Madrid, Barcelona and Miami.

She studied Oceanographic Engineering in Las Palmas University in the Canary Islands and Advanced Marine Biology in James Cook University in Australia.

One of Spain's best-recognized artistic personalities, Jordi Mollà is an actor, director, painter and a writer.

Jordi Mollà Perales was born in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Jordi was trained as an actor at the Barcelona Institute of Theatre and he also studied in Italy, Hungary and England. As an actor, he has worked in more than fifteen films, with prestigious directors like Bigas Luna, Montxo Armendáriz, Pedro Almodóvar, Ricardo Franco and Fernando Colomo.

Jordi first received in acclaim in Bigas Luna's "Jamón, Jamón", in 1992. Since then Jordi has appeared in "Historias del Kronen" (1994), Director: Montxo Armendáriz; "La Flor de mi secreto" (1994), Director: Pedro Almodóvar; "La Celestina" (1996), Director: Gerardo Vera; "La buena Estrella" (1997), Director: Ricardo Franco (Nominated for the GOYA Awards); "Los años bárbaros" (1998), Director: Fernando Colomo; "Volavérunt" (1999), Director: Bigas Luna; "Nadie conoce a nadie" (1999), Director: Mateo Gil; "Segunda piel" (1999), Director: Gerardo Vera and "Son de Mar", (1999), Director: Bigas Luna.

Critically acclaimed "Blow" with Johnny Depp and Penélope Cruz, was Jordi's debut film in Hollywood.

Jordi has also directed two short films: "Walter Peralta" (Alcalá De Henares Award, Generalitat De Cataluña National Cinematographic Award) and "No me importaria irme contigo". His first feature film as a director, "No somos nadie", produced by Lola Films, will be realised in 2002.

Additionally, Jordi has written two books: "Las primeras veces" and "Agua estancada".

In addition to regularly exhibiting at PicassoMio Galleries, Jordi has exhibited at Sotheby's Gallery, Madrid (2007) and Galeria Carmen DE la Guerra, Madrid. This multi-faceted artist is a self-trained painter, for whom painting is an act of spontaneity. His works often surprise the viewer both with his ability to manage the media and with his power to express himself on canvas or paper.

Anna Castillo was born October 9, 1993 in Barcelona, Spain. At the age of seven she began her artistic training in various specialized schools in Barcelona and Madrid. Anna was a member of the band sp3 from 2005 to 2011. In 2011 she earned her Bachelor in Arts and continued her acting career participating in films and popular series. In 2016 she won the Goya Award for Best New Actor for her performance in El Olivo.

Jaume Collet-Serra was born on March 23, 1974 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. At the age of 18, he moved to Los Angeles and attended Columbia College Hollywood, working as an editor on the side. Upon graduation, he began shooting music videos and caught the eye of several production companies. From there he began directed various commercials for companies such as Playstation, Budweiser, Mastercard and Verizon. Since then, he has directed and produced movies such as The Shallows (2016), Orphan (2009) and Unknown (2011).

Laia Costa is a Spanish actress. She is known for Victoria (2015) and Newness (2017). She speaks fluent Catalan, Spanish, French and English. Laia was nominated for the 2017 BAFTA EE Rising Star Award, for her role in the critically acclaimed Victoria, for which she became the first foreign actress to win a Lola, the biggest award by German Academy of Cinema, won Best Actress at the Gaudí Awards by the Catalan Academy of Cinema and was also nominated Best European Actress in the European Film Awards. The New York Times includes her in 2015's "Breakthrough Performances of the Fall Season."

Costa also starred in the short film Las pequeñas cosas (2016). Her film debut was Tengo ganas de ti (2012).

Oriol Paulo studied audiovisual communication at Pompeu Fabra University and film at the Los Angeles Film School.

As a scriptwriter, he wrote screenplays for small screen films such as Ecos (2006) and Codi 60 (2011), but is best known for his work in series such as Absolute majority (2004) and The color of the cuitat (2004-09).

In cinema, he made himself known as a co-screenwriter alongside Guillem Morales with the thriller Julia's Eyes (2010), produced by Guillermo del Toro. But he had already made some short films such as McGuffin (1998, scriptwriter and director), Tapes (2002, scriptwriter and director) and Eve (2002, scriptwriter and director).

In 2012 he wrote and directed his first feature, The Body. Paulo nominated for Best New Director at the Goya Awards and won the Best Film Award at the Fantastic Film Festival in Paris for The Body. In 2016 he wrote the script of Boy Missing, directed by Mar Tarragona. In 2017 Paulo wrote and directed The Invisible Guest with Mario Casas, Barbara Lennie and José Coronado as protagonists.

From 2016 onwards, Oriol Paulo works as the writer and director of the television series Night and Day.

Liah O'Prey was born in Barcelona, Spain to an Irish father and a French mother. She speaks English, French, Catalan and Spanish natively. Her first acting experiences were for various TV commercials in Italy, Spain and France. She naturally made the crossover into film with a few small roles which lead to her feature debut in Juan Carlos Medina's Insensibles. Following this, she was cast in Jake Paltrow's Young Ones as Anna. She now resides in France where she is continuing to film for TV and cinema.

Iria del Río was born on 13 January 1987 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. She is an actress, known for Visitante (2021), Los años nuevos (2024) and Apocalypse Z: El principio del fin (2024).

Michelle Jenner was born on 14 September 1986 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. She is an actress and costume designer, known for Isabel (2011), Julieta (2016) and Bird Box: Barcelona (2023).

Óscar Jaenada was born on 4 May 1975 in Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He is an actor and producer, known for The Losers (2010), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) and Cantinflas (2014).

Stunningly comely and slinky brunette Lina Romay rates highly as one of the boldest, most sensuous, and enticing actresses to have appeared with tremendous frequency in a large volume of European horror and exploitation features made from the early 1970s to the early 21st century.

Romay was born Rosa Maria Almirall on June 25, 1954, in Barcelona, Cataluna, Spain. Her cinematic pseudonym was taken from Lina Romay, a singer/actress in mambo king Xavier Cugat's band in the 1940s. Following graduation from high school, Romay studied the arts, married actor/photographer Raymond Hardy (they later divorced), and began acting in stage productions. Lina first met infamous and prolific maverick Spanish independent filmmaker Jesús Franco in the early 1970s. Romay and Franco eventually became a couple. Lina for a long time was Franco's common law wife until they officially wed on April 23, 2008.

Lina made her film debut as a gypsy girl in La maldición de Frankenstein (1973). She had small parts in a few other Franco films before playing more substantial lead and co-starring roles (she acted in over 100 Franco films). Despite her lack of formal training, Lina nonetheless naturally projected an extremely brazen, earthy, and uninhibited screen presence that was both alluring and captivating in equal measure. In fact, her open, unabashed, and downright aggressive sexuality even led to her willing and enthusiastic participation in explicit scenes in hardcore porno fare. Lina's most memorable roles include the voracious Countess Irina Karlstein in La comtesse noire (1973), brutalized innocent Maria in the sensationally sleazy Barbed Wire Dolls (1976), vicious top con Juana in the similarly scuzzy Greta - Haus ohne Männer (1977), especially inspired in a dual part in Die Marquise von Sade (1976) and bawdy prostitute Marika in the gloomy Jack the Ripper (1976).

Moreover, Romay posed for nude pictorials in such men's magazines as "Cinema X" and "Sex Stars System." In addition to acting, Lina also worked on a handful of films as a writer, director, producer, and assistant editor. In real life Lina was the total radical opposite of her wild and outrageous screen persona: she was a very quiet, soft-spoken, and self-effacing woman who usually dressed in frumpy clothes. Romay died from cancer at age 57 on February 15, 2012 in Malaga, Spain.

Born in January, 1969, she's the daughter of August Gil Matamala, a prestigious lawyer. Grew up studying singing, dancing and the violin. She even appeared occasionally singing with her two brothers in their banda named "Matamala". At 17, she appeared on the cover of an avant-garde Catalonian magazine and from there she began working in local theatre companies and on local Catalonian TV channels, including giving Catalan language classes on Canal 33. It was here where she caught the eye of Bigas Luna, which led to Lola (1986), her first film and, thus, her future was set. It was in 1991 that she became well-known in the film Amo tu cama rica (1991), a comedy with Javier Bardem, consolidated a year later in Fernando Trueba's romantic comedy Belle Epoque (1992), starring Penélope Cruz. However, her better and more serious roles appeared from the mid-nineties onwards, and she showed she was able to take on the most difficult parts, most notably in Malena es un nombre de tango (1996) and Lágrimas negras (1998). She also had time to do a few theatre productions in Catalonia, such as Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull", among other plays. She has a daughter, Violeta Rodríguez, named after her character in Belle Epoque (1992), born from her romance with the director David Trueba. She is extremely interested in working in Iberamerican cinema and has already worked in Argentina. To date, she has shown she is an extremely versatile actress, such that she is known here in Spain as the actress for "impossible roles". Much now depends on whether she can be offered the right parts so that she can continue to develop as a serious character actress.

Juan Antonio García Bayona is a Spanish film director. He directed the 2007 horror film The Orphanage, the 2012 drama film The Impossible, and the 2016 fantasy drama film A Monster Calls. Bayona's latest film is the 2018 science fiction adventure film Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the fifth installment of the Jurassic Park film series. He has also directed television commercials and music videos. He will direct the first two episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

Candela Peña was born on 14 July 1973 in Gavà, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. She is an actress and director, known for Princesas (2005), Todo sobre mi madre (1999) and Te doy mis ojos (2003).

Carlos Cuevas was born on 27 December 1995 in Montcada i Reixac, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He is an actor, known for Luna, el misterio de Calenda (2012), Historias para no dormir (2021) and Ventdelplà (2005).

Assumpta Serna was born in Barcelona, Spain. She studied Law but abandoned it for her real passion, acting. Her career has spanned over 227 films, 27 as a lead and 43 TV projects in over 20 countries. She has won more than thirty best actress awards throughout the world (Spain, France, Italy, USA, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay...). She has worked as an actress in all six of the languages she speaks: Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian and English.

A few of her many films are: Uncertainty (2008) with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel, Pedro Almodóvar's Matador (1986), the 1993 Spanish Oscar entry El maestro de esgrima (1992) directed by Pedro Olea, María Luisa Bemberg's film, Yo, la peor de todas (1990), The Craft (1996) for Columbia Tri Star, Samuel Fuller's The Day of Reckoning, Wild Orchid (1989), opposite Mickey Rourke. She has worked on more than 20 European co productions, such as Nostradamus (1994), with Rutger Hauer and F. Murray Abraham, Le cercle des passions (1983), with Max von Sydow, The PianoTuner of EarthQuakes (2004) by the Quay Brothers and produced by Terry Gilliam and Desvío al paraíso (1994) with Charles Dance.

Her performances have been acclaimed in popular British TV series such as Sharpe where she played the feisty guerrilla leader Teresa opposite Sean Bean and in Henry VIII, with Ray Winstone, playing the King's first wife Catherine of Aragon. In Spain she was a regular on the country's most popular TV show Aquí no hay quien viva (2003). In 2011, she played Vanozza, the mother of Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia, in the series Borgia (2011), written and produced by Tom Fontana, shown in 35 countries.

She was elected to the board of the European Film Academy representing Spain for 6 years and responsible for the organization of the European Film awards (2004) in Barcelona (with a 1.8 million euro budget). Whist living in Los Angeles she was an active member of the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences, serving on the committee for Foreign film. She was the first Spanish actress to be honored with membership to AMPAS. She has been a proud member since 1993 and has served on the Executive Committee of the Actor's Branch.

She has sat on juries in International film festivals around the world, such as Chicago, Venice, San Sebastian, Mar del Plata (Argentina), Biarritz, Rio de Janeiro, Montreal, Karlovy Vary, Cartagena de Indias (Colombia), Brussels, Cluj (Romania), and Rome.

She was elected President of AISGE in 2002. AISGE is the organization in Spain that deals with the task of managing and protecting the intellectual property rights of actors. She was also voted vice-president of ARTIS, the European Association of intellectual property rights for actors. After the release of her first book she began teaching workshops in Universities and Film Schools on the subject of screen-acting. In 2005 founded with Scott Cleverdon first team an international non-profit film foundation. First team has been teaching film acting and the direction of actors in 6 countries around the world and so far has taught more than 1500 filmmakers. http://www.fundacionfirstteam.org . Based in Spain, first team offers a pioneering university course on Screen Acting for actors, believed to be the first of its kind in the world and tuition programs for directors and scriptwriters.

Her book, El trabajo del actor de cine was the first to be written in Spanish regarding the craft of film-acting. She followed it up with Monologues in V.O, a resource for auditioning actors.

She continues to work and teach in Madrid, Barcelona and throughout the world as actress and acting coach.

Together with Scott Cleverdon , they have taught over 13,000 hours and trained over 4,000 actors, actresses, filmmakers and business people.

Adriana Torrebejano was born on 3 November 1991 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. She is an actress, known for La sombra de la ley (2018), Muertos S.L. (2024) and Tierra de lobos (2010).

Marc Clotet was born on 29 April 1980 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He is an actor and producer, known for La voz dormida (2011), El jugador de ajedrez (2017) and Això no és Suècia (2023). He was previously married to Ana de Armas.

Laura del Sol was born on 27 November 1961 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. She is an actress, known for Carmen (1983), Tôt ou tard (1999) and Amelia Lópes O'Neill (1991).

Melina Matthews is an actress born and raised in Barcelona, Spain. Her father is Welsh and her mother is French, of Spanish descent. She is fluent in Spanish, English, French and Catalan. She is known for "Negociador" ,"The Chess Player" and TV shows such as "El Príncipe" and "La Otra Mirada. After graduating from college where she studied journalism, Melina combined acting with behind the camera work, from production to dialogue coaching.

Sergi López is a Spanish actor, whose specialty is villains of all types but whose range also includes dramatizing romantic and comedic roles with equal mastery. He was born outside of Barcelona in the seaside town of Villanova i la Geltrú on December 22nd, 1965. As a youth he was inclined towards the performance arts and headed to France for further studies in the field. In 1991 he auditioned for French director Manuel Poirier who was so impressed with Sergi that he gave him the lead role in "Western." Poirier and López continued to collaborate on "La Petite-Amie d'Antonio," "La Campagne," "Attention Fragile," and "Marion" in subsequent years. Sergi often played the charming Spanish immigrant lost in France in Poirier's films.

Sergi's career was actually cemented in France that catapulted him to public recognition, while Spain was still relatively oblivious to her talented son until 1997. In 1997 Sergi appeared in Catalan auteur Ventura Pons' "Caricies" that also showcased Spain's finest actors. He spoke Catalan in the role. After "Caricies" Sergi appeared in Spanish cinema more frequently such as in "Entre las piernas" with Spanish mega-stars Javier Bardem and Victoria Abril and in "Lisboa" with Spanish legend Carmen Maura. Sergi was then offered plum roles both in France and Spain and split time traveling back and forth between his adopted nation and native motherland.

In 2001 he won the César for his role in Dominick Moll's "Harry, Un Ami Qui Vous Veut du Bien." This role came to define his mastery on villainous roles which continued in "Solo Mia" with Paz Vega as his battered wife, Stephen Frears' "Dirty Pretty Things" with Chiwetel Ejiofor and Audrey Tautou as his scared pawns, and Guillermo del Toro's "El Laberinto del Fauno" with post-Civil Spain as playground for his Vidal's sadism.

However, not all is dark villainy in Sergi's most recognized and praised thespian filmography. Sergi also displayed his comedic talents in "Hombre Felices" and "Janis et John."

With such range, talent, and skill, it is no wonder horror master and aficionado Guillermo del Toro said he is "in love" with Sergi's work and insisted on casting him as the stone-cold killer Captain Vidal despite Spanish producers' misgivings. Let us hope that, despite wider international exposure, Sergi continues to retain his unique avant-gardeness and participate only in projects that do his talent justice.